I'm almost positive I created this thread once before, but I could be wrong, since I often think of starting threads and then abandon the idea, for whatever reason. Anyway, since I've seen more than my fair share of threads repeated in this forum, what the hell difference will one more make?
So, the discourse regarding "Run, Run, Run" I had with Bayou in another thread forced me to give the song a listen. I've always liked it, but it's not one I often make it a point to specifically play, so since Bayou had brought it up I gave it a good listen. Now the reason I was listening was for determining who is or isn't in the background [[I concluded the Supremes are doing the oohs and HDH is doing everything else, while Bayou thinks all the background is HDH with Diana on the oohs), but I am more convinced now than ever that "Run" should have been released soon after completion.
We talk about the missteps of single releases around DRATS [[nearly every other single after "In and Out"), Diana [[the EIE and Surrender and BIM single debacles) and the 70s Supremes [["Right to Love", "Touch", "Guess", "Gotta Have Love"), but 1963 was a weird one for the group too.
It was such an odd idea to release "My Heart Can't Take It No More" as a single. On what planet did it have a chance in Heaven of becoming a hit? "A Breath Taking Guy" was recorded the same month as "My Heart" and instead of sending it out then, Motown holds it back until the summer. By then the sound of "Breath" was already dated Motown. The Motown Sound as we've come to know it was rushing in and "Breath", as good a song as it was, got left in the dust. "Lovelight" gets cut and rushed out. Makes sense. The song makes quite a bit of noise and then the follow up is "Run", which, like "Breath", was of a dated sound. Makes no sense.
I think "A Breath Taking Guy" should have been released as soon as it was ready. In that early part of 1963 I think it had a better chance at maybe top 40 airplay. "My Heart" should have been shelved. There just wasn't a point. "Run" was cut in May. With that "wall of sound" knock off, I think it would have fit right in with the times and could have given the girls their first "big" hit. I just don't understand why it was shelved for nearly a year.
Thoughts?
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