 | You Keep Me Hangin’ OnThe Supremes |
Writer(s): Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland (see lyrics here) Released: October 12, 1966 First Charted: October 29, 1966 Peak: 12 BB, 11 CB, 11 GR, 12 HR, 14 RB, 8 UK, 3 CN, 11 AU, 1 DF (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): 1.0 US, 0.08 UK Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 13.7 video, 52.05 streaming |
 | You Keep Me Hangin’ OnVanilla Fudge |
Released: June 1967 First Charted: July 1, 1967 Peak: 6 BB, 7 CB, 12 GR, 7 HR, 6 CL 18 UK, 11 DF (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 10.8 video, 22.10 streaming |
 | You Keep Me Hangin’ OnKim Wilde |
Released: September 19, 1986 First Charted: October 25, 1986 Peak: 1 Sales (in millions): -- US, 0.25 UK
Airplay/Streaming (in millions):
-- radio, 21.4 video, 82.43 streaming
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About the Song:The Supremes were signed to Motown at the urging of Smokey Robinson, who was Diana Ross’ neighbor. RC In 1963, the trio were paired with the writing team of Holland-Dozier-Holland. It was one of the most successful matches in pop history, resulting in nine #1 songs. The Supremes would go on to reach the pinnacle three more times in their post H-D-H years. “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” was the eighth of those #1 songs. “Lamont Dozier came up with the stuttering guitar part, inspired by radio signals for news flashes.” RC It also featured “one of the definitive Motown tambourine bits and a deep, dark drum and bass pattern” DM alongside Diana Ross’s “ultra-airhead vocal.” DM In 1967, Vanilla Fudge – who called their music “psychedelic-symphonic rock” TB – did what co-writer Brian Holland called “a brilliant re-adaption.” TB “Where Diana Ross was full of fire and life, the Fudge’s version was dark and desperate,” TC “imbiding it with kaleidoscopic moods” DT and creating the “inescapable blueprint for every Prog band of the next two or three years.” DT Organist Mark Stein reportedly came up with the “slow and soulful” TC version by playing the 45 record at 33 speed. TC 20 years after the Supremes took the song to the top of the charts, Kim Wilde’s cover went to #1. It marked only the sixth time in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 that two different artists took a song to #1. It was the first time three versions of a song reached the top 10. FB In the UK, the English dance/pop singer had charted eleven times before “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” including her #2 hit “Kids in America,” which also reached the top 40 in the U.S. Surprisingly, Wilde was unaware of the previous success of “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” when she covered it. FB Lamont Dozier, one of the song’s co-writers, said he “liked the fresh sound.” FB
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