Originally Posted by
RanRan79
"Reflections" is a damn good song. I'm wondering if maybe debuting the record on TV before/on/or directly after it's release date would've really pushed it. But it's possible Gordy and co may not have felt Cindy was ready for primetime just yet. I don't know how long the song took to peak, but I think it's different enough from their output up until this point that it might have taken a bit of time to catch on, so by the time it hit #2, that might have been the point where the public was just about tired of it. Just a theory since I don't know it's weekly chart history.
"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" is definitely a major stumper as to why it stalled. I get "Grapevine" was holding it off, but this is the freakin Supremes and Temptations. I'm willing to bet had Gordy gotten the two groups on Sullivan to debut the song or perform the song as it was nearing the top, it would've gone number one for at least a week. Sometimes I want to retroactively go back in time and knock the hell out of Gordy. The group gets booked to sing Fats Waller and Irving Berlin [[as great as those numbers were) but not book them to do such an important single in both group's history? He was as dumb as he was smart.
"Stoned Love"...I'm going to be honest, I'm surprised the song went number one R&B, so it doesn't shock me that it didn't do that pop. I think "Ladder" sounded more like a number one record than "Stoned" did.
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