Signature
key confidence high · relative Db major · tempo confidence medium · half-time 60.5 · low end 37% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · how accurate
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Lineage
- Written byBarrett Strongsource
- CoveredFour Topssource
- CoveredGeorge Michaelsource
- CoveredMudfunksource
- CoveredNeal Morsesource
- Written byNorman Whitfieldsource
- CoveredPhil Collinssource
- CoveredRockapellasource
- CoveredThe Band of Heathens featuring Ray Wylie Hubbardsource
- CoveredThe BB Bandsource
- CoveredThe Jackson 5source
- CoveredThe Pioneerssource
- CoveredThe Undisputed Truthsource
- CoveredWas (Not Was)source
Why it is here
- The Temptations' version won three 1973 Grammy Awards—Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group, Best R&B Instrumental, and Best R&B Song—and was later inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. source
- It became the Temptations' final number-one pop hit and features Norman Whitfield's extended, cinematic-soul production built around a repeating bassline, wah-wah guitar, and hi-hat groove. source
- The full-length album version was ranked number 169 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. source
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