1
record label: Gordy 7093
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #13
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Puzzle People / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
I Can't Get Next to You
1969
Gordy
2
record label: Gordy 7105
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8, US AC #33
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Sky's the Limit / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
1971
Gordy
3
record label: Gordy 7038
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #43
written by: Smokey Robinson & Ronald White
album: The Temptations Sing Smokey / David Ruffin At His Best
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
My Girl
1965
Gordy
4
record label: Motown 1137
chart position: RandB #2, UK #3, US #2
written by: Kenny Gamble, Jerry Williams & Jerry Ross
album: Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations / / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
Diana Ross & the Supremes & the Temptations
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
1968
Motown
5
record label: Gordy 7028
chart position: RandB #1 (1 week), US #11
weeksinr&bchart: 18
written by: Smokey Robinson & Bobby Rogers
album: Meet The Temptations / The Temptations Sing Smokey
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
The Way You Do The Things You Do
1964
Gordy
6
record label: Gordy 7099
chart position: RandB #2, US #3, UK #7
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
1970
Gordy
7
record label: Gordy 7121
chart position: RandB #5, US #1, UK #14
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: All Directions / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
1972
Gordy
8
record label: Gordy 7055
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #18
written by: Norman Whitfield & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Greatest Hits / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
1966
Gordy
9
record label: Gordy 7057
chart position: RandB #1, UK #19, US #8
written by: Norman Whitfield, Eddie Holland Jr. & Cornelius Grant
album: Greatest Hits II / Ruffin At His Best / Motown Chartbusters Vol.1 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
(I Know) I'm Losing You
1966
Gordy
10
record label: Gordy 7081
chart position: RandB #2, US #6, UK #15
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Cloud Nine / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Cloud Nine
1968
Gordy
11
record label: Tamla Motown 620
chart position: RandB #3, US #6, UK #26
written by: Norman Whitfield, Cornelius Grant & Roger Penzabene
album: The Temptations With A Lot O' Soul / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.2
comments: [love ballad] [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
You're My Everything
1967
Tamla Motown
12
record label: Gordy 7068
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #45
written by: Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong & Roger Penzabene
album: Wish It Would Rain / David Ruffin At His Best / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 2
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
I Wish It Would Rain
1968
Gordy
13
record label: Gordy 7084
chart position: RandB #1, US #6
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Cloud Nine
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Run Away Child, Running Wild
1969
Gordy
14
record label: Gordy 7096
chart position: RandB #2, US #7, UK #33
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Psychedelic Shack / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Psychedelic Shack
1970
Gordy
15
record label: Gordy 7038
chart position: UK #2, US AC #27
written by: Smokey Robinson and Ronald White
album: My Girl OST
comments: re release
The Temptations
My Girl
1992
Gordy
16
record label: Gordy 7054
chart position: RandB #1, US #13, UK #21
written by: Norman Whitfield & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Gettin Ready / David Ruffin At His Best
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Ain't Too Proud to Beg
1966
Gordy
17
record label: Tamla Motown 854
chart position: RandB #1, US #7, UK 53
written by: Norman Whitfield
album: Masterpiece...
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Masterpiece
1973
Tamla Motown
18
record label: Gordy 7061
chart position: RandB #2, US #8, UK #60
written by: Frank Wilson, Eddie Holland Jr. & R. Dean Taylor
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
All I Need
1967
Gordy
19
record label: Gordy 7047
chart position: RandB #4, US #13
written by: Smokey Robinson, Ronald White & Pete Moore
album: The Temptin' Temptations / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 2
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
My Baby
1965
Gordy
20
record label: Gordy 7040
chart position: RandB #3, US #18, UK #45
written by: Smokey Robinson & Pete Moore (as Warren Moore)
album: The Temptations Sing Smokey / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
It's Growing
1965
Gordy
21
record label: Gordy 7072
chart position: RandB #1, US #13, UK #47
written by: Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong & Roger Penzabene
album: The Temptations Wish It Would Rain / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.2
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
1968
Gordy
22
record label: Gordy 7043
chart position: RandB #4, US #17
written by: Smokey Robinson & Pete Moore (as Warren Moore)
album: The Temptin' Temptations
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Since I Lost My Baby
1965
Gordy
23
record label: Tamla Motown 800
chart position: RandB #8, US #18, UK #32
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Solid Rock / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 7
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)
1971
Tamla Motown
24
record label: Gordy 7086
chart position: RandB #2, US #20
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Puzzle People
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down
1969
Gordy
25
record label: Tamla Motown 967(UK)
chart position: RandB #10, UK #13, US #30
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Solid Rock / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 7
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Take a Look Around
1972
Tamla Motown
26
record label: Gordy 7065
chart position: RandB #3, US #14
written by: Norman Whitfield & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: The Temptations With A Lot O' Soul
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need
1967
Gordy
27
record label: Gordy 7049
chart position: RandB #1, UK #10, US #29
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: Gettin' Ready / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Get Ready
1966
Gordy
28
record label: Motown 1365 (UK)
chart position: RandB #2, UK #12, US #48, US dance #13
written by: Ali Ollie Woodson & Otis Williams
album: Truly for You
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Treat Her Like a Lady
1984
Motown
29
record label: Gordy 7142
chart position: RandB #1, US #26
written by: Jeffrey Bowen, Eddie Hazel & Al Boyd (as Alphonso Boyd)
album: A Song for You
comments: [funk] [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Shakey Ground
1975
Gordy
30
record label: Motown 1142
chart position: RandB #8, US #25
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations
comments: [Motown Sound]
Diana Ross & the Supremes & the Temptations
I'll Try Something New
1969
Motown
31
record label: Gordy 7035
chart position: RandB #11, US #26
written by: Eddie Holland Jr. & Norman Whitfield
album: The Temptin' Temptations
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)
1964
Gordy
32
record label: Gordy 7133
chart position: RandB #1, US #27
written by: Norman Whitfield
album: 1990
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Let Your Hair Down
1973
Gordy
33
record label: Gordy 7138
chart position: RandB #1, US #40, US dance #11
written by: Jeffrey Bowen, Donald Baldwin & Lionel Richie
album: A Song for You
comments: [disco dance] [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Happy People
1974
Gordy
34
record label: Gordy 7074
chart position: RandB #4, US #26
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: The Temptations Wish It Would Rain
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Please Return Your Love to Me
1968
Gordy
35
record label: Gordy 1616
chart position: RandB #6, US dance #11, US #66
written by: Rick James
album: Reunion
comments: [Motown Sound] [funk]
The Temptations ft. Rick James
Standing on the Top
1982
Gordy
36
record label: Gordy 7102
chart position: RandB #8, US #33
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite the World)
1970
Gordy
37
record label: Tamla Motown 709 (UK)
chart position: UK #18
written by: Smokey Robinson and Al Cleveland
album: Diana Ross and the Supremes Join the Temptations / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound] [only released in the UK]
Diana Ross & the Supremes & the Temptations
I Second That Emotion
1969
Tamla Motown
38
record label: Gordy 7131
chart position: RandB #2, US #35
written by: Norman Whitfield
album: Masterpiece...
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Hey Girl (I Like Your Style)
1973
Gordy
39
record label: Gordy 7144
chart position: RandB #9, US #37, US dance #4
written by: Louis Charlemagne
album: A Song for You
comments: [disco funk] [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Glasshouse
1975
Gordy
40
record label: Gordy 7183
chart position: RandB #11, US #43, US dance #23
written by: Angelo Bond, Berry Gordy & J. Mayer
album: Power
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Power
1980
Gordy
41
record label: Gordy 7032
chart position: RandB #22, US #33
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: The Temptin' Temptations
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
I'll Be In Trouble
1964
Gordy
42
record label: Gordy 7129
chart position: RandB #8, US #40
written by: Norman Whitfield
album: Masterpiece...
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Plastic Man
1973
Gordy
43
record label: Gordy 7146
chart position: RandB #3, US #54
written by: Eddie Holland Jr. and Brian Holland
album: House Party
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Keep Holdin' On
1976
Gordy
44
record label: Gordy 1856
chart position: RandB #4, US #47
written by: Mark Holden
album: To Be Continued…
The Temptations
Lady Soul
1986
Gordy
45
record label: Motown 1908
chart position: RandB #3, UK #90, US AC #36
written by: Jimmy George and Lou Pardini (as Louis Pardini)
album: Together Again
The Temptations
I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now
1987
Motown
46
record label: Motown 41733
chart position: RandB #8, UK #63, US Dance #23
written by: Peter Bunetta, Roy Chudacoff and Mark Holden
album: Together Again
The Temptations
Look What You Started
1988
Motown
47
record label: Gordy 7135
chart position: RandB #8, US #43
written by: Norman Whitfield
album: 1990
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Heavenly
1974
Gordy
48
record label: Gordy 7136
chart position: RandB #8, US #74
written by: Norman Whitfield
album: 1990
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
You've Got My Soul on Fire
1974
Gordy
49
record label: Gordy 1720
chart position: RandB #13, US #54, US AC #17
written by: Norman Whitfield and Angelo Bond
album: Back to Basics
comments: [love ballad] [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Sail Away
1984
Gordy
50
record label: Gordy 1781
chart position: RandB #14, UK #84
written by: Otis Williams, Ron Tyson and Victor Carstarphen
album: Truly for You
comments: [love ballad] [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
My Love Is True (Truly for You)
1985
Gordy
51
record label: Gordy 1818
chart position: RandB #14, UK #88, US Dance #49
written by: Luther Vandross and Marcus Miller
album: Touch Me
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Do You Really Love Your Baby?
1985
Gordy
52
record label: Motown 41431
chart position: UK #31
written by: Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
album: 25th Anniversary
The Temptations
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (remix)
1987
Motown
53
record label: Motown 72667
chart position: RandB #10
written by: Stan Sheppard and James Varner
album: Special
comments: [beat ballad]
The Temptations
Special
1989
Motown
54
record label: Motown 43233
chart position: RandB #16, UK #71
written by: Stan Sheppard and Shwayze (as Aaron Smith [Shwayze])
album: Special
The Temptations
All I Want from You
1989
Motown
55
record label: Tamla Motown 730(UK)
chart position: UK #31
written by: Deke Richards and Sherlie Matthews
album: Together
comments: [Motown Sound] [only released in the UK]
Diana Ross & the Supremes & the Temptations
Why (Must We Fall in Love)
1970
Tamla Motown
56
record label: Gordy 7047
chart position: RandB #15, US #83
written by: Smokey Robinson and Ronald White
album: Greatest Hits
comments: [Motown Sound] US B side to My Baby
The Temptations
Don't Look Back
1965
Gordy
57
record label: Motown 2023
chart position: RandB #12
written by: Brian O'Doherty
album: Special
The Temptations
Soul to Soul
1990
Motown
58
record label: Tamla Motown 866(UK)
chart position: UK #41
written by: Norman Whitfield
album: Masterpiece... / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Law of the Land
1973
Tamla Motown
59
record label: Gordy 1666
chart position: RandB #17, US #88
written by: Dennis Lambert and Peter Beckett
album: Surface Thrills
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Love on My Mind Tonight
1983
Gordy
60
record label: Gordy 1713
chart position: RandB #16
written by: Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr and John Freeman Young
comments: [christmas] [re release]
The Temptations
Silent Night
1995
Gordy
61
record label: Gordy 7150
chart position: RandB #21, US #94
written by: Jeffrey Bowen, Jim Ford and Truman Thomas
album: Wings of Love
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Up the Creek (Without a Paddle)
1976
Gordy
62
record label: Gordy 7109
chart position: RandB #29, US #51
written by: Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
album: Solid Rock / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
It's Summer
1971
Gordy
63
record label: Tamla Motown 526
chart position: RandB #22, US #123
written by: Smokey Robinson and Cornelius Grant
album: The Temptin' Temptations
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
You've Got to Earn It
1965
Tamla Motown
64
record label: Atlantic 3436
chart position: RandB #21
written by: Ron Baker and Ron Tyson
album: Hear to Tempt You
The Temptations
In a Lifetime
1977
Atlantic
65
record label: Gordy 7001
chart position: RandB #22
written by: Berry Gordy Jr.
album: Meet the Temptations
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Dream Come True
1962
Gordy
66
record label: Gordy 2627
chart position: RandB #22
written by: Benjamin Wright, David English, Glenn Leonard and Otis Williams
album: The Temptations Do the Temptations
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Who Are You (and What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life)
1976
Gordy
67
record label: Gordy 7208
chart position: RandB #36, US #67
written by: Charles Simmons, Joe Jefferson and Richard Roebuck
album: The Temptations
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Aiming at Your Heart
1981
Gordy
68
record label: Motown 1403
chart position: RandB #41, UK #69
written by: Alton
album: Milestone
The Temptations
The Jones'
1992
Motown
69
record label: Gordy 1871
chart position: RandB #25
written by: Ali Ollie Woodson and Otis Williams
album: To Be Continued...
comments: [ballad]
The Temptations
To Be Continued...
1986
Gordy
70
record label: Motown 0862
chart position: RandB #28, US #120
written by: James Fischer, Narada Michael Walden and Scott Urquhart
album: Phoenix Rising
comments: [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts]
The Temptations
Stay
1998
Motown
71
record label: Tamla Motown 93600
chart position: RandB #27
written by: Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
album: All Directions
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On
1972
Tamla Motown
72
record label: Motown 40621 (UK)
chart position: UK #84
written by: Jimmy Scott and Mark Baker
album: Touch Me
The Temptations
I'm Fascinated
1986
Motown
73
record label: Gordy 7102
chart position: Cashbox R&B #30
written by: Whitfield, Strong
album: Psychedelic Shack
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Hum Along And Dance
1970
Gordy
74
record label: Gordy 7119
chart position: Cashbox R&B #46, US #92
written by: Nick Zesses and Dino Fekaris
album: All Directions
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Mother Nature
1972
Gordy
75
record label: Atlantic 3538
chart position: RandB #31
written by: Brian Holland, Harold Beatty and Eddie Holland Jr. (as Eddie Holland)
The Temptations
Ever Ready Love
1978
Atlantic
76
record label: Motown 1153
chart position: RandB #33, US #46
written by: Robbie Robertson
album: Together
comments: [Motown Sound]
Diana Ross & the Supremes & the Temptations
The Weight
1969
Motown
77
record label: Gordy 7032
chart position: RandB #39, US #102
written by: Norman Whitfield and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: The Temptin' Temptations
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
The Girl's Alright With Me
1964
Gordy
78
record label: Gordy 7213
chart position: US #102
written by: Thom Bell and Linda Creed
album: The Temptations
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Oh What a Night
1981
Gordy
79
record label: Gordy 7068
chart position: RandB #41, US #116
written by: Henry Cosby, Allen Story and Margaret Johnson
album: The Temptations Wish It Would Rain
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
I Truly, Truly Believe
1968
Gordy
80
record label: Gordy 7010
chart position: US #122
written by: Berry Gordy Jr.
album: Meet the Temptations
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Paradise
1962
Gordy
81
record label: Motown 200731
chart position: RandB #40
written by: Katrina Willis and Colin Morrison
album: Ear Resistible
comments: [slow jam]
The Temptations
I'm Here
2000
Motown
82
record label: Gordy 7063
chart position: US #124
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: Gettin' Ready
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
I've Been Good to You
1967
Gordy
83
record label: Atlantic 3517
chart position: RandB #42
written by: Brian Holland, Harold Beatty and Eddie Holland Jr. (as Eddie Holland)
album: Bare Back
The Temptations
Bare Back
1978
Atlantic
84
record label: Gordy 1881
chart position: RandB #45
written by: Brian O'Doherty
album: To Be Continued…
comments: [beat ballad]
The Temptations
Someone
1987
Gordy
85
record label: Motown 1933
chart position: RandB #53
written by: Otis Williams, Ron Tyson and Victor Carstarphen
album: Together Again
comments: [ballad]
The Temptations
Do You Wanna Go with Me
1988
Motown
86
record label: Motown 937
chart position: RandB #54
written by: Theo Peoples
album: Phoenix Rising
comments: [ballad]
The Temptations
This Is My Promise
1999
Motown
87
record label: Gordy 7188
chart position: RandB #55
written by: William Weatherspoon, Angelo Bond and A. Weatherspoon
album: Power
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Struck by Lightning Twice
1980
Gordy
88
record label: Motown 1837
chart position: RandB #63, US AC #28
written by: Henry Mancini and Dennis Lambert
album: To Be Continued…
The Temptations
A Fine Mess
1986
Motown
89
record label: Motown 0937
chart position: RandB #57
written by: Darcy Aldridge, Rex Rideout, Ronnie Garrett and Tony Kurtis
album: Phoenix Rising
comments: [slow jam]
The Temptations
How Could He Hurt You
1999
Motown
90
record label: Atlantic 3461
chart position: RandB #58
written by: Allan Felder, Norman Harris and Ron Tyson
The Temptations
Think for Yourself
1978
Atlantic
91
record label: Gordy 1834
chart position: RandB #63
written by: Ali Ollie Woodson and Otis Williams
album: Touch Me
comments: [beat ballad]
The Temptations
Touch Me
1986
Gordy
92
record label: Gordy 1707
chart position: RandB #67
written by: Angelo Bond and Norman Whitfield
album: Back to Basics
comments: [funk]
The Temptations
Miss Busy Body (Get Your Body Busy)
1983
Gordy
93
record label: Motown 72768
chart position: RandB #68
written by: Jeff Franzel, Nina Ossoff and Porter Carroll
album: Milestone
comments: [slow jam]
The Temptations
Hoops of Fire
1992
Motown
94
record label: Motown 1216
chart position: RandB #69
written by: Fred Karlin and Dean Pitchford
album: Loving Couples: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from Loving Couples
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Take Me Away
1980
Motown
95
record label: Gordy 1789
chart position: RandB #81
written by: Mike Himelstein and Tom Keane
album: Truly for You
comments: [beat ballad]
The Temptations
How Can You Say That It's Over
1985
Gordy
96
record label: Gordy 1631
chart position: RandB #82
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: Reunion
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
More on the Inside
1982
Gordy
97
record label: Motown 3746312261
chart position: RandB #86
written by: Melvin Franklin, Otis Williams and Dennis Nelson
album: Emperors of Soul
comments: [ballad]
The Temptations
Error of Our Ways
1994
Motown
98
record label: Motown
chart position: RandB #105
written by: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
album: For Lovers Only
comments: [love ballad]
The Temptations
Some Enchanted Evening
1995
Motown
99
record label: Motown
chart position: RandB #113
written by: Gerald Levert, Joe Little III
album: Ear-Resistible
comments: [album cut]
The Temptations
Selfish Reasons
2000
Motown
100
record label: Motown 20641
chart position: RandB #115
written by: Jasher
album: Awesome
comments: [slow jam]
The Temptations
4 Days
2001
Motown