Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart

Infobox Single
Name = Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart
Artist = The Supremes
from Album = The Supremes A' Go-Go


Released = April 8, 1966
Format = 7" single
Recorded = Hitsville USA (Studio A); 1965
Genre = Soul/pop
Length = 2:40
Label = Motown
M 1094
Writer = Holland-Dozier-Holland
Producer = Brian Holland
Lamont Dozier
Chart position =
*#9 (US Pop Singles)
Reviews =
Last single = "My World Is Empty Without You"
1965
This single = "Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart"
1966
Next single = "You Can't Hurry Love"
1966

"Love is Like an Itching in My Heart" is a 1966 hit single recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team of Holland-Dozier-Holland, "Love is Like an Itching In My Heart" was recorded in June of 1965 and not released until April of 1966, was one of the few songs written by the team for The Supremes that didn't peak at number one on the "Billboard" chart, peaking at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100.

The uptempo and brassy dance single was somewhat of a departure from the group's much lighter, pop-oriented sound, with a production set for an uptempo soul sound similar to that of material by fellow Motown groups Martha and the Vandellas and The Four Tops. The lyrics tell of how the narrator has been "bitten by the love bug" and no matter what she does, she can't "scratch it" (the itch created by the bite of the love bug). Lead singer Diana Ross' band mates Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson accompany Ross, as she sings about her lover's grasp on her heart.

Credits

*Lead vocals by Diana Ross
*Background vocals by Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson
*Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers