"Masterpiece" is a 1973 soul single written by Norman Whitfield and performed by American vocal group the Temptations.
Whitfield, who also produced the track, entitled it "Masterpiece" because he felt it was a perfect blending of strings, horns, rhythm players, voices, studio tricks, and sweetening elements.
[2] However, the word 'masterpiece' does not appear in the song's lyrics, which do not point to anything obvious from which to draw a title.
As with their Whitfield-produced hit from the previous year, "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", the Temptations do not make their first appearance until after a long instrumental section.
Released from the album of the same title, the title track reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and spent two weeks at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart.