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"'''Stop! In the Name of Love'''" is a 1965 song recorded by [[the Supremes]] for the [[Motown]] label.
"'''Stop! In the Name of Love'''" is a 1965 song recorded by [[the Supremes]] for the [[Motown]] label.


Written and produced by Motown's main production team [[Holland–Dozier–Holland]], "Stop! In the Name of Love" held the number one position on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' pop singles]] chart in the United States from March 27, 1965, through April 3, 1965,<ref>{{cite magazine |year=1965 |title=''Billboard'' Hot 100 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=77 |issue=13 |page=32 |publisher=[[Nielsen Company]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eEUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32 |access-date=May 9, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |year=1965 |title=''Billboard'' Hot 100 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=77 |issue=14 |page=28 |publisher=[[Nielsen Company]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28 |access-date=May 10, 2011 }}</ref> and reached the number-two position on the soul chart.
Written and produced by Motown's main production team [[Holland–Dozier–Holland]], "Stop! In the Name of Love" held the #1 position on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' pop singles]] chart in the United States from March 27, 1965, through April 3, 1965,<ref>{{cite magazine |year=1965 |title=''Billboard'' Hot 100 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=77 |issue=13 |page=32 |publisher=[[Nielsen Company]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eEUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32 |access-date=May 9, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |year=1965 |title=''Billboard'' Hot 100 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=77 |issue=14 |page=28 |publisher=[[Nielsen Company]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28 |access-date=May 10, 2011 }}</ref> and reached the #2 position on the soul chart.


''Billboard'' named the song #38 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.<ref>{{cite web|title=100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7857816/100-greatest-girl-group-songs|publisher=Billboard|access-date=July 11, 2017}}</ref> The [[BBC]] ranked "Stop! In the Name of Love" at number 56 on ''The Top 100 Digital Motown Chart'', which ranks [[Motown]] releases by their all time UK downloads and streams.<ref name="Top 100 Digital Motown UK">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1rDB1VRXGlrDpnJW9CSKrCZ/the-top-100-digital-motown-chart |title=The Top 100 Digital Motown Chart |work=[[BBC]] |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
''Billboard'' named the song #38 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.<ref>{{cite web|title=100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7857816/100-greatest-girl-group-songs|publisher=Billboard|access-date=July 11, 2017}}</ref> The [[BBC]] ranked "Stop! In the Name of Love" at #56 on ''The Top 100 Digital Motown Chart'', which ranks [[Motown]] releases by their all time UK downloads and streams.<ref name="Top 100 Digital Motown UK">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1rDB1VRXGlrDpnJW9CSKrCZ/the-top-100-digital-motown-chart |title=The Top 100 Digital Motown Chart |work=[[BBC]] |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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''[[Cash Box]]'' described it as "a rousing, shufflin’ pop-blues romancer about a gal who cautions her boyfriend to go a little bit slower" that should "continue in [the Supremes] fantastic chart-riding ways."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=February 20, 1965 |page=12 |access-date=January 12, 2022 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1965/CB-1965-02-20.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}</ref>
''[[Cash Box]]'' described it as "a rousing, shufflin’ pop-blues romancer about a gal who cautions her boyfriend to go a little bit slower" that should "continue in [the Supremes] fantastic chart-riding ways."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=February 20, 1965 |page=12 |access-date=January 12, 2022 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1965/CB-1965-02-20.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}</ref>


The Supremes' choreography for this song involved one hand on the hip and the other outstretched in a "stop" gesture. They performed the song on an episode of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[variety show|variety program]] ''[[Shindig!]]'' which aired on Wednesday, February 24, 1965.<ref>{{Cite episode|title= Supremes/Barbarians/Neil Sedaka/Stan Getz/Ruth Price|url= http://www.tv.com/supremes---barbarians---neil-sedaka---stan-getz---ruth-price/episode/99918/summary.html|series= [[Shindig!]]|network= [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]| station= [[KABC-TV|KABC]]|location= [[Los Angeles]]|airdate= February 24, 1965|season= 1|number= 29}}</ref>
The Supremes' choreography for this song involved one hand on the hip and the other outstretched in a "stop" gesture. They performed it on an episode of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[variety show|variety program]] ''[[Shindig!]]'' which aired on Wednesday, February 24, 1965.<ref>{{Cite episode|title= Supremes/Barbarians/Neil Sedaka/Stan Getz/Ruth Price|url= http://www.tv.com/supremes---barbarians---neil-sedaka---stan-getz---ruth-price/episode/99918/summary.html|series= [[Shindig!]]|network= [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]| station= [[KABC-TV|KABC]]|location= [[Los Angeles]]|airdate= February 24, 1965|season= 1|number= 29}}</ref>


==Cover versions and other uses==
==Cover versions and other uses==
* [[The Hollies]]' version peaked in the US at No. 29 and in Canada at No. 31 in 1983, and was on their release What Goes Around... <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-hollies/chart-history/hsi/|title=The Hollies|website=Billboard}}</ref>
* [[The Hollies]]' take peaked in the US at #29, in Canada at #31 in 1983, and was on their release What Goes Around... <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-hollies/chart-history/hsi/|title=The Hollies|website=Billboard}}</ref>
* American singer [[La Toya Jackson]] recorded the song for her 1995 album ''[[Stop in the Name of Love (La Toya Jackson album)|Stop in the Name of Love]]''.
* American singer [[La Toya Jackson]] recorded it for her 1995 album ''[[Stop in the Name of Love (La Toya Jackson album)|Stop in the Name of Love]]''.
* Japanese dance pop group [[Globe (band)]] covered the song on their 2002 album Lights.
* Japanese dance pop group [[Globe (band)]] included it on their 2002 album Lights.
* Icelandic band [[Bang Gang]] convered the song on their 2003 album [[Something Wrong (album)|Something wrong]].
* Icelandic band [[Bang Gang]] released their rendition on the 2003 album [[Something Wrong (album)|Something Wrong]].
*The song is featured in the 1979 [[Universal Pictures]] film ''[[More American Graffiti]]'' and is also included in the soundtrack.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/17/archives/screen-more-american-graffiti-covers-64-to-67where-did-they-all-go.html|title=Screen: 'More American Graffiti' Covers '64 to '67:Where Did They All Go?|first=Janet|last=Maslin|date=August 17, 1979|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
*The song is featured in the 1979 [[Universal Pictures]] film ''[[More American Graffiti]]'' and is also included in the soundtrack.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/17/archives/screen-more-american-graffiti-covers-64-to-67where-did-they-all-go.html|title=Screen: 'More American Graffiti' Covers '64 to '67:Where Did They All Go?|first=Janet|last=Maslin|date=August 17, 1979|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>


Revision as of 00:56, 24 March 2022

"Stop in the Name of Love" redirects here. For the La Toya Jackson album, see Stop in the Name of Love (album).
Not to be confused with Step in the Name of Love.

"Stop! In the Name of Love"
Artwork for US vinyl single
Single by the Supremes
from the album More Hits by The Supremes
B-side"I'm In Love Again"
ReleasedFebruary 8, 1965
RecordedJanuary 5, 7, 11, 1965
StudioHitsville U.S.A. (Studio A)
GenrePop, R&B, soul
Length2:52
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)Holland–Dozier–Holland
Producer(s)
The Supremes singles chronology
"Come See About Me"
(1964) 		"Stop! In the Name of Love"
(1965) 		"Back in My Arms Again"
(1965)
More Hits by The Supremes track listing
12 tracks
Side one
  1. "Ask Any Girl"
  2. "Nothing but Heartaches"
  3. "Mother Dear"
  4. "Stop! In the Name of Love"
  5. "Honey Boy"
  6. "Back in My Arms Again"
Side two
  2. "Whisper You Love Me Boy"
  3. "The Only Time I'm Happy"
  4. "He Holds His Own"
  5. "Who Could Ever Doubt My Love"
  6. "(I'm So Glad) Heartaches Don't Last Always"
  7. "I'm In Love Again"
Audio sample
"Stop! In the Name of Love"

"Stop! In the Name of Love" is a 1965 song recorded by the Supremes for the Motown label.

Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, "Stop! In the Name of Love" held the #1 position on the Billboard pop singles chart in the United States from March 27, 1965, through April 3, 1965,[1][2] and reached the #2 position on the soul chart.

Billboard named the song #38 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.[3] The BBC ranked "Stop! In the Name of Love" at #56 on The Top 100 Digital Motown Chart, which ranks Motown releases by their all time UK downloads and streams.[4]

History

The Supremes recorded "Stop! In the Name of Love"[5] in January 1965 and released as a single on February 8. The song was included on the Supremes' sixth album, More Hits by The Supremes, and was nominated for the 1966 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Rock & Roll Group Vocal Performance, losing to "Flowers on the Wall" by the Statler Brothers.

Cash Box described it as "a rousing, shufflin’ pop-blues romancer about a gal who cautions her boyfriend to go a little bit slower" that should "continue in [the Supremes] fantastic chart-riding ways."[6]

The Supremes' choreography for this song involved one hand on the hip and the other outstretched in a "stop" gesture. They performed it on an episode of the ABC variety program Shindig! which aired on Wednesday, February 24, 1965.[7]

Cover versions and other uses

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[34]
Sales since 2005 		Silver 200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[38] Gold 1,000,000[35][36][37]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 14. Nielsen Company. 1965. p. 28. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  3. ^ "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  4. ^ "The Top 100 Digital Motown Chart". BBC. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  5. ^ Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 26 – The Soul Reformation: Phase two, the Motown story. [Part 5]" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.
  6. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. February 20, 1965. p. 12. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  7. ^ "Supremes/Barbarians/Neil Sedaka/Stan Getz/Ruth Price". Shindig!. Season 1. Episode 29. Los Angeles. February 24, 1965. ABC. KABC.
  8. ^ "The Hollies". Billboard.
  9. ^ Maslin, Janet (August 17, 1979). "Screen: 'More American Graffiti' Covers '64 to '67:Where Did They All Go?" – via NYTimes.com.
  10. ^ Sullivan, Steve (2017). Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Vol. 3. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 383.
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  23. ^ "The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations". Cashbox. April 10, 1965. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  24. ^ "100 TOP POPS: Week of April 10, 1965" (PDF). Record World. worldradiohistory.com. April 10, 1965. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
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  27. ^ "FOREIGN HITS IN JAPAN 1960-1969". Billboard. December 19, 1970. p. J-32. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
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  29. ^ "Top 100 1965 – UK Music Charts". Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
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  32. ^ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1965". Cashbox. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  33. ^ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1965". Cashbox. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  34. ^ "British single certifications – Supremes – Stop in the Name of Love". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  35. ^ Jay Warner (January 20, 1973). "Announcing Motown's Yesteryear Series: two million-selling singles on one record". Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 3. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 63. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  36. ^ Joseph Murrells (1984). Million Selling Records from the 1900s to the 1980s: An Illustrated Directory. London, W1H: B.T. Batsford. pp. 214–215. ISBN 0-7134-3843-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  37. ^ Jay Warner (2006). American Singing Groups: A History from 1940s to Today. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 457–458. ISBN 0634099787. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  38. ^ "American single certifications – Diana Ross & The Supremes – Stop, In The Name Of Love". Recording Industry Association of America.
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