Stop! In the Name of Love (song)

"Stop! In the Name of Love" is a hit single and, along with include " Baby Love "and" You Can not Hurry Love ", one of the biggest singles of Motown group The Supremes . The song, which in 1965 came out, got in the UK the # 7 position and in the US even the top of the list. The song has been covered many times by artists likeGene Pitney , The Isley Brothers , Claude François , Nicki French and Bang Gang .

The song was, like so many in the beginning of the career of the group, written by Holland-Dozier-Holland . The song came from a discussion that Lamont Dozier had with his girlfriend. Then she walked away Dozier said the sentence: "Stop in the name of love" ("Stop in the name of love"). The single is also about the fact that the narrator, lead singer Diana Ross, in this case, it does not leave her lover with her ​​and looking for a new love.

The choreography for the song that The Supremes used in performances, was developed by members of fellow Motown group The Temptations . It was Paul Williamsand Melvin Franklin who developed the dance routines. The choreography was very well known and decades later once imitated by Oprah Winfrey on her show.

"Stop! In the Name of Love", the fourth # 1 hit in a row for the group was in 1966 nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. However, they did not win this award and went to " Flowers on the Wall "by The Statler Brothers .

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 * Lead: Diana Ross
 * Background Singers: Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard
 * Instrumentation: The Funk Brothers
 * Writers: Holland-Dozier-Holland
 * Production: Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier