Papa Was a Rollin' Stone

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single song

"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" is a landmark 1972 soul and psychedelic funk song, renowned for its extended instrumental intro and socially conscious lyrics, that became one of The Temptations' most acclaimed and influential hits.

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Label Occurrences
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone canonical 8
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (The Temptations version) 1
Papa Was a Rolling Stone 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album All Directions ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best R&B Song ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
bSide Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On ⓘ
chartPosition number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
number 5 on the Billboard R&B chart ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre funk ⓘ
psychedelic funk ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasInstrumentation brass section ⓘ
orchestral strings ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
prominent bass line ⓘ
wah-wah guitar ⓘ
hasVersion Papa Was a Rollin' Stone self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (The Temptations version)
influenced funk music ⓘ
later soul music ⓘ
psychedelic soul ⓘ
isPartOf The Temptations ⓘ
surface form: The Temptations discography
language English ⓘ
length 12:00 ⓘ
6:58 ⓘ
notableFeature extended instrumental introduction ⓘ
socially conscious lyrics ⓘ
notableFor being considered a landmark of 1970s soul music ⓘ
being one of The Temptations' most acclaimed hits ⓘ
originalPerformer The Undisputed Truth ⓘ
originalReleaseDate 1972-05-09 ⓘ
performer The Temptations ⓘ
producer Norman Whitfield ⓘ
recordedBy The Temptations ⓘ
recordedIn Detroit ⓘ
Motown Recording Studios, Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Motown Recording Studios
recordLabel Gordy ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
releaseFormat 7-inch single ⓘ
album track ⓘ
releaseYear 1972 ⓘ
theme absent father ⓘ
family struggle ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
vocalStyle group vocals ⓘ
spoken-style narrative passages ⓘ
writer Barrett Strong ⓘ
Norman Whitfield ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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The Temptations → notableWork → Papa Was a Rollin' Stone ⓘ
Dennis Edwards → notableWork → Papa Was a Rollin' Stone ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
Norman Whitfield → notableWork → Papa Was a Rollin' Stone ⓘ
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone → hasVersion → Papa Was a Rollin' Stone self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (The Temptations version)
Otis Williams → notableSongCredits → Papa Was a Rollin' Stone ⓘ
Damon Harris → notableWork → Papa Was a Rollin' Stone ⓘ
All Directions → mainSong → Papa Was a Rollin' Stone ⓘ
All Directions → includesTrack → Papa Was a Rollin' Stone ⓘ
All Directions → containsExtendedTrack → Papa Was a Rollin' Stone ⓘ
Melvin Franklin → notableWork → Papa Was a Rollin' Stone ⓘ
Afrodeezia → hasPart → Papa Was a Rollin' Stone ⓘ
this entity surface form: Papa Was a Rolling Stone