Song · The Supremes
“Stop! In The Name Of Love” by The Supremes
Released 1968
“Stop! In The Name Of Love” by The Supremes appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2007 and 2020. It was first released in 1968. Its best result is #646 on the WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,940 indie & aaa song of all time.
The Supremes cut "Stop! In the Name of Love" for Motown in 1965, and it's the Holland–Dozier–Holland machine running flat out: Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland wrote the music, Eddie Holland wrote the words, and Brian and Lamont produced it. It sits in the group's run of singles between "Come See About Me" and "Back in My Arms Again", and the title alone has the snap of a command.
It held number one on the Billboard pop chart from late March into early April of 1965 and went to number 2 on the soul chart. The honors have kept piling up since: the Grammy Hall of Fame inducted the recording in 2001, Billboard put it at number 38 among the greatest girl group songs, and Rolling Stone ranked it 254 on its 2021 list of the 500 greatest songs.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 646 | WTMD | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time | 897 |
| 2020 | 1539 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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