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List of songs written by Norman Whitfield

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This is a list of songs written by Norman Whitfield, either as a sole writer or with others

Chart hits and other notable songs written by Norman Whitfield

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!width="210"|Song[http://www.musicvf.com/songs.php?page=artist&artist=Norman+Whitfield&tab=songaswriterchartstab Songs written by Norman Whitfield, MusicVF.com]. Retrieved 8 September 2014

!width="210"|Original artist

!width="210"|Co-writer(s) with Whitfield

!width="40"|U.S. Pop{{cite book|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|year=2003|title=Top Pop Singles 1955-2002|edition=1st|publisher=Record Research Inc.|location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin|isbn=0-89820-155-1|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur}}

!width="40"|U.S. R&B{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=1996 |publisher=Record Research}}

!width="40"|UK Singles Chart{{cite book| first= Graham| last= Betts| year=2004| title= Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004| edition= 1st|publisher= Collins| location= London| isbn= 0-00-717931-6}}

!Other charting versions, and notes

rowspan="2"| 1962

| "Pride and Joy"

| Marvin Gaye

| Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson

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

| Marvin Gaye

| Marvin Gaye, Barrett Strong

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1983: Paul Young, #70 pop, #1 UK
rowspan="4"| 1964

| "The Girl's Alright with Me"

| The Temptations

| Eddie Holland Jr., Eddie Kendricks

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1980: Masterpiece, #81 R&B
"Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)"

| The Temptations

| Eddie Holland Jr.

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|align="center"|11

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"Needle in a Haystack"

| The Velvelettes

| William "Mickey" Stevenson

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|align="center"|31

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"Too Many Fish in the Sea"

| The Marvelettes

| Eddie Holland Jr.

|align="center"|25

|align="center"|5

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1966: Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, #24 pop
rowspan="2"| 1965

| "He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'"

| The Velvelettes

| Eddie Holland Jr., William "Mickey" Stevenson

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|align="center"|21

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1982: Bananarama, #5 UK
"Everybody Needs Love"

| The Temptations

| Eddie Holland Jr.

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1967: Gladys Knight & the Pips, #39 pop, #3 R&B
rowspan="3"| 1966

| "Ain't Too Proud to Beg"

| The Temptations

| Eddie Holland Jr.

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|align="center"|21

| 1974: The Rolling Stones, #17 pop
1989: Rick Astley, #89 pop

"Beauty Is Only Skin Deep"

| The Temptations

| Eddie Holland Jr.

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|align="center"|18

| 1989: Aswad, #31 UK

"(I Know) I'm Losing You"

| The Temptations

| Eddie Holland Jr., Cornelius Grant

|align="center"|8

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|19

| 1970: Rare Earth, #7 pop, #20 R&B
1971: Rod Stewart and the Faces, #24 pop
1986: Uptown, #87 pop

rowspan="5"| 1967

| "Gonna Give Her All the Love I've Got"

| Jimmy Ruffin

| Barrett Strong

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|align="center"|14

|align="center"|26

| 1969: Marvin Gaye (#67 pop, #27 R&B)

"Don't You Miss Me a Little Bit Baby"

| Jimmy Ruffin

| Barrett Strong, Rodger Penzabene

|align="center"|68

|align="center"|27

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"You're My Everything"

| The Temptations

| Cornelius Grant, Rodger Penzabene

|align="center"|6

|align="center"|3

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

| The Temptations

| Eddie Holland Jr.

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|align="center"|3

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"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"

| Gladys Knight & the Pips

| Barrett Strong

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|align="center"|47

| 1968: King Curtis & The Kingpins, #83 pop
1968: Marvin Gaye, #1 pop, #1 R&B, #1 UK
1974: Marvin Gaye, #53 UK (reissue)
1976: Creedence Clearwater Revival, #43 pop
1981: Roger, #79 pop, #1 R&B
1986: Edwin Starr, #83 UK
1986: Marvin Gaye, #8 UK (reissue)
1988: The California Raisins, #84 pop

rowspan="6"| 1968

| "I Wish It Would Rain"

| The Temptations

| Barrett Strong, Rodger Penzabene

|align="center"|4

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|45

| 1968: Gladys Knight & the Pips, #41 pop, #15 R&B
1973: The Faces, #8 UK

"The End of Our Road"

| Gladys Knight & the Pips

| Barrett Strong, Rodger Penzabene

|align="center"|15

|align="center"|5

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1970: Marvin Gaye, #40 pop, #7 R&B
"I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)"

| The Temptations

| Barrett Strong, Rodger Penzabene

|align="center"|13

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|47

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"It Should Have Been Me"

| Gladys Knight & the Pips

| William "Mickey" Stevenson

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|align="center"|3

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1976: Yvonne Fair, #85 pop, #5 UK
1991: Adeva, #48 UK
"Please Return Your Love to Me"

| The Temptations

| Barrett Strong

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|align="center"|4

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"Cloud Nine"

| The Temptations

| Barrett Strong

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|align="center"|2

|align="center"|15

| 1969: Mongo Santamaria, #32 pop, #33 R&B

rowspan="8"| 1969

| "Runaway Child, Running Wild"

| The Temptations

| Barrett Strong

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|align="center"|1

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"Too Busy Thinking About My Baby"

| Marvin Gaye

| Barrett Strong, Janie Bradford

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|align="center"|1

|align="center"|5

| 1969: The Billy Mitchell Group, #49 R&B
1970: The Young Vandals, #46 R&B
1972: Mardi Gras, #19 UK

"Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down"

| The Temptations

| Barrett Strong

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|align="center"|2

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"I Can't Get Next to You"

| The Temptations

| Barrett Strong

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|align="center"|13

| 1970: Al Green, #60 pop, #11 R&B

"Message from a Black Man"

| The Temptations

| Barrett Strong

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1970: The Whatnauts, #99 pop, #19 R&B
"That's the Way Love Is"

| Marvin Gaye

| Barrett Strong

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"Friendship Train"

| Gladys Knight & the Pips

| Barrett Strong

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"Don't Let Him Take Your Love from Me"

| The Four Tops

| Barrett Strong

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|align="center"|25

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rowspan="8" | 1970

| "How Can I Forget"

| Marvin Gaye

| Barrett Strong

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|align="center"|18

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"Psychedelic Shack"

| The Temptations

| Barrett Strong

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|align="center"|2

|align="center"|33

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"You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)"

| Gladys Knight & the Pips

| Barrett Strong

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|align="center"|3

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2000: Tom Jones and Heather Small, #24 UK
"Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) "

| The Temptations

| Barrett Strong

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|align="center"|7

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"War"

| Edwin Starr

| Barrett Strong

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| 1986: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band (live), #8 pop, #18 UK

"Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite the World)"

| The Temptations

| Barrett Strong

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|align="center"|8

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"I Gotta Let You Go"

| Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

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|align="center"|93

|align="center"|43

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"Stop the War Now"

| Edwin Starr

| Barrett Strong

|align="center"|26

|align="center"|5

|align="center"|33

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rowspan="7"| 1971

| "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)"

| The Temptations

| Barrett Strong

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|8

| 1984: Lillo Thomas, #79 R&B
1998: The McGanns, #59 UK
2008: Boyz II Men, #83 R&B

"Save My Love for a Rainy Day"

| The Undisputed Truth

| Rodger Penzabene

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"Funky Music Sho' 'Nuff Turns Me On"

| Edwin Starr

| Barrett Strong

|align="center"|64

|align="center"|6

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1972: The Temptations, #27 R&B
1974: Yvonne Fair, #32 R&B
2000: The Utah Saints, #23 UK
"Smiling Faces Sometimes "

| The Undisputed Truth

| Barrett Strong

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|align="center"|2

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"It's Summer"

| The Temptations

| Barrett Strong

|align="center"|51

|align="center"|29

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"Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) "

| The Temptations

| Barrett Strong

|align="center"|18

|align="center"|8

|align="center"|32

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"You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth "

| The Undisputed Truth

| Barrett Strong

|align="center"|72

|align="center"|24

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rowspan="3"| 1972

| "What It Is"

| The Undisputed Truth

| Barrett Strong

|align="center"|71

|align="center"|35

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"Take a Look Around"

| The Temptations

| Barrett Strong

|align="center"|30

|align="center"|10

|align="center"|13

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"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"

| The Undisputed Truth

| Barrett Strong

|align="center"|63

|align="center"|24

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1972: The Temptations, #1 pop, #5 R&B, #14 UK
1982: Wolf, #55 pop, #47 R&B
1987: The Temptations (remix) #31 UK
1990: Was (Not Was), #60 R&B, #12 UK
rowspan="8"| 1973

| "Masterpiece"

| The Temptations

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|align="center"|1

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"Mama I Got a Brand New Thing (Don't Say No)"

| Jackson 5

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"Law of the Land"

| The Undisputed Truth

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1973: The Temptations, #41 UK
"The Plastic Man"

| The Temptations

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|align="center"|40

|align="center"|8

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"Hey Girl (I Like Your Style) "

| The Temptations

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|align="center"|2

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"Hum Along and Dance"

| Rare Earth

| Barrett Strong

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"You've Got My Soul on Fire"

| Edwin Starr

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|align="center"|54

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"Let Your Hair Down"

| The Temptations

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|align="center"|27

|align="center"|1

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rowspan="5"| 1974

| "Heavenly"

| The Temptations

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|align="center"|43

|align="center"|8

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"You've Got My Soul on Fire"

| The Temptations

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|align="center"|74

|align="center"|8

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"Help Yourself"

| The Undisputed Truth

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|align="center"|63

|align="center"|19

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"I'm a Fool for You"

| The Undisputed Truth

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"Walk Out the Door If You Wanna"

| Yvonne Fair

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rowspan="3"| 1975

| "UFO's"

| The Undisputed Truth

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"Love Ain't No Toy"

| Yvonne Fair

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1987: Amii Stewart, #99 UK
"Higher Than High"

| The Undisputed Truth

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rowspan="2"| 1976

| "Car Wash"

| Rose Royce

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|align="center"|1

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|align="center"|9

| 1988: Rose Royce, #20 UK (reissue)
1998: Rose Royce, #18 UK (reissue)

"You Gotta Believe"

| The Pointer Sisters

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rowspan="7"| 1977

| "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is"

| Rose Royce

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"You + Me = Love"

| The Undisputed Truth

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| rowspan="2" |48

| align="center" |37

| align="center" |43

| 1989: The Funky Worm, "U + Me = Love", #46 UK

"Let's Go Down to the Disco"

| The Undisputed Truth

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"I Wanna Get Next to You"

| Rose Royce

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|align="center"|10

|align="center"|3

|align="center"|14

| 1998: Christión, #32 R&B

"I'm Going Down"

| Rose Royce

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|align="center"|70

|align="center"|10

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1995: Mary J. Blige, #22 pop, #13 R&B, #12 UK
"Do Your Dance"

| Rose Royce

| Dwight Turner

|align="center"|39

|align="center"|4

|align="center"|30

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"Ooh Boy"

| Rose Royce

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|align="center"|72

|align="center"|3

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1980: Rose Royce, #46 UK (reissue)
rowspan="4"| 1978

| "All American Funkathon"

| Willie Hutch

| Willie Hutch

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"Theme Song from Which Way Is Up?"

| Stargard

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|align="center"|21

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|19

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"It Makes You Feel Like Dancin'"

| Rose Royce

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"What You Waiting For"

| Stargard

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|align="center"|39

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rowspan="3"| 1979

| "First Come, First Serve"

| Rose Royce

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"Show Time"

| The Undisputed Truth

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"I'm in Love (And I Love the Feeling)"

| Rose Royce

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|align="center"|51

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rowspan="1"| 1980

| "Pop Your Fingers"

| Rose Royce

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rowspan="3"| 1981

| "Golden Touch"

| Rose Royce

| Mark Kenoly, Walter Downing

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"High on the Boogie"

| Stargard

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"R.R. Express"

| Rose Royce

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rowspan="1"| 1982

| "1990"

| Dr. America

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rowspan="2"| 1983

| "Ready for Some Action "

| June Pointer

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"Miss Busy Body (Get Your Body Busy) "

| The Temptations

| Angelo Bond

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rowspan="1"| 1984

| "Sail Away"

| The Temptations

| Angelo Bond

|align="center"|54

|align="center"|13

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rowspan="1"| 1989

| "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka "

| The Gap Band

| William Bryant II

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|align="center"|63

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