Four Tops

Four Tops Top Songs Greatest Hits and Chart Singles Discography

The Four Tops are an American vocal group formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1953 as the Four Aims. They were one of the most commercially successful American pop music groups of the 1960s and helped propel Motown Records to international fame. The group's repertoire has incorporated elements of soul, R&B, disco, adult contemporary, doo-wop, jazz, and show tunes. Lead singer Levi Stubbs, along with backing vocalists Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson and Lawrence Payton remained together in the group... [more on Wikipedia]

Four Tops began charting in 1964 with Baby I Need Your Loving.The artist placed 43 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, 7 of which reached the Top‑10, including 2 number‑ones.The artist scored 30 UK Top‑75 entries, including 11 Top‑10 placements, including 1 number‑one.On US AC the artist achieved 1 Top‑10.On US RnB the artist achieved 23 Top‑10s, 3 of which went to number‑one.

Top songs: #1: Reach Out I'll Be There - #2: I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) - #3: When She Was My Girl - #4: Bernadette - #5: Standing in the Shadows of Love
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  1964
Baby I Need Your Loving
1.
08/1964

Baby I Need Your Loving
Four Tops greentick

from The Four Tops   
98 pts
11
US


4
R&B


[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #390]
[Motown 1062]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)
2.
11/1964

Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)
Four Tops greentick

from The Four Tops   
26 pts
43
US


17
R&B


[Motown 1069]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
  1965
Ask the Lonely
3.
02/1965

Ask the Lonely
Four Tops greentick

from The Four Tops   
56 pts
24
US


9
R&B


[Motown 1073]
written by Ivy Jo Hunter & William "Mickey" Stevenson
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
4.
05/1965

#2  I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
Four Tops greentick

from Second Album   Second Album
290 pts
1
US


1
R&B
23
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #415]
[Motown 1076]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
5.
07/1965

Ain't That Love
Four Tops greentick

6 pts
93
US






[Columbia 43356]
written by Levi Stubbs
It's the Same Old Song
6.
07/1965

It's the Same Old Song
Four Tops greentick

from Second Album   Second Album
184 pts
5
US


2
R&B
34
UK
[Motown 1081]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
Something About You
7.
11/1965

Something About You
Four Tops greentick

from Second Album   Second Album
68 pts
19
US


9
R&B


[Motown 1084]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
  1966
Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)
8.
02/1966

Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)
Four Tops greentick

from On Top   
74 pts
18
US


5
R&B


[Motown 1090]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
9.
05/1966

Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
Four Tops greentick

from On Top   
74 pts
45
US


12
R&B
21
UK
[Motown 1096]
written by Ivy Jo Hunter & Stevie Wonder
Reach Out I'll Be There
10.
09/1966

#1  Reach Out I'll Be There
Four Tops greentick

from Reach Out   
445 pts
1
US


1
R&B
1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #206]
[Motown 1098]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
Standing in the Shadows of Love
11.
12/1966

#5  Standing in the Shadows of Love
Four Tops greentick

from Reach Out   
259 pts
6
US


2
R&B
6
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #464]
[Motown 1102]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
  1967
12.
03/1967

#4  Bernadette
Four Tops greentick

from Reach Out   
280 pts
4
US


3
R&B
8
UK

[Motown 1104]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
7 Rooms of Gloom
13.
05/1967

7 Rooms of Gloom
Four Tops greentick

from Reach Out   
163 pts
14
US


10
R&B
12
UK
[Motown 1110]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
I'll Turn to Stone
14.
07/1967

I'll Turn to Stone
Four Tops greentick

from Reach Out   
12 pts
76
US


50
R&B


[Motown 1110]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. & R. Dean Taylor
15.
09/1967

You Keep Running Away
Four Tops greentick

from Greatest Hits   
114 pts
19
US


7
R&B
26
UK
[Motown 1113]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
Walk Away Renée
16.
12/1967

Walk Away Renée
Four Tops greentick

from Reach Out   
242 pts
14
US


15
R&B
3
UK
[Motown 1119]
written by Michael Brown, Bob Calilli & Tony Sansone
  1968
If I Were a Carpenter
17.
03/1968

If I Were a Carpenter
Four Tops greentick

from Reach Out   
166 pts
20
US


17
R&B
7
UK
[Motown 1124]
written by Tim Hardin
18.
07/1968

Yesterday's Dreams
Four Tops greentick

from Yesterday's Dreams   
64 pts
49
US


31
R&B
23
UK
[Motown 1127]
written by Vernon Bullock, Jack Goga, Ivy Jo Hunter & Pam Sawyer
I'm in a Different World
19.
10/1968

I'm in a Different World
Four Tops greentick

from Yesterday's Dreams   
58 pts
51
US


23
R&B
27
UK
[Motown 1132]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & R. Dean Taylor
  1969
20.
05/1969

What Is a Man
Four Tops greentick

from Four Tops Now!   
76 pts
53
US




16
UK
[Motown 1147]
written by Doris McNeil & Johnny Bristol
21.
09/1969

Do What You Gotta Do
Four Tops greentick

from Four Tops Now!   
78 pts






11
UK
written by Jimmy Webb
22.
12/1969

Don't Let Him Take Your Love from Me
Four Tops greentick

from Four Tops Now!   
24 pts
45
US


25
R&B


[Motown 1159]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
  1970
I Can't Help Myself
23.
03/1970

I Can't Help Myself
Four Tops greentick

81 pts






10
UK
R
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
24.
04/1970

It's All in the Game
Four Tops greentick

from Still Waters Run Deep   Still Waters Run Deep
191 pts
24
US
39
AC
6
R&B
5
UK
[Motown 1164]
written by Carl Sigman & Charles Dawes
Still Water (Love)
25.
08/1970

Still Water (Love)
Four Tops greentick

from Still Waters Run Deep   Still Waters Run Deep
182 pts
11
US


4
R&B
10
UK
[Motown 1170]
written by Smokey Robinson & Frank Wilson
  1971
26.
01/1971

Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)
Four Tops greentick

from Changing Times   Changing Times
60 pts
40
US


9
R&B
36
UK
[Motown 1175]
written by Pam Sawyer & Leon Ware
27.
07/1971

In These Changing Times
Four Tops greentick

from Changing Times   Changing Times
16 pts
70
US


28
R&B


[Motown 1185]
written by Frank Wilson & Pam Sawyer
MacArthur Park
28.
09/1971

MacArthur Park
Four Tops greentick

30 pts
38
US


27
R&B


[Motown 1189]
written by Jimmy Webb
29.
09/1971

A Simple Game
Four Tops greentick

169 pts
90
US


34
R&B
3
UK
[Motown 1196]
written by Mike Pinder
  1972
30.
03/1972

Bernadette
Four Tops greentick

47 pts






23
UK
R
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
31.
05/1972

I Can't Quit Your Love
Four Tops greentick

from Nature Planned It   
4 pts
102
US






[Motown 1198]
written by Kathy Wakefield & Leonard Caston
32.
08/1972

Walk with Me Talk with Me Darling
Four Tops greentick

from Nature Planned It   
30 pts






32
UK
written by Clay McMurray, James Dean & John Glover
33.
09/1972

(It's the Way) Nature Planned It
Four Tops greentick

from Nature Planned It   
32 pts
53
US


8
R&B


[Motown 1210]
written by Frank Wilson & Pam Sawyer
Keeper of the Castle
34.
11/1972

Keeper of the Castle
Four Tops greentick

from Keeper of the Castle   
170 pts
10
US


7
R&B
18
UK
[Dunhill/ABC 4330]
written by Brian Potter & Dennis Lambert
  1973
Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)
35.
02/1973

Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)
Four Tops greentick

from Keeper of the Castle   
197 pts
4
US
14
AC
2
R&B


[Dunhill/ABC 4339]
written by Brian Potter & Dennis Lambert
36.
06/1973

Are You Man Enough
Four Tops greentick

from Shaft in Africa: Original Music from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film   
100 pts
15
US


2
R&B


[Dunhill/ABC 4354]
written by Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter
Sweet Understanding Love
37.
10/1973

Sweet Understanding Love
Four Tops greentick

from Main Street People   
80 pts
33
US
41
AC
10
R&B
29
UK
[Dunhill/ABC 4366]
written by Renaldo Benson, Val Benson & Ivy Jo Hunter
  1974
38.
01/1974

I Just Can't Get You Out of My Mind
Four Tops greentick

from Main Street People   
19 pts
62
US


18
R&B


[Dunhill/ABC 4377]
written by Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter
39.
04/1974

One Chain Don't Make No Prison
Four Tops greentick

from Meeting of the Minds   
40 pts
41
US


3
R&B


[Dunhill/ABC 4386]
written by Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter
40.
07/1974

Midnight Flower
Four Tops greentick

from Meeting of the Minds   
31 pts
55
US


5
R&B


[Dunhill/ABC 15005]
written by McKinley Jackson & Reginald Dozier
  1975
41.
05/1975

Seven Lonely Nights
Four Tops greentick

from Night Lights Harmony   
21 pts
71
US


13
R&B


[ABC 12096]
written by J.R. Bailey, Ken Williams & Rudy Clark
42.
09/1975

We All Gotta Stick Together
Four Tops greentick

from Night Lights Harmony   
14 pts
97
US


17
R&B


[ABC 12123]
written by Fred Bridges, Lawrence Payton, Richard Beasley & Richard Knight
  1976
43.
01/1976

Mama You're All Right with Me
Four Tops greentick

from Night Lights Harmony   
5 pts
107
US


72
R&B


[ABC 12155]
written by Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter
44.
01/1976

I'm Glad You Walked into My Life
Four Tops greentick

from Night Lights Harmony   
1 pts




76
R&B


[ABC 12155]
written by Lawrence Payton, L.E. Lee & Gil Askey
45.
09/1976

Catfish
Four Tops greentick

from Catfish   
24 pts
71
US


7
R&B


[ABC 12214]
written by Lawrence Payton, Fred Bridges & Mikki Farrow
  1977
46.
01/1977

Feel Free
Four Tops greentick

from Catfish   
5 pts




29
R&B


[ABC 12236]
written by Dee Dee McNeil, Fred Bridges & Lawrence Payton
47.
11/1977

The Show Must Go On
Four Tops greentick

from The Show Must Go On   
1 pts




84
R&B


[ABC 12315]
written by Fred L. Bridges & Lawrence Payton
  1978
48.
11/1978

H.E.L.P.
Four Tops greentick

from At the Top   
3 pts




38
R&B


[ABC 12427]
written by Ron Tyson & Norman Harris
  1981
When She Was My Girl
49.
08/1981

#3  When She Was My Girl
Four Tops greentick

from Tonight!   Tonight!
283 pts
11
US
9
AC
1
R&B
3
UK
[Casablanca 2338]
written by Marc Blatte & Larry Gottlieb
50.
12/1981

Let Me Set You Free
Four Tops greentick

from Tonight!   Tonight!
1 pts




71
R&B


[Casablanca 2344]
written by David Wolfert & Sandy Linzer
51.
12/1981

Don't Walk Away
Four Tops greentick

from Tonight!   Tonight!
62 pts






16
UK
written by Jerry Knight
  1982
52.
02/1982

Tonight I'm Gonna Love You All Over
Four Tops greentick

from Tonight!   Tonight!
22 pts




32
R&B
43
UK
[Casablanca 2345]
written by Michael Williams [Michael Dewayne Williams] & Rick Ferguson
53.
05/1982

Back to School Again
Four Tops greentick

from Grease 2: Original Soundtrack Recording   
22 pts
71
US




62
UK
[RSO 1069]
written by Louis St. Louis & Howard Greenfield
54.
08/1982

Sad Hearts
Four Tops greentick

from One More Mountain   One More Mountain
10 pts
84
US


40
R&B


[Casablanca 2353]
written by Larry Gottlieb & Marc Blatte
55.
12/1982

I Believe in You and Me
Four Tops greentick

from One More Mountain   One More Mountain
3 pts




40
R&B


[Casablanca 2353]
written by Sandy Linzer & David Wolfert
  1983
56.
10/1983

I Just Can't Walk Away
Four Tops greentick

from Back Where I Belong   
24 pts
71
US
18
AC
36
R&B
95
UK
[Motown 1706]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
  1985
57.
06/1985

Sexy Ways
Four Tops greentick

from Magic   
6 pts




21
R&B


[Motown 1790]
written by Willie Hutch & Val Johns
  1988
Reach Out I'll Be There
58.
07/1988

Reach Out I'll Be There
Four Tops greentick

78 pts






11
UK
R rm
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
59.
08/1988

Indestructible
Four Tops greentick

from Indestructible   
49 pts
35
US
20
AC
57
R&B
55
UK
[Arista 9706]
written by Harvey Price & Bobby Sandstrom
60.
11/1988

If Ever a Love There Was
Four Tops greentick

from Indestructible   
9 pts


26
AC
31
R&B


with Aretha Franklin
[Arista 9766]
written by Todd Cerney & Pamela Oland
Loco in Acapulco
61.
12/1988

Loco in Acapulco
Four Tops greentick

from Indestructible   
106 pts






7
UK
written by Phil Collins & Lamont Dozier
  1989
62.
08/1989

The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine
Four Tops greentick

from Indestructible   
7 pts






84
UK
written by Albert Hammond & Diane Warren


See also...

Abdul "Duke" Fakir • Lawrence PaytonLevi Stubbs • Renaldo "Obie" Benson • Renaldo Benson

The Supremes & Four Tops


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