Baby Love

This article is about the song recorded by the Supremes. For other uses, see Baby Love (disambiguation).

"Baby Love"
side-A label
Side A of the Australian single
Single by the Supremes
from the album Where Did Our Love Go
B-side"Ask Any Girl"
ReleasedSeptember 17, 1964
StudioHitsville U.S.A. (Studio A)
Genre
Length2:34
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)Holland–Dozier–Holland[1]
Producer(s)
The Supremes singles chronology
"Where Did Our Love Go"
(1964) 		"Baby Love"
(1964) 		"Come See About Me"
(1964)
Audio sample

"Baby Love" is a song by the American music group the Supremes from their second studio album, Where Did Our Love Go. It was written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland[1] and was released on September 17, 1964.

"Baby Love" topped the Billboard pop singles chart in the United States from October 25, 1964, through November 21, 1964,[2][3][4][5] and in the United Kingdom pop singles chart concurrently. Beginning with "Baby Love", the Supremes became the first Motown act to have more than one American number-one single, and by the end of the decade, would have more singles hitting the top slot than any other Motown act (or American pop music group) with 12, a record they continue to hold.

It was nominated for the 1965 Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording, losing to Nancy Wilson's "How Glad I Am". It is considered one of the most popular songs of the late 20th century; "Baby Love" was ranked number 324 on the Rolling Stone list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[6] It dropped to number 499 on the 2021 update of the list.[7] The BBC ranked "Baby Love" at number 23 on The Top 100 Digital Motown Chart, which ranks Motown releases by their all time UK downloads and streams.[8]

  1. ^ a b Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 85–6. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  2. ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 76, no. 44. Nielsen Company. 1964. p. 18. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
  3. ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 76, no. 45. Nielsen Company. 1964. p. 18. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
  4. ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 76, no. 46. Nielsen Company. 1964. p. 24. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
  5. ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 76, no. 47. Nielsen Company. 1964. p. 22. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
  6. ^ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. RollingStone.com. Archived from the original on December 10, 2008. Retrieved June 19, 2008.
  7. ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 15, 2021.
  8. ^ "The Top 100 Digital Motown Chart". BBC. Retrieved January 1, 2020.