The third US #1 hit for The Supremes, this was written and produced by the Motown team of Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland - the same guys who wrote their first two chart toppers: "Where Did Our Love Go" and "Baby Love." The songs they wrote for The Supremes dealt with matters of the heart. "Come See About Me" finds Diana Ross in a bad spot: she gave up her friends to be with a guy, and now he's gone too. She asks him to come back, sure that once he comes back around she can make him hers.
In August 1964, this was included on the Where Did Our Love Go album. Soon after, a singer named Nella Dodds covered it and released it as a single. Motown responded by putting The Supremes version out as a single on October 27, which quickly climbed the chart, reaching #1 in the US on December 19. Dodds' rendition stalled at #74 on November 28.
On December 26, 1964, this was bumped off the top spot in the US by the Beatles song "I Feel Fine," which stayed there for three weeks before getting toppled by "Come See About Me," which returned to the top on January 16, 1965.
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