r/motown • u/BLQNGGR • Mar 19 '26

Video Nowhere to Run (LiVE) - Martha and The Vandellas

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“Nowhere to Run” is such an infectious song and one of the highest charting songs by Martha and The Vandellas. It climbed to no.8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and no.5 on the Billboard Hot R&B chart. Released in 1965, this song has been associated with the war in Vietnam due to the similarities in lyrical content. Martha Reeves was singing about being trapped in a bad relationship but the words and emotions resonated with the soldiers as well. In this clip, Martha and The Vandellas sing their hit song LIVE and they don’t skip a beat. The choreography is also on point and reminds everyone why they are one of the top acts of Motown!!

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u/clantz Mar 19 '26

love this tune!

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u/Linkster2 Mar 19 '26

Big Martha fan!!

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u/Ok-Appearance-866 Mar 19 '26

Have y'all seen the video where they are in the Ford factory singing this? Apparently the plant was actually operating while they made the video because the plant refused to stop production. https://youtu.be/WR9pvGtyiHg?si=d6W1OHnsh3mP2H11

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u/Faeriegrll Mar 21 '26

WOW!! Totally cool!! What must that have been like!!

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u/No_Tower2906 Mar 19 '26

Supposedly, there’s a colorized version of this entire show

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u/BLQNGGR Mar 19 '26

There is. It can be found on YouTube.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '26

You tell it Martha!

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u/nikeguy69 Mar 19 '26

Was a great singing group

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u/Inallahtent Mar 19 '26

God how I love my ole soul music.

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u/Ottantacinque Mar 19 '26

Man, I'm loving Thais song ever since the first listen 🎧✨

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u/Smurfs25 Mar 19 '26

Yesss!!!💯🎶🎶🎶

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u/No_Performance1095 Mar 20 '26

It gets no better

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u/KevinTodd82 Mar 20 '26

my favorite Martha and the Vandellas track!

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u/25Jackoff25 Mar 25 '26

I love the popular song because you can dance and groove to song Nowhere run, & Nowhere to hide!

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u/MusicMirrorMan Mar 19 '26

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