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"My World Is Empty Without You"
Single by the Supremes
from the album I Hear a Symphony
B-side"Everything Is Good About You"
ReleasedDecember 29, 1965
Recorded1965
Studio Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A)
Genre Baroque pop, soul
Length2:33
Label Motown
M 1089
Songwriter(s) Holland–Dozier–Holland
Producer(s) Brian Holland
Lamont Dozier
The Supremes singles chronology
" I Hear a Symphony"
(1965) 		"My World Is Empty Without You"
(1965) 		" Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart"
(1966)
I Hear a Symphony track listing
12 tracks
Side one
  1. " Stranger in Paradise"
  2. " Yesterday"
  3. " I Hear a Symphony"
  4. " Unchained Melody"
  5. " With a Song in My Heart"
  6. " Without a Song"
Side two
  2. " My World Is Empty Without You"
  3. " A Lover's Concerto"
  4. "Any Girl in Love (Knows What I'm Going Through)"
  5. " Wonderful! Wonderful!"
  6. "Everything is Good About You"
  7. "He's All I Got"

"My World Is Empty Without You" is a 1965 song recorded and released as a single by the Supremes for the Motown label.

Overview

Written and produced by Motown's main production team of Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song's fast tempo accompanies a somber lyric which delves into the feelings of depression which can set in after a breakup.

"My World Is Empty Without You" was one of the few songs written by the team for the Supremes to not reach number 1, peaking at number 5 on the US pop chart for two weeks in February 1966 [1] and at number 10 on the R&B chart; the single failed to chart on the UK Singles Chart. The group performed the song on the CBS hit variety program The Ed Sullivan Show on Sunday, February 20, 1966. [2]

Billboard described the song as being "right in their pulsating rhythm groove of ' I Hear a Symphony' with even more excitement in the performance". [3] Cash Box described it as a "throbbing, rhythmic soulful tearjerker about a love-sick girl who spends her days carrying the torch for her ex-boyfriend". [4]

In the view of pop historian Andrew Grant Jackson, the Rolling Stones' later song " Paint It Black" bears a strong resemblance to "My World Is Empty Without You". [5]

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States — 1,000,000 [18] [19]

References

  1. ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 78, no. 10. 1966. p. 18. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
  2. ^ "The Supremes, Dave Clark Five, Richard Kiley". The Ed Sullivan Show. Season 19. Episode 23. New York City. February 20, 1966. CBS. WCBS.
  3. ^ "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. January 8, 1966. p. 18. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  4. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. January 15, 1966. p. 20. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  5. ^ Jackson, Andrew Grant (2015). 1965: The Most Revolutionary Year in Music. New York: Macmillan Publishers. p. 222. ISBN  978-1-250-05962-8. Archived from the original on August 15, 2021. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
  6. ^ Liner notes. The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 5: 1965, Hip-O Select – B0006775-02, USA August 4, 2006
  7. ^ "Every Unique AMR Top 100 Single of the 1966". Top 100 Singles. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Billboard Hits of the World". Billboard. March 5, 1966. p. 34.
  9. ^ " Top RPM Singles: Issue 5703." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
  10. ^ "The Supremes Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  11. ^ "The Supremes Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  12. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles". Cashbox. February 26, 1966. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  13. ^ "The Cash Box Top 50 In R&B Locations". Cashbox. March 5, 1966. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  14. ^ "100 TOP POPS: Week of February 19, 1966" (PDF). Record World. worldradiohistory.com. February 19, 1966. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  15. ^ "TOP 40 R&B: Week of February 19, 1966" (PDF). Record World. worldradiohistory.com. February 19, 1966. p. 20. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  16. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1964/Top 100 Songs of 1966". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  17. ^ "The Cash Box Year-End Charts: 1966". Cashbox. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  18. ^ Jay Warner (January 20, 1973). "Announcing Motown's Yesteryear Series: two million-selling singles on one record". Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 3. p. 63. ISSN  0006-2510. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  19. ^ Joseph Murrells (1984). "The Supremes". Million Selling Records from the 1900s to the 1980s: An Illustrated Directory. London: B.T. Batsford. p. 233. ISBN  0-7134-3843-6.

External links

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