You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart

{{Infobox song

| name = You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart

| cover = The Supremes & The Four Tops - You Gotta Have Love in Your heart.png

| caption = 1971 German 7" single

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = The Supremes & The Four Tops

| album = The Return of the Magnificent 7

| B-side = "I'm Glad About It"

| released = 1971

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = R&B, soul

| length = 2:49 (album/single version)

| label = Motown

| writer = Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris

| producer =

| prev_title = Nathan Jones

| prev_year = 1971

| next_title = Touch

| next_year = 1971

}}

“You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart” is a duet single between Motown singing groups The Supremes and the Four Tops, released as a single from their The Return of the Magnificent 7 album in 1971. The single became a modest charter peaking at #55 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and #41 on the U.S. Billboard R&B Singles Chart.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=558}} The single fared better in the UK, where it reached #25 in the official top 50 single chart. Lead vocals were by the groups' respective lead singers Jean Terrell and Levi Stubbs.

Critical reception

Cashbox published in their July 17, 1976 issue, 'The electrifying combination that made the "Magnificent Seven" is about to return with an album previewed by this delightful rock outing. Side has the power of a cleanly produced dance track and some outstanding vocal fireworks to assure monster receptions. Flip: no info.'{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/70s/1971/Cash-Box-1971-05-29-OCR-Page-0032.pdf#search=%22looking%20ahead%20supremes%22|title=cashbox / singles reviews: Picks of the Week|magazine=Cashbox|page=32|date=May 29, 1971|via=worldradiohistory.com|accessdate=January 2, 2022}}

Personnel

Charts

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!scope="col"|Chart (1971)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

scope="row" {{singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|artistid=14369|25|artist=Supremes and Four Tops|song=You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart}}
scope="row" {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|55|artist=The Supremes}}
scope="row" {{singlechart|Billboardrandbhiphop|41|artist=The Supremes}}
scope="row" |US Cashbox Top 100{{cite web |url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19710626.html |title=CASH BOX Top 100 Singles|work=Cashbox|date=June 26, 1971|access-date=5 January 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;"|51

scope="row" |US Cashbox R&B{{cite web |url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives-r/70s_files/19710717R.html |title=The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations|work=Cashbox|date=July 17, 1971|access-date=5 January 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;"|26

scope="row" | US Record World Singles{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/71/RW-1971-07-03-OCR-Page-0031.pdf#search=%22supremes%20you%20gotta%20have%20love%20in%20your%20heart%22 |title=THE SINGLES CHART: Week of July 3, 1971|magazine=Record World|publisher=worldradiohistory.com|date=July 3, 1971|access-date=29 January 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;"|46

scope="row" | US Record World R&B Singles{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/71/RW-1971-07-17-OCR-Page-0034.pdf#search=%22supremes%20you%20gotta%20have%20love%20in%20your%20heart%22 |title=THE R&B SINGLES CHART: Week of July 17, 1971|page=40|magazine=Record World|publisher=worldradiohistory.com|date=July 17, 1971|access-date=29 January 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;"|17

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