Best Motown Songs

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Best motown songs. Following our popular recent rundown of the top 10 motown albums we thought we d dive even deeper into the hitsville universe to bring you 100 indispensable tracks from berry gordy s pop and soul powerhouse originally published in mojo 183 all of the artists included in the playlist below made an indelible mark on the label each song contributing to the development and influence of. Here s 20 of the best. The best motown songs are timeless soul classics that capture everything it means to be in love to suffer heartbreak and to want to dance with abandon. A year later she was motown s first female artist to hit the top 40 and after scoring three consecutive hits with songs written and produced by smokey robinson its first solo star.

Motown has released hundreds of classic songs from the likes of marvin gaye stevie wonder and others. Motown s stars always re recorded each other s songs in search of a hit gladys knight and the pips then recorded it in an uptempo funk style similar to aretha franklin s respect and it became the label s biggest hit ever. Written and produced by holland dozier holland this anthem song is one of the best known motown songs of the 1960s and is considered the four tops signature song. Published on august 25 2019.

It was a huge success reaching number one in both the uk and us in 1966.