The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 12B: 1972

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Tracklist

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1Your Wonderful Sweet, Sweet Love
executive producer:
Berry Gordy
producer:
Smokey Robinson and Will Robinson (songwriter & producer, Nashville)
lead vocals:
Jean Terrell
vocals:
Jean Terrell
performer:
Paul Riser
arranger:
Paul Riser
recording of:
Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love
lyricist:
Smokey Robinson and Will Robinson (songwriter & producer, Nashville)
composer:
Will Robinson (songwriter & producer, Nashville)
cover recording of:
Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love
lyricist:
Smokey Robinson and Will Robinson (songwriter & producer, Nashville)
composer:
Will Robinson (songwriter & producer, Nashville)
The Supremes3:03
2The Wisdom of Time
recording of:
The Wisdom of Time
composer:
Clifford Burston, Pam Moffett and Smokey Robinson
The Supremes3:14
3Green Grow the Lilacs
The Festivals2:46
4So in Love
The Festivals2:53
5Green Grow the Lilacs (stereo promo version)
The Festivals2:46
6What Is Black
Billy Proctor3:19
7I Can Take It All
Billy Proctor2:17
8What Is Black (stereo promo version)
Billy Proctor3:18
9Ben
producer:
The Corporation (Motown songwriters)
lead vocals:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”) (in 1972)
arranger:
The Corporation (Motown songwriters)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Company, L.P. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label)
recording of:
Ben (in 1972)
lyricist:
Don Black (English lyricist)
composer:
Walter Scharf
publisher:
Jobette Music (in 1972)
part of:
The 45th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Michael Jackson3.852:45
10You Can Cry on My Shoulder
Michael Jackson2:28
11That’s How Love Goes
Jermaine Jackson3:27
12I Lost My Love in the Big City
Jermaine Jackson3:36
13Duck You Sucker
The Jerry Ross Symposium3:08
14It Happened on a Sunday Morning
The Jerry Ross Symposium2:57
15(It’s the Way) Nature Planned It
producer:
Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
arranger:
Jerry Long (Motown songwriter Jerry Long, Sr.)
recording of:
(It's the Way) Nature Planned It
writer:
Pam Sawyer (British‐born American lyricist and songwriter) and Frank Wilson (Motown singer/songwriter)
Four Tops3:40
16I’ll Never Change
Four Tops2:44
17Our Lives Are Shaped by What We Love
recording of:
Our Lives Are Shaped by What We Love
writer:
Cyril Lionel Robert James
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Odyssey33:37
18Broken Road
Odyssey2:44
19The Night
recording of:
The Night
writer:
Bob Gaudio and Al Ruzicka
The Four Seasons3:17
20Sun Country
recording of:
Sun Country
lyricist and composer:
Bob Gaudio
The Four Seasons4:07
21Daddy Could Swear, I Declare
Gladys Knight & the Pips43:45
22Can’t Give It Up No More
Gladys Knight & the Pips43:37
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1Keep On Runnin
recording of:
Keep On Running
composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.) and Jobete Music Co. (in 1973)
Stevie Wonder3:18
2Evil
producer:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
Evil
composer:
Stevie Wonder and Yvonne Wright
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.) and Jobete Music Co. (in 1973)
Stevie Wonder33:35
3The Morning After
Michelle Aller3:05
4Spend Some Time Together
Michelle Aller1:53
5Just Not Gonne Make It
Michelle Aller2:58
6Walk On, Don’t Look Back
The Four Seasons2:56
7Who Is the Leader of the People
Edwin Starr2:31
8Don’t Tell Me I’m Crazy
Edwin Starr2:38
9Who Is the Leader of the People (stereo promo version)
Edwin Starr2:20
10Gospel Truth
Bob Babbitt2:47
11Running Like a Rabbit
Bob Babbitt2:51
12If You Let Me
Eddie Kendricks3:17
13Just Memories
Eddie Kendricks5:52
14I Guess I’ll Miss the Man
The Supremes2:40
15Over and Over
recording of:
Over and Over
lyricist and composer:
Smokey Robinson
The Supremes3:17
16The Good Things (Where Was I When Love Came By)
The Naturals3:10
17Me and My Brother
The Naturals2:49
18The Good Things (Where Was I When Love Came By) (stereo promo version)
The Naturals3:12
19I Love Every Little Thing About You
cover recording of:
I Love Every Little Thing About You
composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.) and Jobete Music Co. (in 1973)
Syreeta3:44
20Black Maybe
recording of:
Black Maybe
composer:
Stevie Wonder
Syreeta4:14
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1Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
producer:
Norman Whitfield
lead vocals:
Dennis Edwards (US soul & R’n’B singer) (in 1972), Damon Harris (in 1972) and Richard Street (in 1972)
conductor:
Paul Riser (in 1972)
arranger:
Paul Riser
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Company, L.P. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1972) and Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1972)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 168) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 333)
cover recording of:
Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone (in 1972)
lyricist and composer:
Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Stone Diamond Music Corporation, イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
The Temptations46:58
2Papa Was a Rolling Stone (instrumental)
instrumental cover recording of:
Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
lyricist and composer:
Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
publisher:
Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.), Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Stone Diamond Music Corporation, イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
The Temptations4:50
3Corner of the Sky
recording of:
Pippin: Corner of the Sky
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Schwartz (musical theatre lyricist/composer)
part of:
Pippin (Stephen Schwartz musical)
The Jackson 53:41
4To Know
The Jackson 53:22
5Good Time Sally
recording of:
Good Time Sally
writer:
Tom Baird (Motown producer)
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Rare Earth2:54
6Love Shines Down
Rare Earth3:39
7Genius
Valerie Simpson3:36
8Silly Wasn’t I
recording of:
Silly Wasn’t I
writer:
Jo Armstead, Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
Valerie Simpson2:11
9I Believe I’m Gonna Take This Ride
Valerie Simpson3:04
10What If
Thelma Houston2:59
11There Is a God
Thelma Houston4:57
12Mama I Gotta Brand New Thing (Don’t Say No)
The Undisputed Truth3:37
13Girl You’re Alright
The Undisputed Truth2:56
14With a Little Help From My Friends
cover recording of:
With a Little Help From My Friends
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
ATV (Northern Songs Catalog), Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs Ltd. (, in 1967), Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP) (from 1967 to present)
The Undisputed Truth4:27
15Girl You’re Alright (stereo promo version)
The Undisputed Truth2:58
16She Said That
Lesley Gore3:30
17The Road I Walk
Lesley Gore3:54
18Spanish Harlem
recording of:
Spanish Harlem
lyricist:
Jerry Leiber
composer:
Phil Spector
publisher:
ABKCO Music Ltd., ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), Carlin Music Corporation, Mother Bertha Music Inc., Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Trio Music Co., Inc. and Unichappell Music
The Crusaders4:06
19Papa Hooper’s Barrelhouse Groove
The Crusaders2:38
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1Superstition
Moog programming and associate producer:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
engineer:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
lead vocals:
Stevie Wonder
recording of:
Superstition
lyricist and composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music), Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
Stevie Wonder4.54:10
2You’ve Got It Bad Girl
programming:
Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff
producer:
Stevie Wonder
congas:
Daniel Ben Zebulon
background vocals:
Jim Gilstrap and Lani Groves
recording of:
You’ve Got It Bad Girl
lyricist:
Yvonne Wright
composer:
Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. (in 1972) and Stein & Van Stock, Inc. (in 1972)
Stevie Wonder3.54:59
3You’ve Got My Mind
The Sisters Love3:45
4Try It You’ll Like It
The Sisters Love3:30
5Songwriter
Repairs3:20
6Fiddler
Repairs4:53
7Average People
Bobby Darin3:41
8Something in Her Love
Bobby Darin3:36
9Since I Met You There’s No Magic
Celebration3:25
10The Circle Again
Celebration3:13
11Come Get This Thang
G.C. Cameron & Willie Hutch2:42
12My Woman
G.C. Cameron & Willie Hutch3:00
13Daddy’s Home
recording of:
Daddy’s Home
writer:
Charles Baskerville, Clarence Bassett, James Sheppard (American Doo-Wop/R&B singer) and William Henry Miller (US songwriter, A&R executive, label owner)
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, Longitude Music, Sixty Four East Music Co., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
is based on:
A Thousand Miles Away
Jermaine Jackson3:05
14Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)
Jermaine Jackson3:10
15I Can’t Stand to See You Cry (commercial version)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles3:38
16With Your Love Came
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles3:20
17I Can’t Stand to See You Cry (stereo promo version)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles3:38
18Happy (Love Theme From “Lady Sings the Blues”)
Bobby Darin4:06
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1Trouble Man
recording of:
Trouble Man
lyricist:
Marvin Gaye
composer:
Marvin Gaye (in 1972)
publisher:
Jobette Music Co. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Marvin Gaye3:58
2Don’t Mess With Mr. T
recording of:
Don’t Mess With Mr. T
writer:
Marvin Gaye
composer:
Jack McDuff
Marvin Gaye2:45
3Robot Man
Jay and the Techniques2:29
4I’ll Be Here
Jay and the Techniques2:22
5Long Life and Success to the Farmer
Martin & Finley3:07
6Half Crazed
Martin & Finley4:03
7Take It Out on Me
The Jerry Ross Symposium3:19
8It’s the Same Old Love
The Jerry Ross Symposium3:20
9Love Ain’t Love (Till You Give It to Somebody)
The Courtships3:23
10Oops, It Just Slipped Out
The Courtships3:11
11We’re Gonna Have a Good Time
Rare Earth3:27
12Would You Like to Come Along
Rare Earth2:48
13Ballad of the Unloved
Wolfe3:13
14Tale of Two Cities
Wolfe4:39
15It’s Not the Last Time
Puzzle3:56
16On With the Show
Puzzle2:47
17Good Morning Heartache
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Company, L.P. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1972) and Motown Records (not for label use; use “Motown” instead) (in 2015)
cover recording of:
Good Morning Heartache
lyricist:
Ervin Drake (Songwriter)
composer:
Dan Fisher (U.S. songwriter ("Good Morning Heartache"), author, producer) and Irene Higginbotham
publisher:
Fisher Music Corp., Lindabet Music, Inc. and Universal/MCA Music (music publisher; do not use as release label!)
Diana Ross2:21
18God Bless the Child
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Company, L.P. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1972) and Motown Records (not for label use; use “Motown” instead) (in 2015)
cover recording of:
God Bless the Child
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
Diana Ross2:44
19I Want to Come Home for Christmas
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1972, in 1990)
recording of:
I Want to Come Home for Christmas
writer:
Marvin Gaye and Forest Hairston
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Marvin Gaye3:33
20Christmas in the City
Marvin Gaye3:18
21Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)
producer:
Joe Porter (producer)
arranger:
Artie Butler and Michael Omartian
recording of:
Neither One of Us
lyricist:
Jim Weatherly (American singer/songwriter)
composer:
James D. Weatherly (American singer/songwriter)
publisher:
Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
Gladys Knight & the Pips3.754:20

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part of:The Complete Motown Singles (number: 12B) (order: 14)
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002581642 [info]