Quicksand (song)
"Quicksand" is a 1963 dance single by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. Built under almost 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 1963, the song became another Top Ten hit for Martha & the Vandellas eventually reaching number eight on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the third hit the group composed with the fabled Holland–Dozier–Holland team, who would go on to record hits with the likes of Vandellas contemporaries, The Supremes and the Four Tops.
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