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"Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" is a 1970 hit single by the Temptations. It was released on the Gordy label, and written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong. The song was used to anchor the Temptations' 1970 Greatest Hits II LP. It reached number 3 on the US pop charts and number 2 on the US R&B charts. [3]
Despite their previous band's status as a gothic rock act, Love and Rockets moved towards a slightly brighter and more pop-influenced sound, as demonstrated by their first minor hit being a cover of the Motown classic "Ball of Confusion" [3] (reached #18 on the Canadian charts in January 1986). [4]
At the time of his death, Street was in the process of writing a book regarding his time with The Temptations entitled Ball of Confusion: My Life as a Temptin' Temptation. Completed by his co-author, Gary Flanigan, the book was published in 2014; it is the second autobiography regarding the group. [citation needed]
The album was remastered in October 1999 and reissued in the year 2000 with six bonus tracks (both sides of the non-album single Ball of Confusion, three remixes of If There's a Heaven Above and one remix of Haunted When the Minutes Drag) and new album cover artwork.
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions Song [5] Year Peak chart positions Album US [6]US Alt [7]US Rock [8]US Dance [9]AUS [10]NZ [11]UK [12]"Ball of Confusion" 1985
Completed by his co-author, Gary Flanigan, Ball of Confusion: My Life as a Temptin' Temptation was published in 2014. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It is the second autobiographical account of The Temptations, the first being Otis Williams' Temptations book from 1988.
The list of modern fan conventions for various genres of entertainment extends to the first conventions held in the 1930s. Some fan historians claim that the 1936 Philadelphia Science Fiction Conference, a.k.a. Philcon , was the first science fiction convention ever held.
The Temptations sang and performed their then-current hit single, "Ball of Confusion", then joined Smokey on one of the hit songs he wrote for them, "Get Ready". The Supremes sang their first post-Diana Ross hit, "Up the Ladder to the Roof". Stevie Wonder performed his hit "My Cherie Amour" .