Love Child (song)

For other songs, see Love child.

"Love Child"
Side A of the Canadian single
Single by Diana Ross & the Supremes
from the album Love Child
B-side	"Will This Be the Day"
Released	September 30, 1968
Recorded	Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A); September 17, September 19, and September 20, 1968
Genre	Psychedelic soul [1] psychedelic pop [1]
Length	2:54 (album/single version) 3:14 (2003 remix)
Label	Motown M 1135
Songwriter(s)	R. Dean Taylor, Frank Wilson, Pam Sawyer, Deke Richards
Producer(s)	The Clan (R. Dean Taylor, Frank Wilson, Pam Sawyer, Deke Richards) and Henry Cosby
Diana Ross & the Supremes singles chronology
"Some Things You Never Get Used To" (1968) "Love Child" (1968) "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" (1968)
Love Child track listing
12 tracks Side one "Love Child" "Keep an Eye" "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone" "Does Your Mama Know About Me" "Honey Bee (Keep on Stinging Me)" "Some Things You Never Get Used To" Side two "He's My Sunny Boy" "You've Been So Wonderful to Me" "(Don't Break These) Chains of Love" "You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin'" "I'll Set You Free" "Can't Shake It Loose"

Weekly charts Chart (1968–1969) Peak position Australia ( Go-Set ) [11] 4 Australia (Kent Music Report) [12] 2 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [13] 1 Ireland (IRMA) [14] 12 Japan (Oricon) [15] 23 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [16] 18 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [17] 19 New Zealand ( Listener ) [18] 1 Sweden ( Kvällstoppen ) [19] 7 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [20] 7 UK Singles (OCC) [21] 15 UK R&B ( Record Mirror ) [22] 1 US Billboard Hot 100 [23] 1 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [24] 2 US Cashbox Top 100 [25] 1 US Cashbox R&B [26] 1 US Record World 100 Top Pops [27] 1 US Record World Top 50 R&B [28] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1968) Rank Australia (Kent Music Report) [29] 19 Canada Top Singles (RPM) [30] 61 US Billboard Hot 100 [31] 27 Chart (1969) Rank Canada Top Singles (RPM) [32] 93 Japan Foreign Hits (Billboard) [33] 21 US Cashbox Top 100 [34] 30 US Cashbox R&B [35] 19 All-time charts Chart (1958–2018) Position US Billboard Hot 100 [36] 285

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States	—	2,000,000 [2]

Notable cover versions

• It was covered in 1990 by Sweet Sensation. Their cover peaked at number 13 in May 1990 on the Billboard Hot 100. ^[37]

Use in popular culture

In 1992, World Industries released a skateboard video entitled Love Child. ^[38] The soundtrack for the video consisted entirely of music from the late 1960s era (unusual for a skateboard video); the featured segment with Daewon Song was set to "Love Child" and after that, "One Bad Apple" by The Osmonds. To this day Love Child is considered one of the best skateboard videos ever made.^{[ citation needed ]}

Taken from the 1993 album Janet. , the 1994 single "You Want This" by Janet Jackson opens with a prominent sample of the first bar of "Love Child".

In 1996, a foreign version of the song known as "Halila", performed by the artist Laladin, was featured in the Demi Moore film Striptease .

In 2003, the song was featured prominently in The Wire episode "Backwash".

In 2010 Korean-born American professional skateboarder Daewon Song recreated the first part of his Love Child run trick-for-trick for a DVS Shoes promotional video. ^[39]

In 2016, "Love Child" was featured on the in-game radio in Mafia III . ^[40]

See also

• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1968 (U.S.)
• Illegitimacy in fiction

Bibliography

• Chin, Brian and Nathan, David (2000). "Reflections Of..." The Supremes [CD Box Set]. New York: Motown Record Co./Universal Music.
• Posner, Gerald (2002). Motown : Music, Money, Sex, and Power. New York: Random House. ISBN   0-375-50062-6.
• Wilson, Mary and Romanowski, Patricia (1986, 1990, 2000). Dreamgirl & Supreme Faith: My Life as a Supreme. New York: Cooper Square Publishers. ISBN   0-8154-1000-X.

References

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38. Video on YouTube
39. "TransWorld SKATEboarding | Skateboard News, Videos, Photos and Events". Skateboardermag.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
40. "Mafia 3's Excellent Soundtrack Revealed, Contains These 100-Plus Songs". GameSpot. Retrieved 2021-07-10.

External links

• List of cover versions of "Love Child" at SecondHandSongs.com
• The Supremes - Love Child on YouTube