Quicksand (song)
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| “Quicksand” | |||||
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| Single by Martha and the Vandellas from the album Greatest Hits |
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| A-side | Quicksand | ||||
| B-side | Darling, I Hum Our Song | ||||
| Released | 1963 | ||||
| Format | vinyl record (7" 45 RPM) | ||||
| Recorded | Hitsville USA (Studio A); 1963 | ||||
| Genre | Soul | ||||
| Length | 2:38 | ||||
| Label | Gordy G7025 |
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| Writer(s) | Lamont Dozier Brian Holland Edward Holland, Jr. |
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| Producer | Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier | ||||
| Martha and the Vandellas singles chronology | |||||
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- Not to be cofused with the David Bowie song "Quicksand"
"Quicksand" is a 1963 soul single by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. Built almost under the same gospel-inspired delivery of their previous hit "(Love is Like a) Heat Wave", this time lead singer Martha Reeves explains how her loved one brings her "closer" to him explaining that his love was like "quicksand". Released in October of 1963, the song became another Top Ten hit for Martha & the Vandellas eventually reaching #8. It was the third hit the group composed with the fabled Holland-Dozier-Holland team, who would go on to record smash hits with the likes of Vandellas contemporaries The Supremes and male vocal group The Four Tops.
[edit] Credits
- Lead vocals by Martha Reeves
- Background vocals by Rosalind Ashford and Annette Beard
- Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier
- Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Edward Holland, Jr.
- Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers:
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