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Date

Title

Album

Comment

Video

1962

05/1962

Dream Come True by The Temptations

from Meet the Temptations

22
R&B

[Gordy 7001]
written by Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy Jr.)

12/1962

Paradise by The Temptations

from Meet the Temptations

122
US

[Gordy 7010]
written by Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy Jr.)

1964

02/1964

The Way You Do the Things You Do by The Temptations

from Meet the Temptations

101

11
US

✫1
R&B

[Gordy 7028]
written by Smokey Robinson & Bobby Rogers

05/1964

The Girl's Alright with Me by The Temptations

from The Temptin' Temptations

102
US

39
R&B

US B side to "I'll Be In Trouble"
[Gordy 7032]
written by Norman Whitfield, Eddie Holland Jr. & Eddie Kendricks

05/1964

I'll Be in Trouble by The Temptations

from The Temptin' Temptations

33
US

22
R&B

[Gordy 7032]
written by Smokey Robinson

09/1964

Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue) by The Temptations

from The Temptin' Temptations

26
US

11
R&B

[Gordy 7035]
written by Norman Whitfield & Eddie Holland Jr.

1965

01/1965

⑤ My Girl by The Temptations

from The Temptations Sing Smokey

251

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

43
UK

[artist #5 hit]
rolling stone logo

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #88]
[Gordy 7038]
written by Smokey Robinson & Ronald White

04/1965

It's Growing by The Temptations

from The Temptations Sing Smokey

18
US

3
R&B

45
UK

additional background vocals by The Andantes
[Gordy 7040]
written by Smokey Robinson & Pete Moore (as Warren Moore)

07/1965

Since I Lost My Baby by The Temptations

from The Temptin' Temptations

17
US

4
R&B

[Gordy 7043]
written by Smokey Robinson & Pete Moore (as Warren Moore)

10.

07/1965

You've Got to Earn It by The Temptations

from The Temptin' Temptations

123
US

22
R&B

US B side to "Since I Lost My Baby"
[Gordy 7043]
written by Smokey Robinson & Cornelius Grant

11.

10/1965

My Baby by The Temptations

from The Temptin' Temptations

13
US

4
R&B

[Gordy 7047]
written by Smokey Robinson, Ronald White & Pete Moore

12.

11/1965

Don't Look Back by The Temptations

from Greatest Hits

83
US

15
R&B

US B side to My Baby
[Gordy 7047]
written by Smokey Robinson & Ronald White

1966

13.

02/1966

Get Ready by The Temptations

from Gettin' Ready

29
US

✫1
R&B

[Gordy 7049]
written by Smokey Robinson

14.

05/1966

Ain't Too Proud to Beg by The Temptations

from Gettin' Ready

138

13
US

✫1
R&B

21
UK

[Gordy 7054]
written by Norman Whitfield & Eddie Holland Jr.

15.

08/1966

Beauty Is Only Skin Deep by The Temptations

from Greatest Hits

224

3
US

✫1
R&B

18
UK

[Gordy 7055]
written by Norman Whitfield & Eddie Holland Jr.

16.

11/1966

(I Know) I'm Losing You by The Temptations

from The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul

171

8
US

✫1
R&B

19
UK

[Gordy 7057]
written by Norman Whitfield, Eddie Holland Jr. & Cornelius Grant

1967

17.

04/1967

All I Need by The Temptations

from The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul

140

8
US

2
R&B

60
UK

[Gordy 7061]
written by Frank Wilson, Eddie Holland Jr. & R. Dean Taylor

18.

07/1967

You're My Everything by The Temptations

from The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul

183

6
US

3
R&B

26
UK

[Gordy 7063]
written by Norman Whitfield, Cornelius Grant & Roger Penzabene

19.

08/1967

I've Been Good to You by The Temptations

from Gettin' Ready

124
US

[Gordy 7063]
written by Smokey Robinson

20.

10/1967

(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need by The Temptations

from The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul

14
US

3
R&B

[Gordy 7065]
written by Norman Whitfield & Eddie Holland Jr.

1968

21.

01/1968

I Wish It Would Rain by The Temptations

from The Temptations Wish It Would Rain

187

4
US

✫1
R&B

45
UK

[Gordy 7068]
written by Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong & Roger Penzabene

22.

03/1968

I Truly, Truly Believe by The Temptations

from The Temptations Wish It Would Rain

116
US

41
R&B

[Gordy 7068]
written by Henry Cosby, Allen Story & Margaret Johnson

23.

05/1968

I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) by The Temptations

from The Temptations Wish It Would Rain

113

13
US

✫1
R&B

47
UK

[Gordy 7072]
written by Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong & Roger Penzabene

24.

08/1968

Please Return Your Love to Me by The Temptations

from The Temptations Wish It Would Rain

26
US

4
R&B

[Gordy 7074]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

25.

11/1968

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

from Cloud Nine

203

6
US

2
R&B

15
UK

[Gordy 7081]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

1969

26.

02/1969

Runaway Child, Running Wild by The Temptations

from The Temptations Show

147

6
US

✫1
R&B

[Gordy 7084]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

27.

03/1969

Get Ready by The Temptations

from The Temptations Show

10
UK

UK re-issue
written by Smokey Robinson

28.

05/1969

Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down by The Temptations

from Puzzle People

20
US

2
R&B

[Gordy 7086]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

29.

08/1969

③ I Can't Get Next to You by The Temptations

from Puzzle People

302

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

13
UK

[artist #3 hit]
[Gordy 7093]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

1970

30.

01/1970

Psychedelic Shack by The Temptations

from Psychedelic Shack

153

7
US

2
R&B

33
UK

[Gordy 7096]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

31.

05/1970

④ Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) by The Temptations

from Greatest Hits, Vol. 2

273

3
US

2
R&B

7
UK

[artist #4 hit]
[Gordy 7099]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

32.

10/1970

Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite the World) by The Temptations

from Sky's the Limit

33
US

8
R&B

[Gordy 7102]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

1971

33.

02/1971

① Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) by The Temptations

from Sky's the Limit

346

✫1
US

33
AC

✫1
R&B

8
UK

[artist #1 hit]
rolling stone logo

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #389]
[Gordy 7105]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

34.

07/1971

It's Summer by The Temptations

from Solid Rock

51
US

29
R&B

[Gordy 7109]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

35.

11/1971

Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) by The Temptations

from Solid Rock

18
US

8
R&B

32
UK

[Gordy 7111]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

1972

36.

03/1972

Take a Look Around by The Temptations

from Solid Rock

117

30
US

10
R&B

13
UK

[Gordy 7115]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

37.

06/1972

Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On by The Temptations

from All Directions

27
R&B

US B side to "Mother Nature"
[Gordy 7119]
written by Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield

38.

07/1972

Mother Nature by The Temptations

from All Directions

92
US

[Gordy 7119]
written by Nick Zesses & Dino Fekaris

39.

10/1972

② Papa Was a Rollin' Stone by The Temptations

from All Directions

312

✫1
US

5
R&B

14
UK

[artist #2 hit]
rolling stone logo

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #168]
[Gordy 7121]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

1973

40.

02/1973

Masterpiece by The Temptations

from Masterpiece

156

7
US

✫1
R&B

53
UK

[Gordy 7126]
written by Norman Whitfield

41.

06/1973

The Plastic Man by The Temptations

from Masterpiece

40
US

8
R&B

[Gordy 7129]
written by Norman Whitfield

42.

08/1973

Hey Girl (I Like Your Style) by The Temptations

from Masterpiece

35
US

2
R&B

[Gordy 7131]
written by Norman Whitfield

43.

09/1973

Law of the Land by The Temptations

from Masterpiece

41
UK

written by Norman Whitfield

44.

12/1973

Let Your Hair Down by The Temptations

from 1990

27
US

✫1
R&B

instrumentation by Rose Royce
[Gordy 7133]
written by Norman Whitfield

1974

45.

03/1974

Heavenly by The Temptations

from 1990

43
US

8
R&B

[Gordy 7135]
written by Norman Whitfield

46.

06/1974

You've Got My Soul on Fire by The Temptations

from 1990

74
US

8
R&B

[Gordy 7136]
written by Norman Whitfield

47.

12/1974

Happy People by The Temptations

from A Song for You

40
US

11
dance

✫1
R&B

(instrumentation by "The Temptations Band": The Commodores)
[Gordy 7138]
written by Jeffrey Bowen, Donald Baldwin & Lionel Richie

1975

48.

02/1975

Glasshouse by The Temptations

from A Song for You

37
US

8
dance

9
R&B

[Gordy 7144]
written by Louis Charlemagne

49.

03/1975

Shakey Ground by The Temptations

from A Song for You

26
US

✫1
R&B

instrumentation by The Eddie Hazel Band
[Gordy 7142]
written by Jeffrey Bowen, Eddie Hazel & Al Boyd (as Alphonso Boyd)

1976

50.

01/1976

Keep Holdin' On by The Temptations

from House Party

54
US

3
R&B

[Gordy 7146]
written by Eddie Holland Jr. & Brian Holland

51.

05/1976

Up the Creek (Without a Paddle) by The Temptations

from Wings of Love

94
US

21
R&B

[Gordy 7150]
written by Jeffrey Bowen, Jim Ford & Truman Thomas

52.

10/1976

Who Are You (and What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life) by The Temptations

from The Temptations Do the Temptations

22
R&B

[Gordy 7152]
written by Benjamin Wright, David English, Glenn Leonard & Otis Williams

1977

53.

11/1977

In a Lifetime by The Temptations

from Hear to Tempt You

21
R&B

[Atlantic 3436]
written by Ron Baker & Ron Tyson

1978

54.

03/1978

Think for Yourself by The Temptations

from Hear to Tempt You

58
R&B

[Atlantic 3461]
written by Allan Felder, Norman Harris & Ron Tyson

55.

10/1978

Bare Back by The Temptations

from Bare Back

42
R&B

[Atlantic 3517]
written by Brian Holland, Harold Beatty & Eddie Holland Jr. (as Eddie Holland)

56.

11/1978

Ever Ready Love by The Temptations

from Bare Back

31
R&B

[Atlantic 3538]
written by Brian Holland, Harold Beatty & Eddie Holland Jr. (as Eddie Holland)

1980

57.

04/1980

Power by The Temptations

from Power

43
US

23
dance

11
R&B

[Gordy 7183]
written by Angelo Bond, Berry Gordy & Jean Mayer

58.

07/1980

Struck by Lightning Twice by The Temptations

from Power

55
R&B

[Gordy 7188]
written by William Weatherspoon, Angelo Bond & Ronald Weatherspoon

59.

11/1980

Take Me Away by The Temptations

from Loving Couples: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from Loving Couples

69
R&B

[Motown 1501]
written by Fred Karlin & Dean Pitchford

1981

60.

08/1981

Aiming at Your Heart by The Temptations

from The Temptations

67
US

36
R&B

[Gordy 7208]
written by Charles Simmons (as Charles B. Simmons), Joe Jefferson (as Joseph Jefferson) & Richard Roebuck

61.

11/1981

Oh What a Night by The Temptations

from The Temptations

102
US

[Gordy 7213]
written by Thom Bell & Linda Creed

1982

62.

04/1982

Standing on the Top by The Temptations

from Reunion

66
US

11
dance

6
R&B

featuring Rick James
[Gordy 1616]
written by Rick James

63.

08/1982

More on the Inside by The Temptations

from Reunion

82
R&B

[Gordy 1631]
written by Smokey Robinson

1983

64.

03/1983

Love on My Mind Tonight by The Temptations

from Surface Thrills

88
US

17
R&B

[Gordy 1666]
written by Dennis Lambert & Peter Beckett

65.

10/1983

Miss Busy Body (Get Your Body Busy) by The Temptations

from Back to Basics

67
R&B

[Gordy 1707]
written by Angelo Bond & Norman Whitfield

1984

66.

03/1984

Sail Away by The Temptations

from Back to Basics

54
US

17
AC

13
R&B

[Gordy 1720]
written by Norman Whitfield & Angelo Bond

67.

10/1984

Treat Her Like a Lady by The Temptations

from Truly for You

105

48
US

13
dance

2
R&B

12
UK

[Gordy 1765]
written by Ali-Ollie Woodson & Otis Williams

1985

68.

03/1985

My Love Is True (Truly for You) by The Temptations

from Truly for You

14
R&B

84
UK

[Gordy 1781]
written by Otis Williams, Ron Tyson & Victor Carstarphen

69.

06/1985

How Can You Say That It's Over by The Temptations

from Truly for You

81
R&B

[Gordy 1789]
written by Mike Himelstein & Tom Keane

70.

11/1985

Do You Really Love Your Baby? by The Temptations

from Touch Me

49
dance

14
R&B

88
UK

[Gordy 1818]
written by Luther Vandross & Marcus Miller

1986

71.

03/1986

Touch Me by The Temptations

from Touch Me

63
R&B

[Gordy 1834]
written by Ali-Ollie Woodson & Otis Williams

72.

04/1986

I'm Fascinated by The Temptations

from Touch Me

84
UK

written by Jimmy Scott & Mark Baker

73.

05/1986

A Fine Mess by The Temptations

from To Be Continued…

28
AC

63
R&B

[Motown 1837]
written by Henry Mancini & Dennis Lambert

74.

06/1986

My Girl by The Temptations

from 25th Anniversary

92
UK

[R]
written by Smokey Robinson & Ronald White

75.

08/1986

Lady Soul by The Temptations

from To Be Continued…

47
US

4
R&B

[Gordy 1856]
written by Mark Holden

76.

12/1986

To Be Continued... by The Temptations

from To Be Continued…

25
R&B

[Gordy 1871]
written by Ali-Ollie Woodson & Otis Williams

1987

77.

04/1987

Someone by The Temptations

from To Be Continued…

45
R&B

[Gordy 1881]
written by Brian O'Doherty

78.

08/1987

Papa Was a Rollin' Stone by The Temptations

from 25th Anniversary

31
UK

[R]
[rm]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

79.

09/1987

I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now by The Temptations

from Together Again

36
AC

3
R&B

90
UK

[Motown 1908]
written by Jimmy George & Lou Pardini (as Louis Pardini)

80.

12/1987

Look What You Started by The Temptations

from Together Again

23
dance

8
R&B

63
UK

[Motown 1920]
written by Peter Bunetta, Roy Chudacoff & Mark Holden

1988

81.

04/1988

Do You Wanna Go with Me by The Temptations

from Together Again

53
R&B

[Motown 1933]
written by Otis Williams, Ron Tyson & Victor Carstarphen

1989

82.

08/1989

All I Want from You by The Temptations

from Special

16
R&B

71
UK

[Motown 1974]
written by Stan Sheppard & Shwayze (as Aaron Smith [Shwayze])

83.

11/1989

Special by The Temptations

from Special

10
R&B

[Motown 2004]
written by Stan Sheppard & James Varner (as Jimmy Varner)

1990

84.

02/1990

Soul to Soul by The Temptations

from Special

12
R&B

[Motown 2023]
written by Brian O'Doherty

1991

85.

11/1991

The Jones' by The Temptations

from Milestone

41
R&B

69
UK

[Motown 1604]
written by Alton "Wokie" Stewart

86.

12/1991

My Girl by The Temptations

from My Girl OST

170

27
AC

2
UK

[R]
[Gordy 7038]
written by Smokey Robinson & Ronald White

1992

87.

03/1992

Hoops of Fire by The Temptations

from Milestone

68
R&B

[Motown 2152]
written by Jeff Franzel, Nina Ossoff & Porter Carroll

1994

88.

10/1994

Error of Our Ways by The Temptations

from Emperors of Soul

86
R&B

[Motown 2269]
written by Melvin Franklin, Otis Williams & Dennis Nelson

1995

89.

1995

Silent Night by The Temptations

16
R&B

[R]
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
written by Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr & John Freeman Young

90.

10/1995

Some Enchanted Evening by The Temptations

from For Lovers Only

105
R&B

written by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II

1996

91.

1996

Silent Night by The Temptations

19
R&B

[R]
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
written by Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr & John Freeman Young

1998

92.

12/1998

Stay by The Temptations

from Phoenix Rising

120
US

28
R&B

[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[Motown 0862]
written by James Fischer, Narada Michael Walden & Scott Urquhart

1999

93.

01/1999

This Is My Promise by The Temptations

from Phoenix Rising

54
R&B

[Motown LP Cut]
written by Theo (as Theo Peoples)

94.

05/1999

How Could He Hurt You by The Temptations

from Phoenix Rising

57
R&B

[Motown LP Cut]
written by Darcy Aldridge, Rex Rideout, Ronnie Garrett & Tony Kurtis

2000

95.

04/2000

I'm Here by The Temptations

from Ear-Resistible

40
R&B

[Motown LP Cut]
written by Katrina Celeste Willis (as Katrina Willis) & Colin Morrison

96.

09/2000

Selfish Reasons by The Temptations

from Ear-Resistible

113
R&B

written by Gerald Levert & J. Little (as Joe Little III)

2001

97.

12/2001

4 Days by The Temptations

from Awesome

115
R&B

written by Jasher

2008

98.

03/2008

My Girl by The Temptations

from Classic Soul Hits

159
UK

[R]
written by Smokey Robinson & Ronald White

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