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
Writer(s) Holland-Dozier-Holland
Producer(s) Brian Holland
Lamont Dozier
Chart positions
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.

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