| "Then Came You" | ||||
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 One of side-A labels of the US single | ||||
| Single by Dionne Warwick & the Spinners | ||||
| from the album Then Came You (Dionne Warwick) & New and Improved (Spinners) | ||||
| B-side | "Just As Long As We Have Love" | |||
| Released | July 13, 1974 | |||
| Recorded | April 2, 1974 | |||
| Studio | Sigma Sound Studios [1] and Beach Boys Studio [1] | |||
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| Length | 3:53 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Sherman Marshall Phillip Pugh | |||
| Producer(s) | Thom Bell | |||
| Dionne Warwick singles chronology | ||||
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| Official audio | ||||
| "Then Came You (Remastered)" on YouTube | ||||
| The Spinners singles chronology | ||||
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"Then Came You" is a 1974 song recorded by American soul singer Dionne Warwick and American R&B group The Spinners. It was credited to Dionne Warwicke and the Spinners (from 1971 to 1975,Warwick added a final 'e' to her last name). The track was written by Sherman Marshall and Phillip T. Pugh,and produced by Thom Bell. [3]
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Released during a time that Warwick's chart fortunes were at an ebb after moving to Warner Bros. Records in 1972,this Philadelphia soul single was a rare mid-1970s success for the singer. Sung as a duet with Spinners main lead singer Bobby Smith and the Spinners, [3] who were one of the most popular groups of the decade,the song became Warwick's first ever single to reach number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 [4] and also became her highest-charting R&B record of the 1970s,reaching number two on that chart,behind Barry White's "Can't Get Enough of Your Love,Babe" (itself a Hot 100 number-one single). It was also the first number-one pop hit for the Spinners. It became an RIAA gold record, [5] and was nominated for a Grammy. [6]
