Top 77 motown songs for audition and karaoke
This is a song chart of the top 77 motown songs, based on the votes of 49184 Singing Carrots users. We count a 'vote' when a user adds one of our 75,000 songs to their repertoire (favorites list). For each song, we show a vocal range (in parentheses). If you click on a song name, you will be able to see the song key, and a list of useful links to the karaoke version, music sheet, and lyrics. If you click on a singer's name, it will take you to the singer's page where you can see all songs by that singer, sorted by popularity and range.
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77 Joss Stone - Super Duper Love (D4-D5)
76 Johnny Mathis - Chances Are (D3-G4)
75 Janis Joplin - Cry Baby (G3-A5)
74 Janelle Monáe - Tightrope (C4-Ab5)
73 Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher (B2-F#4)
72 Hairspray - You Can't Stop the Beat (C3-D#4)
71 Hairspray - I Can Hear the Bells (A#2-B3)
70 Hairspray - Good Morning Baltimore (B2-C#4)
69 Grease - There Are Worse Things I Could Do (B3-C5)
68 Glee Cast - You Keep Me Hangin' On (D4-C5)
67 Glee Cast - Isn't She Lovely (C4-G5)
66 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia (Ab3-Eb5)
65 Gladys Knight & The Pips - It Should Have Been Me (D4-F6)
64 Gladys Knight & The Pips - I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Bb3-D5)
63 Gladys Knight & The Pips - If I Were Your Woman (Bb3-G5)
62 Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love? (E3-B3)
61 Etta James - Tell Mama (C4-F5)
60 Etta James - Something's Got a Hold on Me (Ab3-Db5)
59 Edwin Starr - War (C3-C4)
58 Ed Sheeran - Perfect (G3-G#4)
57 Eddie Holland - Merry Go Round (E3-B4)
56 Diana Ross - You Are Everything (F3-D5)
55 Diana Ross - Touch Me In the Morning (A3-B5)
54 Diana Ross & the Supremes - Reflections (E4-B5)
53 Diana Ross & the Supremes - No Matter What Sign You Are (A3-E5)
52 Diana Ross - Surrender (G3-Eb5)
51 Diana Ross - Remember Me (Bb3-F5)
50 Diana Ross - Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) (B3-E5)
49 Diana Ross - My Old Piano (A3-C5)
48 Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting (Bb3-C5)
47 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Eb4-F5)
46 Darlene Love - (Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry (B3-E5)
44 Chris Clark - I Want to Go Back There Again (G3-D5)
43 Chris Clark - Day By Day or Never (F4-C6)
42 Captain & Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together (A3-C5)
41 Bruno Mars - When I Was Your Man (G3-C5)
40 Bruno Mars - Runaway Baby (A#3-A#4)
39 Brent Edstrom - I Heard It Through the Grapevine (C4-F5)
38 Boyz II Men - I'll Make Love to You (A3-B4)
37 Bob Kayli - Everyone Was There (G#3-C#5)
36 Billy Joel - Uptown Girl (G#3-B4)
35 Billy Joel - The Longest Time (D#3-D#5)
34 Billy Joel - Tell Her About It (G3-A#4)
33 Billy Joel - Only the Good Die Young (G3-C5)
32 Beyoncé - Love on Top (A3-E5)
31 Betty Everett - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) (A3-D5)
30 Bebe Winans - Jesus Children of America (B2-D#5)
29 Aretha Franklin - You're All I Need to Get By (F#3-E5)
28 Aretha Franklin - The House That Jack Built (Eb4-Ab5)
27 Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady (C4-A5)
26 Aretha Franklin - I Say a Little Prayer (F#3-E5)
25 Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) (F3-F5)
24 Aretha Franklin - Groovin' (A3-D5)
23 Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song (You Lied) (F4-G5)
22 Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools (C4-F5)
21 Aretha Franklin - Angel (Bb3-Ab5)
20 Al Green - Let's Stay Together (E3-A4)
19 Al Green - I Can't Get Next To You (D#3-G5)
18 Adele - Right As Rain (D3-D5)
17 Vonda Shepard - Ask the Lonely (G3-D5)
16 Three Dog Night - Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer (F2-A3)
15 The Originals - Baby I'm for Real (F#3-E6)
14 The Jackson 5 - ABC (B2-G4)
13 The Four Tops - Baby, I Need Your Lovin' (F3-A#4)
12 The Beatles - You've Really Got a Hold on Me (C#3-A4)
11 Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour (D3-D4)
10 Stevie Wonder - Another Star (C3-G#4)
9 Motown: The Musical - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (D4-G5)
8 Marvin Gaye - Stubborn Kind of Fellow (D3-A4)
7 Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (A2-D4)
6 Lionel Richie - Endless Love (C3-A4)
4 Barbra Streisand - All In Love Is Fair (A3-C#5)
3 Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes of the Broken Hearted (F3-A4)
2 Stevie Wonder - As (D#3-G#4)
1 Marvin Gaye - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (B2-D#4)