Criteria: - The greatest Motown songs (1959-roughly early'80s) Songs are based on critical/musician acclaim and initial/lasting popularity and influence.
Newly added names are in Red
Edited By: Jeff B.
Last Updated: 3-18-07
1. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye 2. My Girl - Temptations 3. Reach Out I'll Be There - Four Tops 4. Where Did Our Love Go? - Supremes 5. What's Goin' On? - Marvin Gaye 6. Dancing in the Street - Martha & The Vandellas 7. I Want You Back - Jackson 5 8. Superstition - Stevie Wonder 9. Please Mr. Postman - Marvelettes 10. My Guy - Mary Wells 11. (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave - Martha & The Vandellas 12. Do You Love Me? - Contours 13. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye 14. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell 15. The Tracks of My Tears - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 16. Shotgun - Jr. Walker & The All Stars 17. I'll Be There - Jackson 5 18. Baby Love - Supremes 19. Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - Temptations 20. Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder 21. I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) - Four Tops 22. The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 23. Stop! In the Name of Love - Supremes 24. You've Really Got a Hold On Me - Miracles 25. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - Temptations 26. Baby I Need Your Lovin' - Four Tops 27. You Are the Sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder 28. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell 29. Money (That's What I Want) - Barrett Strong 30. Leavin' Here - Eddie Holland 31. Shop Around - Miracles 32. You Keep Me Hangin' On - Supremes 33. You Can't Hurry Love - Supremes 34. Endless Love - Lionel Richie & Diana Ross 35. Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder 36. Ooo Baby Baby - Miracles 37. Nowhere To Run - Martha & The Vandellas 38. It Takes Two - Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston 39. War - Edwin Starr 40. I Second That Emotion - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 41. Super Freak Part I - Rick James 42. Living For the City - Stevie Wonder 43. I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Gladys Knight & The Pips 44. Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder 45. Ain't Too Proud To Beg - Temptations 46. I Can't Get Next To You - Temptations 47. Cloud Nine - Temptations 48. Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) - Temptations 49. Smiling Faces Sometimes - Undisputed Truth 50. This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You) - Isley Brothers 51. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted? - Jimmy Ruffin 52. Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler) - Marvin Gaye 53. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye 54. Playboy - Marvelettes 55. Jimmy Mack - Martha & The Vandellas 56. Don't Mess With Bill - Marvelettes 57. Since I Lost My Baby - Temptations 58. Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston 59. All Night Long (All Night) - Lionel Richie 60. Going To a Go-Go - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 61. Fingertips Part II - Stevie Wonder 62. The One Who Really Loves You - Mary Wells 63. Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) - Gladys Knight & The Pips 64. Love Hangover - Diana Ross 65. Upside Down (Inside Out) - Diana Ross 66. Brick House - Commodores 67. I Wish It Would Rain - Temptations 68. Beechwood 4-5789 - Marvelettes 69. The Hunter Gets Captured By the Game - Marvelettes 70. Bernadette - Four Tops 71. Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell 72. Hello - Lionel Richie 73. It's the Same Old Song - Four Tops 74. You've Made Me So Very Happy - Brenda Holloway 75. Jamie - Eddie Holland 76. Your Precious Love - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell 77. Quicksand - Martha & The Vandellas 78. Come and Get These Memories - Martha & The Vandellas 79. Keep on Truckin' Part I - Eddie Kendricks 80. Needle In a Haystack - Velvelettes 81. (I'm a) Roadrunner - Junior Walker & The All-Stars 82. ABC - Jackson 5 83. I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross 84. Give It To Me Baby - Rick James 85. Cruisin' - Smokey Robinson 86. My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) - David Ruffin 87. Three Times a Lady - Commodores 88. Heaven Must Have Sent You - Bonnie Pointer/The Elgins 89. Let It Whip - Dazz Band 90. It's a Shame - Spinners 91. Baby I'm For Real - Originals 92. The Bells - Originals 93. He Was Really Sayin' Somethin' - Velvelettes 94. Come To Me - Marv Johnson 95. I Need Your Lovin' - Teena Marie 96. The Love You Save - Jackson 5 97. What Does It Take (To Win Your Love?) - Jr. Walker 98. Function At The Junction - Shorty Long 99. Does Your Mama Know About Me? - Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers 100. Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam) - Monitors/Valadiers
I Was Born This Way - Carl Bean
Do I Love You? (Indeed I Do) - Frank Wilson
Fight the Power - Public Enemy
Quiet Storm - Smokey Robinson
Happy Birthday - Stevie Wonder
Blowin' In the Wind - Stevie Wonder
Silent Night - Temptations
Love's Gone Bad - Underdogs
1. Stevie Wonder
2. Marvin Gaye
3. Diana Ross/The Supremes
4. The Temptations
5. Smokey Robinson/The Miracles
6. The Four Tops
7. Martha & The Vandellas
8. Marvelettes
9. Mary Wells
10. Michael Jackson/The Jackson 5
11. Lionel Richie/The Commodores
12. Gladys Knight & The Pips
13. Jr. Walker & The Allstars
14. Rick James
15. Edwin Starr
TOP 10 MODERN MOTOWN CLASSICS ('90s)
1. I'll Make Love To You - Boyz II Men
2. End of the Road - Boyz II Men
3. I Love Your Smile - Shanice
4. On Bended Knee - Boyz II Men
5. Anytime - Brian McKnight
6. Back At One - Brian McKnight
7. U.N.I.T.Y. - Queen Latifah
8. Bag Lady - Erykah Badu
9. Video - India.Arie
10. Anniversary - Tony! Toni! Tone!
TOP 5 NON-MOTOWN SINGLES BY MOTOWN ARTISTS
1. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (Epic)
2. Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing (Columbia)
3. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia (Buddah)
4. The Isley Brothers - Shout! (RCA)
5. The Spinners with Dionne Warwicke - Then Came You (Atlantic)
TOP 5 MOTOWN "LEFT FIELDERS"
1. Rare Earth (Get Ready)
2. Charlene (I've Never Been to Me)
3. R. Dean Taylor (Indiana Wants Me)
4. Frankie Valli (The Night)
5. Debbie Dean (Don't Let Him Shop Around)
6. Bruce Willis (Respect Yourself)
TOP 10 MOTOWN REMAKES (non-Motown)
1. I Heard It Through the Grapevine - Creedence Clearwater Revival
2. Please Mr. Postman - Carpenters
3. You've Made Me So Very Happy - Blood, Sweat, & Tears
4. Baby I Need Your Lovin' - Johnny Rivers
5. You Keep Me Hangin' On - Vanilla Fudge
6. Dancing In the Street - Mick Jagger & David Bowie
7. You Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins
8. War - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
9. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) - James Taylor
10. Shop Around - Captain & Tennille
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