Reach Out I'll Be There

"Reach Out I'll Be There" (also rendered as "Reach Out (I'll Be There)") is a 1966 hit song recorded by The Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, the song is one of the most well-known Motown tunes of the 1960s and is today considered The Tops' signature song. It was the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week, from September 24 1966 to October 15. It replaced "Cherish" by The Association, and was itself replaced by "96 Tears" by ? & the Mysterians.

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1966 - The Four Tops - Motown - Holland-Dozier-Holland - 1960s - Billboard Hot 100 - September 24 - October 15 - The Association - ? & the Mysterians

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Levi Stubbs' ad-libbed "just look over your shoulder" found its way into another song named "I'll Be There" four years later: The Jackson 5's fourth #1 hit.

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I'll Be There - The Jackson 5

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Ironically, Diana Ross scored a Top 40 remake of the Four Tops' classic taking it to #29 on the Hot 100 in 1971. It was the second release off Ross' third solo album, Surrender, in just a year. Ross' version was produced by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, and was built around the same thematic basis that made Ross' 1970 remake of Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" a success.

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Diana Ross - Hot 100 - 1971 - Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson - 1970 - Marvin Gaye - Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

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