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Where Did Our Love Go (album)

Where Did Our Love Go is the second studio album by Motown singing group the Supremes, released in 1964. The album includes several of the group's singles and B-sides from 1963 and 1964. Included are the group's first Billboard Pop Singles number-one hits, "Where Did Our Love Go", "Baby Love", and "Come See About Me", as well as their first Top 40 hit, "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes", and the singles "A Breathtaking Guy" and "Run, Run, Run".

Where Did Our Love Go
Studio album by
the Supremes
ReleasedAugust 31, 1964
RecordedDecember 28, 1962 – August 13, 1964
StudioHitsville U.S.A., Detroit
Genre
Length30:56
LabelMotown
Producer
The Supremes chronology
Meet The Supremes
(1962) 		Where Did Our Love Go
(1964) 		A Bit of Liverpool
(1964)
Singles from Where Did Our Love Go
  1. "A Breathtaking Guy"
    Released: June 12, 1963
  2. "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes"
    Released: October 31, 1963
  3. "Run, Run, Run"
    Released: February 7, 1964
  4. "Where Did Our Love Go"
    Released: June 17, 1964
  5. "Baby Love"
    Released: September 17, 1964
  6. "Come See About Me"
    Released: October 27, 1964
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Tom HullB+ ((3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention))[3]

Track listing

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All tracks written by Holland–Dozier–Holland except as noted.

Side one

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  1. "Where Did Our Love Go" - 2:33
  2. "Run, Run, Run" - 2:16
  3. "Baby Love" - 2:39
  4. "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" - 3:05
  5. "Come See About Me" - 2:44
  6. "Long Gone Lover" (Smokey Robinson) - 2:27

Side two

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  1. "I'm Giving You Your Freedom" - 2:40
  2. "A Breathtaking Guy" (Robinson) - 2:25
  3. "He Means the World to Me" (Norman Whitfield) - 2:00
  4. "Standing at the Crossroads of Love" - 2:27
  5. "Your Kiss of Fire" (Robert Gordy, Harvey Fuqua) - 2:48
  6. "Ask Any Girl" - 3:00

2004 Expanded CD bonus tracklist

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  1. "This Is It" (Faye Hale) ****
  2. "I'm The Exception To The Rule" (Whitfield) **
  3. "Everyday I'll Love You More Than Yesterday" (Robinson, Claudette Rogers Robinson) *
  4. "Beginning To The Ending" (George Fowler) *****
  5. "Mr. Blues" (Robinson) *
  6. "Come On Boy" (Berry Gordy, Jr.) ***
  7. "Bye Baby" (Gordy) ***
  8. "My Imagination" (Richard Parker, Faye Hale) ****
  9. "I Idolize You" (Robinson) *
  10. "You're Gonna Come To Me" (Gordy) (Version 4 - Credited as Version "3")
  11. "Honey Babe" (Gordy, Stevie Wonder) ***
  12. "Penny Pincher"
  13. "Let Me Hear You Say (I Love You)" (Andre Williams, Johnny Bristol) ********
  14. "Don't Take It Away" (William Weatherspoon, William "Mickey" Stevenson) *******
  15. "Just Call Me" (Ivy Jo Hunter, Stevenson) ******
  16. "That's A Funny Way" (Hunter, Stevenson) ******
  17. "Stop, Look & Listen" (Ed Cobb) ***
  18. "Send Me No Flowers"
  19. "Baby Love" (Alternate "early" version)
  20. "Introduction/Devil's Den" (Live (Live 1964)
  21. "When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" (Live 1964)
  22. "A Breathtaking Guy" (Live 1964)
  23. "Your Heart Belongs To Me" (Live 1964)
  24. "Let Me Go The Right Way" (Live 1964)
  25. "I Am Woman, You Are Man" (Jule Styne, Bob Merrill) (Live 1964)
  26. "People" (Merrill, Styne) (Live 1964)
  27. "Where Did Our Love Go" (Live 1964)

Personnel

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Singles history

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  • "A Breath Taking, First Sight Soul Shaking, One Night Love Making, Next Day Heart Breaking Guy" b/w "(The Man with the) Rock And Roll Banjo Band" (from The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop) (Motown 1044, June 12, 1963, reissued immediately with A-side title shortened to "A Breath Taking Guy")
  • "When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" b/w "Standing at the Crossroads of Love" (Motown 1051, October 31, 1963)
  • "Run, Run, Run" b/w "I'm Giving You Your Freedom" (Motown 1054, February 7, 1964)
  • "Where Did Our Love Go" b/w "He Means the World to Me" (Motown 1060, June 17, 1964)
  • "Baby Love" b/w "Ask Any Girl" (Motown 1066, September 17, 1964)
  • "Come See About Me" b/w "You're Gone, But Always in My Heart" (on The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland) (Motown 1068, October 27, 1964)

Chart history

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Planer, Lindsay. Where Did Our Love Go at AllMusic
  2. ^ Colin Larkin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1994. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  3. ^ Hull, Tom (November 2013). "Recycled Goods (#114)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  4. ^ Liner notes. The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 4: 1964, Hip-O Select – B0005946-02, USA, 24 Feb 2006
  5. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  6. ^ "The Supremes Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  7. ^ "The Supremes Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  8. ^ "TOP LP's of 1965 (based on total sales at retail)" (PDF). Billboard. p. 24. Retrieved January 14, 2022 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  9. ^ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1965 (TOP 100 POP ALBUMS)". Cashbox. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  10. ^ "TOP RECORDS OF 1966: TOP LP's" (PDF). Billboard. December 24, 1966. p. 34. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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