What connects this song
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Released on Tamla, also Superstition (Stevie Wonder), Mickey’s Monkey (The Miracles) and The Tears of a Clown (The Miracles)
Written by Norman Whitfield, also I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Rebel's Hop (Bob Marley & The Wailers) and Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone (The Temptations)
Part of M.P.G., also Too Busy Thinking About My Baby and Seek and You Shall Find
Written by Barrett Strong, also I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Rebel's Hop (Bob Marley & The Wailers) and Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone (The Temptations)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Norman Whitfield wrote 131 songs on fono
Barrett Strong wrote 54 songs on fono
Barrett Strong’s most frequent co-writer is Norman Whitfield (49 songs together)
Barrett Strong first appears on fono in 1962, 7 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
- Part of
- M.P.G.
- Released on
- Tamla
- Written by
- Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
- Part of
- M.P.G.
- Released on
- Tamla
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Norman Whitfield
Same label: Tamla
Same release: M.P.G.
Same writer: Norman Whitfield
Same label: Tamla
Same release: M.P.G.
Same writer: Norman Whitfield
Same label: Tamla
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz That’s the Way Love Is was written by Barrett Strong
That’s the Way Love Is was written by Barrett Strong
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz That’s the Way Love Is was written by Norman Whitfield
That’s the Way Love Is was written by Norman Whitfield
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz That’s the Way Love Is is part of the release M.P.G.
That’s the Way Love Is is part of the release M.P.G.
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Tamla is the label of the song That’s the Way Love Is
Tamla is the label of the song That’s the Way Love Is
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz That’s the Way Love Is was released on 1969-04-30
That’s the Way Love Is was released on 1969-04-30
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026