Top 10 Motown songs

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We haven’t had a good Top 10 List here for a while, here’s another.

Honestly, people, we all know this list ought to be a Top 100, 'cause the Hit Factory had so many great songs, but lemme try and whittle it down. And yes, I know…“I can’t believe you left (insert Holland-Dozier-Holland track here) out!”

In no particular order:

  1. Where Did Our Love Go? - The Supremes
  2. Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
  3. Heatwave - Martha & the Vandellas
  4. Let’s Get It On - Marvin Gaye
  5. I Want You Back - the Jackson 5
  6. Superstition - Stevie Wonder
  7. Papa Was a Rolling Stone - the Temptations
  8. Beechwood 4-5769 - the Marvellettes
  9. There’s a Ghost in My House - Roger Dean Taylor
  10. War! - Edwin Starr
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[quote]We haven’t had a good Top 10 List here for a while, here’s another.

Honestly, people, we all know this list ought to be a Top 100, 'cause the Hit Factory had so many great songs, but lemme try and whittle it down. And yes, I know…“I can’t believe you left (insert Holland-Dozier-Holland track here) out!”

In no particular order:

  1. Where Did Our Love Go? - The Supremes
  2. Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
  3. Heatwave - Martha & the Vandellas
  4. Let’s Get It On - Marvin Gaye
  5. I want You Back - the Jackson 5
  6. Superstition - Stevie Wonder
  7. Papa Was a Rolling Stone - the Temptations
  8. Beechwood 4-5769 - the Marvellettes
  9. There’s a Ghost in My House - Roger Dean Taylor
  10. War! - Edwin Starr[/quote]

There is just no possible way to narrow such a list down to 10 cuts, absolutely no way.

I’ll go along with your #5, #6, and #7, but I think you have got to stick Tracks of My Tears by Smokey and That Lady by the Isley Brothers in there somewhere…Who’s that lady…real FINE lady…

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No Marvin Gaye

The list needs reviewing…

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Good list…but no James Brown? Nothing for the GoDFather of Soul?

And also Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul, is absent…so many great ones…10 just isn’t enough.

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I highly 2nd his recomendation…excellent!

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James Brown and Aretha were not signed to Motown.

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  1. My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder
  2. I Was Made to Love Her – Stevie Wonder
  3. When Sundown Comes – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
  4. Ooh, Baby, Baby – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
  5. My Mistake – Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye
  6. You Can’t Hurry Love – Diana Ross and the Supremes
  7. Bernadette – The Four Tops
  8. You’re All I Need to Get By – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
  9. Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
  10. My Girl – The Temptations
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  1. Let’s Get It On - Marvin Gaye
  2. I Believe When I Fall In Love - Stevie Wonder
  3. Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
  4. Ain’t Too Proud to Beg - The Temptations
  5. I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
  6. I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
  7. My Guy - Mary Wells
  8. Upside Down - Diana Ross
  9. I Hear a Symphony - The Supremes
  10. My Girl - The Temptations

Honorable mention - I Was Made to Love Her - Stevie Wonder

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Need to work on my list, but in the meantime, here’s one I really like.