On Top (album)

On Top

Studio album by

The Four Tops

Released

July 1966

Recorded

32:40

Label

Motown

Producer

Brian Holland, Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier, Smokey Robinson^[1]

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 2, 1966
"Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever"
Released: May 9, 1966

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

On Top is the third studio album recorded by the Four Tops, issued by Motown Records in July 1966. It reached number 32 on the US Billboard Top LPs chart and number 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.

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Transcription

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
The Funk Brothers - instrumentation
Stevie Wonder - drums on "Loving You is Sweeter than Ever"

References

^ "Don't Forget the Motor City".
^ On Top at AllMusic

External links

On Top at MTV, with lyrics

v t e Four Tops
Abdul "Duke" Fakir Ronnie McNeir Roquel Payton Harold Bonhart Levi Stubbs Renaldo "Obie" Benson Lawrence Payton Theo Peoples
Studio albums	Four Tops Four Tops Second Album On Top On Broadway Reach Out Yesterday's Dreams Four Tops Now! Soul Spin Still Waters Run Deep Changing Times Keeper of the Castle Main Street People Meeting of the Minds Night Lights Harmony Catfish The Show Must Go On Tonight! One More Mountain Back Where I Belong Magic Indestructible Christmas Here with You
Albums with The Supremes	The Magnificent 7 The Return of the Magnificent Seven Dynamite
Compilations and live albums	Four Tops Live! The Four Tops Greatest Hits Live & in Concert The Ultimate Collection
Singles	"Baby I Need Your Loving" "Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)" "Ask the Lonely" "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" "It's the Same Old Song" "Something About You" "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" "Reach Out I'll Be There" "Standing in the Shadows of Love" "Bernadette" "7 Rooms of Gloom" "Walk Away Renée" "If I Were a Carpenter" "Yesterday's Dreams" "I'm in a Different World" "It's All in the Game" "Still Water (Love)" "A Simple Game" "Keeper of the Castle" "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" "When She Was My Girl" "Loco in Acapulco"
Related topics	Discography The Andantes Holland–Dozier–Holland The Supremes

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