Where Did Our Love Go

"Where Did Our Love Go"
US picture sleeve
Single by the Supremes
from the album Where Did Our Love Go
B-side"He Means the World to Me"
ReleasedJune 17, 1964
RecordedApril 8, 1964
StudioHitsville U.S.A., Detroit
Genre
Length2:33
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)Holland–Dozier–Holland
Producer(s)
The Supremes singles chronology
"Run Run Run"
(1964) 		"Where Did Our Love Go"
(1964) 		"Baby Love"
(1964)
Where Did Our Love Go track listing
12 tracks
Side one
  1. "Where Did Our Love Go"
  2. "Run, Run, Run"
  3. "Baby Love"
  4. "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes"
  5. "Come See About Me"
  6. "Long Gone Lover"
Side two
  2. "I'm Giving You Your Freedom"
  3. "A Breathtaking Guy"
  4. "He Means The World to Me"
  5. "Standing at the Crossroads of Love"
  6. "Your Kiss of Fire"
  7. "Ask Any Girl"
Alternative release
side-A label
Side A of the Australian single

"Where Did Our Love Go" is a 1964 song recorded by American music group the Supremes for the Motown label.

Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, "Where Did Our Love Go" was the first single by the Supremes to go to the number one position[3] on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in the United States, a spot it held for two weeks, from August 16 to August 29, 1964.[4][5] It was also the first of five Supremes songs in a row to reach number one (the others being "Baby Love", "Come See About Me", "Stop! In the Name of Love", and "Back in My Arms Again"). It also reached No. 1 on the Cash Box R&B singles chart.[6]

The Supremes' version is ranked number 472 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004 and number 475 in 2010 and was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry in 2016 due to its "cultural, historic, or artistic significance."[7][8] Billboard named the song number 4 on its list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.[9] The BBC ranked "Where Did Our Love Go" at number 59 on The Top 100 Digital Motown Chart, which ranks Motown releases by their all time UK downloads and streams.[10]

  1. ^ Cosgrove, Stuart (2015). Detroit 67: The year that changed soul. Polygon. p. 72.
  2. ^ a b Breihan, Tom (November 15, 2022). "The Supremes - "Where Did Our Love Go". The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. New York: Hachette Book Group. pp. 58–59, 61.
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  4. ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 76, no. 34. Nielsen Company. 1964. p. 20. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 76, no. 35. Nielsen Company. 1964. p. 22. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 558.
  7. ^ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". RollingStone.com. Retrieved 2008-06-19. [dead link‍]
  8. ^ "New Entries to National Recording Registry". Loc.gov. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
  9. ^ "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  10. ^ "The Top 100 Digital Motown Chart". BBC. Retrieved 1 January 2020.