Standing in the Shadows of Love
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| "Standing in the Shadows of Love" | ||
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| Single by Four Tops | ||
| from the album Reach Out | ||
| B-side(s) | "Since You've Been Gone" | |
| Released | November 28, 1966 | |
| Format | 7" single | |
| Recorded | Hitsville USA (Studio A); 1966 | |
| Genre | Soul/pop | |
| Length | 2:36 | |
| Label | Motown M 1102 |
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| Writer(s) | Holland-Dozier-Holland | |
| Producer(s) | Brian Holland Lamont Dozier |
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| Four Tops singles chronology | ||
| "Reach Out I'll Be There" 1966 |
"Standing in the Shadows of Love" 1966 |
"Bernadette" 1967 |
"Standing in the Shadows of Love" is a 1966 hit single recorded by The Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, the song is one of the most well-known Motown tunes of the 1960s. A direct follow-up to the #1 hit "Reach Out I'll Be There" (even featuring a similar musical arrangement), "Standing in the Shadows of Love" reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967.
This song is referenced in the John Mellencamp hit "Lonely Ol' Night" from the 1985 Scarecrow album: "Radio playing softly some singer's sad sad song. He's singing about standing in the shadows of love; I guess he feels awfully alone."
It is ranked #464 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
[edit] Credits
- Lead vocals by Levi Stubbs
- Background Vocals by Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Lawrence Payton, and The Andantes: Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps
- Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
- Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland, Jr.
- Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier
