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The Temptations

The Temptations is a group from the US, active since 1960.

Group US since 1960 soul funk motown

TOTAL PLAYS

3,222

SONGS PLAYED

133

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-02-16 03:48 · 6 Music — "Papa Was A Rolling Stone"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · Radio 2 — "Get Ready"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

300 225 150 75 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 1,786 55%

6 Music 1,363 42%

1Xtra 60 2%

Radio 1 13 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 15:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Get Ready 486 2026-05-26

2 My Girl 312 2026-05-02

3 Cloud Nine 248 2026-03-26

4 Ball Of Confusion 224 2025-01-03

5 Ain't Too Proud to Beg 217 2026-05-12

6 Papa Was a Rollin' Stone 210 2026-05-19

7 Psychedelic Shack 137 2025-12-05

8 I Can't Get Next to You 125 2025-11-19

9 Treat Her Like A Lady 119 2026-05-13

10 Law Of The Land 116 2025-11-06

11 Shakey Ground 99 2025-07-04

12 Ain't Too Proud To Beg 97 2011-11-11

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-26 16:38 Get Ready Radio 2

2026-05-24 01:48 Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue) Radio 2

2026-05-19 21:26 Papa Was a Rollin' Stone Radio 2

2026-05-14 10:12 Papa Was a Rollin' Stone Radio 2

2026-05-13 21:42 (I Know) I'm Losing You Radio 2

2026-05-13 08:12 Treat Her Like A Lady Radio 2

2026-05-12 23:58 Ain't Too Proud to Beg Radio 2

2026-05-10 09:48 Get Ready Radio 2

2026-05-09 06:58 Get Ready Radio 2

2026-05-05 21:52 Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) Radio 2

2026-05-02 00:10 My Girl Radio 2

2026-05-01 00:57 Papa Was a Rollin' Stone Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

133 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

(I Know) I'm Losing You —

33 2026-05-13 ▶

(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need —

2 2014-10-27 ▶

(You're My) Dream Come True —

1 2020-08-29 ▶

A Song For You —

2 2022-06-20 ▶

Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone —

1 2017-08-15 ▶

Ain't No Sunshine —

4 2025-12-21 ▶

Ain't to Proud to Beg —

1 2013-01-18 ▶

Ain't To Proud To Beg - Arlington Theatre Santa Barabra 1984 —

1 2008-12-04 ▶

Ain't Too Proud to Beg —

217 2026-05-12 ▶

Ain't Too Proud To Beg —

97 2011-11-11 ▶

Ain't Too Proud To Beg - —

6 2012-05-24 ▶

All I Need Is Your Love —

1 2019-08-26 ▶

Angel Doll —

1 2018-11-19 ▶

Ball Of Confusion —

224 2025-01-03 ▶

Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) —

87 2026-02-02 ▶

Beauty Is Only Skin Deep —

35 2023-05-14 ▶

Cloud 9 —

10 2008-09-21 ▶

Cloud Nine —

248 2026-03-26 ▶

Cloud Nine (FKJ Remix) —

4 2014-06-09 ▶

Do Your Thing —

2 2022-05-14 ▶

Don't Let The Joneses Get You Down —

1 2023-02-19 ▶

Don't Look Back —

1 2022-09-29 ▶

Fading Away —

1 2023-04-20 ▶

Forever In My Heart —

3 2019-12-23 ▶

Funky Music Sho' Nuff Turns Me On —

4 2022-05-14 ▶

Get Ready —

486 2026-05-26 ▶

Get Ready (feat. Eddie Kendricks) —

16 2026-01-30 ▶

Get Ready / The Way You Do The Things You Do —

2 2011-01-29 ▶

Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue) —

10 2026-05-24 ▶

Girl, Why You Wanna Make Me Blue (Acapella) —

1 2014-04-24 ▶

Glasshouse —

1 2017-09-03 ▶

Happy Landing —

1 2023-03-19 ▶

Happy People —

2 2018-04-04 ▶

He Who Picks A Rose —

1 2017-08-08 ▶

Hey Jude —

1 2018-01-07 ▶

How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) —

1 2008-02-11 ▶

Hum Along And Dance —

2 2017-07-29 ▶

I Ain't Got Nothin' —

3 2020-11-29 ▶

I Can't Get Next to You —

125 2025-11-19 ▶

I Can't Get Next To You —

61 2011-09-13 ▶

I Can't Get Next To You (Album Version) —

1 2012-02-25 ▶

I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) —

3 2025-10-01 ▶

I Know I'm Losing You —

5 2014-12-06 ▶

I Want A Love I Can See —

5 2025-10-04 ▶

I Wish It Would Rain —

16 2020-08-16 ▶

I Wish It Would Rain - Arlington Theatre Santa Barabra 1984 —

1 2008-12-04 ▶

I'll Keep A Light In My Window —

1 2021-09-23 ▶

I'll Keep My Light In My Window —

1 2020-12-29 ▶

It's Growing —

4 2022-04-12 ▶

Just My Imagination —

54 2025-05-03 ▶

Just My Imagination (Rhythm Scholar Daydream Remix Radio Edit) —

1 2019-11-30 ▶

Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) —

37 2026-05-05 ▶

Law Of The Land —

116 2025-11-06 ▶

Law of the Land (Joey Negro Tribute to Norman Whitfield) —

2 2016-08-13 ▶

Let Your Hair Down —

1 2010-08-26 ▶

Love Can Be Anything —

1 2005-09-17 ▶

Love Woke Me Up This Morning —

1 2019-09-29 ▶

Masterpiece —

2 2019-05-19 ▶

Medley: Celebration/Billie Jean/ All Night Long/Thriller/I Can't Help Myself —

2 2011-01-29 ▶

Mein Girl —

2 2013-08-14 ▶

Message From A Black Man —

3 2024-10-05 ▶

My Christmas Tree —

3 2022-12-25 ▶

My Girl —

312 2026-05-02 ▶

My Girl ( live 1964 Fox Theatre) —

1 2018-03-04 ▶

My Girl (Big Z Remix) —

3 2016-12-21 ▶

My Girl (CFLO Edit V2) —

2 2023-03-03 ▶

My Girl (Italian Version) —

1 2012-07-02 ▶

My Girl - Arlington Theatre Santa Barabra 1984 —

1 2008-12-04 ▶

My Love Is True —

4 2011-01-29 ▶

My Love Is True - Arlington Theatre Santa Barabra 1984 —

1 2008-12-04 ▶

Next To You / Papa Was A Rollin'Stone —

6 2011-03-11 ▶

Next To You / Papa Was A Rollin'stone - Arlington Theatre Santa Barabra 1984 —

1 2008-12-04 ▶

Papa Was a Rollin Stone (Smoove Multitrack Rework) —

1 2024-07-19 ▶

Papa Was a Rollin' Stone —

210 2026-05-19 ▶

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone —

30 2011-08-11 ▶

Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (Single Version) —

2 2024-07-29 ▶

Papa Was a Rolling Stone —

56 2025-05-26 ▶

Papa Was A Rolling Stone —

59 2011-06-18 ▶

Papa Was A Rolling Stone (Edit) —

1 2019-05-19 ▶

Plastic Man —

2 2019-04-28 ▶

Psychedelic Shack —

137 2025-12-05 ▶

Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer —

14 2025-12-25 ▶

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer —

5 2015-12-17 ▶

Runaway Child Runnin' Wild —

27 2018-06-13 ▶

Sail Away —

4 2011-01-29 ▶

Sei Solo Tu —

1 2016-01-31 ▶

Shakey Ground —

99 2025-07-04 ▶

Silent Night —

6 2025-12-14 ▶

Since I Lost My Baby —

7 2025-10-11 ▶

Smiling Faces Sometimes —

1 2023-08-27 ▶

Smooth Sailing (From Now On) —

1 2015-10-18 ▶

Standing on the Top (feat. Rick James) —

4 2023-08-22 ▶

Standing On The Top (Pete Le Freq Freakin' Rework) (feat. Rick James) —

2 2018-07-27 ▶

Standing On The Top (Pt. 1) (feat. Rick James) —

1 2024-02-05 ▶

Standing On The Top (SLY Rework) (feat. Rick James) —

2 2024-10-11 ▶

Standing On The Top Of The World —

2 2011-01-29 ▶

Stay —

1 2026-02-07 ▶

Superstar —

1 2009-07-15 ▶

Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) —

1 2015-07-16 ▶

Take A Look Around —

5 2023-02-05 ▶

Take A Stroll Thru Your Mind —

1 2017-05-01 ▶

That'll Be The Day —

2 2015-02-16 ▶

The Christmas Song —

2 2025-12-21 ▶

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face —

1 2019-09-29 ▶

The Jones —

1 2024-01-10 ▶

The Jones (12" Surgery Mix) —

1 2024-10-09 ▶

The Jones (Surgery Mix) —

1 2020-08-18 ▶

The Jones' —

3 2019-05-07 ▶

The Jones' (7" Surgery mix) —

1 2021-05-06 ▶

The Jones' (remix) —

1 2020-02-09 ▶

The Jones' (UK Remix) —

2 2017-08-19 ▶

The Plastic Man —

1 2019-09-13 ▶

The Way You Do the Things You Do —

51 2025-12-13 ▶

The Way You Do The Things You Do —

21 2012-02-20 ▶

There's A Definite Change In You —

1 2020-03-21 ▶

Thinking Out Loud —

2 2021-02-27 ▶

This Christmas —

1 2023-12-16 ▶

Treat Her Like A Lady —

119 2026-05-13 ▶

Treat Her Like A Lady - Arlington Theatre Santa Barabra 1984 —

1 2008-12-04 ▶

Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite The World) —

3 2018-10-21 ▶

War —

5 2018-09-07 ▶

What It Is —

1 2017-06-21 ▶

Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) —

1 2010-09-18 ▶

White Christmas —

2 2016-12-27 ▶

Why Did She Have To Leave Me (Why Did She Have To Go) —

1 2008-03-13 ▶

You Make Your Own Heaven And Hell Right Here On Earth —

1 2022-11-09 ▶

You'll Loose A Precious Love —

1 2013-07-20 ▶

You'll Lose a Precious Love —

2 2023-08-20 ▶

You're My Everything —

11 2024-10-31 ▶

You've Got My Soul On Fire —

2 2025-02-15 ▶

You've Got To Earn It (Alternate Fast Version) —

1 2019-11-03 ▶

Your Lovin' Is Magic —

1 2020-01-18 ▶

You’re My Everything —

1 2015-04-11 ▶