Love Child (song by Diana Ross & The Supremes)

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"Love Child" is a 1968 socially conscious Motown hit by Diana Ross & The Supremes that marked a stylistic shift for the group with its gritty portrayal of the stigma surrounding out-of-wedlock birth.

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Love Child (song by Diana Ross & The Supremes) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedMovement late 1960s socially conscious soul ⓘ
backingVocalists Cindy Birdsong ⓘ
Mary Wilson ⓘ
The Andantes ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 15 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSRB 1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describedAs socially conscious song ⓘ
featuresInstrumentationBy The Funk Brothers ⓘ
followsSingle Some Things You Never Get Used To ⓘ
genre Motown ⓘ
pop ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasBside Will This Be the Day ⓘ
hasMusicVideoOrPromoFilm yes ⓘ
includedIn The Supremes discography ⓘ
isTitleTrackOf Love Child (album) ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalist Diana Ross ⓘ
length 2:59 ⓘ
lyricist Deke Richards ⓘ
Frank Wilson ⓘ
Pam Sawyer ⓘ
R. Dean Taylor ⓘ
notableFor departure from earlier glamorous image of The Supremes ⓘ
gritty lyrical content ⓘ
partOfAlbum Love Child (album) ⓘ
performer Diana Ross & The Supremes ⓘ
linked to: The Supremes

The Supremes ⓘ
performerAt television variety shows in 1968 ⓘ
precededBySingle Someday We'll Be Together ⓘ
producer Berry Gordy ⓘ
Deke Richards ⓘ
Frank Wilson ⓘ
R. Dean Taylor ⓘ
recordedIn Detroit ⓘ
Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A) ⓘ
linked to: Hitsville U.S.A.
recordLabel Motown ⓘ
releaseDate 1968-09-30 ⓘ
songwriter Deke Richards ⓘ
Frank Wilson ⓘ
Pam Sawyer ⓘ
R. Dean Taylor ⓘ
stylisticShiftFor Diana Ross & The Supremes ⓘ
linked to: The Supremes
theme poverty ⓘ
social issues ⓘ
stigma of out-of-wedlock birth ⓘ
yearOfRelease 1968 ⓘ

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