Which song became the Supremes’ first US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single?
Answer
Where Did Our Love Go
“Where Did Our Love Go” became the Supremes’ first US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single.
Motown released the song in 1964, with Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson performing as the Supremes. Holland–Dozier–Holland wrote and produced it. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1964, marking a decisive turning point in the group’s career.
The Supremes had released singles before it, but none had reached the top of the US chart. After “Where Did Our Love Go,” the group began an extraordinary run of consecutive number-one singles, including “Baby Love” and “Come See About Me.”
Listeners sometimes identify “Stop! In the Name of Love” or “You Can’t Hurry Love” because those songs are also famous Supremes hits. However, “Where Did Our Love Go” came first and opened the group’s historic sequence of US chart-toppers.