# | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
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1 | I Heard It Through the Grapevine | Marvin Gaye | 3.9 | 3:16 |
2 | Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) | Stevie Wonder | 4.2 | 2:39 |
3 | I Say a Little Prayer | Aretha Franklin | 4.35 | 3:31 |
4 | Son of a Preacher Man | Dusty Springfield | 4.25 | 2:28 |
5 | Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag | James Brown | 3.65 | 2:06 |
6 | Express Yourself | Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band | 4.5 | 3:53 |
7 | Sunny | Bobby Hebb | 4 | 2:47 |
8 | Here Comes the Sun | Nina Simone | 4.4 | 3:35 |
9 | California Soul | Marlena Shaw | 5 | 2:57 |
10 | Sweet Soul Music | Arthur Conley | 4 | 2:21 |
11 | Ain’t No Mountain High Enough | Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell | 4.75 | 2:26 |
12 | I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)- producer:
- Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland
- instruments:
- The Funk Brothers (in 1965)
- strings:
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra (in 1965)
- background vocals:
- The Andantes (in 1965), Marlene Barrow (in 1965), Renaldo Benson (in 1965), Louvain Demps (in 1965), Abdul "Duke" Fakir (in 1965), Jackie Hicks (in 1965) and Lawrence Payton (in 1965)
- lead vocals:
- Levi Stubbs (in 1965)
- recorded at:
- Hitsville in Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 1965)
- part of:
- Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1965 (number: 30), Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 415) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 483)
- recording of:
- I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (in 1965)
- lyricist:
- Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland and Eddie Holland
- composer:
- Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland
- publisher:
- Stone Agate Music Division
| The Four Tops | 3.5 | 2:44 |
13 | You Keep Me Hangin’ On | The Supremes | 3.75 | 2:46 |
14 | The Tracks of My Tears | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | 4.25 | 2:55 |
15 | This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) | The Isley Brothers | 4.35 | 2:45 |
16 | My Girl- producer:
- Smokey Robinson and Ronald White
- bass:
- James Jamerson (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17)
- drums (drum set):
- Benny Benjamin (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17)
- guitar:
- Robert White (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17)
- instruments:
- The Funk Brothers (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17)
- strings:
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17)
- background vocals:
- Eddie Kendricks (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17), Otis Williams (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17) and Paul Williams (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17)
- lead vocals:
- David Ruffin (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17)
- performer:
- The Temptations (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17)
- strings arranger:
- Paul Riser
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Motown Record Company, L.P. (in 1964)
- recorded at:
- Hitsville in Detroit, Michigan, United States (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17)
- part of:
- Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1965 (number: 11), The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 43) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 88)
- recording of:
- My Girl (from 1964-09-25 until 1964-11-17)
- lyricist:
- Smokey Robinson
- composer:
- Smokey Robinson and Ronald White
- publisher:
- Jobete Music, Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., Music for Africa , Poochum, イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (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 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| The Temptations | 4.45 | 2:44 |
17 | My Guy | Mary Wells | 4.2 | 2:51 |
18 | Dancing in the Street- producer:
- William Stevenson
- publisher:
- EMI Music Publishing
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Motown Record Corporation (in 1964) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (in 1964)
- part of:
- Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1964 (number: 7), Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 40) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 130)
- recording of:
- Dancing in the Street
- writer:
- Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter and William Stevenson
- publisher:
- EMI Music Publishing , FCG Music, Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., MG III Music, NMG Music, Stone Agate Music, Stone Agate Music Division, イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (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 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| Martha Reeves & the Vandellas | 3.6 | 2:38 |
19 | Soul Man | Sam & Dave | 4.5 | 2:37 |
20 | Mustang Sally | Wilson Pickett | 4 | 3:06 |