Come See About Me

"Come See About Me"
Single by The Supremes
from the album Where Did Our Love Go
B-side	"You're Gone, But Always in My Heart" "Long Gone Lover"
Released	October 27, 1964
Format	Vinyl record (7" 45 RPM)
Recorded	Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A); July 13, 1964
Genre	Pop, R&B
Length	2:41
Label	Motown M 1068
Writer(s)	Holland–Dozier–Holland
Producer	Brian Holland Lamont Dozier
The Supremes singles chronology
""Baby Love" (1964) "Come See About Me" (1964) "Stop! In the Name of Love" (1965)
Music sample "Come See About Me" Alternative cover

"Come See About Me"
Single by Jr. Walker & the All Stars
from the album Home Cookin'
Released	November 1967
Format	7" single
Recorded	Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A); 1967
Genre	Soul
Length	3:01
Label	Soul S 35041
Producer	Johnny Bristol
Jr. Walker & the All Stars singles chronology
"Shoot Your Shot" (1967) "Come See About Me" (1967) "Hip City, Pt. 1&2" (1967)

"Come See About Me" is a 1964 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label.

The song became third of five consecutively released Supremes songs to top the Billboard pop singles chart in the United States (the others are "Where Did Our Love Go," "Baby Love," "Stop! In the Name of Love," and "Back in My Arms Again"). It topped the chart twice and non-consecutively, toppled by and later replacing The Beatles' "I Feel Fine" in December 1964 and January 1965.^[1][2]

History

Overview

Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, it was the number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two separate weeks: December 13, 1964 to December 18, 1964, and January 10, 1965 to January 16, 1965, and reached the number three position on the soul chart. The group made their first of 17 appearances^[3] live on the popular CBS variety program The Ed Sullivan Show performing this single on Sunday, December 27, 1964.^[4]

Other versions

In 1967, the song was repeat hit for a Motown act Jr. Walker & the All Stars, whose version reached the top 10 on the R&B chart and the top 25 on the pop chart. In 1969 Lloyd Charmers recorded, as Soul Stirrers, an Early Reggae version on his Tramp label Jamaica. In 1987, Welsh rock and roll singer Shakin' Stevens covered the song, making it a minor hit in the UK and Ireland. A minor key version was released by the alternative band The Afghan Whigs in 1992. The song was also covered in 2001 by fellow Detroit singer Freda Payne, whose sister Scherrie Payne became a member of the Supremes in 1973.

Personnel

• Lead vocals by Diana Ross
• Background vocals by Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson
• All instruments by The Funk Brothers

Chart history

Chart	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart	1
U.S. Cash Box R&B Singles Chart	3
UK Singles Chart	27

See also

• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1964 (U.S.)
• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1965 (U.S.)

Preceded by "Mr. Lonely" by Bobby Vinton "I Feel Fine" by The Beatles	US Billboard Hot 100 number one single December 13, 1964 - December 19, 1964 January 10, 1965 - January 16, 1965	Succeeded by "I Feel Fine" by The Beatles "Downtown" by Petula Clark
Preceded by "Goin' Out of My Head" by Little Anthony and the Imperials	Canadian RPM number-one single January 11, 1965 (one week)	Succeeded by "I'll Be There" by Gerry & The Pacemakers

References

1. ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard (Nielsen Company) 76 (51): 24. 1964. http://books.google.com/books?id=MyAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&pg=PA24#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 9 May 2011. 
2. ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard (Nielsen Company) 77 (3): 20. 1965. http://books.google.com/books?id=rCgEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&pg=PA20#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 9 May 2011. 
3. ^ Yusuf, Nilgin (26 April 2008), "The Supremes on show", The Daily Telegraph, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3672929/The-Supremes-on-show.html, retrieved 27 March 2010 
4. ^ "The Supremes/The Serendipity Singers/Leslie Uggams". The Ed Sullivan Show. CBS. WCBS, New York City. 24 December 1964. No. 14, season 18.