Top 100 Motown Club Classics
- Tony Temple
- Aug 27, 2025
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 2, 2025
🕺 Top 100 Motown Tracks
🎤 Motown Royalty & Timeless Classics
Stevie Wonder – “Superstition”
Marvin Gaye – “What’s Going On”
The Temptations – “My Girl”
The Supremes – “Stop! In the Name of Love”
Four Tops – “Reach Out I’ll Be There”
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – “Dancing in the Street”
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – “The Tracks of My Tears”
Jackson 5 – “I Want You Back”
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”
Barrett Strong – “Money (That’s What I Want)”
💿 Soulful Anthems & Vocal Powerhouse
Jimmy Ruffin – “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted”
Edwin Starr – “War”
Brenda Holloway – “Every Little Bit Hurts”
The Marvelettes – “Please Mr. Postman”
Gladys Knight & The Pips – “Neither One of Us”
The Contours – “Do You Love Me”
The Supremes – “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”
The Temptations – “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – “Shop Around”
Diana Ross – “Love Hangover”
🎶 Motown’s Golden Groove
Stevie Wonder – “Living for the City”
The Temptations – “I Can’t Get Next to You”
Four Tops – “Bernadette”
The Supremes – “You Can’t Hurry Love”
Marvin Gaye – “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)”
The Jackson 5 – “ABC”
Mary Wells – “My Guy”
Smokey Robinson – “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me”
The Temptations – “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg”
The Supremes – “Where Did Our Love Go”
🎧 Motown Deep Cuts & Hidden Gems
The Marvelettes – “The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game”
Stevie Wonder – “I Was Made to Love Her”
Marvin Gaye – “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”
Four Tops – “Standing in the Shadows of Love”
Gladys Knight & The Pips – “Didn’t You Know (You’d Have to Cry Sometime)”
The Temptations – “I Wish It Would Rain”
The Isley Brothers – “This Old Heart of Mine”
Jr. Walker & The All Stars – “Shotgun”
Tammi Terrell – “Come On and See Me”
The Velvelettes – “Needle in a Haystack”
🪩 Motown Funk & Dancefloor Vibes
Rick James – “Super Freak”
Commodores – “Brick House”
Teena Marie – “Square Biz”
Lionel Richie – “All Night Long”
DeBarge – “Rhythm of the Night”
The Jacksons – “Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)”
Diana Ross – “I’m Coming Out”
Stevie Wonder – “Boogie On Reggae Woman”
Marvin Gaye – “Got to Give It Up”
The Temptations – “Cloud Nine”
🎷 Duets & Romantic Soul
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – “You’re All I Need to Get By”
Diana Ross & Lionel Richie – “Endless Love”
Smokey Robinson & Claudette Rogers – “Being With You”
Rick James & Teena Marie – “Fire and Desire”
Marvin Gaye & Diana Ross – “You Are Everything”
The Supremes & The Temptations – “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me”
Stevie Wonder & Syreeta – “With You I’m Born Again”
Gladys Knight & The Pips – “If I Were Your Woman”
The Originals – “Baby I’m for Real”
The Miracles – “Ooo Baby Baby"
🎼 Motown’s Message & Protest Soul
Stevie Wonder – “Higher Ground”
Marvin Gaye – “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)”
The Temptations – “Ball of Confusion”
Edwin Starr – “Time”
Stevie Wonder – “Heaven Help Us All”
Martha Reeves – “No One There”
Smokey Robinson – “Quiet Storm”
Marvin Gaye – “Trouble Man”
The Undisputed Truth – “Smiling Faces Sometimes”
The Temptations – “Runaway Child, Running Wild”
🎤 Motown’s Later Gems & Crossover Hits
Boyz II Men – “End of the Road”
Lionel Richie – “Hello”
Rick James – “Give It to Me Baby”
Teena Marie – “Lovergirl”
DeBarge – “All This Love”
Shanice – “I Love Your Smile”
Johnny Gill – “My, My, My”
Gerald Levert – “Baby I’m Ready”
Erykah Badu – “Bag Lady” (Motown-distributed)
India.Arie – “Video”
🎵 Final Flourishes & Fan Favorites
The Supremes – “Back in My Arms Again”
The Temptations – “Just My Imagination”
Stevie Wonder – “Isn’t She Lovely”
Marvin Gaye – “Let’s Get It On”
Smokey Robinson – “Cruisin’”
Diana Ross – “Touch Me in the Morning”
The Jackson 5 – “Never Can Say Goodbye”
Four Tops – “It’s the Same Old Song”
Mary Wells – “Two Lovers”
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – “Nowhere to Run”
📀 Bonus Tracks to Round It Out
The Marvelettes – “Beechwood 4-5789”
The Isley Brothers – “Behind a Painted Smile”
Jr. Walker – “Road Runner”
The Velvelettes – “He Was Really Sayin’ Somethin’”
The Contours – “First I Look at the Purse”
Brenda Holloway – “When I’m Gone”
The Spinners – “It’s a Shame”
Syreeta – “Your Kiss Is Sweet”
The Miracles – “Love Machine”
Stevie Wonder – “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours”
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