The Happening (song)

"The Happening"
side-A label
Side A of the Canadian single
Single by The Supremes
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side"All I Know About You"
ReleasedMarch 20, 1967
RecordedMarch 2, 1967
StudioHitsville U.S.A. (Studio A)
GenrePop[1]
Length2:52 (album/single version)
3:44 (extended hit mix)
LabelMotown
M 1107
Songwriter(s)Holland–Dozier–HollandDeVol
Producer(s)Brian Holland
Lamont Dozier
The Supremes singles chronology
"Love Is Here and Now You're Gone"
(1967)
"The Happening"
(1967)
"Reflections"
(1967)
Audio sample
"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.

  1. ^ Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 496. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.
  2. ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 79, no. 19. Nielsen Company. 1967. p. 24. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  3. ^ Bronson, Fred: The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, page 223. Billboard Books, 2003.