music.wikisort.org - Composition"The Motown Song" is a song performed by Rod Stewart featuring the Temptations. The song is from Stewart's 1991 album Vagabond Heart. It was written by Larry John McNally and was originally recorded by McNally for the soundtrack to the film Quicksilver in 1986. McNally recorded a new version 2015 for the compilation "I. C. Independent Celebration, Vol. 1" for the German label "Birdstone Records".
1991 single by Rod Stewart
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B-side | "Sweet Soul Music" (live) |
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Released | August 5, 1991[1] |
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Recorded | 1989 |
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Length |
- 4:00 (album version)
- 4:17 (single remix)
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Songwriter(s) | Larry John McNally |
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Producer(s) | Richard Perry |
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"Soul to Soul" (1990) |
"The Motown Song" (1991) |
"The Jones" (1991) |
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The single peaked at number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on 21 September 1991 and at number one on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart on 5 October. It also reached number three on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and number one on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart.
Music video
A music video for the song was produced by Animation City, an animation company in London, England, directed by Derek Hayes. It followed the success of the Madonna video "Dear Jessie", and Elton John's "Club at the End of the Street", by the same company. The video, set in an unnamed city, depicts live-action and animated versions of Stewart gathering neighbors together for a party on the rooftop of an apartment building.
It paid tribute to Motown (featuring animated versions of the Temptations, the Supremes and former Motown artist Michael Jackson) and featured other headline-making stars of the time, including animated versions of rapper Vanilla Ice, and singers Sinéad O'Connor, Madonna, and Elton John. Several comical mishaps befall these artists; Vanilla Ice gets buried under a truckload of ice cubes, O'Connor slips while shaving her head and has to wear bandages over the resulting nicks, Madonna gets her dress ripped off in a car door and shows up for the party in her underwear, and Jackson falls into an open manhole while doing the moonwalk. At the end of the video, the animation is crumpled up as a sheet of paper by the live-action Stewart, who has been drawing the scene in an art studio. He kicks the paper ball into a trash can, picks up his jacket, and leaves with a smile.
- Director: Derek Hayes
- Producer: Maddy Sparrow
- Animators: Jimmy Farrington, Andy Goff, Malcolm Hartley, Derek Hayes, Ric Machin, Gaston Marzio, Paul (Robert) Stone.
- Additional Animation: 'A' For Animation
- Production Company: Animation City
Charts
References
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The Temptations singles discography |
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1980s |
- "Power" (1980)
- "Struck By Lightning Twice" (1980)
- "Aiming At Your Heart" (1981)
- "Oh What A Night" (1981)
- "Standing On The Top - Pt. 1" (1982)
- "More On The Inside" (1982)
- "Money's Hard To Get" (1982)
- "Love On My Mind Tonight" (1983)
- "Surface Thrills" (1983)
- "Miss Busy Body (Get Your Body Busy)" (1983)
- "Sail Away" (1984)
- "Treat Her Like a Lady" (1984)
- "My Love Is True (Truly For You)" (1985)
- "How Can You Say That It's Over" (1985)
- "Do You Really Love Your Baby" (1985)
- "Deeper Than Love" (1985)
- "Touch Me" (1986)
- "I'm Fascinated" (1986)
- "A Fine Mess" (1986)
- "My Girl" (re-issue) (1986)
- "Lady Soul" (1986)
- "To Be Continued..." (1986)
- "Someone" (1987)
- "I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now" (1987)
- "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (re-issue) (1987)
- "Look What You Started" (1987)
- "Do You Wanna Go With Me" (1988)
- "All I Want From You" (1989)
- "Special" (1989)
- "Loveline" (1989)
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1990s |
- "Soul to Soul" (1990)
- "One Step At A Time (Remix)" (1990)
- "The Motown Song" (1991)
- "The Jones" (1991)
- "My Girl" (re-issue) (1992)
- "Hoops of Fire" (1992)
- "Error of Our Ways" (1994)
- "Silent Night" (1995)
- "Stay" (1998)
- "This is My Promise" (1998)
- "How Could He Hurt You" (1999)
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