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"The Motown Song" Single by Rod Stewart featuring The Temptations from the album Vagabond Heart B-side "Sweet Soul Music" (live) Released 1991 Genre Rock, R&B, Soul, New Jack Swing, Motown Length 4:00 Writer(s) Larry John McNally The Motown Song is a 1991 song by Rod Stewart from his album Vagabond Heart. It features backing vocals by Motown superstars The Temptations and lyrical references to fellow Motown stars The Miracles. It reached #10 in the US charts and #10 in the UK charts. The song was written and originally released by Larry John McNally and included in the film soundtrack "Quicksilver" in 1986.
Stewart would later include several Motown covers on his 2009 album, Soulbook.
Music video
The music video was produced by Animation City, an animation company in London, England and directed by Derek Hayes. It followed the success of the recent Madonna video, "Dear Jessie" and Elton John's, "Club at the End of the Street", by the same company. It paid tribute to Motown, and affectionately poked fun, at other chart stars of the time, featuring animated versions of, The Temptations, The Supremes, Vanilla Ice, Sinéad O'Connor, Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Elton John, alongside a live action and animated Rod Stewart, and his dog!
- Director: Derek Hayes
- Producer: Maddy Sparrow
- Animators: Jimmy Farrington, Andy Goff, Malcolm Hartley, Derek Hayes, Ric Machin, Gaston Marzio, Paul(Robert)Stone.
- Additional Animation: 'A' For Animation
- Production Company: Animation City
Charts
End of year chart (1991) Position U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] 99 References
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1991". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1991. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
1970s "It's All Over Now" (1970) · "Reason to Believe"/"Maggie May" (1971) · "(I Know) I'm Losing You"/"Mandolin Wind" (1971) · "Handbags and Gladrags" (1972) · "You Wear It Well" (1972) · "Angel" (1972) · "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)" (1972) · "Twistin' the Night Away" (1973, 1987) · "Oh! No Not My Baby" (1973) · "Farewell" / "You Send Me" (1973) · "Mine for Me" (1974) · "You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything" (1974) Stewart/Faces · "Sailing" (1975) · "This Old Heart of Mine" (1975) · "Tonight's the Night" (1975) · "The Killing of Georgie" (1976) · "Get Back" (1976) · "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (1977) · "I Don't Want to Talk About It" (1977, 1990) · "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" (1978) · "Hot Legs" (1978) · "I Was Only Joking" (1978) · "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (1978, 1997) · "Ain't Love a Bitch" (1979) · "Blondes (Have More Fun)" (1979)1980s "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" (1980) · "Young Turks" (1982) · "How Long?" (1982) · "Baby Jane" (1983) · "That's What Friends Are For" (1983) · "Some Guys Have All the Luck" (1984) · "All Right Now" (1984) · "People Get Ready" (1985, 1991, 1993) Stewart/Beck · "Love Touch" (1986) · "In My Life" (1987) · "Forever Young" (1988) · "My Heart Can't Tell You No" (1988) · "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" (1989)Stewart/Isley · "Downtown Train" (1989)1990s "It Takes Two" (1990)Stewart/Turner · "Rhythm of My Heart" (1991) · "The Motown Song" (1991) · "Your Song" (1992) · "Ruby Tuesday" (1993) · "Have I Told You Lately" (1993) · "Reason to Believe" (unplugged, 1993) · "All for Love" (1993) Stewart/Adams/Sting · "Lady Luck" (1996) · "Ooh La La" (1998) · "Rocks" (1998) · "Cigarettes and Alcohol" (1998) · "Faith of the Heart" (1999)2000s "These Foolish Things" (2002) · "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (2003) · "Time After Time" (2003) · "What a Wonderful World" (2004) · "Blue Moon" (2004) · "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (2005) · "I've Got a Crush on You" (2005) · "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (2006) · "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" (2006) · "Everybody Hurts" (2010)Categories:- Rod Stewart songs
- 1991 songs
- RPM Top Singles number-one singles
- 1990s rock song stubs
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