STANDING IN THE SHADOW OF LOVE
“Standing in the Shadows of Love” is a 1966 hit single recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown’s main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song is one of the most well-known Motown tunes of the 1960s. A direct follow-up to the #1 hit “Reach Out I’ll Be There” (even featuring a similar musical arrangement), “Standing in the Shadows of Love” reached #2 on the soul chart and #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967. It also reached #6 in the UK. It is ranked #470 on Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. (More from Wikipedia)
The relocation to Italy completely turned the fortunes of the Primitives around. Their appearances at the Piper Club turned them into stars, and they had huge record sales with their inventive Italian versions of English-language pop hits. Their first release in Italy was the major hit “Yeeeeeeh!” b/w “L’Ombra di Nessuno” (“The Shadow of None”), that is, the Rascals’ hit “I Ain’t Gonna Eat out My Heart Anymore” and the Four Tops song “Standing in the Shadow of Love”. “Yeeeeeeh!” is in the song listing on English Freakbeat, Volume 1 but is not actually on the CD.
(May 2015)
