Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone

This was written by the Motown songwriters Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield, and produced by Whitfield. It was first recorded by The Undisputed Truth, but Whitfield also had The Temptations record it, with much greater success. The album version of this song runs 11:46. The single was released with the song split into two parts: the A-side was the “vocal” version and runs 6:58; the B-side is the “instrumental” and goes 4:49.