Diana/Supremes in UK Top 100 Motown Songs of the Millennium

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Motown the Official Charts Company produced a list of the top 100 Motown Songs of the Millenium in the UK based on Downloads and Streams.

They have access to all Downloading and Streaming in the UK so the figures are bona fide.

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart...ennium__27106/

Below is a list of Diana and the Supremes songs which made this list showing also the year and position the song reached in the charts.


16 YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE SUPREMES #3 in 1966 312k
20 I'M COMING OUT DIANA ROSS #13 in 1980 265k
23 BABY LOVE SUPREMES #1 in 1964 224k
25 ENDLESS LOVE DIANA ROSS & LIONEL RICHIE #7 in 1981 220k
31 UPSIDE DOWN DIANA ROSS #2 in 1980 192k
56 STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE SUPREMES #7 in 1965 122k
59 WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO SUPREMES #3 in 1964 116k
63 AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH DIANA ROSS #6 in 1970 109k
78 YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON SUPREMES #8 in 1966 84k
88 YOU ARE EVERYTHING DIANA ROSS & MARVIN GAYE #5 in 1974 70k
94 COME SEE ABOUT ME SUPREMES #27 in 1965 65k
95 I'M STILL WAITING DIANA ROSS #1 in 1971 64k
99 STONED LOVE SUPREMES #3 in 1971 59k

Did not expect to see "You Are Everything" there Florence. One of my fave Diana vocals.

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Originally Posted by Ollie9

Did not expect to see "You Are Everything" there Florence. One of my fave Diana vocals.

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Totally agree Ollie9, this really is a standout track on the album. Marvin's vocal is equally strong too. "Now, Now Baby" was sung with such feeling!

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Did not expect to see "You Are Everything" there Florence. One of my fave Diana vocals.

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It is still played quite regularly on radio 2 so it is not that surprising to see it in the list.

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Originally Posted by Bluebrock

It is still played quite regularly on radio 2 so it is not that surprising to see it in the list.

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Good to know. I get bored with hearing "Chain Reaction" for 92,000 time lol.

Marvin is probably relatively more popular in the Digital age than previously in the UK.

The British Phonographic Industry was only formed in 1973 and in 1974 You Are Everything was the first Motown record to receive an official award in the UK - a Silver Disc for sales in excess of 250k.

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Good to know. I get bored with hearing "Chain Reaction" for 92,000 time lol.

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Ken Bruce is a particular fan of Diana. He regularly plays the likes of All of my life and I Thought it Took a Little Time on his Love Songs spot. I have also heard Missing You, The Boss and Getting Ready For Love as well as the usual big UK hits.

I am surprised "Chain Reaction" is not there actually :)

It’s not a Motown song.

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I am surprised "Chain Reaction" is not there actually :)

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It was recorded between her stints at Motown Tom.

Shireblogger@havenforum.co.uk has produced an up-to-date list of the Top Selling 150 Motown records in the UK incorporating this latest digital information.

He has access to all sorts of sales information and data and while he would never claim the figures are 100% accurate the apples will not have fallen very far from the tree.

It's interesting how some tracks are doing far better now.

These are the Supremes/Diana entries.

Position on chart/ total sales to date/title / artist

010 804k Baby Love Supremes
014 697k Upside Down Diana Ross
026 584k I'm Still Waiting Diana Ross
030 505k Endless Love Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
031 492k You Can't Hurry Love Supremes
032 486k Where Did Our Love Go Supremes
039 440k I'm Coming Out Diana Ross
044 399k Stoned Love Supremes
057 320k You Are Everything Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
069 279k Ain't No Mountain High Enough Diana Ross
074 267k Stop! In The Name Of Love Supremes
075 265k My Old Piano Diana Ross
078 254k You Keep Me Hangin' On Supremes
079 250k Reflections Diana Ross & The Supremes
089 230k Touch Me In The Morning Diana Ross
093 220k Nathan Jones Supremes
094 220k The Happening Supremes
098 210k I'm Gonna Make You Love Me Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations
100 210k Do You Know Where You're Going To Diana Ross

to be continued

Oops I thought it was Top Diana/Supremes songs, I was not paying attention :p

Diana Ross/ Supremes songs in UK Motown Top 150 cont'd

109 190k Up The Ladder To The Roof Supremes
117 180k Remember Me Diana Ross
119 175k All Of My Life Diana Ross
121 170k In And Out Of Love Supremes
122 165k Love Child Diana Ross & The Supremes
132 145k Someday We'll Be Together Diana Ross & The Supremes
133 145k Love Hangover Diana Ross
142 135k Floy Joy Supremes
149 130k Surrender Diana Ross

Some observations in relation to the physical sales.

The post-Diana Ross Supremes had 5 top 10 singles in the UK from their first 6 singles the exception being Everybody's Got The Right To Love which didn't chart at all.

Stoned Love and Nathan Jones sold more than any pre-1970 single except Baby Love, Where Did Our Love Go and Reflections.

Although it didn't sell as well on release as the above five singles You Can't Hurry Love is the big winner in the digital age - it has sold 312k since 2004 and is currently shifting 7k a month.

If it continues to sell at this rate then it should become the first Supremes' single to be certified Gold in the second half of next year.

Baby Love overall has sold over 800k but the majority of these sales were before Official Certification began in 1973 and so it never received any.

It's easily the second biggest seller in the Digital age well ahead of everything else but also well behind YCHL but it will probably eventually go Gold for sales of 400k post 1994.

The group's supposedly two biggest selling singles in the US - Someday We'll Be Together and Love Child were only moderate hits in the UK reaching the mid-teens.

Both were outsold at release by In And Out Of Love!!

Two of Diana Ross' Top 5 UK selling singles Chain Reaction and Why Do Fools Fall In Love aren't in the list because they were outside her Motown days.
in the Top 50.

Chain Reaction would be in the Top 10 and Fools in the Top 50.

Other non-Motown Diana hits which would make the list:

When You Tell Me That You Love Me - top 60.
Work That Body - top 100
If We Hold On Together - top 150.

Although it would barely be in her top 10 phsical selling singles, now powering ahead is I'm Coming Out which is shifting around 6.5k a month and should eventually go Gold.

When you look at the list you can see how endearingly popular Diana Ross has always been in the UK.

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Originally Posted by florence

Some observations in relation to the physical sales.

The post-Diana Ross Supremes had 5 top 10 singles in the UK from their first 6 singles the exception being Everybody's Got The Right To Love which didn't chart at all.

Stoned Love and Nathan Jones sold more than any pre-1970 single except Baby Love, Where Did Our Love Go and Reflections.

Although it didn't sell as well on release as the above five singles You Can't Hurry Love is the big winner in the digital age - it has sold 312k since 2004 and is currently shifting 7k a month.

If it continues to sell at this rate then it should become the first Supremes' single to be certified Gold in the second half of next year.

Baby Love overall has sold over 800k but the majority of these sales were before Official Certification began in 1973 and so it never received any.

It's easily the second biggest seller in the Digital age well ahead of everything else but also well behind YCHL but it will probably eventually go Gold for sales of 400k post 1994.

The group's supposedly two biggest selling singles in the US - Someday We'll Be Together and Love Child were only moderate hits in the UK reaching the mid-teens.

Both were outsold at release by In And Out Of Love!!

Two of Diana Ross' Top 5 UK selling singles Chain Reaction and Why Do Fools Fall In Love aren't in the list because they were outside her Motown days.
in the Top 50.

Chain Reaction would be in the Top 10 and Fools in the Top 50.

Other non-Motown Diana hits which would make the list:

When You Tell Me That You Love Me - top 60.
Work That Body - top 100
If We Hold On Together - top 150.

Although it would barely be in her top 10 phsical selling singles, now powering ahead is I'm Coming Out which is shifting around 6.5k a month and should eventually go Gold.

When you look at the list you can see how endearingly popular Diana Ross has always been in the UK.

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Interesting stuff Florence. Thank you again for sharing it with us.

Very interesting