Motown's Greatest Hits

~ Release by Four Tops (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleLength
1Reach Out I’ll Be There (original version)3:01
2I Can’t Help Myself
recording engineer:
Russ Terrana
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland
baritone saxophone:
Mike Terry (in 1965)
bass [1962 Fender Precision Bass]:
James Jamerson
drums (drum set):
Richard "Pistol" Allen (in 1965)
guitar [1964 Gibson Firebird III]:
Eddie Willis (in 1965)
guitar [Fender Telecaster with Jazzmaster Neck]:
Joe Messina (in 1965)
guitar [Gibson L-5]:
Robert White (in 1965)
instruments:
The Funk Brothers (in 1965)
piano:
Earl Van Dyke (in 1965)
strings:
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (in 1965)
tambourine:
Jack Ashford (in 1965)
vibraphone:
Jack Brokensha (in 1965)
background vocals:
The Andantes (in 1965), Marlene Barrow (in 1965), Renaldo Benson (in 1965), Louvain Demps (in 1965), Abdul “Duke” Fakir (in 1965), Jackie Hicks (in 1965) and Lawrence Payton (in 1965)
lead vocals:
Levi Stubbs (in 1965)
recorded at and mixed at:
Hitsville in Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 1965)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1965 (number: 30), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 148), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 415) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 483)
recording of:
I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (in 1965)
lyricist:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland and Eddie Holland
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland
publisher:
Stone Agate Music Division
2:44
3It’s the Same Old Song2:48
47‐Rooms of Gloom2:35
5Standing in the Shadows of Love
producer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Corporation (in 1966)
recording of:
Standing in the Shadows of Love
lyricist:
Eddie Holland
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland
publisher:
Jobete Music Ltd
2:37
6Walk Away Renee2:46
7Yesterday’s Dreams2:58
8Bernadette3:03
9I’m in a Different World
producer:
Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland and R. Dean Taylor
recording of:
I’m in a Different World (until 1968-04-16)
lyricist:
Eddie Holland
composer:
Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland
2:57
10Do What You Gotta Do4:03
11It’s All in the Game2:46
12River Deep – Mountain High3:11
13Still Water (Love)
3:15
14You Keep Running Away2:51
15If I Were a Carpenter2:49
16Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)3:08
17Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever2:49
18What Is a Man
2:36
19Simple Game
cover recording of:
A Simple Game
lyricist and composer:
Mike Pinder
2:57
20Reach Out I’ll Be There (PWL remix)3:10