Motown Classics Playlist

Motown Classics — Motown is the Detroit sound that integrated the charts — polished, joyful soul-pop from a hit factory that ran like an assembly line. An in-house rhythm section, tambourine backbeats, call-and-response vocals and orchestral pop arrangements were aimed squarely at radio.

🔒 The top 10 are this genre's must-play anthems — the biggest hits no DJ leaves out — so they stay pinned. Tap 🔀 and everything from #11 down refreshes into a fresh mix (from a pool of 166).

1. My Girl — The Temptations
2. Reach Out I'll Be There — Four Tops
3. I Heard It Through The Grapevine — Marvin Gaye
4. I Want You Back — Jackson 5
5. What's Going On — Marvin Gaye
6. Please Mr. Postman — The Marvelettes
7. Papa Was A Rollin' Stone — The Temptations
8. Ain't Too Proud To Beg — The Temptations
9. Let's Get It On — Marvin Gaye
10. Baby Love — The Supremes
11. War — Edwin Starr
12. Where Did Our Love Go — The Supremes
13. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) — The Temptations
14. Uptight (Everything's Alright) — Stevie Wonder
15. Dancing In The Street — Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
16. What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted — Jimmy Ruffin
17. I Second That Emotion — Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
18. (I'm A) Road Runner — Jr. Walker & The All Stars
19. Nowhere To Run — Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
20. The Tracks Of My Tears — Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
21. Ain't No Mountain High Enough — Marvin Gaye
22. At Last — Etta James
23. I'll Be There — Jackson 5
24. Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) — Stevie Wonder
25. Don't Leave Me This Way — Thelma Houston
26. Give It To Me Baby — Rick James
27. Midnight Train to Georgia — Gladys Knight & The Pips
28. Do You Love Me — The Contours
29. This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) — The Isley Brothers
30. Superstition — Stevie Wonder
31. My Guy — Mary Wells
32. Needle In A Haystack — The Velvelettes
33. Love Machine — The Miracles
34. Someday We'll Be Together — Diana Ross & The Supremes
35. The Tears Of A Clown — Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
36. Money (That's What I Want) — Barrett Strong
37. You Beat Me To The Punch — Mary Wells
38. Rescue Me — Fontella Bass
39. Respect — Aretha Franklin
40. ABC — Jackson 5
41. Upside Down — Diana Ross
42. Rockin' Robin — Michael Jackson
43. Brick House — Commodores
44. Let It Whip — Dazz Band
45. Cruisin' — Smokey Robinson
46. Living For The City — Stevie Wonder
47. I Like It — DeBarge
48. These Boots Are Made For Walking — The Supremes
49. Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) — Gladys Knight & The Pips
50. My, My, My — Johnny Gill
51. You Can't Hurry Love — The Supremes
52. Touch Me In The Morning — Diana Ross
53. Shotgun — Jr. Walker & The All Stars
54. Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) — Frank Wilson
55. It's The Same Old Song/Reach Out I'll Be There — Boyz II Men
56. I Call Your Name — Switch
57. Baby Come Close — Smokey Robinson
58. You've Really Got A Hold On Me — The Miracles
59. Seek And You Shall Find — The Isley Brothers
60. I'll Be Around — The Spinners
61. I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) — Four Tops
62. It's A Shame — The Spinners
63. Love Train — The O'Jays
64. It's Your Thing — The Isley Brothers
65. (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave — Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
66. I'll Take You There — The Staple Singers
67. Smiling Faces Sometimes — The Undisputed Truth
68. Jimmy Mack — Martha & The Vandellas
69. How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) — Jr. Walker & The All Stars
70. My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) — David Ruffin
71. Going To A Go-Go — Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
72. You Really Got a Hold On Me — Percy Sledge
73. Hype off Your Love — Time To Talk
74. Hero (Wind Beneath My Wings) — Gladys Knight & The Pips
75. Build Me Up Buttercup — The Foundations
76. Easy — The Commodores
77. Falling In Love With Love — Diana Ross & The Supremes
78. Who's Loving You — Jackson 5
79. Think — Aretha Franklin
80. Nightshift — Commodores
81. If I Were Your Woman — Gladys Knight & The Pips
82. Super Freak — Rick James
83. Rhythm Of The Night — DeBarge
84. Could It Be I'm Falling in Love — The Spinners
85. Chain of Fools — Aretha Franklin
86. 4 Seasons Of Loneliness — Boyz II Men
87. Three Times A Lady — Commodores
88. You Really Got A Hold On Me — The Miracles
89. Behind A Painted Smile — The Isley Brothers
90. The One Who Really Loves You — Mary Wells
91. Motownphilly — Boyz II Men
92. Got To Be There — Michael Jackson
93. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman — Aretha Franklin
94. Being With You — Smokey Robinson
95. Ain't No Mountain High Enough — Diana Ross
96. My Old Piano — Diana Ross
97. Too Many Fish In The Sea — The Marvelettes
98. Baby I Need Your Loving — Four Tops
99. One Day In Your Life — Michael Jackson
100. Standing In The Shadows Of Love — Four Tops

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