Four Tops discography
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This is a listing of all the singles and albums released by legendary Motown singing group the Four Tops. Throughout their career, twenty-four of their singles reached the Billboard Top 40 with seven of them reaching the top ten and two of them reaching #1 on the chart. An additional twenty-one have reached the UK Top 40 with ten reaching the top ten and one reaching #1 on the chart.
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[edit] Singles
Levi Stubbs sings on all listed songs except where notified.
[edit] Early releases
- 1956: "If Only I Had Known" (Grady Records, credited as "The Four Aims")
- 1956: "Could It Be You?" (Chess)
- 1960: "Ain't That Love" (Columbia Records, reissued in 1965) (US #93)
- 1962: "Pennies From Heaven" (Riverside Records)
[edit] Motown releases
All the following songs were released on the Motown subsidiary.
| Year | Song title | US chart | R&B chart | UK chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | "Baby I Need Your Loving" | 11 | - | - |
| 1964 | "Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)" | 43 | - | - |
| 1965 | "Ask The Lonely" | 24 | 9 | - |
| 1965 | "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1965 | "It's the Same Old Song" | 5 | 2 | 34 |
| 1965 | "Something About You" | 19 | 9 | - |
| 1966 | "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" | 18 | 3 | - |
| 1966 | "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" | 45 | 12 | 21 |
| 1966 | "Reach Out I'll Be There" | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1966 | "Standing in the Shadows of Love" | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 1967 | "Bernadette" | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 1967 | "7-Rooms of Gloom" | 14 | 11 | 12 |
| 1967 | "I'll Turn to Stone" | 76 | 50 | - |
| 1967 | "You Keep Running Away" | 19 | 7 | 26 |
| 1967 | "If I Were a Carpenter" | 20 | 17 | 7 |
| 1968 | "Walk Away Renée | 14 | 15 | 3 |
| 1968 | "Yesterday's Dreams" | 49 | 31 | 23 |
| 1969 | "Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me" | 45 | 25 | - |
| 1969 | "What Is A Man" | 53 | - | 16 |
| 1969 | "Do What You Gotta Do" | - | - | 11 |
| 1970 | "It's All In The Game" | 24 | 6 | 5 |
| 1970 | "Still Water (Love)" | 11 | 4 | 10 |
| 1971 | "MacArthur Park (Part II) | 38 | - | - |
| 1971 | "River Deep - Mountain High" (The Supremes and the Four Tops) |
14 | 7 | 6 |
| 1971 | "In These Changing Times" | 70 | 28 | - |
| 1971 | "Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)" | 40 | 9 | 36 |
| 1971 | "You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart" (The Supremes and the Four Tops) |
45 | 41 | - |
| 1972 | "(It's the Way) Nature Planned It" | 53 | 8 | - |
| 1972 | "A Simple Game" | 90 | 34 | 3 |
| 1983 | "I Just Can't Walk Away" | 71 | 36 | - |
| 1985 | "Sexy Ways" | - | 21 | - |
[edit] ABC-Dunhill releases
| Year | Song title | US chart | US R&B chart | UK chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | "Keeper of the Castle" | 10 | 7 | 18 |
| 1973 | "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" | 4 | 2 | - |
| 1973 | "Are You Man Enough" | 15 | 2 | - |
| 1973 | "Sweet Understanding Love" | 33 | 10 | 29 |
| 1974 | "I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind" | 62 | 18 | - |
| 1974 | "Midnight Flower" | 55 | 5 | - |
| 1974 | "One Chain Don't Make No Prison" | 44 | 3 | - |
| 1975 | "Seven Lonely Nights" | 71 | 13 | - |
| 1975 | "We All Gotta Stick Together" | 97 | 17 | - |
| 1976 | "Catfish" | 71 | 7 | - |
| 1976 | "I'm Glad You Walked Into My Life" | - | 76 | - |
[edit] Casablanca releases
| Year | Song title | US chart | US R&B chart | UK chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | "When She Was My Girl" | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| 1981 | "Don't Walk Away" | - | - | 16 |
| 1982 | "Let Me Set You Free" | - | 71 | - |
| 1982 | "Back to School Again" (from Grease 2) |
71 | - | - |
| 1982 | "Sad Hearts" | 84 | 40 | - |
| 1982 | "Tonight I'm Gonna Love You All Over" | - | 32 | - |
| 1983 | "I Believe in You and Me" | - | 40 | - |
[edit] Arista releases
| Year | Song title | US chart | US R&B chart | UK chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | "If Ever a Love There Was" (with Aretha Franklin) |
- | 31 | - |
| 1988 | "Indestructible" | 35 | 57 | - |
| 1989 | "Loco In Acapulco" | - | - | 7 |
[edit] Albums
[edit] Motown releases
- 1964: The Four Tops (US #63; R&B #1)
- 1965: The Four Tops' Second Album (R&B #3)
- 1966: On Top (US #32; R&B #3)
- 1966: Four Tops Live! (US #17; R&B #1)
- 1967: On Broadway (US #79; R&B #15)
- 1967: Reach Out (US #11; R&B #3)
- 1968: Yesterday's Dreams (US #91; R&B #7)
- 1969: The Four Tops Now! (US #74; R&B #18)
- 1969: Soul Spin (US #163; R&B #30)
- 1970: Still Waters Run Deep (US #21; R&B #3)
- 1970: Changing Times (US #109; R&B #20)
- 1970: The Magnificent Seven (The Supremes & Four Tops) (US #113; R&B #18)
- 1971: The Return of the Magnificent Seven (The Supremes & Four Tops) (US #154; R&B #18)
- 1971: Dynamite! (The Supremes & Four Tops) (US #160; R&B #21)
- 1972: Nature Planned It (US #50; R&B #4)
- 1983: Back Where I Belong (US #65; R&B #47)
- 1985: Magic (US #140; R&B #33)
- 1986: Hot Nights
- 1995: Christmas Here With You
[edit] ABC-Dunhill releases
- 1972: Keeper of the Castle (US #33; R&B #6)
- 1973: Main Street People (US #66; R&B #8)
- 1974: Live & In Concert (US #92; R&B #29)
- 1974: Meeting of the Minds (US #118; R&B #22)
- 1975: Night Lights Harmony (US #148; R&B #24)
- 1976: Catfish (US #124; R&B #26)
- 1977: The Show Must Go On (R&B #54)
- 1978: At the Top (R&B #73)
[edit] Casablanca releases
- 1981: Tonight! (US #37; R&B #5)
- 1982: One More Mountain (R&B #45)
[edit] Arista release
- 1988: Indestructible (US #149; R&B #66)
