Originally Posted by
marybrewster
'm a sucker for a good timeline. Based on everyone's thoughts above [[and my own which agrees with those thoughts), I think it's safe to say this was conceived after the Supremes Greatest Hits LP was released, which was August 29th, 1967.
Based on the song itself, and the timeline danman provided:
Track recorded November 8, 1967.
Lead vocal recorded December 8, 1967.
Background voices recorded January 31, 1968.
So based on the facts presented above, I'm curious your thoughts:
I know many songs were conceived and working titles were given throughout the process, but to me this one was specific to the release of the Greatest Hits album, or at least wasn't thought of prior. So basically within a two month span, the music was laid out, but do you think the lyrics were written at that same time? Or do you think that the track was laid down in November, and it gave the writers a month to come up with the lyrics, which were then recorded in December? Odd again, that basically another two months passes before the background vocals were added. If there was such a "rush" [[if that's the right word) to coat tail with this release, it seems like more effort would have been put in, and things would have transpired more quickly. By 1968 when this was finished and would have been released, the DRATS were well on to the Reflections album, having already released the title track and In and Out of Love.
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