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| The Ultimate Collection | ||||
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| Released | March 25, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1964-1994 | |||
| Genre | Soul music | |||
| Length | 71:09 | |||
| Label | Motown Records | |||
| Producer | Harry Weinger | |||
| The Temptations chronology | ||||
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The Ultimate Collection is a compilation album by The Temptations, released on Motown Records.
Singles chart peak positions from Billboard charts; no R&B chart existed from November 30, 1963, through January 23, 1965.
| Track | Catalogue | Release Date | Pop Chart | R&B Chart | Song Title | Writer(s) | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gordy 7028 | 1/23/64 | #11 | "The Way You Do the Things You Do" | Smokey Robinson and Robert Rogers | 2:39 | |
| 2. | Gordy 7038 | 12/21/64 | #1 | #1 | "My Girl" | Smokey Robinson and Ronald White | 2:40 |
| 3. | Gordy 7040 | 3/18/65 | #18 | #3 | "It's Growing" | Smokey Robinson and Warren Moore | 2:57 |
| 4. | Gordy 7043 | 6/1/65 | #17 | #4 | "Since I Lost My Baby" | Smokey Robinson and Warren Moore | 2:49 |
| 5. | Gordy 7047b | 9/30/65 | #83 | #15 | "Don't Look Back" | Smokey Robinson and Ronald White | 2:53 |
| 6. | Gordy 7049 | 2/7/66 | #29 | #1 | "Get Ready" | Smokey Robinson | 2:35 |
| 7. | Gordy 7054 | 5/3/66 | #13 | #1 | "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" | Edward Holland Jr. and Norman Whitfield | 2:32 |
| 8. | Gordy 7057 | 11/2/66 | #8 | #1 | "(I Know) I'm Losing You" | Edward Holland Jr., Norman Whitfield, Cornelius Grant | 2:26 |
| 9. | Gordy 7061 | 4/13/67 | #8 | #2 | "All I Need" | Edward Holland Jr., R. Dean Taylor, Frank Wilson | 3:17 |
| 10. | Gordy 7063 | 6/13/67 | #6 | #3 | "You're My Everything" | Norman Whitfield, Roger Penzabene, Cornelius Grant | 3:12 |
| 11. | Motown 530338 | 9/20/94 | "Angel Doll" | Stevie Wonder, Clarence Paul, Morris Broadnax | 2:29 | ||
| 12. | Gordy 7068 | 12/21/67 | #4 | #1 | "I Wish It Would Rain" | Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong, Roger Penzabene | 2:53 |
| 13. | Gordy 7081 | 10/25/68 | #6 | #2 | "Cloud Nine" | Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong | 3:35 |
| 14. | Gordy 7093 | 7/30/69 | #1 | #1 | "I Can't Get Next to You" | Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong | 2:52 |
| 15. | Gordy 7099 | 5/7/70 | #3 | #2 | "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" | Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong | 4:01 |
| 16. | Gordy 7105 | 1/14/71 | #1 | #1 | "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" | Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong | 3:52 |
| 17. | Gordy 7121 | 7/28/72 | #1 | #5 | "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" | Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong | 6:57 |
| 18. | Gordy 7142 | 2/17/75 | #26 | #1 | "Shakey Ground" | Jeffrey Bowen, Eddie Hazel, Al Boyd | 4:02 |
| 19. | Gordy 1765 | 10/1/84 | #48 | #2 | "Treat Her Like a Lady" | Otis Williams and Ali-Ollie Woodson | 4:42 |
| 20. | Motown 2269 | 9/27/94 | #86 | "Error of Our Ways" | Otis Williams, Dennis Nelson, Melvin Franklin | 5:19 | |
| 21. | Motown 530338 | 9/20/94 | "My Girl" (Acapella) [Excerpt] | Smokey Robinson and Ronald White | 1:20 |
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