Love Is Here and Now You're Gone

1967 single by the Supremes

"Love Is Here and Now You're Gone"

Netherlands single

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.)

Recorded

Los Angeles, August 12, 1966; Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A), September 22 and November 13, 1966

Genre

Length

2:45

Label

Motown – M 1103

Songwriter(s)

Holland–Dozier–Holland

Producer(s)

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)

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"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.^[1]

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."^[2]

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 5 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.^[3] The girl group performed the hit record on NBC's The Andy Williams Show on Sunday, January 22, 1967,^[4] going to number one seven weeks later. Lyricist Eddie Holland names "Love is Here" as his favorite Supremes song.

Cash Box said the single is a "bright, rhythmic, pulsating Motown-sound excursion" in which the Supremes are "at the top of their form."^[5]

Personnel

Lead vocals by Diana Ross
Backing vocals by Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson
Instrumentation and additional background vocals by Los Angeles area studio musicians
Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland
Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier
Arranged by Gene Page^[6]

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1967)	Peak position
Australia (Go-Set)^[7]	40
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[8]	45
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)^[9]	48
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[10]	1
UK Singles (OCC)^[11]	17
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[12]	35
UK R&B (Record Mirror)^[13]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[14]	1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[15]	1
US Cashbox Top 100^[16]	1
US Cashbox R&B^[17]	2
US Record World 100 Top Pops^[18]	1
US Record World Top 50 R&B^[19]	3

Year-end charts

Chart (1967)	Rank
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[20]	40
US Billboard Hot 100^[21]	26
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[22]	17
US Cashbox Top 100^[23]	40
US Cashbox R&B^[24]	38

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States	—	1,000,000^[25]

Cover versions

Michael Jackson later covered "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" for his solo debut album, Got to Be There.^[26] On the 45 versions, it was the B-side of his number two smash, "Rockin' Robin".^[27] It also featured on the "Jackson and the Beanstalk" episode of the Jackson 5ive cartoon series in 1972.^[28]

Tami Lynn covered this song on her debut album, Love Is Here and Now You're Gone in 1972.^[29]

Phil Collins included this song on his 2010 album of soul covers, Going Back.^[30]

References

^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 79, no. 10. Nielsen Company. 1967. p. 22. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
^ "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 558.
^ "January 22, 1967". The Andy Williams Show. Season 5. Episode 20. Burbank, California. 22 January 1967. NBC. KNBC.
^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. January 21, 1967. p. 16. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
^ The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 7: 1967 [liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records
^ "Go-Sets National Top 40". Go-Set. 8 March 1967. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
^ "Every Unique AMR Top 100 Single of the 1967". Top 100 Singles. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ "The Supremes – Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" (in French). Ultratop 50.
^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 10044." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
^ "Supremes: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Supremes The" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
^ "BRITAIN'S TOP R&B SINGLES" (PDF). Record Mirror. March 11, 1967. p. 11. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via worldradiohistory.com.
^ "The Supremes Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "The Supremes Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles". Cashbox. March 4, 1967. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ "The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations". Cashbox. March 4, 1967. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ "100 TOP POPS: Week of March 11, 1967" (PDF). Record World. worldradiohistory.com. March 11, 1967. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
^ "TOP 50 R&B: Week of March 18, 1967" (PDF). Record World. worldradiohistory.com. March 18, 1967. p. 31. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1967/Top 100 Songs of 1967". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
^ "Billboard HITS OF THE WORLD". Billboard. 30 December 1967. p. 42.
^ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1967". Cashbox. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1967". Cashbox. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ Joseph Murrells (1984). Million Selling Records from the 1900s to the 1980s: An Illustrated Directory. B.T. Batsford. p. 251. ISBN 9780713438437. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
^ "Michael Jackson - Got To Be There (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. 24 January 1972. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
^ "Michael Jackson - Rockin' Robin at Discogs". Discogs. 1972. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
^ Halstead, Craig; Cadman, Chris (2007). Michael Jackson: For The Record. Bedfordshire: Authors OnLine Ltd. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-7552-0267-6.
^ "Tami Lynn - Love Is Here And Now You're Gone at Discogs". Discogs. 1972. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
^ "Phil Collins - Going Back at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-03-05.

The Supremes

Florence Ballard
Cindy Birdsong
Susaye Greene
Lynda Laurence
Barbara Martin
Betty McGlown
Scherrie Payne
Diana Ross
Jean Terrell
Mary Wilson

Studio albums

Meet The Supremes (1962)
Where Did Our Love Go (1964)
More Hits by The Supremes (1965)
I Hear a Symphony (1966)
The Supremes A' Go-Go (1966)
The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland (1967)
Reflections (1968)
Love Child (1968)
Let the Sunshine In (1969)
Cream of the Crop (1969)
Right On (1970)
New Ways but Love Stays (1970)
Touch (1971)
Floy Joy (1972)
The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb (1972)
The Supremes (1975)
High Energy (1976)
Mary, Scherrie & Susaye (1976)

Collaborative albums

Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations (1968)
Together (1969)
The Magnificent 7 (1970)
The Return of the Magnificent Seven (1971)
Dynamite (1971)

Live albums

The Supremes at the Copa (1965)
Live at London's Talk of the Town (1968)
TCB (1968)
On Broadway (1969)
Farewell (1970)
The Supremes Live! In Japan (1973)

Other albums

A Bit of Liverpool (1964)
The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop (1965)
We Remember Sam Cooke (1965)
Merry Christmas (1965)
The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart (1967)
Diana Ross & the Supremes Sing and Perform "Funny Girl" (1968)

Singles

"Tears of Sorrow" (as The Primettes)
"I Want a Guy"
"Buttered Popcorn"
"Your Heart Belongs to Me"
"Let Me Go the Right Way"
"My Heart Can't Take It No More"
"A Breathtaking Guy"
"When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes"
"Run, Run, Run"
"Where Did Our Love Go"
"Baby Love"
"Come See About Me"
"Stop! In the Name of Love"
"Back in My Arms Again"/"Whisper You Love Me Boy"
"Nothing but Heartaches"
"I Hear a Symphony"
"My World Is Empty Without You"
"Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart"
"You Can't Hurry Love"
"You Keep Me Hangin' On"
"Love Is Here and Now You're Gone"
"The Happening"
"Reflections"
"In and Out of Love"
"Forever Came Today"
"Some Things You Never Get Used To"
"Love Child"
"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"
"I'm Livin' in Shame"
"I'll Try Something New"
"The Composer"
"No Matter What Sign You Are"
"The Weight"
"I Second That Emotion"
"Someday We'll Be Together"
"Why (Must We Fall in Love)"
"Up the Ladder to the Roof"
"Everybody's Got the Right to Love"
"Stoned Love"
"River Deep – Mountain High"
"Nathan Jones"
"You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart"
"Touch"
"Floy Joy"
"Automatically Sunshine"
"Without the One You Love"
"Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love"
"I Guess I'll Miss the Man"
"Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)"
"Bad Weather"
"Tossin' and Turnin'"
"He's My Man"
"Where Do I Go from Here"
"Early Morning Love"
"I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking"
"High Energy"
"You're My Driving Wheel"
"Let Yourself Go"
"Love, I Never Knew You Could Feel So Good"

Videography

T.A.M.I. Show
Greatest Hits: Live in Amsterdam
Reflections: The Definitive Performances (1964–1969)
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever

Inspired works

Sparkle (1976 film)
Dreamgirls (musical)
Dreamgirls (film)
Sparkle (2012 film)

Related topics

Discography
Chronology (The band's name history: The Primettes 1959–1961 / The Supremes 1961–1967 / Diana Ross & The Supremes 1967–1970 / The Supremes 1970 / Diana Ross & The Supremes 1970 / The Supremes 1970–)
Members
FLOS
Farewell concert
Return to Love Tour

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v t e Michael Jackson songs
Singles Songs Unreleased songs
1970s	"Got to Be There" "Ain't No Sunshine" "I Wanna Be Where You Are" "Rockin' Robin" "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" "You've Got a Friend" "Ben" "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" "My Girl" "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" "We've Got a Good Thing Going" "With a Child's Heart" "Morning Glow" "All the Things You Are" "Happy" "Too Young" "Music and Me" "We're Almost There" "Just a Little Bit of You" "You Can't Win" "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" "Rock with You" "Working Day and Night" "It's the Falling in Love"
1980s	"Off the Wall" "Girlfriend" "She's Out of My Life" "One Day in Your Life" "The Girl Is Mine" "Billie Jean" "Beat It" "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" "Human Nature" "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" "Thriller" "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" "Lonely Teardrops" "That's What Love Is Made Of" "Farewell My Summer Love" "Girl You're So Together" "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" "Bad" "The Way You Make Me Feel" "Speed Demon" "Liberian Girl" "Just Good Friends" "Another Part of Me" "Man in the Mirror" "Dirty Diana" "Smooth Criminal" "Leave Me Alone" "Twenty-Five Miles"
1990s	"Black or White" "Jam" "In the Closet" "Remember the Time" "Heal the World" "Who Is It" "Give In to Me" "Will You Be There" "Gone Too Soon" "Dangerous" "Come Together" "Scream" "Childhood" "They Don't Care About Us" "Stranger in Moscow" "This Time Around" "Earth Song" "D.S." "You Are Not Alone" "Tabloid Junkie" "HIStory" "Smile" "Blood on the Dance Floor" "Ghosts" "Is It Scary" "On the Line"
2000s	"Speechless" "You Rock My World" "Heaven Can Wait" "Butterflies" "Cry" "One More Chance" "Cheater" "(I Like) The Way You Love Me" "Fall Again" "This Is It"
2010s	"Hold My Hand" "Hollywood Tonight" "(I Can't Make It) Another Day" "Behind the Mask" "Don't Be Messin' 'Round" "I'm So Blue" "Price of Fame" "Love Never Felt So Good" "Chicago" "Loving You" "A Place with No Name" "Slave to the Rhythm" "Blue Gangsta"
2020s	"She's Trouble"
Other	"We Are the World" "Mind Is the Magic" "What More Can I Give" "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" "Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous" "Diamonds Are Invincible"
Featured	"Ease on Down the Road" "A Brand New Day" "Night Time Lover" "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" "State of Independence" "Muscles" "Say Say Say" "Somebody's Watching Me" "Don't Stand Another Chance" "Centipede" "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)" "Eaten Alive" "Get It" "2300 Jackson Street" "Do the Bartman" "Whatzupwitu" "Why" "I Need You" "We Be Ballin'" "Girls, Girls, Girls" "All in Your Name" "There Must Be More to Life Than This" "Low" "Don't Matter to Me"
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v t e Holland–Dozier–Holland
Brian Holland Lamont Dozier Eddie Holland
Songs	1962 "Dearest One" "Old Love (Let's Try It Again)" "Darling, I Hum Our Song" 1963 "Leaving Here" "Locking Up My Heart" "What Goes Up Must Come Down" / "Come on Home" "Tie a String Around Your Finger" "Come and Get These Memories" / "Jealous Lover" "You Lost the Sweetest Boy" "Heat Wave" / "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" "(He Won't Be True) Little Girl Blue" "Mickey's Monkey" "Too Hurt to Cry, Too Much in Love to Say Goodbye" / "Come on Home" "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" / "Standing at the Crossroads of Love" "I Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying" "Quicksand" / "Darling I Hum Our Song" "Live Wire" / "Old Love (Let's Try It Again)" "Run, Run, Run" / "I'm Giving You Your Freedom" "Can I Get a Witness" 1964 "A Tear from a Woman's Eyes" "My Lady Bug Stay Away from That Beatle" "Like a Nightmare" / "If You Were Mine" "In My Lonely Room" "Just Ain't Enough Love" "Where Did Our Love Go" "Baby Don't You Do It" "Guarantee for a Lifetime" "Baby I Need Your Loving" / "Call on Me" "Candy to Me" / "If You Don't Want My Love" "Whisper You Love Me Boy" "Baby Love" / "Ask Any Girl" "Come See About Me" / (You're Gone But) Always in My Heart" "Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)" / "Love has Gone" "You're a Wonderful One" "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" 1965 "Where Did You Go" "Stop! In the Name of Love" / "I'm in Love Again" "You've Been a Long Time Coming" "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" "Nowhere to Run" "Back in My Arms Again" / "Whisper You Love Me Boy" "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" "The Only Time I'm Happy" "Mother Dear" / "He Holds His Own" "Nothing but Heartaches" / "He Holds His Own" "Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)" "It's the Same Old Song" / "Your Love Is Amazing" "Mother Dear" / "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" "I Hear a Symphony" / "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" "Something About You" "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)" "Darling Baby" "There's a Ghost in My House" 1966 "(I'm a) Roadrunner" "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" "Ask any Man" "My World Is Empty Without You" "Put Yourself in My Place" "There's No Love Left" "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" / "Just as Long as You Need Me" "Helpless" / "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" "Call on Me" "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" / "He's All I Got" "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love" "I Like Everything About You" "I Guess I'll Always Love You" "Nothing but Soul" "Love's Gone Bad" / "Put Yourself in My Place" "You Can't Hurry Love" / "Put Yourself in My Place" "Little Darling (I Need You)" "Reach Out I'll Be There" / "Until You Love Someone" "Stay in My Lonely Arms" "You Keep Me Hangin' On" / "I Wanna Mother You, Smother You With Love" "You Keep Me Hangin' On" / "Remove This Doubt" "Standing in the Shadows of Love" / Since You've Been Gone" "I'm Ready for Love" "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" "Heaven Must Have Sent You" 1967 "Just One Last Look" "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" / There's No Stopping Us Now" "Your Love Is Amazing" "Jimmy Mack" / "Third Finger, Left Hand" "Bernadette" / "I Got a Feeling" "My World Is Empty Without You" "The Happening" / "All I Know About You" "Just Ain't Enough Love" "7 Rooms of Gloom" / "I'll Turn to Stone" "I Understand My Man" "Your Unchanging Love" / "I'll Take Care of You" "Reflections" / "Going Down for the Third Time" "One Way Out" "You Keep Me Running Away" / "If You Don't Want My Love" "I Got a Feeling" "In and Out of Love" / "I Guess I'll Always Love You" 1968 "Whisper You Love Me Boy" "Forever Came Today" "I'm in a Different World" 1969 "We've Got a Way Out Love" "Crumbs off the Table" 1970 "Give Me Just a Little More Time" "(You've Got Me) Dangling on a String" "Everything's Tuesday" "Band of Gold" "Westbound #9" 1972 "The Day I Found Myself" "Don't Leave Me Starvin' for Your Love" "Why Can't We Be Lovers" 1973 "You're Gonna Need Me" 1975 "We're Almost There" "Just a Little Bit of You" "Early Morning Love" "Where Do I Go from Here" 1976 "I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking" "High Energy" "Let Yourself Go" 1982 "We Can Never Light That Old Flame Again"
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