THE SUPREMES - YOU CAN’T HURRY LOVE / COME SEE ABOUT ME 

YOU CAN’T HURRY LOVE

Released : July 25, 1966

Charted:  UK: #3    US: #1 (2 weeks)

"You Can't Hurry Love" is a 1966 song originally recorded by the Supremes on the Motown label. It was released as the second single from their studio album “The Supremes A' Go-Go”.

Written and produced by Motown's main production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland, "You Can't Hurry Love" is one of the signature Supremes songs, and also one of Motown's signature releases. Billboard described the single as "the group's most exciting side to date" with "top vocal" and "exceptional instrumental backing.”

Eddie Holland came up with the title to Brian Holland's melody for this song. Lamont Dozier recalled in 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh: "We were trying to reconstruct 'Come See About Me' and somehow it turned into 'You Can't Hurry Love.' It was basically a gospel feel we were after."

A cover by Phil Collins reached US #10 and UK #1 in late 1982. His version was used as the main theme for the 1988 film of the same name, and inspired Andy Rourke's bass in The Smiths' "This Charming Man." Such was his love for the label that Phil inscribed "Motown, we salute you" on the sleeve of the album Hello, I Must Be Going, which included "You Can't Hurry Love." In addition, his black-and-white video showing three Phil Collinses standing in a line was a homage to The Supremes.

This was the first of a second string of consecutive #1 American hits for the Supremes. At the end of 1964 and into 1965, they charted five consecutive #1s. In 1966, starting with "You Can't Hurry Love," they charted four more.

COME SEE ABOUT ME

Released : October 27, 1964

Charted:  UK: #27    US: #1 (2 weeks)

"Come See About Me" became third of five consecutively released Supremes songs to top the Billboard pop singles chart in the United States (the others being "Where Did Our Love Go", "Baby Love", "Stop! In the Name of Love" and "Back in My Arms Again").

The song was written and produced by the Motown team of Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland. The songs they wrote for The Supremes dealt with matters of the heart. "Come See About Me" finds Diana Ross in a bad spot: she gave up her friends to be with a guy, and now he's gone too. She asks him to come back, sure that once he comes back around she can make him hers.

On December 26, 1964, this was bumped off the top spot in the US by the Beatles song "I Feel Fine", which stayed there for three weeks before getting toppled by "Come See About Me", which returned to the top on January 16, 1965.

One month after this song's release (and two days after Christmas), The Supremes performed this song while making their debut guest appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. The Supremes would go on to appear 19 more times on show, which is more than any other pop act.