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Written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland
Produced by: Brian Holland, Dozier
Released: Oct. '66 on Motown
Charts: 12 weeks
Top spot: No. 1

It starts with a stuttering guitar line that sounds like an SOS; the distress call gets louder as Diana Ross sings about being trapped in a dead-end relationship. Holland-Dozier-Holland had deliberately set out to write a rock song for the Supremes; in 1968, heavy rockers Vanilla Fudge realized that dream with a Top Ten cover.

Appears on: The Ultimate Collection (Motown)

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