On Top (album)

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On Top

Studio album by The Four Tops

Released

July 1966

Recorded

32:40

Brian Holland, Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier

The Four Tops chronology

Four Tops' Second Album
(1965)

On Top
(1966)

Reach Out
(1967)

Singles from On Top

"Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)"
Released: February 1966
"Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever"
Released: 1966

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

On Top is the third studio album recorded by the Four Tops, issued by Motown Records in July 1966. It reached #32 on the US Billboard 200 chart and #9 in the UK. It contains two singles: "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" and "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)". The second half of the album consists of cover songs.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Got a Feeling"	Holland–Dozier–Holland	2:59
2.	"Brenda"	Edward Holland, Jr.	2:37
3.	"Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever"	Ivy Jo Hunter, Stevie Wonder	2:46
4.	"Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)"	Holland–Dozier–Holland	2:41
5.	"Until You Love Someone"	Holland–Dozier–Holland	3:11
6.	"There's No Love Left"	Holland–Dozier–Holland	2:33
7.	"Matchmaker, Matchmaker"	Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick	2:00
8.	"Michelle"	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	3:10
9.	"In the Still of the Night"	Cole Porter	2:32
10.	"Bluesette"	Norman Gimbel, Toots Thielemans	2:33
11.	"Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars"	Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees	3:05
12.	"Then"	Warren "Pete" Moore, Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers	2:33

Personnel

Performance

Renaldo Benson – vocals
Abdul Fakir – vocals
Lawrence Payton – keyboards, vocals
Levi Stubbs – vocals
The Andantes - vocals

References

↑ On Top (album) at AllMusic

External links

On Top at MTV, with lyrics

Four Tops

Abdul "Duke" Fakir Ronnie McNeir Roquel Payton Harold Bonhart Levi Stubbs Renaldo "Obie" Benson Lawrence Payton Theo Peoples

Studio albums	Four Tops (1964) Four Tops Second Album (1965) On Top (1966) Reach Out (1967) Yesterday's Dreams (1968) The Four Tops Now! (1969) Soul Spin (1969) Still Waters Run Deep (1970) Changing Times (1970) Nature Planned It (1972) Keeper of the Castle (1972) Main Street People (1973) Meeting the Minds (1974) Night Lights Harmony (1975) Catfish (1976) The Show Must Go On (1977) At The Top (1978) Tonight! (1981) One More Mountain (1982) Back Where I Belong (1983) Magic (1985) Hot Nights (1986) Indestructible (1988)

Albums with The Supremes	The Magnificent 7 (1970) The Return of the Magnificent Seven (1971) Dynamite (1971)

Other albums	The Ultimate Collection (1997)

Singles (US/UK Top Ten singles)	"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" (1965) "It's the Same Old Song" (1965) "Reach Out I'll Be There" (1966) "Standing in the Shadows of Love" (1966) "Bernadette" (1967) "Walk Away Renée" (1967) "If I Were a Carpenter" (1968) "It's All in the Game" (1970) "Still Water (Love)" (1970) "A Simple Game" (1971) "Keeper of the Castle" (1972) "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" (1973) "When She Was My Girl" (1981) "Loco in Acapulco" (1988)

Related topics	Discography Members Holland–Dozier–Holland The Supremes

Book:Four Tops

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