 Single Cover Release of "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | The production trio Holland-Dozier-Holland created one of their more long lasting hits in 1966 when The Supremes sent “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” to Number One in the United States. The production trio made up of Lamont Dozier and brothers Brian and Eddie Holland composed multiple Motown this with one another over the course of their career together. They scored over 30 top ten hits and helped to define the Motown sound. |
“You Keep Me Hangin’ On” has the distinction of being one of the few singles to reach number one by multiple artists. In1986, twenty years after the original topped the charts, Kim Wilde reimagined “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” as a Hi-NRG track and scored her only number one single in the United States. This version is my personal favorite, eschewing the upbeat soul of The Supremes, to really dig out the emotional struggle behind the song.
Over the years the song has shown great diversity being reworked and covered by artists of multiple different genres. Country icon Reba McEntire recorded a version for her album Starting Over and Vanilla Fudge went top ten with their psychedelic reimagining of the track.
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