Ok,we're gonna open with.........!

[arr&bee]

It's s-a-t-u-r-d-a-y so here we go, now what is your favorite intro to a motown song[it doesn't have to be your favorite]for me the celestial opening of[i'll try something new-the miracles]your turn.

[lockhartgary]

Probably Love is Here and Now You're Gone.

[sansradio]

I vote for "I Want You Back."

[soulster]

If we're talking about Motown, i've been listening to a lot of Jackson 5 albums lately, and my favorite has always been "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" off the "Looking Through The Windows" album. Another is "The Love You Save" from "ABC".

[marv2]

My favorite opening to a Motown song is the intro to "My Girl".

[luke]

Puttin my hat on to sansradio...I want you back!

[sansradio]

Puttin my hat on to sansradio...I want you back!

Haha!!! I'm gonna start calling you Hattie.

[TheMotownManiac]

Back In My Arms Again

Honorable Mention:
1) You Can't Hurry Love
2) Up the Ladder To The Roof
3) I Can't Get Next To You
4)I Heard It Through The Grapevine - MPG
5) I Want You Back

[westgrandboulevard]

This Old Heart Of Mine - Isley Brothers.

14 seconds; a classic Hitsville/Funk Brothers intro.

14 seconds on your radio; The Sound Of Young America.

[luke]

Lol. Love Hattie!!

[luke]

Also This Old Heart of Mine...my very fave Motiwn record of all time!

[rovereab]

In no particular order:

What Does It Take - Junior Walker & The All Stars
A Bird In The Hand - Velvelettes [[mono mix for the "power"?
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye [[album mix)
Still Water - Four Tops
Love Is Like An Itching - Supremes [[mono mix, again for the "power")

[detmotownguy]

Itchin and Papa Was Rolling Stone

[soulster]

My favorite opening to a Motown song is the intro to "My Girl".

Ah! My mind was on album openers, as in the first song.

[Sotosound]

It's now early on Monday morning here, with Christmas just a few days away and with all four grandchildren desperately excited about Father Christmas. Hard to get that Saturday morning feeling now, but easy to get that Christmas feeling. So....

"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye as an opener to my very first Motown LP - "Motown Chartbusters Volume 3" - which I got for Christmas in 1969 [[in mono fold-down form).

I still play that album, and sometimes just to recall the feeling that I got as a 15 year-old. Dark and dull outside, but warm and bright indoors and loads of excitement about the day and what it would bring.

I also got "Four Tops Reach Out" in mono for that Christmas. Not a bad way to start a Motown LP collection.

To quote John Lennon's #9 Dream - "So long ago...."

[Methuselah2]

The Supremes/BACK IN MY ARMS AGAIN
closely followed by
The Isley Bros./THIS OLD HEART OF MINE [[IS WEAK FOR YOU)

[BigAl]

No contest.
"Heaven Must Have Sent You."

[nevertoolate]

Beauty's only skin deep
Helpless
Road runner
Back In My Arms Again
Come See About Me-supremes
Come around here
I want my baby back-stevie wonder
Going to a go-go

[alanh]

As in all questions like this choosing just one is so hard, but......I'll go with the uplifting album version intro of 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough' by Diana Ross.

[motony]

introsancing In the Street,You Lost The Sweetest Boy, Two Lovers, My Guy, Too Many Fish In The Sea.

[marv2]

The intro to "Stoned Love" was the sweetest sound Motown ever recorded.

[144man]

Martha & Vandellas - Heatwave

Eddie Holland - Leaving Here

Kim Weston - I'm Still Loving You

Contours - Just A Little Misunderstanding

Velvelettes - These Things Will Keep Me Loving You

[motony]

144man, I remember getting the 45 of "I'm Still Loving You" in late '64 & had never heard it & when that needle went down on the opening..WOW, it'll knock your socks off!

[144man]

144man, I remember getting the 45 of "I'm Still Loving You" in late '64 & had never heard it & when that needle went down on the opening..WOW, it'll knock your socks off!

Motown seemed to pay particular attention to both the intro and the fadeout in order to grab your attention from the very beginning and leave you with a good impression at the end.

[westgrandboulevard]

I seem to recall reading that the intro on Motown singles was often, if not always, given some technical sound boost...or perhaps that was simply standard for the recording industry?

[mr soul]

Starting The Hurt All Over Again - Brenda Holloway

[144man]

It's Growing - The Temptations

I Wish It Would Rain - The Temptations [[complete with seagulls!)

[Motown Eddie]

My favorite intro to a Motown Classic is "Reach Out" by the Four Tops.
Other favorite intros include;
1. "You Keep Me Hanging On"-The Supremes
2. "Uptight"-Stevie Wonder
3. "Something About You"-Four Tops
4. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"-Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
5. "The Way You Do The Things You Do"-The Temptations

[jobeterob]

The first few bars of My Girl, You Keep Me Hangin On and Diana's ANMHE