Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love Explained

Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love
Cover:The Supremes - Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love (Germany).png
Caption:1972 German single
Type:single
Artist:The Supremes
Album:Floy Joy
B-Side:The Wisdom of Time
Released:July 11, 1972
Recorded:1972, Hitsville U.S.A.
Genre:Pop, soul
Length:3:00 (album/single version)
Label:Motown
Producer:Smokey Robinson
Prev Title:Without the One You Love
Prev Year:1972
Next Title:I Guess I'll Miss the Man
Next Year:1972

"Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love" is a song written by Smokey Robinson, recorded in October 1966 by Kim Weston. Her recording was not issued at the time as she left the label over a dispute over royalties in 1967. Weston's original version was first released in 2005.

The song was revisited and released as a single by Motown singing group The Supremes in 1972 as the third and final single from their popular album Floy Joy. On the soul chart the song peaked at number twenty-two, while on the Hot 100 it went to number fifty-nine.[1]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1972)Peak
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US Cashbox Top 100[2] 70
US Cashbox R&B[3] 51
US Record World Singles[4] 72

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 558.
  2. Web site: CASH BOX Top 100 Singles. Cashbox. September 9, 1972. 5 January 2021.
  3. Web site: The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations. Cashbox. September 9, 1972. 5 January 2021.
  4. THE SINGLES CHART: Week of September 16, 1972. Record World. worldradiohistory.com. September 16, 1972. 29 January 2021.