| "Reach Out I'll Be There" | ||||
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 US picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by the Four Tops | ||||
| from the album Reach Out | ||||
| B-side | "Until You Love Someone" | |||
| Released | August 18, 1966[1] | |||
| Recorded | July 27, 1966[1] | |||
| Studio | Hitsville U.S.A., Detroit | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 3:01 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Holland–Dozier–Holland[2] | |||
| Producer(s) | ||||
| The Four Tops singles chronology | ||||
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| Official Audio | ||||
| "Reach Out I'll Be There" on YouTube | ||||
"Reach Out I'll Be There" (also formatted as "Reach Out (I'll Be There)") is a song recorded by the American vocal quartet Four Tops from their fourth studio album, Reach Out (1967). Written and produced by Motown's main production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland,[3] the song is one of the most widely-known Motown hits of the 1960s and is today considered the Four Tops' signature song.
It was the number one song on the Rhythm & Blues chart for two weeks[4] and on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, in October 15–22, 1966. The track also reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Motown's second UK chart-topper after the Supremes' 1964 release "Baby Love".[5] It reached number one on October 27, 1966, and stayed there for three weeks.[6]
Rolling Stone later ranked "Reach Out" number 206 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Billboard ranked the record as the number four song for 1966.[7] In 2022, the single was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry.[8]
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- ^ a b Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 105. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ^ Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 50 – The Soul Reformation: Phase three, soul music at the summit. [Part 6]" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 212.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 170. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "All The Number One Singles 1966". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
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