The Supremes A' Go-Go

The Supremes A' Go-Go is a 1966 album by Motown singing group The Supremes. The album was the first album by an all-female group to reach number-one on the Billboard 200 album charts in the United States.

Included are two of the Supremes' Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles; the number-nine hit "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart", and the number-one hit "You Can't Hurry Love". Also present on the album is one original, "Put Yourself in My Place", and covers of songs by the Four Tops ("Baby I Need Your Loving", "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)", "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)"), The Temptations ("Get Ready"), Martha and the Vandellas ("Come and Get These Memories") Barrett Strong ("Money (That's What I Want)"), The Isley Brothers ("This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)"), Nancy Sinatra ("These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"), and The McCoys ("Hang On Sloopy").

Additional songs recorded for the album, but not included were: "It's Not Unusual", "Mickey's Monkey", "Uptight (Everything's Alright)", "Can I Get a Witness", "In My Lonely Room", and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction."

Track listing

Side one

1. "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" (Holland–Dozier–Holland)
2. "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)", (Holland-Dozier-Holland, Sylvia Moy)
3. "You Can't Hurry Love" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
4. "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
5. "Baby I Need Your Loving" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
6. "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (Lee Hazlewood)

Side two

1. "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
2. "Get Ready" (Smokey Robinson)
3. "Put Yourself in My Place" (Holland-Dozier-Holland, John Thornton)
4. "Money (That's What I Want)" (Berry Gordy, Jr., Janie Bradford)
5. "Come and Get These Memories" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
6. "Hang On Sloopy" (Wes Farrell, Bert Russell)

Unreleased recordings from the sessions for "A' Go-Go" album

1. "Can I Get a Witness" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
2. "In My Lonely Room" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
3. "Mickey's Monkey" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
4. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
5. "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" (Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Judkins)
6. "It's Not Unusual" (Gordon Mills, Les Reed)

Songs considered for inclusion

1. "Take Me Where You Go" (Smokey Robinson)
2. "Come On and See Me" (Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol)
3. "Just A Little Misunderstanding" (Luvel Broadnax-Stevie Wonder-Clarence Paul)
4. "Penny Pincher" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
5. "Mother Dear" [Re-recorded 1966 Version] (Holland-Dozier-Holland)

Personnel

• Diana Ross - lead vocals, background on "Come and Get These Memories"
• Mary Wilson - background vocals, lead on "Come and Get These Memories"
• Florence Ballard - background vocals
• The Andantes - background vocals on "Put Yourself in My Place"
• Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier: producers, all tracks except those noted
• Hal Davis and Frank Wilson - producers, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", "Get Ready", and "Hang On Sloopy"
• The Funk Brothers - instrumentation
• The Detroit Symphony Orchestra - instrumentation

Singles history

• "Love is Like an Itching in My Heart" b/w "He's All I Got" (b-side taken from I Hear a Symphony) (Motown 1094, April 8, 1966)
• "You Can't Hurry Love" b/w "Put Yourself in My Place" (Motown 1097, July 25, 1966)

Chart history

Album

Singles

References