Reach Out I’ll Be There (stereo)
~ Recording by Four Tops
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 2:58 | Four Tops | Reach Out | Four Tops | Album |
| Motown | 660, MS-660 |
| 1.3 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:03 | Four Tops | Greatest Hits | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | S-662 |
| 1.1 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 2:58 | Four Tops | Reach Out | Four Tops | Album |
| Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only) | STML 11056 |
| 1.9 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:57 | Four Tops | Anthology 1964-1972 (disc 1) | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Electrola GmbH (not for release label use! DE subsidiary of EMI Records from 1972–2002) | 1C 152-94 098/99 |
| 1.9 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:01 | Four Tops | The Best of the Four Tops | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | M 764D |
| 1.22 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:00 | Four Tops | Cooley High: Original Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Motown | M7-840R2 |
| 1.1 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 2:54 | The Four Tops | Black Gold: The Greatest Hits of Black Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | ADE G 93 |
| 1.1 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 2:58 | Four Tops | Reach Out | Four Tops | Album |
| Motown | M5-149V1 |
| 1.7 | Reach Out, I’ll Be There | ?:?? | Four Tops | Hits of the Screaming Sixties: 14 Original No One U.S. Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warwick Records | WW4 5124, WW4 5125 |
| 1.5 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:58 | Four Tops | The Motown Sound: Big Hits ‐ The Early 60’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only) | WK 72386 |
| 1.7 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | ?:?? | Four Tops | Compact Command Performances: 19 Greatest Hits | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | ZD72220 |
| 1.7 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:01 | Four Tops | Compact Command Performances: 19 Greatest Hits | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | WD 72220, WD72220 |
| 1.15 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:59 | Four Tops | 20 Greatest Songs in Motown History | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MCDO6137MD |
| 1.6 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:01 | Four Tops | 25 #1 Hits From 25 Years | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 2-6132 |
| 1.2 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:58 | Four Tops | The Greatest Songs Written by Holland Dozier Holland | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MCD06138MD |
| 1.12 | Reach Out, I’ll Be There | 2:56 | Four Tops | Anthology | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MCD06188MD2 |
| 1.4 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:00 | Four Tops | Every Great Motown Song: The First 25 Years As Originally Recorded Volume I & II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MCDO8034MD |
| 1.1 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:59 | Four Tops | Reach Out | Four Tops | Album |
| Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only) | WD72067 |
| 1.6 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:01 | Four Tops | T'N'T: Temptations 'N' Four Tops | The Temptations / Four Tops | Album + Compilation | Silver Eagle Records | SED-10523 | |
| 1.5 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:01 | Four Tops | 16 # 1 Hits From the Late 60's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | |
| 1.12 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:01 | Four Tops | Classic Rock: 1966 (remastered) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music, Warner Special Products | 2CLR-02, OPCD-2557 |
| 1.3 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:00 | Four Tops | Greatest Hits | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 374 635 209-2 |
| 1.6 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:02 | Four Tops | Introduction to the Motown Elite 9000 Series | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MCD00900MD |
| 1.5 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 2:55 | Four Tops | Motown Dance Party, Volume Two | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MCD09072MD |
| 1.12 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:01 | Four Tops | The Most-Played Oldies on America's Jukeboxes: Motown's Greatest Artists | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only) | WD72601 |
| 1.12 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:02 | Four Tops | The Most-Played Oldies on America’s Jukeboxes: Motown’s Greatest Artists | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MCD09097MS |
| 1.1 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:01 | Four Tops | The Motown 25th Anniversary Television Special | Four Tops | Album + Live |
| Motown | MCD09022MD |
| 1.3 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 2:59 | Four Tops | Greatest Hits | Four Tops | Album + Compilation | Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only) | WD72280 | |
| 1.1 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:01 | Four Tops | Greatest Hits | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Duchesse | CD 352028 |
| 2.3 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 2:55 | Four Tops | Motown Dance Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 2XDE |
| 1.11 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:00 | Four Tops | Motown Hits of Gold, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | WD72401 |
| 1.6 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:01 | Four Tops | Tour of Duty II | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 462508 2 |
| 1.17 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 2:57 | Four Tops | 25 Jaar Top 40 Hits, Deel 1: ’65–’68 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.10 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:59 | Four Tops | Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1966 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 70627 |
| 1.16 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | ?:?? | Four Tops | Soul Decade: The Sixties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only) | ZK 74816 (2) |
| 1.6 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:59 | Four Tops | That Loving Feeling, Volume III | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment | DIN CD 11 |
| 2.9 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:00 | Four Tops | 60 Number Ones of the Sixties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2432 |
| 2.4 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:01 | Four Tops | 101 Number One Hit Records | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Beautiful Music Company | MSD2-35187 |
| 1.12 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:56 | Four Tops | Anthology | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 3746308092 |
| 1.18 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:58 | Four Tops | De Pre Historie 1966, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Ariola (company mostly named as distributor) | 260.738 |
| 1.11 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 2:56 | Four Tops | Hit History, Volume 12: 1966 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. see annotation) | PD 74782 |
| 1.1 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:02 | Four Tops | Rhythm & Blues: 1966 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-2614, RHD-01 |
| 1.1 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:58 | Four Tops | Solid Gold Soul 1966 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-2614A, R838-01 |
| 1.16 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:00 | Four Tops | Soul Decade ; The Sixties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | ZD 74816, ZD 74816(2) |
| 1.6 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:59 | Four Tops | That Loving Feeling, Volume III | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment | DINMC 11 |
| 1.6 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 2:58 | Four Tops | The Motown Legend | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | ZL 72719 (2) |
| 1.6 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 2:58 | Four Tops | The Motown Legend | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | ZD 72719 |
| 1.5 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:01 | Four Tops | 16 #1 Hits From the Late 60's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | |
| 1.5 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:01 | Four Tops | 16 #1 Hits From the Late 60's (BMG Direct barcode on back) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MCD09018MD |
| 3.1 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:59 | Four Tops | 25 Years of Great Original Hits: The Motown Story | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest | RDCD 231-236 |
| 1.12 | Reach Out, I’ll Be There | 2:56 | Four Tops | Anthology | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 3746308092 |
| 1.15 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:00 | Four Tops | Rock Times, Volume 6: 1965-1966 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Zounds | 27000268 A |
| 2.8 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:57 | Four Tops | The Rock ’n’ Roll Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest | RDCD4-605 |
| 2.8 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:57 | Four Tops | The Rock ’n’ Roll Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest Music | RDCD4-605 |
| 1.4 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:00 | Four Tops | Every Great Motown Song: The First 25 Years, Volumes I & II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.3 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:01 | Four Tops | Motown: The Ultimate Hits Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 530 465-2 |
| 1.12 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:00 | Four Tops | 1966 - Die Stars - Die Hits - Die Facts | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation) | 35 911 7 |
| 1.7 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:02 | Four Tops | Magic Motown | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown France, Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation) | |
| 1.1 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:02 | Four Tops | Motown Legends, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 314 520 283-2 |
| 1.16 | Reach Out, I'll Be There | 2:59 | Four Tops | The No. 1 Hits 1966 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| SR International | |
| 2.2 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:58 | Four Tops | Fifty Number One’s of the 60’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADCD08 |
| 2.11 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:00 | Four Tops | Heartbeat: Forever Yours | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.11 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:00 | Four Tops | Heartbeat: Forever Yours | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | SONY TV8 CD |
| 2.6 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:58 | Four Tops | The Best Sixties Album in the World…Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Circa Records (imprint of Circa Records Ltd., UK), Virgin TV | 7243 8 41132 2 3, VTDCD 66 |
| 1.8 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:00 | Four Tops | The No.1 Classic Soul Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram | 525656 |
| 1.17 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:01 | Four Tops | Magic Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation) | 535602-2 |
| 1.1 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 2:59 | Four Tops | Early Classics: Four Tops | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.11 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:00 | Four Tops | HEARTBEAT - Forever Yours | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 481398 2 |
| 1.9 | Reach Out, I’ll Be There (original version) | 3:00 | Four Tops | Living in America: American Superstars | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation) | 007 04 22 |
| 2.13 | Reach Out, I’ll Be There | 2:58 | Four Tops | No Greater Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADCD34 |
| 3.3 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:03 | Four Tops | Rhythm of the Night: The Greatest Dance & Soul Hits From Motown | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Insight (Polygram sublabel), Motown, PolyGram | 530 746-2 |
| 1.17 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:01 | Four Tops | The No. 1 Classic Soul Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | S356022 |
| 2.12 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 2:59 | Four Tops | Absolute Hits of the 60's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Denmark) | 8449232 |
| 2.2 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:56 | Four Tops | Ready Steady Go! The Number One Sixties Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 553 934-2 |
| 3.4 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:01 | Four Tops | The Complete Motown Anthology | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| MEI Digital | |
| 2.4 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 2:59 | Four Tops | The No. 1 Motown Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 530 764-2 |
| 2.11 | Reach Out, I’ll Be There | 2:59 | Four Tops | Magic Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation) | 553 091- 2 py918 |
| 1.1 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 2:57 | Four Tops | Motown Memories | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Marks & Spencer | MS4966 |
| 1.5 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:00 | Four Tops | Ready Steady Go! The Sixties Sound of Motown | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 530 865-2 |
| 1.10 | Reach Out (I’ll Be There) | 3:02 | Four Tops | Shake Me Wake Me | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Raven Records (Australian mainly reissue) | RVCD-23 |
| 2.9 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:59 | The Four Tops | The Ultimate Grammy Box: From the Recording Academy’s Collection of Award Winning Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | C4K 69783 |
| 1.4 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:03 | Four Tops | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Four Tops | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 314 542 214-2 |
| 1.8 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:00 | Four Tops | Legendary Pop & Rock Groups | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Radio Star Records | |
| 2.9 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:00 | The Four Tops | The History of Pop 1964-1966 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest | |
| 1.14 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:58 | Four Tops | All You Need Is Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Television | RADCD163 |
| 2.2 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:03 | Four Tops | Motown: The Classic Years (BMG club edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| UTV Records, BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions) | 012 159 466-2, D236325 |
| 2.19 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:56 | Four Tops | 60 Number Ones of the Sixties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | |
| 1.9 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:57 | Four Tops | The Singles+ | Four Tops | Album + Compilation |
| BR Music (NL-based reissue label) | BS 8121-2 |
| 2.3 | Reach Out (I’ll Be There) | 2:55 | Four Tops | Classic Rock: The Immortals | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest | 0350908-1/2/3 |
| 2.18 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:59 | Four Tops | Golden Groups of the Sixties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Reader’s Digest | RDCD2911, RDCD2912, RDCD2913, RDCD2914, RDCD2915, RDCD2916 |
| 2.4 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:01 | Four Tops | Respect: The Soundtrack to The Soul Generation | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 524 863 2 |
| 4.5 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:57 | Four Tops | Back to Black | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), MWA | 5415182, 5415812 |
| 2.9 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:59 | The Four Tops | The Ultimate Grammy Box: From the Recording Academy’s Collection of Award Winning Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | C4K 85669 |
| 1.3 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 3:00 | Four Tops | Top 40 Hitdossier 1965-1966 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal TV (Netherlands & Belgium) | 520 794-2 |
| 2.9 | Reach Out I'll Be There | 2:56 | Four Tops | Capital Gold: Legends II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Virgin TV | 7243 8 10970 2 1, VTDCD 418 |
| 2.9 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:00 | Four Tops | Tamla Motown Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 016301-2 |
| 2.7 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 3:00 | Four Tops | Cocktail Hour | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Australia (AU subsidiary of Warner Music International since 1988) | 584 025-2 |
| 4.4 | Reach Out (I'll Be There) | 3:00 | Four Tops | Dick Clark's #1's: 50s to 70s "When AM Radio Was King", Volume 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 3.16 | Reach Out I’ll Be There | 2:56 | Four Tops | Classic Songs of the Motown Era, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) | |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.9 | Reach Out I'll Be There | ?:?? | Four Tops | Cruisin' Classics Vol. III 50's & 60's | Various Artists | Other + Compilation |
| CBS Special Products, Shell (oil company) | BT 21103 |
Relationships
| producer: | Lamont Dozier Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) |
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| instruments: | The Funk Brothers (in 1966) |
| background vocals: | The Andantes (in 1966) Marlene Barrow (in 1966) Renaldo Benson (in 1966) Louvain Demps (in 1966) Abdul "Duke" Fakir (in 1966) Jackie Hicks (in 1966) Lawrence Payton (in 1966) |
| lead vocals: | Levi Stubbs (in 1966) |
| recorded at: | Hitsville (Motown Records) in Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 1966) |
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| compiled in: | Reach Out, I'll Be There (Single Version (Mono)) |
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| mash-ups: | Deadhor5e & The Cherry Tops (Deadmau5 vs. KT Tunstall vs. The Four Tops) by TigerVegan |
| part of: | The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 78) (order: 78) Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 206) (order: 206) |
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| recording of: | Reach Out, I’ll Be There (in 1966) |
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Related works
Reach Out, I’ll Be There
| lyricist: | Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland‐Dozier‐Holland songwriting team) |
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| composer: | Lamont Dozier Brian Holland (Motown producer & songwriter) |
| publisher: | Jobete Music (UK) Ltd. Jobete Music Co., Inc. Stone Agate Music Division イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present) |
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| referred to in medleys: | More Stars (12″ mix) (12″ mix, duration: ~11:56 on vinyl, ~11:38 on cd) |
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| later translated versions: | Es mejor Es mejor dejarlo como está Estarei ao seu lado Gira, Gira J’attendrai (Mais si un jour tu te retrouves toute seule…) Vine |