| "The Happening" | ||||
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:The_happening_by_the_supremes_Canadian_single.png) Side A of the Canadian single | ||||
| Single by The Supremes | ||||
| from the album Greatest Hits | ||||
| B-side | "All I Know About You" | |||
| Released | March 20, 1967 | |||
| Recorded | March 2, 1967 | |||
| Studio | Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A) | |||
| Genre | Pop[1] | |||
| Length | 2:52 (album/single version) 3:44 (extended hit mix) | |||
| Label | Motown M 1107 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Holland–Dozier–Holland–DeVol | |||
| Producer(s) | Brian Holland Lamont Dozier | |||
| The Supremes singles chronology | ||||
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"The Happening" | ||||
"The Happening" is a 1967 song recorded by Motown artists The Supremes. It served as the theme song of the 1967 Columbia Pictures film The Happening, and was released as a single by Motown at the time of the film's release that spring. While the movie flopped, the song peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in May,[2] becoming The Supremes' tenth number 1 single in the United States,[3] peaking in the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart at number 6, and in the top 5 in the Australian Pop Chart and in the Dutch Pop Chart.
- ^ Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 496. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 79, no. 19. Nielsen Company. 1967. p. 24. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ Bronson, Fred: The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, page 223. Billboard Books, 2003.