Love Is Here and Now You're Gone

"Love Is Here and Now You're Gone"
Single by The Supremes
from the album The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland
B-side	"There's No Stopping Us Now"
Released	January 11, 1967 (U.S.)
Format	Vinyl record (7" 45 RPM)
Recorded	Los Angeles, August 12, 1966; Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A), September 22 & November 13, 1966
Genre	Pop, R&B
Length	2:48
Label	Motown M 1103
Writer(s)	Holland–Dozier–Holland
Producer	Brian Holland Lamont Dozier
The Supremes singles chronology
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" (1966) "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" (1967) "The Happening" (1967)
Music sample "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" Alternative cover

"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.

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."

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 4 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. The girl group performed the hit record on NBC's The Andy Williams Show on Sunday, January 22, 1967, going to number one two weeks later. Lyricist Eddie Holland names "Love is Here" as his favorite Supremes song.

Personnel

• Lead vocals by Diana Ross
• Backing vocals by Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, and The Andantes^{[citation needed]}
• Instrumentation by Los Angeles area studio musicians
• Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland, Jr.
• Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier

Chart history

Chart	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Billboard R&B Singles Chart	1
UK Singles Chart	17

Cover versions

Michael Jackson later covered "Love Is Here, and Now You're Gone" for his solo debut album, Got to Be There. On the 45 versions, it was the B-side of his number two smash, "Rockin' Robin". It also featured on the 'Jackson And The Beanstalk' episode of the new Jackson 5 cartoon series in 1971.

Tami Lynn covered a version of this song with the title "Love Here and Now You're Gone" in her debut album, Love Is Here and Now You're Gone in 1972.

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

See also

• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1967 (U.S.)

Preceded by "Ruby Tuesday" by The Rolling Stones	Billboard Hot 100 number one single March 11, 1967 (one week)	Succeeded by "Penny Lane" by The Beatles
Preceded by "Are You Lonely For Me" by Freddie Scott	Billboard Hot R&B Singles number-one single March 11, 1967 – March 18, 1967 (two weeks)	Succeeded by "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" by Aretha Franklin