Reach Out I'll Be There
1966 song by the Four Tops / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Reach Out I'll Be There" (also formatted as "Reach Out (I'll Be There)") is a song recorded by American vocal quartet Four Tops from their fourth studio album, Reach Out (1967). Written and produced by Motown's main production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland,[2] the song is one of the most widely-known Motown hits of the 1960s and is today considered the Four Tops' signature song.
"Reach Out I'll Be There" | ||||
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![]() Artwork for US single | ||||
Single by the Four Tops | ||||
from the album Reach Out | ||||
B-side | "Until You Love Someone" | |||
Released | 1966 | |||
Studio | Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A) | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 3:01 | |||
Label | Motown | |||
Songwriter(s) | Holland–Dozier–Holland[1] | |||
Producer(s) | ||||
The Four Tops singles chronology | ||||
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Official Audio | ||||
"Reach Out I'll Be There" on YouTube | ||||
It was the number one song on the Rhythm & Blues chart for two weeks[3] and on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, in October 15–22, 1966. The track also reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Motown's second UK chart-topper after the Supremes' 1964 release "Baby Love".[4] It reached number one on October 27, 1966, and stayed there for three weeks.[5]
Rolling Stone later ranked "Reach Out" number 206 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Billboard ranked the record as the number four song for 1966.[6] In 2022, the single was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry.[7]