Who originally sang Cant Hurry Love?

• This was written by the prolific songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland. It was based on a gospel song entitled "You Can't Hurry God," which was sung by Dorothy Love Coates and the Gospel Harmonettes, a gospel group based in Birmingham, Alabama. >>

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• Eddie Holland came up with the title to Brian Holland's melody for this song. Lamont Dozier recalled in 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh: "We were trying to reconstruct 'Come See About Me' and somehow it turned into 'You Can't Hurry Love.' It was basically a gospel feel we were after."

• This was the first of a second string of consecutive #1 American hits for the Supremes. At the end of 1964 and into 1965, they charted five consecutive #1s. In 1966, starting with "You Can't Hurry Love," they charted four more.

• A cover by Phil Collins reached US #10 and UK #1 in late 1982. His version was used as the main theme for the 1988 film of the same name, and inspired Andy Rourke's bass in The Smiths' "This Charming Man."

  Such was his love for the label that Phil inscribed "Motown, we salute you" on the sleeve of the album Hello, I Must Be Going, which included "You Can't Hurry Love." In addition, his black-and-white video showing three Phil Collinses standing in a line was a homage to The Supremes.

  Collins would later enlist Lamont Dozier to co-write the song "Two Hearts," which was used in a movie Collins starred in called Buster that was set in the '60s. That song went to #1 US, giving Dozier his 14th Hot 100 chart-topper as a songwriter.

• The Dixie Chicks covered this for the soundtrack of the 1999 movie Runaway Bride.

• The working title for this song was "This Is Where I Came In." >>

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• Phil Collins explained to Mojo magazine February 2009 that he covered this track as "a tribute to Motown." He added: "We needed to get everything right on it, but we didn't really succeed. There were no naff strings on the original to start with. Motown is where I lived musically when I was growing up. I was a regular at the Marquee Club in Wardour Street (London) in the '60s. I always went to see The Action and The Who, and they both did great Motown covers. The Motown tracks were always an inspiration. The opening chords and groove of 'Heatwave' always sounded like sun had come out to me. It was so uplifting and positive. Even the names - The Supremes, the Four Tops, The Marvelettes, The Miracles - sound like their glasses are half full! The musicians on all the Motown tracks, they didn't play like the other Pop session guys. Benny Benjamin, James Jamerson - all of them were really Jazz musicians. And every day they would go to work and know they'd be playing on a huge hit record and it would be classic material; it must have been wonderful."

• Asked by Music Business Worldwide what he thought of Phil Collins' version, Lamont Dozier replied: "I think he was being respectful because he loved the song and he loved Motown. He had his own interpretation and his own style. I thought it was well done."

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"You Can't Hurry Love" is a number-one single originally recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label, released during the summer of 1966. Sixteen years later, the song again became a number-one hit when Phil Collins rerecorded the song. It reached number-one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks beginning in January 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".

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 became The Supremes' seventh number-one hit,[1] topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks, from September 4, 1966 to September 17, 1966, and reaching number one on the soul chart for two weeks. The girl group performed the song on the CBS variety program The Ed Sullivan Show on Sunday, September 25, 1966.[2]

"You Can't Hurry Love" was the second single from the Supremes' album The Supremes A' Go-Go. It reached the #1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart in the United States, and #3 in the United Kingdom. The Supremes' version of the song is honored by inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's permanent collection of 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

In 1967 has been recorded an Italian language version, entitled L'amore verrà (Love will come). Five years later (1972) it was recorded in French by Claude François, entitled "Une Fille et des Fleurs" ("A girl and flowers")

Personnel[]

• Lead vocals by Diana Ross
• Credited background vocals by Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard (Actual background vocals by Mary Wilson and Marlene Barrow)[3]
• Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

Charts[]

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Phil Collins version[]

Template:Infobox single The most notable cover of the song 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.[4] Although Collins had previously done covers as album tracks (of Genesis' "Behind the Lines" and The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows" on Face Value), "You Can't Hurry Love" was the first cover he released as a single. Collins' version was the first track on the very first Now That's What I Call Music CD. On the second repeat of the chorus, he replaces "How Much More Can I Take" with "How Much More Must I Take."

Personnel[]

• Phil Collins - drums, vocals, tambourine
• Daryl Stuermer - guitars
• John Giblin - bass
• Peter Robinson - piano, glockenspiel, vibraphone
• Strings arranged by Martyn Ford

Charts[]

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Other Cover versions[]

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, Brandon Rogers on Season 6, and Scott MacIntyre on Season 8 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 Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore.

During a weekend getaway on an episode of A Different World, Ron, Dwayne, Kim, Freddie and Ernest sing "You Can't Hurry Love," with Whitley imitating Diana Ross' stage persona.

In 2008, Toni Gonzaga and Vhong Navarro did a duet version of the song. It was used as the soundtrack for their movie My Only U.

In 2009, MySpace/DGC recording artist Meiko recorded a remake of the song for use in an ABC Family made-for-TV film titled My Fake Fiance.

In 2010, pop punk band A loss for Words recorded this song for their albun Motown Classics.

The song's drum beat has also been used in Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life", Hall & Oates' "Maneater", The Strokes' "Last Nite", The Jam's "Town Called Malice", Jet's "Are You Gonna Be My Girl", and Hanson's "Lost Without Each Other".

See also[]

• Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1966 (USA)

References[]

1. ↑ Bronson, Fred: The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, page 207. Billboard Books, 2003.
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