It was written and recorded by the group's former mentor Robinson, marking his first production of a Supremes song since 1969's "The Composer". It featured original Supreme Mary Wilson and the newly recruited Jean Terrell on lead vocals. This was the third hit single by the group to feature lead vocals by Wilson.
Cashbox published, 'Smoky wrote this one for the girls and it's much in the tradition of "Baby Love." Basic footstomper could go all the way for them, pop and soul.'[2]
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floy, song, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, floy, song, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, sep. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Floy Joy song news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message Floy Joy is a song written by Smokey Robinson and released as a single in December 1971 by popular Motown female singing group The Supremes Floy Joy Single by The Supremesfrom the album Floy JoyB side This Is the Story ReleasedDecember 1 1971Recorded1971 Detroit MichiganGenrePop Soul musicLength2 31 single version 2 49 album version LabelMotownSongwriter s Smokey RobinsonProducer s Smokey RobinsonThe Supremes singles chronology Touch 1971 Floy Joy 1971 Automatically Sunshine 1972 Floy Joy track listing9 tracksSide one Your Wonderful Sweet Sweet Love Floy Joy A Heart Like Mine Over and Over Precious Little Things Side two Now The Bitter Now The Sweet Automatically Sunshine The Wisdom of Time Oh Be My Love It was written and recorded by the group s former mentor Robinson marking his first production of a Supremes song since 1969 s The Composer It featured original Supreme Mary Wilson and the newly recruited Jean Terrell on lead vocals This was the third hit single by the group to feature lead vocals by Wilson It peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs charts number 16 on the American pop singles chart 1 and number nine on the UK Singles Chart Contents 1 Personnel 2 Critical reception 3 Charts 3 1 Weekly charts 3 2 Year end charts 4 Certifications 5 ReferencesPersonnel editLead vocals by Mary Wilson and Jean Terrell Background vocals by Mary Wilson Jean Terrell Cindy Birdsong Additional vocals by The Andantes Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers and Marv Tarplin of The Miracles Produced and written by William Smokey RobinsonCritical reception editCashbox published Smoky wrote this one for the girls and it s much in the tradition of Baby Love Basic footstomper could go all the way for them pop and soul 2 Charts editWeekly charts edit Chart 1971 PeakpositionCanada Top Singles RPM 3 31UK Singles OCC 4 9US Adult Contemporary Billboard 5 33US Billboard Hot 100 6 16US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 7 5US Cashbox Top 100 8 16US Cashbox R amp B 9 6US Record World Singles 10 18US Record World R amp B Singles 11 5 Year end charts edit Chart 1972 RankUS Cashbox R amp B 12 72Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units salesUnited States 1 000 000 13 14 References edit Whitburn Joel 2004 Top R amp B Hip Hop Singles 1942 2004 Record Research p 558 cashbox singles reviews Picks of the Week PDF Cashbox December 25 1971 p 94 Retrieved January 2 2022 via worldradiohistory com Top RPM Singles Issue 7597 RPM Library and Archives Canada Supremes Artist Chart History Official Charts Company The Supremes Chart History Adult Contemporary Billboard The Supremes Chart History Hot 100 Billboard The Supremes Chart History Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard CASH BOX Top 100 Singles Cashbox March 11 1972 Retrieved 5 January 2021 The CASH BOX Top 50 In R amp B Locations Cashbox February 19 1972 Retrieved 5 January 2021 THE SINGLES CHART Week of March 18 1972 PDF Record World worldradiohistory com March 18 1972 Retrieved 29 January 2021 THE R amp B SINGLES CHART Week of February 26 1972 PDF Record World worldradiohistory com February 26 1972 p 38 Retrieved 29 January 2021 The CASH BOX Year End Charts 1972 TOP 100 R amp B SINGLES Cashbox Retrieved 5 January 2021 Joseph Murrells 1984 Million Selling Records from the 1900s to the 1980s An Illustrated Directory London B T Batsford p 356 ISBN 0 7134 3843 6 J Randy Taraborrelli 1986 Motown Hot Wax City Cool amp Solid Gold Doubleday p 105 ISBN 9780385197991 Retrieved 23 January 2020 nbsp This 1970s R amp B soul music song related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Floy Joy song amp oldid 1197781692, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
