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 =
| 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
- Lead vocals by Jean Terrell and Levi Stubbs
- Background vocals by Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Lawrence Payton and Renaldo "Obie" Benson
- Instrumentation by Los Angeles studio musicians
Charts
References
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