You Can't Hurry Love

Single infobox |
Name = You Can't Hurry Love
Artist = The Supremes


from Album = The Supremes A' Go-Go
Released = July 25, 1966
B-side = "Put Yourself in My Place"
Format = 7" single
Recorded = June 11 and July 5, 1966
Genre = Soul/pop
Length = 2:47
Label = Motown
M 1097
Writer = Holland-Dozier-Holland
Producer = Brian Holland
Lamont Dozier
Last single = "Love Is Like an Itching In My Heart"
(1966)
This single = "You Can't Hurry Love"
(1966)
Next single = "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
(1966)

"You Can't Hurry Love" is a number-one single recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label, released during the summer of 1966. 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. The single was the number-one song on the Billboard Pop Singles singles chart for two weeks, from September 4 1966 to September 17 1966, and reached number one on the soul chart for two weeks. The song became a number-one hit again sixteen years later, when Phil Collins' 1982 cover reached number-one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks beginning on January 9, 1983.

History

Overview

The song itself, a memory of a mother's words of encouragement ("My mama said 'you can't hurry love/No you just have to wait'") telling her daughter that with patience she will find that special someone one day, is an example of the strong influence of gospel music present in much of R&B and soul music. "You Can't Hurry Love" also showcases the developing sound of the Supremes, who were progressing from their earlier teen-pop into more mature themes and musical arrangements. This song and "You Keep Me Hangin' On" were finished together; when it came time to choose which single would be issued first, Motown's Quality Control department chose "You Can't Hurry Love".

"You Can't Hurry Love" was the second single from the Supremes' album "The Supremes A' Go-Go". It reached the number-one position on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States, and number-three in the United Kingdom. The song was honored by inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's permanent collection of 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

Cover versions

Single infobox |
Name = You Can't Hurry Love


Artist = Phil Collins
from Album = Hello, I Must Be Going!
Released = November 1982
Format = 7" single
Recorded = 1982
Genre = Pop
Length = 2:56
Label = Virgin Records (UK)
Atlantic Records (international)
Producer = Phil Collins
Hugh Padgham
Last single = "Thru These Walls"
(1982)
This single = "You Can't Hurry Love"
(1982)
Next single = "I Don't Care Anymore"
(1983)Unlike many of the earlier Supremes records, "You Can't Hurry Love" has inspired significant cover versions. The most notable of these was released in late 1982 as a single by Phil Collins from his second solo album, "Hello, I Must Be Going!". Collins' version reached number-one on the UK Singles Chart (becoming his first number-one solo hit in the UK and peaking two positions higher than the original song did in that country), and reached number 10 in the United States.cite book |title= Rock N' Roll Gold Rush |last= Dean |first= Maury |authorlink= Maury Dean |coauthors= |year= 2003 |publisher= Algora |location= |isbn= 0-87586-207-1 |pages= p.60 |url= ] Although Collins had previously done covers before on album (of "Behind The Lines" and "Tomorrow Never Knows"), "You Can't Hurry Love" was the first cover he released as a single.

Other notable recordings of "You Can't Hurry Love" include versions by Stray Cats, who released their cover as the flipside of their Rock This Town single and the Dixie Chicks (on the soundtrack of the film "Runaway Bride"). Konami's GuitarFreaks/DrumMania Bemani music video game series also includes a cover, sung by Paula Terry. In the popular sitcom "Sister, Sister", Tia Mowry, her sister Tamera Mowry, and Alexis Fields cover the song. Carmen Rasmusen on Season 2 of American Idol and Brandon Rogers on Season 6 performed live covers of "You Can't Hurry Love".

The song was also sung by Whoopi Goldberg's character in the 1986 film Jumpin' Jack Flash, when she attempts to infiltrate a party at the British Embassy in New York, disguised as the evening's entertainment.

The song is covered by the company Wavegroup for the game .

Credits

upremes version

* Lead vocals by Diana Ross
* Background vocals by Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson
* Instrumentation by the Funk Brothers, including James Jamerson (bass guitar), Jack Ashford (tambourine), and Earl Van Dyke (piano).

Phil Collins version

*Vocals, drums, and tambourine by Phil Collins
*Guitar by Daryl Stuermer
*Bass guitar by John Giblin
*Piano, glockenspiel, and Vibraphone by Peter Robinson
*Strings arranged by Martyn Ford

Chart positions

upremes version

Phil Collins version

ample

ee also

*Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1966 (USA)

References