Do You Love Me

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"Do You Love Me" is a 1962 Motown hit song, originally recorded by The Contours, that became famous for its energetic vocals and dance-oriented rhythm.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist The Contours ⓘ
catalogNumber Gordy 7005 ⓘ
chartPosition number 1 on the Billboard R&B chart ⓘ
number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
composer Berry Gordy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
famousFor association with early 1960s dance crazes ⓘ
featuredDance the Mashed Potato ⓘ
linked to: Mashed Potato dance

the Twist ⓘ
the Watusi ⓘ
followedBy Shake Sherrie (The Contours single) ⓘ
genre rhythm and blues ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
hasBside You Get Ugly ⓘ
hasCoverVersion Do You Love Me (cover by Brian Poole and the Tremeloes) ⓘ
linked to: Do You Love Me

Do You Love Me (cover by The Dave Clark Five) ⓘ
Do You Love Me (cover by The Sonics) ⓘ
hasMusicStyle call-and-response vocals ⓘ
horn-driven arrangement ⓘ
prominent backbeat ⓘ
hasQuality dance-oriented rhythm ⓘ
energetic vocals ⓘ
hasReRecording Do You Love Me (1964 re-recording by The Contours) ⓘ
includedIn Dirty Dancing (1987 film) soundtrack ⓘ
linked to: Dirty Dancing
language English ⓘ
length 2:51 ⓘ
musicalKey E major ⓘ
notableLyric Do you love me, now that I can dance? ⓘ
partOf Motown catalog ⓘ
performer The Contours ⓘ
precededBy Whole Lotta Woman (The Contours single) ⓘ
linked to: Whole Lotta Woman
producer Berry Gordy ⓘ
publicationDate 1962 ⓘ
recorded 1962 ⓘ
recordLabel Gordy Records ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
releaseDate 1962-06-29 ⓘ
side A-side ⓘ
tempo fast ⓘ
writer Berry Gordy ⓘ

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Berry Gordy → wroteSong → Do You Love Me ⓘ
The Dave Clark Five → notableWork → Do You Love Me ⓘ
The Contours → notableWork → Do You Love Me ⓘ
The Contours → chartSuccess → Do You Love Me reached high positions on the Billboard charts ⓘ
linked to: Do You Love Me
The Contours → hasRecording → Do You Love Me (album and single versions) ⓘ
linked to: Do You Love Me
The Contours → culturalImpact → Do You Love Me became a staple of oldies and dance music radio ⓘ
linked to: Do You Love Me
The Contours → culturalImpact → Do You Love Me was revived in popularity through later film and media placements ⓘ
linked to: Do You Love Me
Mashed Potato dance → referencedInSong → "Do You Love Me" ⓘ
linked to: Do You Love Me
Destroyer → hasTrack → Do You Love Me ⓘ
Glad All Over → hasPart → Do You Love Me ⓘ
Glad All Over → hasSingle → Do You Love Me ⓘ
Hubert Johnson → notableWork → Do You Love Me ⓘ
Destroyer → hasTrack → Do You Love Me ⓘ
subject linked to: album "Destroyer"