Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971

by Various Artists

Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 cover art

This massive four-disc box set exhaustively chronicles the staggering cultural dominance and musical evolution of Berry Gordy's legendary Detroit label. Highlighting the peerless backing instrumentation of The Funk Brothers, the collection seamlessly sequences an unparalleled run of hit singles from artists like The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, and The Temptations. It stands as the definitive historical document of the 'Sound of Young America' and its monumental impact on global pop music.

Genres

  • Motown Sound

Tracklist

  1. Money (Thatā€™s What I Want)
  2. Shop Around
  3. Please Mr. Postman
  4. Jamie
  5. The One Who Really Loves You
  6. Do You Love Me
  7. Beechwood 4ā€’5789
  8. You Beat Me to the Punch
  9. Stubborn Kind of Fellow
  10. Two Lovers
  11. Youā€™ve Really Got a Hold on Me
  12. Come and Get These Memories
  13. Pride and Joy
  14. Fingertips, Part 2
  15. (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave
  16. Mickeyā€™s Monkey
  17. Leaving Here
  18. The Way You Do the Things You Do
  19. My Guy
  20. Devil With the Blue Dress
  21. Every Little Bit Hurts
  22. Baby I Need Your Loving
  23. Dancing in the Street
  24. My Smile Is Just a Frown (Turned Upside Down)
  25. Needle in a Haystack
  26. Baby Love
  27. Come See About Me
  28. How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)
  29. My Girl
  30. He Was Really Sayinā€™ Somethinā€™
  31. Ask the Lonely
  32. Shotgun
  33. Nowhere to Run
  34. When Iā€™m Gone
  35. OOO Baby Baby
  36. I Canā€™t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)
  37. First I Look at the Purse
  38. The Tracks of My Tears
  39. Itā€™s the Same Old Song
  40. Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)
  41. Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)
  42. Uptight (Everythingā€™s Alright)
  43. Donā€™t Mess With Bill
  44. Darling Baby
  45. This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)
  46. Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam)
  47. Function at the Junction
  48. (Iā€™m a) Roadrunner
  49. Ainā€™t Too Proud to Beg
  50. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
  51. How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)
  52. Loveā€™s Gone Bad
  53. You Canā€™t Hurry Love
  54. Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
  55. Heaven Must Have Sent You
  56. Reach Out Iā€™ll Be There
  57. (I Know) Iā€™m Losing You
  58. Standing in the Shadows of Love
  59. It Takes Two
  60. The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
  61. Jimmy Mack
  62. Bernadette
  63. Ainā€™t No Mountain High Enough
  64. More Love
  65. I Heard It Through the Grapevine
  66. I Second That Emotion
  67. I Wish It Would Rain
  68. I Canā€™t Give Back the Love I Feel for You
  69. Does Your Mama Know About Me
  70. Ainā€™t Nothing Like the Real Thing
  71. Love Child
  72. For Once in My Life
  73. Cloud Nine
  74. I Heard It Through the Grapevine
  75. Baby, Baby Donā€™t Cry
  76. Twenty-Five Miles
  77. My Whole World Ended (the Moment You Left Me)
  78. What Does It Take (to Win Your Love)
  79. I Canā€™t Get Next to You
  80. Baby Iā€™m for Real
  81. Up the Ladder to the Roof
  82. I Want You Back
  83. The Bells
  84. Get Ready
  85. ABC
  86. Ball of Confusion (Thatā€™s What the World Is Today)
  87. The Love You Save
  88. Signed, Sealed, Delivered Iā€™m Yours
  89. War
  90. Itā€™s a Shame
  91. Ainā€™t No Mountain High Enough
  92. Still Water (Love)
  93. Iā€™ll Be There
  94. The Tears of a Clown
  95. Stoned Love
  96. If I Were Your Woman
  97. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
  98. Whatā€™s Going On
  99. Never Can Say Goodbye
  100. Nathan Jones
  101. I Donā€™t Want to Do Wrong
  102. Smiling Faces Sometimes
  103. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
  104. I Just Want to Celebrate