The Temptations
27 songs or works across all MusicAtlas lists. Distinct recording versions remain separate.
About The Temptations
The Temptations developed in Detroit and signed to Motown in 1961. Their recordings paired carefully arranged vocal harmonies with coordinated stage movement, making the group sound and visual presentation closely connected. The Way You Do the Things You Do and My Girl helped establish their 1960s repertoire. Later recordings explored funk and psychedelic soul as the membership changed. Those phases remain part of the group's history, distinct from the solo work of singers who passed through it.
Artist background sources
The Temptations - official group history
Detroit and 1961 Motown signing, harmonies/choreography, early repertoire, changing historical lineups and funk/psychedelic soul; current membership and chart totals are omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
All songs for this credit
Recording years are first-release years where available; * marks a reported year awaiting verification. Classical work dates are labeled comp., prem. or pub.. Open an entry for its date evidence and background. Artists sort without a leading "The"; composers sort by surname.
- (1966) Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- (1970) Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
- (1966) Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
- (1968) Cloud Nine
- (1965) Don't Look Back
- (1966) Get Ready
- (1969) I Can't Get Next to You
- (1966) (I Know) I'm Losing You
- (1967) I Wish It Would Rain
- (1965) It's Growing
- (1971) Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
- (1973) Let Your Hair Down
- (1973) Masterpiece [Original 1973 full album performance, approximately 13:50]
- (year unknown) Masterpiece [Catalog version; exact edition not established]
- (1965) My Baby
- (1964) My Girl
- (1972*) Papa Was a Rollin' Stone [Catalog version; exact edition not established]
- (1972) Papa Was a Rollin' Stone [Original 1972 full Temptations album performance, approximately 12:04]
- (1969) Psychedelic Shack
- (1969) Runaway Child, Running Wild [Original 1969 full album performance, approximately 9:35]
- (year unknown) Runaway Child, Running Wild [Catalog version; exact edition not established]
- (1975) Shakey Ground
- (1965) Since I Lost My Baby
- (1971) Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)
- (1964) The Way You Do the Things You Do
- (1984) Treat Her Like a Lady
- (1967) You're My Everything
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