Motown Remixed

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Motown Remixed

Remix album by Various Artists

Released

Motown/Universal Records

Various Artists chronology

Motown Remixed
(2005)

Motown Remixed, Vol. 2
(2007)

Motown Remixed is a 2005 compilation album containing remixed versions of Motown hits, released on May 24, 2005 by Motown/Universal Records.

Several hip hop and dance producers, including DJ Jazzy Jeff, The Randy Watson Experience, Salaam Remi, and Easy Mo Bee, took hit records by The Jackson 5, The Temptations, The Supremes, and others, and reimagined them in new styles. The Jackson 5's "ABC", for exampled, is reimagined by Salaam Remi as a crunk song, and Tranzition takes The Supremes' up-tempo "My World is Empty Without You" and transforms it into a ballad.

The iTunes Music Store version has several additional remixes in the album.

An accompanying compilation, Motown Unmixed, features each track in its original version.

[edit] Tracklisting

#	Song	Artist	Remixed version	Original release
1	"I Want You Back"	The Jackson 5	Z-Trip Remix	Motown, 1969
2	"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"	Gladys Knight & the Pips	The Randy Watson Experience Sympathy For The Grapes Mix	Soul, 1967
3	"Let's Get It On"	Marvin Gaye	Da Producers MPG Groove Mix	Tamla, 1973
4	"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"	Stevie Wonder	DJ Smash Essential Funk Remix	Tamla, 1970
5	"ABC"	The Jackson 5	Salaam Remi Crunk-A-Delic Party Mix	Motown, 1970
6	"I Just Want To Celebrate"	Rare Earth	Mocean Worker Remix	Rare Earth, 1971
7	"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"	The Temptations	DJ Jazzy Jeff & Pete Kuzma Solefull Mix	Gordy, 1972
8	"Quiet Storm"	Smokey Robinson	Groove Boutique Remix, featuring guest soloist Roy Ayers	Tamla, 1975
9	"My World Is Empty Without You"	The Supremes	Tranzition Remix	Motown, 1965
10	"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)"	The Temptations	Easy Mo Bee Remix	Gordy, 1971
11	"Smiling Faces Sometimes"	Undisputed Truth	Futureshock Entertainment Main Ingredient Mix	Gordy, 1971
12	"The Tears of a Clown"	Smokey Robinson & the Miracles	Hotsnax Remix	Tamla, 1970
13	"Keep on Truckin'"	Eddie Kendricks	DJ Spinna Remix	Tamla, 1973
14	"War"	Edwin Starr	King Britt Mix	Gordy, 1971
15	"Mary Jane" (bonus track)	Rick James	DJ Green Lantern Evil Genius Mix	Gordy, 1978
16	"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" (iTunes Bonus Track)	Jimmy Ruffin	Mocean Worker Remix	Soul, 1966
17	"Reach Out, I'll Be There" (iTunes Bonus Track)	The Four Tops	Montez Payton & Taurus Braxton Remix	Motown, 1966
18	"(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave" (iTunes Bonus Track)	Martha and the Vandellas	Noizetrip Mix	Gordy, 1963
19	"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (iTunes Music Store)	Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell	The Rurals Cool Mix	Tamla, 1968