| 词条 | Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) | ||||
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| name = Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today) | cover = Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) (album cover).jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = The Temptations | album = Greatest Hits II | B-side = It's Summer | released = May 7, 1970 | format = 7" single | recorded = April 12 and 14, 1970 | studio = Hitsville USA (Studio A) | venue = | genre = Psychedelic soul | length = 4:06 | label = Gordy G 7099 | writer = Norman Whitfield Barrett Strong | producer = Norman Whitfield | prev_title = Psychedelic Shack | prev_year = 1969 | next_title = Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite the World) | next_year = 1970 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = UK single cover | type = single | cover = tempts-1970-ball-of-confusion-uk.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = }} }}{{Infobox song | name = Ball of Confusion | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Tina Turner | album = B.E.F.: Music of Quality And Distinction Volume One | B-side = {{ubl|"Ball of Confusion"|(instrumental)}} | released = 1982 | format = 7" | recorded = 1982 | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop | length = 3:50 | label = Virgin | writer = Norman Whitfield Barrett Strong | producer = Martyn Ware | prev_title = Music Keeps Me Dancin' | prev_year = 1979 | next_title = Let's Stay Together | next_year = 1983 }} "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" is a 1970 hit single for The Temptations. It was released on the Gordy (Motown) label, and written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong. The song was used to anchor the 1970 Greatest Hits II LP. It reached #3 on the US pop charts and #2 on the US R&B charts.[1] Billboard ranked the record as the #24 song of 1970.[2] It reached #7 in the UK Singles Chart.[3] Although a nearly eleven minute long backing track was recorded by The Funk Brothers, only slightly more than four minutes was used for the Temptations' version of the song. The full backing track can be heard on the 1971 LP The Undisputed Truth. Personnel
In popular cultureRandy Shilts quoted the lyrics from Ball of Confusion when he named his award-winning journalistic account of the AIDS epidemic, And the Band Played On. The repeated use, in the song, of the phrase "and the band played on" signaled that no one was paying proper attention to world problems, in the same manner the AIDS epidemic was initially ignored. [4][5]Tina Turner versionThe song "Ball of Confusion" plays an important part in the career of Tina Turner - if only indirectly. Her recording of the track was included on 1982 album Music of Quality And Distinction Volume One, a tribute by the British Electric Foundation featuring members of the new wave band Heaven 17, Love and Rockets and a number of guest vocalists covering 1960s and 1970s hits, among them Sandie Shaw, Paul Jones, Billy Mackenzie, Paula Yates and Gary Glitter. Turner's synth-driven interpretation of "Ball of Confusion" opened the album, was also issued as a single, and became a Top 5 hit in Norway; this led to Capitol Records signing Turner and to Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh recording another 1970s cover with her in late 1983. The track was Al Green's "Let's Stay Together", which became a surprise hit single on both sides of the Atlantic and the starting point of Turner's comeback, with the following album Private Dancer going multi-platinum in 1984.{{cn|date=May 2018}} Versions and mixes
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References1. ^{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=571}} {{The Temptations}}{{The Temptations singles}}{{Tina Turner singles}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)}}2. ^Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970 3. ^{{cite web|title=Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/ball-of-confusion-(that's-what-the-world-is-today)/|website=Official Charts|accessdate=14 March 2018}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/The-temptations-ball-of-confusion-thats-what-the-world-is-today-lyrics|title=Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) (lyrics by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong|website=Genius.com|date=2 April 2017|}} 5. ^Engel, Margaret. "AIDS and Prejudice: One Reporter's Account of the Nation's Response." The Washington Post, December 1, 1987, p. Z10. 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://tsort.info/music/67tuqb.htm |title=Song Artist Tina Turner |accessdate=4 February 2012}} 13 : 1970 singles|1982 singles|Protest songs|Songs written by Barrett Strong|Songs written by Norman Whitfield|The Temptations songs|Gordy Records singles|Psychedelic soul songs|Song recordings produced by Norman Whitfield|1970 songs|Tina Turner songs|Love and Rockets (band) songs|Virgin Records singles |
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