Originally Posted by
sup_fan
WDOLG was our first lp and we were just kids. didn't really know that Baby Love was the mega hit that it was. we'd just play the album and enjoy all of the songs. Like Long Gong Lover and Breathtaking. so this song has always been a fav. i love their work on the chorus and trading off the lines
as for why it flopped - i think this song just doesn't necessarily break through the clutter of what was going on. many Girl Group songs were more teen oriented. maybe not specifically with the lyrics [[like Leader of the Pack or My Boyfriend's Back) but definitely in the style and sound. Postman, Will you Still Love Me, Da Do Ron Ron all have an adolescence about them.
Breathtaking is far more mature. the singing, the lovely harmonies, the lyric, the style.
someone [[maybe one of Randy's books?) mentioned that Mary Wells, even though she was a teen, came across as a Woman. She projected this image of knowing and understanding love. whereas the Marvelettes and the girls groups came across as teens.
So the Sups had this sophisticated image and sound with Breathtaking which was really not in sync with Girl Groups at the time
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