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On Top
Studio album by Four Tops
Released	July 8, 1966 (1966-07-08)
Length	32:40
Label	Motown
Producer	Brian Holland, Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier, Smokey Robinson
Four Tops chronology
Four Tops Second Album (1965) On Top (1966) On Broadway (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

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On Top is the third studio album recorded by the Four Tops. Issued by Motown Records on July 8, 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.

Track listing

Side one

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

Side two

1. "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" (Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick) – 2:00
2. "Michelle" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:35
3. "In the Still of the Night" (Cole Porter) – 2:32
4. "Bluesette" (Norman Gimbel, Toots Thielemans) – 2:33
5. "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees – 3:05
6. "Then" (Warren "Pete" Moore, Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers) – 3:04

Personnel

Performance

• Renaldo Benson – bass vocals
• Abdul Fakir – first tenor vocals
• Lawrence Payton – keyboards, second tenor vocals
• Levi Stubbs – baritone lead vocals
• The Andantes - vocals
• The Funk Brothers - instrumentation
• Stevie Wonder - drums on "Loving You is Sweeter than Ever"

References

1. "Don't Forget the Motor City".
2. On Top at AllMusic
3. Hughes, Keith (2018). "Four Tops". Don't Forget the Motor City. Ritchie Hardin. Archived from the original on May 30, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2024.

External links

• On Top at MTV, with lyrics

• Four Tops albums
• 1966 albums
• Albums produced by Brian Holland
• Albums produced by Eddie Holland
• Albums produced by Lamont Dozier
• Albums produced by Smokey Robinson
• Albums recorded at Hitsville U.S.A.
• Motown albums