"The Happening" | ||||
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![]() Side A of the Canadian single | ||||
Single by The Supremes | ||||
from the album Greatest Hits | ||||
B-side | "All I Know About You" | |||
Released | March 20, 1967 | |||
Recorded | March 2, 1967 | |||
Studio | Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A) | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:52 (album/single version) 3:44 (extended hit mix) | |||
Label | Motown M 1107 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Holland–Dozier–Holland–DeVol | |||
Producer(s) | Brian Holland Lamont Dozier | |||
The Supremes singles chronology | ||||
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"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,[1] becoming The Supremes' tenth number 1 single in the United States,[2] 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.