Diana Ross/The Supremes: Top 50 Songs

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Diana Ross was born in Detroit, Michigan on March 26, 1944. As a member of the Supremes, she topped the Billboard charts twelve times and helped establish them as the top female group of all time. She left the group in 1970, but launched straight into a successful solo career. In celebration of her birthday, here are her top 50 songs of all time, with and without the Supremes. #1 songs are noted as follows: #1 US (Billboard pop chart), #1 AC (Billboard adult contemporary chart), #1 RB (Billboard R&B chart), and #1 UK (the UK charts).

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The Top 50 Diana Ross/Supremes Songs

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Where Did Our Love Go

1. Endless Love (with Lionel Richie, 1981) #1 US, #1 RB, #1 AC
2. Stop! In the Name of Love (The Supremes, 1965) #1 US
3. Where Did Our Love Go (The Supremes, 1964) #1 US, #1 RB
4. Baby Love (The Supremes, 1964) #1 US, #1 RB, #1 UK
5. You Can’t Hurry Love (The Supremes, 1966) #1 US, #1 RB
6. Upside Down (1980) #1 US, #1 RB
7. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (1970) #1 US, #1 RB
8. You Keep Me Hangin’ On (The Supremes, 1966) #1 US, #1 RB
9. Love Child (The Supremes, 1968) #1 US
10. Someday We’ll Be Together (The Supremes, 1969) #1 US, #1 RB

Stop! In the Name of Love

11. Love Hangover (1976) #1 US, #1 RB
12. Touch Me in the Morning (1973) #1 US, #1 AC
13. Do You Know Where You’re Going To (Theme from ‘Mahogany’) (1975) #1 US, #1 AC
14. Come See About Me (The Supremes, 1964) #1 US
15. I’m Gonna Make You Love Me (The Supremes with the Temptations, 1968)
16. I Hear a Symphony (The Supremes, 1965) #1 US
17. I’m Coming Out (1980)
18. Back in My Arms Again (The Supremes, 1965) #1 US, #1 RB
19. Reflections (The Supremes, 1967)
20. Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1981)

21. The Happening (The Supremes, 1967) #1 US
22. The Last Time I Saw Him (1973) #1 AC
23. Muscles (1982)
24. Love Is Here and Now You’re Gone (The Supremes, 1967) #1 US, #1 RB
25. Missing You (1984) #1 RB
26. Mirror, Mirror (1982)
27. All of You (with Julio Iglesias, 1984)
28. Remember Me (1970)
29. Reach Out and Touch Somebody’s Hand (1970)
30. It’s My Turn (1980)

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

31. Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart (The Supremes, 1966)
32. Chain Reaction (1985) #1 UK
33. Ease on Down the Road (with Michael Jackson, 1978)
34. I’m Livin’ in Shame (The Supremes, 1969)
35. In and Out of Love (The Supremes, 1967)
36. When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes (The Supremes, 1974)
37. My Mistake Was to Love You (with Marvin Gaye, 1974)
38. My World Is Empty Without You (The Supremes, 1965)
39. The Boss (1979)
40. Gettin’ Ready for Love (1977)

Upside Down

41. Swept Away (1984)
42. Forever Came Today (The Supremes, 1968)
43. Nothing But Heartaches (The Supremes, 1965)
44. Pieces of Ice (1983)
45. You’re a Special Part of Me (with Marvin Gaye, 1973)
46. Some Things You Never Get Used To (The Supremes, 1968)
47. I’m Still Waiting (1971) #1 UK
48. I’ll Try Something New (The Supremes with the Temptations, 1969)
49. Good Morning Heartache (1973)
50. The Composer (The Supremes, 1969)

Endless Love

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Awards:

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Resources and Related Links:

• Diana Ross’ DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry
• The Supremes’ DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry

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Diana Ross hit #1 with “Upside Down”

Upside Down Diana Ross

Writer(s): Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers (see lyrics here) First Charted: July 12, 1980 Peak: 14 US, 13 CB, 12 HR, 11 RR, 18 AC, 14 RB, 2 UK, 5 CN, 14 AU (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): 1.0 US, 0.25 UK, 1.51 world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 1.0 radio, 41.40 video, 196.97 streaming

Awards: Click on award for more details.

About the Song: It had been four years since Diana Ross hit the top 10, much less #1, with 1976’s “Love Hangover.” Even though disco was waning, she turned to Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards to write, produce, and play on her 1980 album Diana. With Chic, they took “Le Freak” and “Good Times” to the top of the charts. They’d also written and produced “We Are Family” for Sister Sledge. Rodgers said, “Diana Ross was the first big start we ever worked with and we took it very seriously…We took a more personal approach.” RC Initially Ross “sounded more like a guest star on a Chic album than the center of attention on her own LP.” FB She remixed the tracks, bringing her vocals more to the front. It paid off, giving Ross the biggest album of her career and her longest-running U.S. #1 song as a solo artist with “Upside Down.” It also topped the charts in Italy, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. According to Rodgers, the song was “inspired by Ross’ desire to experiment with her career and have some fun.” SF Lyrically, the song is about “sticking with a cheating lover because he keeps their romance exciting, turning her emotions upside down and inside out.” SF “Another singer might’ve found pathos in those lyrics…but there’s a playfulness in the way Ross sings it…She’s horny and happy, and we can probably infer that she’s content to mess around on the side if the mood strikes her, too.” SG Ross “understood how a beat could work…her timing is impeccable. The hesitation in her delivery on the chours, the way she waits just a second to deliver every syllable of the title – it’s incredible. She dips in and out of the groove with an effortless grace, riding the beat effortlessly.” SG Resources: FB Fred Bronson (2003). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits (5th edition). Billboard Books: New York, NY. Page 530. RC Rod Couch (2015). The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era: 1955-2015. Page 390. SF Songfacts SG Stereogum (4/6/2020). “The Number Ones” by Tom Breihan WK Wikipedia Related Links: First posted 11/29/2021; last updated 4/17/2024.