You Can't Hurry Love

For other uses, see You Can't Hurry Love (disambiguation).

"You Can't Hurry Love"
US single release
Single by the Supremes
from the album The Supremes A' Go-Go
B-side"Put Yourself in My Place"
ReleasedJuly 25, 1966
RecordedJune 11 and July 5, 1966
StudioHitsville U.S.A. (Studio A)
Genre
Length2:44
LabelMotown
M 1097
Songwriter(s)Holland–Dozier–Holland
Producer(s)
The Supremes singles chronology
"Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart"
(1966) 		"You Can't Hurry Love"
(1966) 		"You Keep Me Hangin' On"
(1966)
The Supremes A' Go-Go track listing
12 tracks
Side one
  1. "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart"
  2. "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)"
  3. "You Can't Hurry Love"
  4. "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)"
  5. "Baby I Need Your Loving"
  6. "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"
Side two
  2. "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)"
  3. "Get Ready"
  4. "Put Yourself in My Place"
  5. "Money (That's What I Want)"
  6. "Come and Get These Memories"
  7. "Hang On Sloopy"

"You Can't Hurry Love" is a song originally recorded by the Supremes on the Motown label. It was released on July 25, 1966 as the second single from their studio album The Supremes A' Go-Go.

Written and produced by Motown production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song topped the US Billboard Hot 100, made the top five in the UK, and top 10 in Australia. It was released and peaked in late summer and early autumn in 1966.[1] Sixteen years later, it became a number-one hit in the UK when Phil Collins re-recorded the song. It reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks beginning in January 1983[2] and reached number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 a month later.

Billboard named the song number 19 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.[3] The BBC ranked "You Can't Hurry Love" at number 16 on The Top 100 Digital Motown Chart, which is based solely on all time UK downloads and streams of Motown releases.[4]

  1. ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 78, no. 38. Nielsen Company. 1966. p. 26. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 417. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. ^ "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  4. ^ "The Top 100 Digital Motown Chart". BBC. Retrieved January 1, 2020.