| A Song for You | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | the Temptations |
| Cover: | Tempts-a-song-for-you.jpg |
| Released: | January 16, 1975 |
| Recorded: | 1974 |
| Studio: | Motown Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA) |
| Genre: | Soul, funk |
| Length: | 35:53 |
| Label: | Gordy G6 969 S1 |
| Producer: | Berry Gordy, Jeffrey Bowen, James Anthony Carmichael, Suzee Wendy Ikeda, Clayton Ivey, Terry Woodford |
| Prev Title: | 1990 |
| Prev Year: | 1973 |
| Next Title: | House Party |
| Next Year: | 1975 |
A Song for You is a 1975 album by the Temptations. It features two R&B #1 hits: "Happy People" (originally intended for recording by its authors, the Commodores), and "Shakey Ground", one of the group's final R&B #1 songs.
The title track features lead singer Dennis Edwards on a song written by Leon Russell. Richard Street and Melvin Franklin sing lead on the track "Firefly".
A Song for You features a familiar device of the time used to exhibit the versatility of 1970s soul groups: one side features up-tempo cuts and the other side focuses on ballads. Several songs on side one such as "Glass House" and "Shakey Ground" featured P-Funk-backed dance grooves and even a writing credit for former Funkadelic guitarist Eddie Hazel, while side two had tracks such as "I'm a Bachelor" and "Memories", which showcased a more subdued style of soul.
This album, while it was initially panned by the Rolling Stone Record Guide, proved its worth, going gold (selling over 500,000 copies) and winning the 1976 American Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album. This was also the final album by Eddie Kendricks's replacement Damon Harris, who was let go after this album. He would rejoin his Young Tempts (aka "the Young Vandals") bandmates as Impact.
| Chart (1975) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[1] | 77 |
| Canadian Albums (RPM)[2] | 14 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[3] | 9 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[4] | 62 |
| US Billboard 200[5] | 13 |