Dancing in the Street: The Songs of Motown II

Dancing in the Street: The Songs of Motown II
Studio album by
Human Nature
Released14 October 2006
Recorded2006
GenrePop
LabelSony BMG, Columbia
Human Nature chronology
Reach Out: The Motown Record
(2005) 		Dancing in the Street: The Songs of Motown II
(2006) 		Get Ready
(2007)
Singles from Walk the Tightrope

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

  1. "Dancing in the Street" (Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter) – 2:56
  2. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 2:44
  3. "ABC" (Berry Gordy, Jr., Alphonso Mizell, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards) – 3:02
  4. "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" (Stevie Wonder, Lee Garrett, Syreeta Wright, Lula Mae Hardaway) – 3:04
  5. "You Can't Hurry Love" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) – 3:04
  6. "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (Norman Whitfield, Edward Holland, Jr.) – 2:56
  7. "What's Going On" (Al Cleveland, Renaldo Benson, Marvin Gaye) – 3:52
  8. "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby) – 3:11
  9. "Please Mr. Postman" (Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman, Freddie Gorman) – 2:48
  10. "I Can't Get Next to You" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) – 2:54
  11. "Midnight Train to Georgia" (Jim Weatherly) – 4:34
  12. "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) – 2:44
  13. "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" (William Weatherspoon, Paul Riser, James Dean) – 3:42
  14. "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
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 1

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[4] 4× Platinum 280,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Uptight (Everythings Alright) - single". iTunes Australia. 12 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b Dancing in the Street: The Songs of Motown II at AllMusic
  3. ^ Steffen Hung. "Human Nature - Dancing In The Streets - The Songs Of Motown II". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  4. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2019 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 22 December 2019.