Top 5 Motown Songs Ever

[low-key]

I love all types of music, but nothing better then Motown


5. Baby I Need Your Loving
4. I Heard It Thru The Grapevine
3. Lets Get It On
2. My Girl
1. Just My Imagination

 

[disney4us2002]

I always think of Marvin Gaye when I think of Motown..so Let's get it on and Sexual Healing. Miss him a lot.

 

[low-key]

I always think of Marvin Gaye when I think of Motown..so Let's get it on and Sexual Healing. Miss him a lot.

I got that song downloaded on my Itunes , I love it, I still remember the video well, his blood pressure rising when the hot nurse is taking it

 

[lesliekatya]

Ain't no mountain high enough - Diana Ross
Sitting on the dock of the bay - Otis Redding
Ain't too proud to beg - The Temptations
Respect - Aretha
What's going on - Marvin Gaye

And because I can't have just five - - I want you back - Jackson 5

 

[low-key]

Ain't no mountain high enough - Diana Ross
Sitting on the dock of the bay - Otis Redding
Ain't too proud to beg - The Temptations
Respect - Aretha
What's going on - Marvin Gaye

And because I can't have just five - - I want you back - Jackson 5

I know, 5 wont do it, I change my top 5 every 5 minutes, love all you jsut said, I think I might be downloading a lot of songs tonight

 

[dashofsunshine]

Ugh, I don't know if I can order them...but my top 5....

Ain't Too Proud to Beg
Higher Ground
Isn't She Lovely
Rockin' Robin
Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Honorable mention to Please Mr. Postman

 

[low-key]

Ugh, I don't know if I can order them...but my top 5....

Ain't Too Proud to Beg
Higher Ground
Isn't She Lovely
Rockin' Robin
Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Honorable mention to Please Mr. Postman

I love all of them but such a girly list

 

[dashofsunshine]

I love all of them but such a girly list

Well, that works out well, because I am indeed a female. COOL!

 

[hereyago]

I am doing the decades of Motown:

Marvin Gaye: any song ,adored him
Stevie Wonder:Superstition
Rick James: Super Freak
Johnny Gill: Rub You The Right Way
Commodores: Still


Even though Barry White wasn't Motown label, I give him honorable mention,lol.

 

[MataHari22]

It's impossible to just pick 5, but I will highlight 5 I like. Obviously, I think of my favorites from Marvin Gaye and Aretha, but since others have listed them, I will go with some others that may not have been mentioned.


Cannot have a Motown list without Smokey Robinson, so I need to chose one of his tunes. Hard to pick just one, but I would say, I Second That Emotion.

Gotta have some Temptations, maybe I would have to pick Can't Get Next To You.

Must have the Jackson 5 and The Love You Save.

So hard to pick just one Stevie Wonder tune, but I guess I'll say, I Wish.

The Supremes, You Can't Hurry Love.

 

[MomofKatie]

Tears of A Clown- Smokey Robinson
Ain't No Mountain High Enough- Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)- The Four Tops
Fingertips, Sir Duke, or just about anything, really- Stevie Wonder
Baby Love- The Supremes

That was hard! So many other songs I could add to that list. The Jackson 5, Temptations, Gladys Knight and The Pips, The Commodores, The Shirelles, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas- a long list of amazing artists.

 

[MomofKatie]

Ain't no mountain high enough - Diana Ross
Sitting on the dock of the bay - Otis Redding
Ain't too proud to beg - The Temptations
Respect - Aretha
What's going on - Marvin Gaye

And because I can't have just five - - I want you back - Jackson 5

I was going to include Respect in my list, but found out Aretha was never a Motown artist! I would have sworn she was, but nope- she started out with another small label out of Detroit, JVB, then moved to big labels throughout the years (Columbia, Arista, RCA, and Atlantic).

 

[E&Cmom]

I heard it Though the GrapeVine
My Guy- Mary Wells
You Can't Hurry Love- The Supremes
Baby Love
Just My Imagination

 

[Mokat76]

Oh, man, this thread is going to cost me a fortune in downloads!

My Girl
Still
What's Goin' On
I Just Called to Say I Love You
Overjoyed

 

[L&Lfan]

Too many, especially by the Supremes and Four Tops, to mention. Love Hangover and Don't Leave Me This Way would also be near the top.

 

[Disneylover99]

Love Child
Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)
Love Hangover
Do You Know Where You're Going To
You Keep Me Hangin' On

I'm not a big Motown fan, but I love Diana Ross.

 

[eliza61]

I love all types of music, but nothing better then Motown


5. Baby I Need Your Loving
4. I Heard It Thru The Grapevine
3. Lets Get It On
2. My Girl
1. Just My Imagination

Ok, this is for the grand prize. which version of "heard it through the grapevine"?? Marvin Gaye or Gladys knight?

Whew I'm a Motown fiend so just so many.

1) Just my imagination
2) Ohh baby baby
3) The love you saved
4) the love I saw was just a mirage
5) My chere amour


honorable mention: Mercy, mercy me and Jimmy Mack (how can you not dance when you hear that)

 

[MataHari22]

I was going to include Respect in my list, but found out Aretha was never a Motown artist! I would have sworn she was, but nope- she started out with another small label out of Detroit, JVB, then moved to big labels throughout the years (Columbia, Arista, RCA, and Atlantic).

I did not realize this!

Oh, man, this thread is going to cost me a fortune in downloads!

Glad I'm not the only one! These music threads always get me "into trouble" on iTunes.

 

[asta]

I saw Motown the musical last weekend. The music was so good. I especially liked the actor who portrayed Marvin Gaye.

 

[L&Lfan]

Nothing But Heartaches
In and Out of Love
Come See About Me
Love Is Like an Itchin' in My Heart
Upside Down