Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone

~ Recording by The Temptations

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
3.12Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone6:58The TemptationsNOW Yearbook ’73Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2023-09-08
Now That’s What I Call Music LLP (British holding company)CDYBNOW73
3.12Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone6:58The TemptationsNow Yearbook 1973 (special edition with booklet)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2023-09-08
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)0196588183027, CDYBXNOW73
2.6Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone (single version)?:??The TemptationsNOW Yearbook 1973 (red vinyl)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2023-09-08
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0196588182815, LPYBNOW73

Relationships

recording of:Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone (cover)

Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone

lyricist and composer:Barrett Strong
Norman Whitfield
publisher:Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.)
Jobete Music (UK) Ltd.
Stone Diamond Music Corporation
イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30)
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
referred to in medleys:More Stars (12″ mix) (12″ mix, duration: ~11:56 on vinyl, ~11:38 on cd)
Papa Was an Appezeller
Killer / Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone (order: 2)
later translated parody versions:Papa war ein rollender Stein
later translated versions:Mei Vater war a Wildera
Papa will da nicht mehr wohn'