Dancing in the Street: The Songs of Motown II
| Dancing in the Street: The Songs of Motown II | ||||
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| Released | 14 October 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Sony BMG, Columbia | |||
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| Singles from Walk the Tightrope | ||||
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Dancing in the Street: The Songs of Motown II is the sixth studio album by Australian pop vocal group Human Nature and second Motown covers release. It was released on 14 October 2006.
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
AllMusic's brief review said that the album achieved "a nice balance between updating the classic Motown sound for contemporary dance-pop fans while still remaining faithful to the original recordings."[2]
Track listing
- "Dancing in the Street" (Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter) – 2:56
- "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 2:44
- "ABC" (Berry Gordy, Jr., Alphonso Mizell, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards) – 3:02
- "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (Stevie Wonder, Lee Garrett, Syreeta Wright, Lula Mae Hardaway) – 3:04
- "You Can't Hurry Love" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) – 3:04
- "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (Norman Whitfield, Edward Holland, Jr.) – 2:56
- "What's Going On" (Al Cleveland, Renaldo Benson, Marvin Gaye) – 3:52
- "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby) – 3:11
- "Please Mr. Postman" (Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman, Freddie Gorman) – 2:48
- "I Can't Get Next to You" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) – 2:54
- "Midnight Train to Georgia" (Jim Weatherly) – 4:34
- "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) – 2:44
- "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" (William Weatherspoon, Paul Riser, James Dean) – 3:42
- "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" (Whitfield, Strong) – 3:46
Personnel
- Glenn A. Baker – Liner Notes
- Ian Bell – Trombone
- Jessica Bell – Violin
- Grecco Buratto – Guitar
- Paul Bushnell – Bass
- David Caplice – Management
- David Champion – Management
- David Paul Jr. Collins – A&R
- Kieran Conrau – Trombone
- Jim Cox – Keyboards
- Tom Coyne – Mastering
- Shane Gillard – Trumpet
- Cameron Hill – Violin
- Hilbert Ho – Art Direction, Design
- Rachel Homburg – Violin
- Edwina Hookey – Violin
- Hannah Hookey – String Coordinator
- Helen Ireland – Viola
- Christina Katsimbardis – Violin
- Kylie Liang – Violin
- Benjamin Northey – Flute, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Soprano), String Arrangements, Brass Arrangement
- Michael Brooks Reid – Violin
- Forrester Savell – Bass Engineer, Drum Engineering
- Rafael Serrano – Assistant Engineer
- Gregg Spence – Trumpet
- Jay Dee Springbett – A&R
- Dave Way – Mixing
- Paul L. Wiltshire – Keyboards, Producer
- Jonathan Wong – Violin
- Victoria Wu – Producer, Vocal Editing
Charts
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] | 1 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Australia (ARIA)[4] | 4× Platinum | 280,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- ^ "Uptight (Everythings Alright) - single". iTunes Australia. 12 March 2015.
- ^ a b Dancing in the Street: The Songs of Motown II at AllMusic
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Human Nature - Dancing In The Streets - The Songs Of Motown II". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2019 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 22 December 2019.