 They were featured on the company's 1983 television special "", taking part in one of the highlights of the show - a battle-of-the-bands between The Tops and The Temptations, patterned after similar competitions Berry Gordy, Jr. had staged during the 1960s.Levi Stubbs and Temptation Otis Williams decided the Temptations/Tops battle would be a good one to take on the road and both groups began semi-regular joint tours.The first of The Tops' albums under their new Motown contract was "Back Where I Belong" (1983).