Quicksand (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Quicksand
Artist = Martha and the Vandellas
from Album = Greatest Hits
A-side = Quicksand
B-side = Darling, I Hum Our Song
Released = 1963
Format = vinyl record (7" 45 RPM)
Recorded = Hitsville USA (Studio A); 1963
Genre = Soul/pop
Length = 2:38
Label = Gordy
G7025
Writer = Lamont Dozier
Brian Holland
Edward Holland, Jr.
Producer = Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier
Last single = (Love is Like a) Heat Wave"
(1963)
This single = Quicksand
Next single = Live Wire"
(1964):"Not to be cofused with the David Bowie song "Quicksand""

"Quicksand" is a 1963 dance single by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. Built almost under the same gospel-inspired delivery of their previous hit "(Love is Like a) Heat Wave", this time lead singer Martha Reeves explains how her loved one brings her "closer" to him explaining that his love was like "quicksand". Released in October of 1963, the song became another Top Ten hit for Martha & the Vandellas eventually reaching #8. It was the third hit the group composed with the fabled Holland-Dozier-Holland team, who would go on to record smash hits with the likes of Vandellas contemporaries The Supremes and male vocal group The Four Tops.

Credits

*Lead vocals by Martha Reeves
*Background vocals by Rosalind Ashford and Annette Beard
*Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier
*Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Edward Holland, Jr.
*Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers:
**Benny Benjamin: drums
**James Jamerson: bass guitar
**Robert White: guitar
**Eddie Willis: guitar
**Jack Ashford: tambourine, vibes