This was another in a long string of Holland–Dozier–Holland hits they did. The famous Funk Brothers, the Motown house band, did the instrumentation. Consider this: The Supremes sing basically the same succession of notes over and over again, even as the key changes. What transforms over the course of the song isn’t that repetitive melody, it’s the strength of the of the musical track and potency of lyrics that accompany it.
Lamont Dozier is quoted about the song: “We were aiming for a classical feel. If I don’t have a lyric coming in, or a title, I listen to a track and try to get a feeling of what the track is saying.”
Several others covered it, including Stevie Wonder and The Isley Brothers.
This was another in a long string of Holland–Dozier–Holland hits they did. The famous Funk Brothers, the Motown house band, did the instrumentation. Consider this: The Supremes sing basically the same succession of notes over and over again, even as the key changes. What transforms over the course of the song isn’t that repetitive melody, it’s the strength of the of the musical track and potency of lyrics that accompany it.
Lamont Dozier is quoted about the song: “We were aiming for a classical feel. If I don’t have a lyric coming in, or a title, I listen to a track and try to get a feeling of what the track is saying.”
Several others covered it, including Stevie Wonder and The Isley Brothers.
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