Baby Love
| "Baby Love" | ||
|---|---|---|
| Single by The Supremes | ||
| From the album Where Did Our Love Go? | ||
| B-side | "He Means the World to Me" | |
| Single Released | September 17, 1964 | |
| Single Format | vinyl record (7" 45 RPM) | |
| Recorded | August 13, 1964 | |
| Genre | Soul/Pop | |
| Song Length | 2:36 | |
| Record label | Motown | |
| Producer | Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier | |
| Chart positions | 1 (US), 31 (UK) | |
| Supremes single chronology | ||
| "Where Did Our Love Go" 1964 |
"Baby Love" 1964 |
"Come See About Me" 1964 |
"Baby Love" is the name of a 1964 hit song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, "Baby Love," one of the most popular songs of the late 20th century, was the Supremes' most succesful single. It was the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for four weeks, from October 25, 1964 to November 21, 1964. It was also the second of five Supremes songs in a row to go #1 (the others are "Where Did Our Love Go," "Come See About Me," "Stop! In the Name of Love," and "Back in My Arms Again").
It is no small coincidence that "Baby Love" and its immediate predecessor, "Where Did Our Love Go," sound a lot alike: producers Holland-Dozier-Holland worked into the new song all of the elements that had made the previous song a big hit: Diana Ross' cooing lead vocal, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson's "baby-baby" backup, the Funk Brothers' instrumental track, and teenager Mike Valvano's footstomping. H-D-H hoped they could make lightning strike twice and succeeded, as "Baby Love" was an even bigger hit than "Where Did Our Love Go."
"Baby Love" was included on the Supremes' second album, Where Did Our Love Go?.
Credits
- Lead Vocals by Diana Ross
- Background Vocals by Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson
- All instruments by The Funk Brothers
- Footstomps by Mike Valvano
- Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland, Jr.
- Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier.