Your Heart Belongs to Me

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YOUR HEART BELONGS TO ME
 
 
"Your Heart Belongs to Me"  is a 1962 song written and composed by The Miracles' William "Smokey" Robinson and released as a single by Motown singing group The Supremes during their early years with the label.  The song is about a woman whose lover is in the armed forces and has "Gone to a far-away land"; its narration has her tell him to always remember their love for each other if he ever gets lonely.  This became the last single that The Supremes made as a quartet.  After this record, fourth member Barbara Martin left the group to start a family leaving Ross, Ballard and Wilson as a trio from then on.  Inspired by its modest charting, Berry Gordy would eventually make Ross the sole lead vocalist for the group.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 

While the album made it to #13 on the British charts, Meet the Supremes didn't sell well in this country; the two singles from the album, "Your Heart Belongs to Me" and "Let Me Go the Right Way" barely cracked the Billboard Hot 100, although the latter song made it to #26 on the R&B Singles chart.  

 

(April 2015/1)

 

Last edited: March 22, 2021