What Love Has Joined Together [[which version y'all rockin' with?)

[midnightman]

To my knowledge, four Motown acts covered the legendary Miracles composition, What Love Has Joined Together, but I wonder which version tickles your fancy the most:

Mary Wells [[1963)
The Temptations [[1965)
The Miracles [[1971)
Syreeta Wright [[1972)

Let the choosing games begin!!!

[lockhartgary]

Temps version for me! Mary Wells second.

[Quinn]

The Temptin' Temptations version. Eddie Kendricks really brought the message home. Not to mention James Jamersons insanely unfair bass line. He represented the LA Bella flat wounds massively on that one!.

[sophisticated_soul]

Mary Wells!

[lucky2012]

Temptations 4 stars
Mary Wells 3 1/2 stars
Miracles 3 stars
haven't heard Syreeta's version

[Philles/Motown Gary]

I like all 4 in this order:

The Temptations [[Very Favorite)
Mary Wells
Syreeta [[from her MoWest album)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

[Fullfillingnessfirstfinale]

The one and only Motown Queen Mary Wells !

[bradsupremes]

My favorite is Barbara McNair’s version from 1968. Beautiful version.

[Motown Eddie]

To my knowledge, four Motown acts covered the legendary Miracles composition, What Love Has Joined Together, but I wonder which version tickles your fancy the most:

Mary Wells [[1963)
The Temptations [[1965)
The Miracles [[1971)
Syreeta Wright [[1972)

Let the choosing games begin!!!

Mary Wells is hands down my favorite version of "What Love Has Joined Together".

[arr&bee]

As much as i love mary wells,her version can't touch the temps version and nobody elses can either!

[robb_k]

1) Mary Wells 100
2) Temptations 97
3) Miracles 88

[motony]

Mary Wells, ofcourse.The song was written for her and should have been an "A" side release.

[marv2]

I like the Miracles version best.

[144man]

I usually like the version I heard first best. No exception here, so it's Mary Wells.

[danman869]

While I don’t dislike the others, I really do enjoy the “reimagined” version by Syreeta [[with production by Stevie). It made a classic song fresh again at the time.

[midnightman]

While I don’t dislike the others, I really do enjoy the “reimagined” version by Syreeta [[with production by Stevie). It made a classic song fresh again at the time.

Yaaaaas!!!

[RanRan79]

I like all the versions of the song, but it's interesting that while I am not a fan of Syreeta's voice at all, her version of it is my favorite.

[midnightman]

I like all the versions of the song, but it's interesting that while I am not a fan of Syreeta's voice at all, her version of it is my favorite.

Something about it is magical, isn't it? Stevie is just incredible. And I love Syreeta's multi-tracked BG vox on it.