On Top (album)

This article is about the Four Tops album. For the Rye Coalition album, see Rye Coalition.

On Top
Studio album by The Four Tops
Released	July 1966
Recorded	32:40
Genre	Rhythm and blues
Label	Motown
Producer	Brian Holland, Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier, Smokey Robinson
The Four Tops chronology
Four Tops' Second Album (1965) On Top (1966) Reach Out (1967)
Singles from On Top
"Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" Released: February 1966 "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" Released: 1966

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On Top is the third studio album recorded by the Four Tops, issued by Motown Records in July 1966. It reached #32 on the US Billboard 200 chart and #9 in the UK. It contains two singles: "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" and "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)". The second half of the album consists of cover songs.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Got a Feeling"	Holland–Dozier–Holland	2:59
2.	"Brenda"	Edward Holland, Jr.	2:37
3.	"Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever"	Ivy Jo Hunter, Stevie Wonder	2:46
4.	"Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)"	Holland–Dozier–Holland	2:41
5.	"Until You Love Someone"	Holland–Dozier–Holland	3:11
6.	"There's No Love Left"	Holland–Dozier–Holland	2:33
7.	"Matchmaker, Matchmaker"	Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick	2:00
8.	"Michelle"	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	3:10
9.	"In the Still of the Night"	Cole Porter	2:32
10.	"Bluesette"	Norman Gimbel, Toots Thielemans	2:33
11.	"Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars"	Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees	3:05
12.	"Then"	Warren "Pete" Moore, Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers	2:33

Personnel

Performance

• Renaldo Benson – vocals
• Abdul Fakir – vocals
• Lawrence Payton – keyboards, vocals
• Levi Stubbs – vocals
• The Andantes - vocals
• The Funk Brothers - instrumentation
• Stevie Wonder - drums on "Loving You is Sweeter than Ever"

External links

• On Top at MTV, with lyrics