Love Is Here and Now You're Gone
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"Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" | |||||||||||||||
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Single by The Supremes | |||||||||||||||
from the album The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland | |||||||||||||||
B-side | "There's No Stopping Us Now" | ||||||||||||||
Released | January 11, 1967 (U.S.) | ||||||||||||||
Format | Vinyl record (7" 45 RPM) | ||||||||||||||
Recorded | Los Angeles, August 12, 1966; Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A), September 22 & November 13, 1966 | ||||||||||||||
Genre | Pop, R&B, psychedelic pop | ||||||||||||||
Length | 2:48 | ||||||||||||||
Label | Motown M 1103 |
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Writer(s) | Holland–Dozier–Holland | ||||||||||||||
Producer(s) | Brian Holland Lamont Dozier |
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"Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" is a 1967 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.
Written and composed by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, it became the second consecutive number-one pop single from the Supremes' album The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland and the group's ninth overall chart-topper in the United States on Billboard Hot 100, peaking March 1967.[1]
Contents
Background
History
The song, which depicts a relationship in the beginning stages of breakup ("You persuaded me to love you/And I did/But instead of tenderness/I found heartache instead"), features several spoken sections from lead singer Diana Ross, who delivers her dialogue in a dramatic, emotive voice. Matching the song's drama influences is an instrumental track, featuring a prominent harpsichord and strings, which recalls both a Hollywood film score and The Left Banke's recently popularized "Baroque rock."[2]
Primarily recorded in Los Angeles, California, thousands of miles away from Motown's regular Hitsville U.S.A. recording studio, "Love Is Here, and Now You're Gone" was the #1 song on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for one week, from March 11 to March 18, 1967, becoming the group's ninth number-one single. The single was also the group's sixth number one on the R&B charts.[3] The girl group performed the hit record on NBC's The Andy Williams Show on Sunday, January 22, 1967,[4] going to number one two weeks later. Lyricist Eddie Holland names "Love is Here" as his favorite Supremes song.
Personnel
- Lead vocals by Diana Ross
- Backing vocals by Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson
- Instrumentation and additional background vocals by Los Angeles area studio musicians
- Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland, Jr.
- Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier
Chart history
Chart | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
U.S. Billboard R&B Singles Chart | 1 |
U.S. Cash Box Pop Singles Chart | 1 |
UK Singles Chart | 17 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1967) | Position |
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U.S. Cash Box Year End Chart | 40 |
Cover versions
Michael Jackson later covered "Love Is Here, and Now You're Gone" for his solo debut album, Got to Be There.[5] On the 45 versions, it was the B-side of his number two smash, "Rockin' Robin".[6] It also featured on the 'Jackson And The Beanstalk' episode of the new Jackson 5 cartoon series in 1971.[7]
Tami Lynn covered a version of this song with the title "Love Here and Now You're Gone" in her debut album, Love Is Here and Now You're Gone in 1972.[8]
Phil Collins included this song on his 2010 album of soul covers, Going Back.[9]
See also
References
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Preceded by | Billboard Hot 100 number one single March 11, 1967 (one week) |
Succeeded by "Penny Lane" by The Beatles |
Preceded by | Billboard Hot R&B Singles number-one single March 11, 1967 – March 18, 1967 (two weeks) |
Succeeded by "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" by Aretha Franklin |
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- Songs written by Holland–Dozier–Holland
- Motown singles
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- Song recordings produced by Brian Holland
- Song recordings produced by Lamont Dozier