Love Child (song by Diana Ross & The Supremes)

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"Love Child" is a 1968 socially conscious Motown hit by Diana Ross & The Supremes that marked a stylistic shift for the group with its gritty portrayal of the stigma surrounding out-of-wedlock birth.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
associatedMovement late 1960s socially conscious soul
backingVocalists Cindy Birdsong
Mary Wilson
The Andantes
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 15
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1
chartPositionUSRB 1
countryOfOrigin United States
describedAs socially conscious song
featuresInstrumentationBy The Funk Brothers
followsSingle Some Things You Never Get Used To
genre Motown
pop
soul
hasBside Will This Be the Day
hasMusicVideoOrPromoFilm yes
includedIn The Supremes discography
isTitleTrackOf Love Child (album)
language English
leadVocalist Diana Ross
length 2:59
lyricist Deke Richards
Frank Wilson
Pam Sawyer
R. Dean Taylor
notableFor departure from earlier glamorous image of The Supremes
gritty lyrical content
partOfAlbum Love Child (album)
performer Diana Ross & The Supremes
linked to: The Supremes

The Supremes
performerAt television variety shows in 1968
precededBySingle Someday We'll Be Together
producer Berry Gordy
Deke Richards
Frank Wilson
R. Dean Taylor
recordedIn Detroit
Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A)
linked to: Hitsville U.S.A.
recordLabel Motown
releaseDate 1968-09-30
songwriter Deke Richards
Frank Wilson
Pam Sawyer
R. Dean Taylor
stylisticShiftFor Diana Ross & The Supremes
linked to: The Supremes
theme poverty
social issues
stigma of out-of-wedlock birth
yearOfRelease 1968

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