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"Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" is a 1967 song recorded by the Supremes for the Motown label.

Written and composed by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, it became the second consecutive number-one pop single from the Supremes' album The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland and the group's ninth overall chart-topper in the United States on Billboard Hot 100, peaking March 1967.[1]

Background

History

The song, which depicts a relationship in the beginning stages of breakup ("You persuaded me to love you/And I did/But instead of tenderness/I found heartache instead"), features several spoken sections from lead singer Diana Ross, who delivers her dialogue in a dramatic, emotive voice. Matching the song's drama influences is an instrumental track, featuring a prominent harpsichord and strings, which recalls both a Hollywood film score and The Left Banke's recently popularized "Baroque rock."[2]

Primarily recorded in Los Angeles, California, thousands of miles away from Motown's regular Hitsville U.S.A. recording studio, "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" was the #1 song on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for one week, from March 5 to March 11, 1967, becoming the group's ninth number-one single. The single was also the group's sixth number one on the R&B charts.[3] The girl group performed the hit record on NBC's The Andy Williams Show on Sunday, January 22, 1967,[4] going to number one seven weeks later. Lyricist Eddie Holland names "Love is Here" as his favorite Supremes song.

Cash Box said the single is a "bright, rhythmic, pulsating Motown-sound excursion" in which the Supremes are "at the top of their form."[5]

Personnel

Chart history

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States — 1,000,000[25]

Cover versions

Michael Jackson later covered "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" for his solo debut album, Got to Be There.[26] On the 45 versions, it was the B-side of his number two smash, "Rockin' Robin".[27] It also featured on the "Jackson and the Beanstalk" episode of the Jackson 5ive cartoon series in 1972.[28]

Tami Lynn covered this song on her debut album, Love Is Here and Now You're Gone in 1972.[29]

Phil Collins included this song on his 2010 album of soul covers, Going Back.[30]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 79, no. 10. Nielsen Company. 1967. p. 22. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 558.
  4. ^ "January 22, 1967". The Andy Williams Show. Season 5. Episode 20. Burbank, California. 22 January 1967. NBC. KNBC.
  5. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. January 21, 1967. p. 16. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  6. ^ The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 7: 1967 [liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records
  7. ^ "Go-Sets National Top 40". Go-Set. 8 March 1967. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Every Unique AMR Top 100 Single of the 1967". Top 100 Singles. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  9. ^ "The Supremes – Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  10. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 10044." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
  11. ^ "Supremes: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  12. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Supremes The" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  13. ^ "BRITAIN'S TOP R&B SINGLES" (PDF). Record Mirror. March 11, 1967. p. 11. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  14. ^ "The Supremes Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  15. ^ "The Supremes Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  16. ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles". Cashbox. March 4, 1967. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  17. ^ "The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations". Cashbox. March 4, 1967. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  18. ^ "100 TOP POPS: Week of March 11, 1967" (PDF). Record World. worldradiohistory.com. March 11, 1967. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  19. ^ "TOP 50 R&B: Week of March 18, 1967" (PDF). Record World. worldradiohistory.com. March 18, 1967. p. 31. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  20. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  21. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1967/Top 100 Songs of 1967". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  22. ^ "Billboard HITS OF THE WORLD". Billboard. 30 December 1967. p. 42.
  23. ^ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1967". Cashbox. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  24. ^ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1967". Cashbox. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  25. ^ Joseph Murrells (1984). Million Selling Records from the 1900s to the 1980s: An Illustrated Directory. B.T. Batsford. p. 251. ISBN 9780713438437. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  26. ^ "Michael Jackson - Got To Be There (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. 24 January 1972. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
  27. ^ "Michael Jackson - Rockin' Robin at Discogs". Discogs. 1972. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
  28. ^ Halstead, Craig; Cadman, Chris (2007). Michael Jackson: For The Record. Bedfordshire: Authors OnLine Ltd. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-7552-0267-6.
  29. ^ "Tami Lynn - Love Is Here And Now You're Gone at Discogs". Discogs. 1972. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
  30. ^ "Phil Collins - Going Back at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is_Here_and_Now_You%27re_Gone