"The Happening" is a 1967 song recorded by Motown artists
The Supremes. The song served as the theme song of the 1967
Columbia film
The Happening, and was released as a single by Motown at
the time of the film's release that spring. While the movie
flopped, the song peaked at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100
chart, becoming The Supremes' 10th number one single in
America.
Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier and written by
Holland–Dozier–Holland and
The Happening'smusical director Frank De Vol, was the
final Supremes single issued under that name with Diana Ross in
the group. Between the release of "The Happening" and the next
Supremes single, "Reflections," the group's billing would be
changed to
Diana Ross & the Supremes, and Florence Ballard
would be replaced with Cindy Birdsong of Patti LaBelle &
the Blue Belles. Ballard's final of the 17 appearances The
Supremes made on the hit CBS variety television program
The Ed Sullivan Showwas on an episode where she
performed this song live from Expo 67 in Montréal on Sunday,
May 7, 1967, going to number-one the same week.
"The Happening" became a #32 instrumental hit for Herb
Alpert & the Tijuana Brass subsequently in the same year.
"The Happening's" intro would be sampled decades later by
R&B singer Fantasia for her 2007 single "Hood Boy", and by
producer Swizz Beatz for 2Pac's posthumous single
"Untouchable." The song would also be performed by Elaine and
Renee in 2000 during the episode "Turning Thirty" of
Ally McBeal.
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
