Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection Volume 2 1972–1992 is a 1993 four-disc collection of Motown hits that were released after the original Motown studios relocated to Los Angeles.[1] The box set was preceded the previous year by Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959–1971.
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Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection Volume 2 1972–1992 | ||||
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Box set by Various artists | ||||
Released | 19 October 1993 | |||
Recorded | 1972 - 1992 | |||
Genre | Motown, R&B, Soul | |||
Length | 4:57:58 | |||
Label | Motown | |||
Various artists chronology | ||||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Got To Be There" (1972) | Elliot Willensky | Michael Jackson | 3:25 |
2. | "Floy Joy" (1972) | William "Smokey" Robinson | The Supremes | 2:35 |
3. | "A Simple Game" (1972) | Michael Pinder | Four Tops | 2:58 |
4. | "Walk In the Night" (1972) | Johnny Bristol; Marilyn McLeod | Jr. Walker & the All-Stars | 4:12 |
5. | "Ben" (1972) | Walter Scharf; Donald Black | Michael Jackson | 2:47 |
6. | "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (1972) | Barrett Strong; Norman Whitfield | The Temptations | 7:00 |
7. | "Silly Wasn't I" (1972) | Nickolas Ashford; Valerie Simpson; Jo Armstead | Valerie Simpson | 2:11 |
8. | "Superstition" (1972) | Stevie Wonder | Stevie Wonder | 4:15 |
9. | "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" (1972) | Jim Weatherly | Gladys Knight & The Pips | 4:23 |
10. | "Touch Me in the Morning" (1973) | Michael Masser; Ron Miller | Diana Ross | 3:28 |
11. | "Let's Get It On" (1973) | Marvin Gaye; Ed Townsend | Marvin Gaye | 4:03 |
12. | "Keep On Truckin'" (1973) | Leonard Caston Jr.; Frank Wilson; Anita Poree | Eddie Kendricks | 3:34 |
13. | "Boogie Down" (1973) | Leonard Caston Jr.; Frank Wilson; Anita Poree | Eddie Kendricks | 3:52 |
14. | "Dancing Machine" (1974) | Hal Davis; Weldon Dean Parks; Don Fletcher | Jackson 5 | 2:42 |
15. | "Do It Baby" (1974) | Freddie Perren; Christine Yarian | The Miracles | 3:04 |
16. | "Shoe Shoe Shine" (1975) | Nickolas Ashford; Valerie Simpson | The Dynamic Superiors | 3:47 |
17. | "Harmour Love" (1975) | Stevie Wonder | Syreeta | 3:38 |
18. | "Love Power" (1975) | Frank Hutch | Willie Hutch | 3:34 |
19. | "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" (1975) | Freddie Perren; Christine Yarian | G.C. Cameron | 3:26 |
20. | "Love Machine (Pt.1)" (1975) | Billy Griffin; Warren Moore | The Miracles | 3:01 |
21. | "Walk Away from Love" (1975) | Charles Kipps | David Ruffin | 3:18 |
Total length: | 75:13 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Part-Time Lover" (1985) | Stevie Wonder | Stevie Wonder | 3:44 |
2. | "Who's Johnny" (1986) | Ina Wolf; Peter Wolf | El DeBarge | 4:11 |
3. | "Lady Soul" (1986) | Mark Holden | The Temptations | 4:46 |
4. | "Nail it to the Wall" (1986) | Stephen Broughton Lunt; Arnie Roman | Stacy Lattisaw | 3:56 |
5. | "Talk To Me" (1986) | Nick Mundy; Franne Golde; Paul Fox | Chico DeBarge | 3:52 |
6. | "Just to See Her" (1987) | Jimmy George; Lou Pardini | Smokey Robinson | 4:04 |
7. | "One Heartbeat" (1987) | Steve LeGassick; Brian Ray | Smokey Robinson | 4:06 |
8. | "Dial My Heart" (1988) | Kenneth Brian Edmonds; Antonio Marquis "L.A." Reid; Daryl Simmons | The Boys | 4:25 |
9. | "Him Or Me" (1988) | Lee Drakeford; Gene Griffin; Wesley Adams; Larry McCain; Larry Singletary | Today | 4:22 |
10. | "Your Sweetness" (1989) | Kymberli Armstrong; John Barnes | The Good Girls | 4:04 |
11. | "Where Do We Go from Here" (1989) | LeMel Humes | Stacy Lattisaw & Johnny Gill | 4:20 |
12. | "Rub You the Right Way" (1990) | Terry Lewis; James Harris | Johnny Gill | 4:17 |
13. | "Slow Motion" (1990) | Stan Sheppard; Aaron Smith | Gerald Alston | 5:08 |
14. | "Iesha" (1990) | Dallas Austin; Michael Bivins | Another Bad Creation | 4:21 |
15. | "Motownphilly" (1991) | Dallas Austin; Michael Bivins; Nathan Morris; Shawn Stockman | Boyz II Men | 3:54 |
16. | "I Love Your Smile" (1991) | Jarvis La Rue Baker; Sylvester Jackson; Narada Michael Walden; Shanice Wilson | Shanice | 4:25 |
17. | "End Of The Road" (1992) | Kenneth Brian Edmonds; Antonio Marquis "L.A." Reid; Daryl Simmons | Boyz II Men | 5:50 |
Total length: | 73:45 |
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