Where Did Our Love Go

Where did our love go is a hit single by The Supremes, the most famous girl group of record company Motown .

Contents

 * 1 History
 * 2 Other versions
 * 3 Occupation
 * 4 Hitnotering
 * 5 Radio 2 Top 2000

History
It was the first single for the group that made ​​the top-10 and the first which brought even to number 1 Where did our love go was the beginning of a series of five No. 1 hits in succession:. Baby Love , Come see about me , Stop! In the name of love and Back in my arms again . The sequence was stopped by the # 11 hit Nothing but heartaches .

The song was written by Holland-Dozier-Holland, at that time the most successful liedsjesschrijvers Motown. It was apparently intended for The Marvelettes, another Motown group. They found the number but not mature enough and that is why the song was offered to The Supremes. The Marvelettes were later regret their refusal, for their verstandhoudiing with Diana Ross , lead singer of The Supremes, was not good. It also proved to be a big mistake, because the Supremes took it the # 1 position.Because the number actually Gladys Horton of The Marvelettes, was written, was the pitch for Diana Ross on the low side. Director Motown Berry Gordy, however, found that the number it had potential, and therefore there was nothing changed.

Central to the rhythm section are footsteps, produced by Mike Valvano. It proved to be successful and was therefore used in the first two future No. 1 hits, Baby Love and Come see about me.

During the release of the single toured the Supremes join the show Dick Clark , Caravan Of Stars. Occurred at the beginning of the tour The Supremes are well placed. At the end they were the closing act. This was due to the success of Where did our love go, on the pop chart climbed during the tour.

Other versions

 * There is also a German version of the song, also sung by The Supremes, to reach the markets of German-speaking countries like Germany , Austria and Switzerland .
 * Other versions of the song were Donnie Elbert and The J. Geils Band (live).
 * In the live performance of the Four Tops of their number 1 hit I Can not Help Myself quoted text Where did our love go.

Occupation

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