10 Motown singles you never tire of hearing

[luke]

Mine-This Old Heart of Mine-Isleys
Nowhere to Run-Martha and Vandellas
Where did our love go-Supremes
Baby I need you lovin-Tops
I'll Keep On Holdin on-Marvelettes
Heat Wave-Vandellas
Heaven Must Have Sent You-Elgins
You Keep Me Hangin On-Supremes
Im Losin You-Tempts
Dont Leave Me This Way-Thelma Houston

Yes its hard to pick 10 but thats the challenge!

[jobeterob]

Good idea for a thread:

Since I Lost My Baby - Tempts
Isn't She Pretty - Tempts
Dream Come True - Tempts
Where Did Our Love Go - Supremes
My Baby Loves Me - Martha
I'm Ready for Love - Martha
Ain't No Mtn - Diana
God Is Love - Marvin
Still Water Peace - Levi
Tell Her Love Has Felt the Need - Eddie
You Keep Me Hangin On - Diana

I think I'm over 10.

[arrr&bee]

Hehe,this is fun...girl[why you wanna make me blue]..baby,baby i need you..quicksand..you..i'll try something new..these eyes..you're the one..run,run,run..shake me wake me..there's no love left!!

[robb_k]

My Beloved-Satintones
Someone To Call My Own-Equadors
This Old Heart of Mine[[Is Weak For You)-Isley Bros.
The Tracks of My Tears-Miracles
I'll Come Running-Carolyn Crawford
My Girl-Temptations
I'll Always Love You-Spinners
In My Lonely Room-Martha & Vandellas
Ask The Lonely-Four Tops
My Guy-Mary Wells


It's tough to leave off:
Dearest One-Lamont Dozier
Since I Lost My Baby-Temptations
Good-Bye Cruel Love-Linda Griner
I'll Keep Holding On-Marvelettes
Lonely, Lonely Girl Am I-Velvelettes
When I'm Gone-Brenda Holloway
Everybody Needs Love-Gladys Knight & Pips
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted-Jimmy Ruffin
Like A Nightmare-Andantes
Who You Gonna Run To-Mickey McCullers
and hundreds more "perfect cuts"

[tomato tom]

Marvelettes When Your Young & in Love
Frank Wilson Do I love You
Diana Ross Remember Me
Elgins Heaven Must Have Sent You
Jimmy Ruffin Its Wonderful to be loved by you
Jr Walker & the All Stars How Sweet It is
Tammi Terrell Cant stop now [[love is calling)
Four Tops Im in A Different World
Chris Clark I Want To Go Back There Again
Thelma Houston Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas Leave It In The Hands Of Love

Paulo XXX

[gordy_hunk]

No one there - Martha Reeves
Up the ladder to the roof - Supremes
Like a rolling stone - Undisputed Truth [[ok, this wasn't a single)
Cause we've ended as lovers - Syreeta
Maybe tomorrow - Jackson 5
Just memories - Eddie Kendricks
Ma - Rare Earth [[although the album version is much better than the single)
Behind the groove - Teena Marie [[album version)
Masterpiece - The Temptations [[again, album version better than the single)
Forever came today - Diana Ross + The Supremes.

[vcq]

This Old Heart Of Mine - The Isley Brothers
Bernadette - The Four Tops
Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead - The Marvelettes
Just Look What You've Done - Brenda Holloway
Truly Yours - The Spinners
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Leaving Here - Eddie Holland / Isley Brothers
Someday Pretty Baby - Singin' Sammy Ward
Helpless [[long version) - Kim Weston
Heaven Must Have Sent You - The Elgins

[copley]

The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game - Marvelettes
Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart - Supremes
I'm Ready For Love - Martha & The Vandellas
Walk Away Renee - Four Tops
Destination Anywhere - Marvelettes
Behind A Painted Smile - Isley Brothers
[[I Know) I'm Losing You - Temptations
Bad Weather - Supremes
Put Yourself In My Place - Elgins
I Wouldn't Change The Man He Is - Blinky

[oldiesmusicfan]

First I Look At The Purse - Contours
Since I Lost My Baby - Temptations
Baby, Baby Don't Cry - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Would I Love You - Miracles
Ain't That Peculiar - Marvin Gaye
When I Had Your Love - Marvin Gaye
I Got A Feeling - Four Tops
When I'm Gone - Brenda Holloway
Nowhere To Run - Martha & The Vandellas
Old Love [[Let's Try It Again) - Mary Wells

I know I left out some of my all-time favorites, but you said just 10!

Oldies

[thommg]

Geez, you said singles. I think these were all singles...

Jimmy Mack - Martha Reevs & The Vandellas
Heatwave - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Forever - The Marvelettes
Nathan Jones - The Supremes
Forever Came Today - Diana Ross & The Supremes
Bernadette - Four Tops
Touch Me In The Morning - Diana Ross
All I Need - The Temptations
Ball of Confusion - The Temptations
Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

This is the list as of this minute - can change in a second!!

[marv2]

Baby I Need Your Loving - Four Tops
Come See About Me - Supremes
What's Goin' On? - Marvin Gaye
War - Edwin Starr
I'll Turn to Stone - Four Tops
All I Need - The Temptations
Stoned Love - Supremes
I Want You Back - Jackson 5
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Gladys Knight & the Pips
Daylight & Darkness - Smokey Robinson

[paladin]

Everybody Needs Love/Gladys Pips
Hunter gets Captured by The Game/Marvelettes
Come & Get These Memories/Martha Vandellas
The Girls Alright with me/Temptations
Stillwater/Four Tops
Doggone Right/Smokey & Miracles
Point it Out/Smokey & Miracles
You Keep me Hangin on/Supremes
Baby I Need Your Loving
Since I Lost My Baby


Hon mention: First I Look At The Purse/ Contours
Ain't that Peculiar/Marvin

[oldiesmusicfan]

Oh, forgot you had said singles. I included 4 B sides, so if I must, I will make these changes -

Remove Old Love [[Let's Try It Again), When I Had Your Love, Would I Love You and I Got A Feeling and add these:

Shotgun - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
Ask The Lonely - Four Tops
Bernadette - Four Tops
Ain't Too Proud To Beg - Temptations

Oldies

[jeff9nyc]

Reflections - The Supremes
I Got A Feeling - 4 Tops
This Old Heart of Mine - Isley Brothers
My Baby Loves Me - Martha and the Vandellas
Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart - The Supremes
I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Gladys Knight and the Pips
Come 'Round Here [[I'm the One You Need) - The Miracles
Take Me In Your Arms [[Rock Me a Little While) - Kim Weston
All I Need - The Temptations
Yesterday's Dreams/ I'm in a Different World - 4 Tops

oh what the heck....
My World is Empty Without You - The Supremes

[sup_fan]

Too Many Fish In the Sea - Marvelettes
You Can't Hurry Love - the Supremes
I'm In A Different World - Four Tops
The Boss - Diana Ross
Heatwave - Martha and the Vandellas
No One There - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Take Me In Your Arms - Kim Weston
Love's Gone Bad - Chris Clark
Stoned Love - The Supremes
You're All I Need To Get By - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
I Don't Want To Do Wrong - Gladys Knight and the Pips [[sorry - added 1 extra )

[sup_fan]

ok - now i'm expanding this post to include 10 non-singles you never tire of

Here Comes the Sunrise - the Supremes [[from Touch)
Bring Me Together - Four Tops [[from Sill Water)
This Old Heart of Mine - the Supremes [[from A Go Go)
I Want You Back - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas [[from Black Magic)
Who's Loving You - Jackson 5 [[from Diana Ross Presents...)
Why Must We Fall In Love - Diana Ross and the Supremes with the Temptations [[from Together)
Ain't That Good News - the Supremes [[from We Remember Sam Cooke)
I'll Never Change - the Four Tops [[from Nature Planned It)
Sweet Dream Machine - the Supremes [[from Mary, Scherrie and Susaye)
Long Gone Lover - the Supremes [[from Where Did Our Love Go)

[Glenpwood]

Album cuts
Leave A Little Room - Diana Ross
In The Ghetto - Chris Clark
Ask The Lonely [[Live) - Four Tops
5:30 Plane -Supremes
[[They Long To Be) Close To You - Diana Ross
Can I See You In The Morning - Jackson 5
Keep An Eye - DRATS
Something Out Of The Blue - Stevie Wonder
The Days Of Wine And Roses - Marvin Gaye
A Taste Of Honey/Eleanor Rigby/Do You Know The Way To San Jose/Mrs. Robinson Medley - Supremes / Temptations

[luke]

Does it seem like This Old Heart of Mine is close to the top? Maybe Grape can talley for us!

[daviddesper]

My ten, in no particular order, would be:

Heaven Must Have Sent You [[and I am not surprised it is getting so many votes)
Bless You
Ain't Too Proud to Beg
Don't Mess With Bill [[which by sheer coincidence just came on Pandora while I am typing this!)
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
I Heard it Through the Grapevine [[Gladys version)
Too Many Fish in the Sea
I'm a Road Runner
Tell Me I'll Never Be Alone [[Motown's most criminally-underrated song!)
I Got a Feeling [[Tops version)

List limited to ten only in an attempt to follow the rules. Like everyone I could name 5 hundred and ten!!!!!!!

[road runner]

The Hunter Gets Captured By the Game - Marvelettes
My Baby Must Be a Magician - Marvelettes
Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart - Supremes
Road Runner - Jr. Walker & All Stars
Function At the Junstion - Shorty Long
Fight Fire With Fire - Frances Nero
I Got A Feeling - Barbara Randolph
Going To A-Go-Go - Miracles
It's The Same Old Song - Four Tops
You're Not An Ordinary Girl - Temptations

[smark21]

I can name more than 10, but here are ten random choices:

Reflections - The Supremes
My World is Empty Without You - The Supremes
Up the Ladder to the Roof - The Supremes
Nowhere to Run - Martha and the Vandellas
Money - Barrett Strong
Destination Anywhere - The Marvelettes
Get Ready - The Temptations
Reach Out I'll Be There - The Four Tops
Since I Lost My Baby - The Temptations
Tracks of My Tears - The Miracles

[soulster]

All are MONO mixes. Well, in no particular order:

You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes
You Keep me Hanging On - The Supremes
Come See About Me - The Supremes
Girl, Why You Wanna Make Me Blue - The Temptations
Greetings [[This Is Uncle Sam) - The Monitors
My Baby - The Temptations
Since I Lost My baby - The Temptations
My Baby Loves Me - Martha & The Vandellas
Do Ya Love Me - The Contours
The Love I Saw You In Was Just A Mirage - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

Next ten:

My Girl - The Temptations
All I Need - The Temptations
Do The Boomerang - Jr. Walker & The All-Stars
Reflections - Diana Ross & The Supremes
Does Your Mama Know About Me - Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers
Every Little Bit Hurts - Brenda Holloway
Don't Let The Jonses Get You Down - The Temptations
I Could Never Love Another [[After Loving You) - The Temptations
I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
Who's Lovin' You - The Jackson 5

And some from the 70s:

Mama's Pearl - The Jackson 5 [[single version)
Touch Me In The Morning - Diana Ross
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
It's A Shame - The Spinners [[mono)
Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - Stevie Wonder [[Single edit)
You Haven't Done Nothing - Stevie Wonder
Machine Gun - Commodores
Sail On - Commodores [[Long version)
Everything's Coming Up Love - David Ruffin [[Long Version)
Got To Be There - Michael Jackson

And some 80s stuff:

Power - The Temptations
I Like It - DeBarge
Glow - Rick James
That Girl - Stevie Wonder
Runnin' With The Night - Lionel Ritchie
Time Will Reveal - DeBarge
You Like Me, Don't You - Jermaine Jackson
Give It To Me Baby - Rick James
365 - Teena Marie
Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson

[motown_david]

10 off the cuff choices that will probably change in an hour's time:
Heat Wave - Martha & the Vandellas
In My Lonely Room - Martha & the Vandellas
Take Me In Your Arms - Kim Weston
Every Little Bit Hurts - Brenda Holloway
Two Lovers - Mary Wells
My Girl - The Temptations
This Old Heart Of Mine - Isley Bros
Can I Get A Witness - Marvin Gaye
I Want To Go Back There Again - Chris Clark
Heaven Must Have Sent You - Elgins



Reach Out - Four Tops

[RossHolloway]

1. Born To Love You- Isley Brothers and the Temps version too.
2. Crying Time - Brenda Holloway
3. Can I - Brenda Holloway
4. Satan's Blues - Jr. Walker
5. Nothing But Heartaches - The Supremes
6. Baby I Need Your Loving - The Four Tops
7. Nowhere To Run - Martha & The Vandellas
8. First I Look at the Purse - The Contours [[their best song)
9. He's The One I Love - Mary Wells
10. Tracks of My Tears - The Miracles

[jeff9nyc]

I forgot Don't Mess With Bill! A winner.

[midnightman]

Marvin Gaye - Ain't That Peculiar
The Miracles - More Love
Martha and the Vandellas - Ready for Love
The Four Tops - Shake Me, Wake Me [[When It's Over)
The Temptations - Get Ready
The Isley Brothers - This Old Heart of Mine [[Is Weak for You)
The Marvelettes - The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
The Contours - Can You Jerk Like Me
Gladys Knight & the Pips - If I Were Your Woman
Mary Wells - Two Lovers

[mr soul]

Just ten by each artist would have been a challenge, just 10 in total almost impossible, however here goes

Marvin Gaye - Come Get To This
David Ruffin - Walk Away From Love
Brenda Holloway - Starting The Hurt All Over Again
Contours - First I Look At The Purse
Shorty Long - Chantilly Lace
Originals - Baby I'm For Real
Tammi Terrell - Come On And See Me
Four Tops - Ask The Lonely
Temptations - I Want A Love I Can See
Edwin Starr - I Want My Baby Back

[timmyfunk]

Grapevine-Gladys Knight and the Pips
Love Hangover [[album version)-one of the few DR songs I actually like
The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game-The Marvelettes
Here Comes The Judge-Shorty Long
Walk Away From Love-David Ruffin
Keep On Truckin'-Eddie Kendricks
Mary Wells-My Guy
The first four #1's by the Jackson Five
Any Stevie Wonder single from 1970-1979

[captainjames]

Ani't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
Your All I Need To Get By - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Point It Out - Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
That's How Heartaches Are Made - The Marvelettes
Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
You Can't Turn Me Off - High Inergy
Too Busy Thinking about My Baby - Marvin Gaye
Neither One Of Us - Gladys Knight and The Pips
Just My Imagination - The Temptations

[jboy88]

Just My Imagination-the Temps
What's Giong On-Marvin
Reach Out and Touch Somebody's hand-Diana
Your Precious Love-Marvin & Tammi
Baby I Need Your Lovin'-Four Tops
The Love I Saw in You was Just a Mirage-Smokey and the Miracles
I Wouldn't change the Man He Is- Blinky
I can't Believe You ove Me- Tammi
Where Did Our /love Go- the Supremes

[mysterysinger]

In no particular order.......
I'll Always Love You - Detroit Spinners
I'll Always Love You - Brenda Holloway
Say You - Monitors
There's No Love Left - Isleys
No One's Gonna Be A Fool Forever - Thelma Houston
Do What You Gotta Do - Four Tops
How Many Times Did You Mean It - Brenda Holloway
All For You - Earl Van Dyke
A Little More Love - Kim Weston
Lonely Lonely Girl Am I - Velvelettes

[Nothing But Soul]

Heaven Must Have Sent You - The Elgins
This Old Heart of Mine - The Isley Brothers
Helpless - Kim Weston
Shotgun - Junior Walker & the All Stars
What Does It Take [[To Win Your Love) - Junior Walker & the All Stars
[[Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need - The Temptations
I Could Never Love Another [[After Loving You) - The Temptations
I Can't Help Myself [[Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) - The Four Tops
If You Can Want- Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Love Power - Willie Hutch

[roger]

Sticking to well known ones .. some of which get a mention in the "Motown Songs I Am sick of Hearing Thred" ..

"Whats Going On" - MARVIN GAYE
"Mercy Mercy Me" - MARVIN GAYE
"Since I Lost My Baby" - THE TEMPTATIONS
"The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game" - MARVELETTES
"Shake Me, Wake Me" - THE FOUR TOPS
"Uptight" - STEVIE WONDER
"I Was Made to Love Her" - STEVIE WONDER
"Where Did our love Go" - THE SUPREMES
"You Can't Hurry Love" - THE SUPREMES
"Nowhere To Run" - MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS ..

Plus about 500 more

Roger

[paladin]

Excuse me, but ya'll know I had to come back........


Hey Love/Stevie
What Does it Take/Jr Walker
Jimmy Mack/Martha Vandellas
Malinda/BT & Vancouvers
Calling all Girls/Switch
Stubborn Kind of Fella/Tempts/Supremes
Sad Souvenirs/Four Tops
Baby Come Home/Willie Hutch
Lonely, Lonely man am I/Temptations
Thats what girls are made of/Miracles

[queenybee07]

1. My Baby Loves Me-Martha and The Vandellas
2. Ooh Baby-The Miracles
3. Let Me Down Easy-G.C. Cameron
4. What Love Has Joined Together-The Temptations
5. What Does It Take-Junior Walker and The Allstars
6. Whisper You Love Me Boy-Mary Wells
7. Shoe Shoe Shine-Dynamic Superiors
8. Silly Wasn't I-Valerie Simpson
9. Is There A Place In Your Heart-Gladys Knight and The Pips
10. Baby Baby I Need You-Temptations

My Next 10

1. Mercy Mercy Me-Marvin Gaye
2. Just To Keep You Satisfied-The Monitors
3. I Want You Around-Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston
4. These Eyes-Junior Walker and The Allstars
5. My Baby-The Temptations
6. Heavenly-The Temptations
7. A Part of Me-Eddie Kendricks
8. Never Gonna Leave You-Temptations
9. It's The Way Nature Planned It-Four Tops
10. Daddy's Home-Jermaine Jackson

[paladin]

hey Queenybee, great list but uh....Never Gonna leave You ? Wasn't that by Eddie Kendricks ? Anyway you got me thinking about my next ten....have a great day...lol....

[JimBagley]

You Can Cry On My Shoulder - Brenda Holloway
Lonely Lonely Girl Am I - The Velvelettes
A Simple Game - The Four Tops
All I Need - The Temptations
Up The Ladder To The Roof - The Supremes
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin and Tammi
When You're Young And In Love - The Marvelettes
Since I Lost You Girl - The Monitors
Baby Baby Don't Cry - The Miracles
Nowhere To Run - Martha and her Vandellas

[queenybee07]

Hey, Paladin

you're right

[robbert]

Since I don't own any of the Complete Singles volumes, I'll make a list... purely by heart.
Which means within an hour I might produce a different Top Ten...

GotToHaveYouBack - Isley Brothers
BackInMyArmsAgain - Supremes
ICan'tDanceToThatMusicYou'rePlaying - Martha[[-/Syreeta) & The Vandellas
SinceILostMyBaby - Temptations
WhenI'mGone - Brenda Holoway
TooManyFishInTheSea - Marvelettes
SirDuke - Stevie Wonder
ABreathtakingGuy - Supremes
Ain'tThatPeculiar - Marvin Gaye
GottaSeeJane - R. Dean Taylor

Anyone can tell... I'm stuck in the sixties!

[paladin]

@ QB, love the song myself....lol.....


California Soul/Marvin Tammi
My Girl has Gone/Miracles
Please Return Your Love To Me/Tempts
Dont Change Me Now/Originals
Something About You Baby/4 Tops
Fading Away/BT & Vancouvers
Leave It Alone/Dynamic Superiors
I'm In Love With You/KoKo Pop
Tell Her Love Has Felt The need/Eddie Kendricks
Aint That Peculiar/Marvin Gaye

[marxthespot_]

The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
Edwin Starr & Blinky - Oh How Happy
Marvelettes - Don't Mess With Bill
Temptations - You're My Everything
The Supremes - Up The Ladder To The Roof
Four Tops - Ask the Lonely
Marvelettes - The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
Brenda Holloway - Just Look What You've Done
Marvin Gaye - Lucky Lucky Me
Diana Ross - Remember Me