Masterpiece (Temptations song)

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“Masterpiece”
Single by The Temptations
from the album Masterpiece
Released 1972
Genre Soul
Length 4:22 (single version)
13:49 (album version)
Label Motown Records
Writer(s) Norman Whitfield
Producer Norman Whitfield
The Temptations singles chronology
"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
(1972)
"Masterpiece"
(1973)
"Plastic Man"
(1973)

"Masterpiece" is a 1973 soul single by American vocal group The Temptations. Released from the album of the same title, it reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and and spent two weeks at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart. It would be their last Top Ten pop hit with Motown Records.

[edit] Chart positions

Charts Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 7
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles 1 (2 weeks)


Preceded by
"Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" by Gladys Knight & the Pips
Billboard's Hot Soul number one single
April 14 - April 21, 1973
Succeeded by
"Pillow Talk" by Syliva