You Keep Me Hangin' On

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This article is about the Holland–Dozier–Holland song sung by the Supremes. For the Gosdin Brothers song covered by Cliff Richard, see
(You Keep Me) Hangin' On
.

"You Keep Me Hangin' On"
Picture sleeve for US vinyl single
Single by the Supremes
from the album The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland
B-side"Remove This Doubt"
ReleasedOctober 12, 1966
Recorded1966
StudioHitsville U.S.A. (Studio A), Detroit, Michigan
Genre
Length2:40
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)Holland–Dozier–Holland
Producer(s)
The Supremes singles chronology
"You Can't Hurry Love"
(1966) 		"You Keep Me Hangin' On"
(1966) 		"Love Is Here and Now You're Gone"
(1967)
The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland track listing
12 tracks
Side one
  1. "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
  2. "You're Gone, But Always in My Heart"
  3. "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone"
  4. "Mother You, Smother You"
  5. "I Guess I'll Always Love You"
  6. "I'll Turn to Stone"
Side two
  2. "It's the Same Old Song"
  3. "Going Down for the Third Time"
  4. "Love is in Our Hearts"
  5. "Remove This Doubt"
  6. "There's No Stopping Us Now"
  7. "
    (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave
    "

"You Keep Me Hangin' On" is a song written and composed by

Hot Dance Club Play chart. The BBC ranked the Supremes' original song at number 78 on The Top 100 Digital Motown Chart, which ranks Motown releases by their all-time UK downloads and streams.[5]

The Supremes original version

Background

"You Keep Me Hangin' On" was originally recorded in 1966 by

Eddie Holland to integrate the idea into a single.[6]

Many elements of the recording, including the guitars, the drums, and Diana Ross's vocals were multitracked, a production technique which was established and popularized concurrently by Holland–Dozier–Holland (H–D–H) and other premier producers of the 1960s such as Phil Spector (see Wall of Sound) and George Martin. H–D–H recorded the song in eight sessions with the Supremes and session band the Funk Brothers before settling on a version deemed suitable for the final release.[6]

Reception

"You Keep Me Hangin' On" was the first single taken from the Supremes' 1967 album

Cash Box said that it is "another in [the Supremes'] long-line of strong 'Detroit' offerings" that "is bound to follow in footsteps of the group’s previous winners."[12] Record World described it as "a driving nifty with distinctive sound."[13]

The track is one of the more oft-covered songs in the Supremes canon. The group performed the song on the

program The Hollywood Palace on October 29, 1966.[14]

Personnel

Charts

Sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom
Digital sales and streams only 		— 84,000[35]
United States — 1,000,000[36][37]

Vanilla Fudge version

"You Keep Me Hanging On"
Single by Vanilla Fudge
from the album Vanilla Fudge
B-side"Take Me for a Little While"
ReleasedJune 1967 (June 1967)[38]
Recorded1967
Genre
Length
  • 2:59 (single edit)
  • 7:26 (album version)
Holland-Dozier-Holland
Producer(s)Shadow Morton
Vanilla Fudge singles chronology
"You Keep Me Hanging On"
(1967) 		"Eleanor Rigby"
(1967)
Vanilla Fudge (1968)

Background

Vanilla Fudge's 1967 psychedelic rock remake entitled "You Keep Me Hanging On" reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart a year after the release of the Supremes' recording. While the edited version released on the 45 RPM single was under three minutes long, the album version was 7:26. The recording, done in one take, was Vanilla Fudge's first single.[41]

Vanilla Fudge drummer Carmine Appice talked about the band's decision to cover the song in a 2014 interview:[42]

That was Mark and Timmy. We used to slow songs down and listen to the lyrics and try to emulate what the lyrics were dictating. That one was a hurtin' song; it had a lot of emotion in it. "People Get Ready" was like a Gospel thing. "Eleanor Rigby" was sort of eerie and church-like ... like a horror movie kind of thing. If you listen to "Hangin' On" fast  ... by the Supremes, it sounds very happy, but the lyrics aren't happy at all. If you lived through that situation, the lyrics are definitely not happy.

The Vanilla Fudge version appears in the series finale of the television show

Mad Men (2015),[43] the film War Dogs (2016), the video game Mafia III (2016), the film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) and its soundtrack, and over the closing credits of the "Intervention" (2022) episode of That Damn Michael Che
.

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1967–1968) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[44] 50
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[45] 13
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[46] 11
UK Singles (OCC)[47]
 18
US Billboard Hot 100[48] 6

Kim Wilde version

"You Keep Me Hangin' On"
7-inch vinyl variant of the standard cover; the North American variant used different colours
Single by Kim Wilde
from the album Another Step
B-side"Loving You"
ReleasedSeptember 19, 1986[49]
Recorded1986
StudioWestlake, Los Angeles
Genre
Length4:15
Holland-Dozier-Holland
Producer(s)Ricky Wilde
Kim Wilde singles chronology
"Schoolgirl"
(1986) 		"You Keep Me Hangin' On"
(1986) 		"Another Step (Closer to You)"
(1987)
Music video
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" on
YouTube

Background

"You Keep Me Hangin' On" was covered by English singer Kim Wilde in 1986. Wilde's version was a total re-working of the original, completely transforming the Supremes' Motown Sound into a hi-NRG song.[51]

Reception

It was released as the second single from Wilde's fifth studio album,

silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI)[58] for UK sales in excess of 250,000 copies.[59]

In 2006, Wilde performed a new version of the song with German singer Nena for her Never Say Never album.

Music video

Wilde filmed a music video to promote the song.[60] Directed by Greg Masuak, the video shows Wilde in a dark room lying on a large bed. She then rises from the bed as she sings the song and finds herself being "threatened" by a strange man who is breaking down the walls around her.[61]

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[89] Gold 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[58] Silver 250,000[59]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Reba McEntire version

"You Keep Me Hangin' On"
Single by Reba McEntire
from the album Starting Over
Released1996
GenreDance
Length3:44
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Holland–Dozier–Holland
Reba McEntire singles chronology
"Starting Over Again"
(1996) 		"You Keep Me Hangin' On"
(1996) 		"The Fear of Being Alone"
(1996)

American

Hot Dance Club Play chart.[90]

Reception

Supremes' pop classic, McEntire has a saucy style that is well-suited to the track's storm of bright pop/house percussion and sugary synths. Her country base may find this a tad hard to swallow, but it is so darn good that you'll be wishing for another romp in the disco round ASAP."[91] Dan Glaister from The Guardian said songs like "You Keep Me Hanging On" are "safe, solid, and destined for a marketing megablitz. They're huge, but hardly country."[92]

Track listing

  • 12" vinyl, 1996 (US)
A1. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Classic Paradise Mix) – 7:46
A2. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Classic Paradise Instrumental) – 7:47
B1. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Deep Love Mix) – 8:55
B2. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Aphrodisiac Mix) – 7:12
  • CD maxi-single, 1996 (US)
  1. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Classic Paradise Radio Mix) – 3:44
  2. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Classic Paradise Mix) – 7:46
  3. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Classic Paradise Instrumental) – 7:47
  4. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Deep Love Mix) – 8:55
  5. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Aphrodisiac Mix) – 7:12

Charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
US
Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard
) 		2

Other cover versions

The song is included on the 1968 album Cry Like a Baby by The Box Tops. It used a psychedelic rock arrangement similar to the Vanilla Fudge version.

In 1969, Mary McCaslin released a cover version. According to New York Times: “transforms the tune from an urban teen-oriented lament into a mountain-flavored folk song of quiet, adult desperation.”[93]

R&B singer Wilson Pickett recorded a version of the Vanilla Fudge cover on his 1970 Right On, and also released it as a single in 1969. Pickett's version reached number 16 on the US R&B chart and 92 on the Billboard Hot 100.

UK Singles Chart for the week ending February 27, 2010.[98]

The song was also covered by Colourbox, on the 4AD label in 1985 being released as a B side on 'The Moon Is Blue' single (7"/12") and appearing on the self-titled 'Colourbox' album.

The song was used during a lip-sync battle in the fourth episode of the

second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK between contestants Sister Sister and Ginny Lemon, in which the latter walked out of the stage.[99]

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