"I Hear a Symphony" is a 1965 hit song recorded by The
Supremes for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's
main production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland, "I Hear a
Symphony" was the number-one song on the Hot 100 singles chart
for two weeks from November 14, 1965, to November 27, 1965,
becoming the group's sixth number-one single. On the UK Pop
Chart, the single peaked at number thirty-nine.
The Supremes enjoyed a successful run of hits in 1964 -
1965, and their producers Holland–Dozier–Holland did their best
to keep turning the hits out. In mid-1965, the producers came
to realize they had fallen into a rut when the Supremes'
"Nothing But Heartaches" failed to make it to the Top Ten,
missing it by just one position and breaking the string of
number-one Supremes hits initiated with "Where Did Our Love
Go." Motown chief Berry Gordy was displeased with the
performance of "Nothing But Heartaches," and circulated a memo
around the Motown offices that read as follows:
Holland-Dozier-Holland therefore set about breaking their
formula and trying something new. The result was "I Hear a
Symphony," a song with a more complex musical structure than
previous Supremes releases. "Symphony" was released as a single
in place of another Holland-Dozier-Holland Supremes song,
"Mother Dear", which had been recorded in the same style as
their earlier hits.
"I Hear a Symphony", later issued on an album of the same
name, became the Supremes' sixth number-one hit in the United
States. After the number-five hit "My World Is Empty Without
You" and the number-nine hit "Love Is Like an Itching in My
Heart," the Supremes began a run of four more number-one hits:
"You Can't Hurry Love," "You Keep Me Hangin' On," "Love Is Here
and Now You're Gone," and "The Happening." The group performed
the hit song on
The Mike Douglas Showon November 3, 1965.
Meet The Supremes(1962)
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Where Did Our Love Go(1964)
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More Hits by The Supremes(1965)
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I Hear a Symphony(1966)
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Merry Christmas(1965)
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The Supremes A' Go-Go(1966)
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The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland(1967)
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Reflections(1968)
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Love Child(1968)
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Let the Sunshine In(1969)
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Cream of the Crop(1969)
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Right On(1970)
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New Ways but Love Stays(1970)
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Touch(1971)
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Floy Joy(1972)
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The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb(1972)
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The Supremes(1975)
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High Energy(1976)
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Mary, Scherrie & Susaye(1976)
Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations(1968)
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Together(1969)
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The Magnificent 7(1970)
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The Return of the Magnificent 7(1971)
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Dynamite!(1971)
The Supremes at the Copa(1965)
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Live at London's Talk of the Town(1968)
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TCB(1968)
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On Broadway(1969)
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Farewell(1970)
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The Supremes Live! In Japan(1973)
A Bit of Liverpool(1964)
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The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop(1965)
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We Remember Sam Cooke(1965)
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The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart(1967)
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Diana Ross & the Supremes Sing and Perform "Funny
Girl"(1968)
"Where Did Our Love Go"
·"Baby Love"
·"Come See About
Me"
·"Stop! In the
Name of Love"
·"Back in My Arms
Again"
·"
I Hear a Symphony
"
·"My World Is
Empty Without You"
·"Love Is Like an
Itching in My Heart"
·"You Can't Hurry
Love"
·"You Keep Me
Hangin' On"
·"Love Is Here and
Now You're Gone"
·"The Happening"
·"Reflections"
·"In and out of
Love"
·"Love Child"
·"I'm Gonna Make
You Love Me"
·"I'm Livin' in
Shame"
·"Someday We'll Be
Together"
·"Up the Ladder to
the Roof"
·"Stoned Love"
·"River Deep –
Mountain High"
·"Nathan Jones"
·"Floy Joy"
·"Automatically
Sunshine"
The T.A.M.I. Show
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Greatest Hits: Live in Amsterdam
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Reflections: The Definitive Performances (1964–1969)
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Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
Discography
·Timeline
·Chronology
·Members
·(Broadway
musical)
·(film)
·Berry Gordy
·Holland–Dozier–Holland
·FLOS
