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Posted on 09/01/09 at 03:37:45 pm
For the new issue of NME, as part of our feature celebrating 50 years of Motown, we asked a panel of pop stars to name their favourite Tamla tracks.
The results were mixed. Caleb Followill managed to select two artists – Sam Cooke and Otis Redding – who never recorded for Motown. Many of the other picks were boringly predictable: Yannis Foals chose 'Baby Love', Ladyhawke went for 'I Want You Back'.
Truth is, there's only so many times you can celebrate the genius of Motown's greatest hits, many of which have lost their impact through endless repetition. Here, then, are 10 phenomenal tracks you might not be so familiar with…
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