Standing in the Shadows of Love

E295702
single song

"Standing in the Shadows of Love" is a classic 1966 Motown soul song by the Four Tops, renowned for its dramatic vocals and driving, orchestral production.

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Label Occurrences
Standing in the Shadows of Love canonical 9
Standin' in the Shadows of Love 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
bSide Since You've Been Gone ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 6 ⓘ
composer Brian Holland ⓘ
Lamont Dozier ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
followedBy Bernadette ⓘ
follows Reach Out I'll Be There ⓘ
genre Motown ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
brass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
orchestral arrangement ⓘ
piano ⓘ
strings ⓘ
hasNotableFeature dramatic lead vocals ⓘ
driving rhythm ⓘ
orchestral production ⓘ
includedIn various Motown compilation albums ⓘ
isRecognizedAs Motown classic ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Brian Holland ⓘ
Eddie Holland ⓘ
Lamont Dozier ⓘ
partOf Reach Out ⓘ
surface form: Reach Out (album)
performer The Four Tops ⓘ
surface form: Four Tops
performingMusicians The Funk Brothers ⓘ
producer Brian Holland ⓘ
Eddie Holland ⓘ
Lamont Dozier ⓘ
recordedIn Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan

Motown Studio A ⓘ
surface form: Hitsville U.S.A. studio
recordLabel Motown ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
surface form: Tamla-Motown
releaseDate 1966-11-28 ⓘ
releaseYear 1966 ⓘ
theme emotional pain ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ
rejection ⓘ
vocalist Abdul "Duke" Fakir ⓘ
Lawrence Payton ⓘ
Levi Stubbs ⓘ
Renaldo "Obie" Benson ⓘ
writer Holland–Dozier–Holland ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Four Tops → notableWork → Standing in the Shadows of Love ⓘ
Reach Out I'll Be There → isFollowedBy → Standing in the Shadows of Love ⓘ
Bernadette → followsSingle → Standing in the Shadows of Love ⓘ
Bernadette → precededBySingleOfArtist → Standing in the Shadows of Love ⓘ
Abdul "Duke" Fakir → notableSongPerformance → Standing in the Shadows of Love ⓘ
Reach Out → includesSong → Standing in the Shadows of Love ⓘ
Reach Out → notableTrack → Standing in the Shadows of Love ⓘ
Levi Stubbs → notableWork → Standing in the Shadows of Love ⓘ
Lawrence Payton → notableWork → Standing in the Shadows of Love ⓘ
Blondes Have More Fun → hasPart → Standing in the Shadows of Love ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standin' in the Shadows of Love