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lockhartgary
09-18-2019, 05:33 PM
"I Heard it Through the Grapevine" - GKATP and Marvin Gaye

"[[I Know) I'm Losing You" - Temptations and Rare Earth

"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - Marvin and Tammi and Diana Ross

"Get Ready" - Temptations and Rare Earth

are all instances where the 2nd version bested the 1st version on the Billboard Pop charts.

Were there any more songs released by Motown that accomplished this feat?

reese
09-18-2019, 06:05 PM
The Supremes/Tempts version of I'LL TRY SOMETHING NEW charted higher than the Miracles' original.

copley
09-18-2019, 07:15 PM
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
#63 for Undisputed Truth but #1 for Temptations

lockhartgary
09-18-2019, 07:22 PM
Just remembered this one:

"Heaven Must Have Sent You" - Elgins and Bonnie Pointer

copley
09-18-2019, 07:23 PM
It Should Have Been Me
Kim Weston failed to chart, GK&TP's #40, Yvonne Fair #85 but #5 in the UK!

copley
09-18-2019, 07:25 PM
Just remembered this one:

"Heaven Must Have Sent You" - Elgins and Bonnie Pointer

The Elgins peaked at #3 in the UK when in was re-issued.

Ngroove
09-18-2019, 11:49 PM
"For Once In My Life", then already a Motown standard treated like a standard by few - several acts, including Temptations and Four Tops, but first became a national hit under Stevie Wonder.