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You Keep Me Hangin' On#Kim Wilde version

{{short description|1966 single by the Supremes}}

{{About|the Holland–Dozier–Holland song sung by the Supremes|the Gosdin Brothers song covered by Cliff Richard|(You Keep Me) Hangin' On}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox song

| name = You Keep Me Hangin' On

| cover = You Keep Me Hangin' On by The Supremes US vinyl.png|border=yes

| alt =

| caption = Picture sleeve for US vinyl single

| type = single

| artist = the Supremes

| album = The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland

| B-side = Remove This Doubt

| released = October 12, 1966

| recorded = 1966

| studio = Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A), Detroit, Michigan

| genre =

  • Rock{{cite web|last= Pitchfork Staff |title= The 200 Best Songs of the 1960s |website= Pitchfork |date= August 18, 2006 |url= https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/6405-the-200-greatest-songs-of-the-1960s/|quote= No wonder: Its unceasing beat, bright guitar chirping, horn blasts, and bubbling bass line make it arguably the most rock-influenced hit of the group’s career.|accessdate= October 12, 2022}}{{cite book|first= Garth |last= Cartwright |editor-first= Robert |editor-last= Dimery |year= 2010 |title= 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die|chapter= You Keep Me Hangin' On - The Supremes |publisher= Universe|location= New York |page= 193}}
  • pop
  • psychedelic soul{{cite book|first= Garth|last= Cartwright|editor-first= Robert |editor-last= Dimery |year= 2015 |title= 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die|chapter= The Supremes - "You Keep Me Hangin' On|publisher= Universe|location= New York|page= 193}}

| length = 2:40

| label = Motown

| writer = Holland–Dozier–Holland

| producer =

| prev_title = You Can't Hurry Love

| prev_year = 1966

| next_title = Love Is Here and Now You're Gone

| next_year = 1967

| misc = {{Extra track listing

| album = The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland

| type = single

| tracks = {{The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland track listing}}

}}

}}

"You Keep Me Hangin' On" is a song written and composed by Holland–Dozier–Holland. It was first recorded in 1966 by American Motown group the Supremes, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

The song has since been interpreted by many performers. American rock band Vanilla Fudge released a cover version in June the following year, which reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100. Wilson Pickett recorded it in 1969. English singer Kim Wilde covered "You Keep Me Hangin' On" in 1986, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1987. In 1996, a version recorded by American country singer Reba McEntire reached number two on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.

In the first 32 years of the Billboard Hot 100 rock era, "You Keep Me Hangin' On" became one of the six songs to reach number one by two different musical acts, for the Supremes and Wilde versions.{{cite book |last=Bronson |first=Fred |year=2003 |title=The Billboard Book of Number One Hits: The Inside Story Behind Every Number One Single on Billboard's Hot 100 from 1955 to the Present |edition=5th |publisher=Billboard Books |pages=213, 667 |isbn=0-8230-7677-6}} The BBC ranked the Supremes' original song at number 78 on The Top 100 Digital Motown Chart, which ranks Motown releases by their all-time UK downloads and streams.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1rDB1VRXGlrDpnJW9CSKrCZ/the-top-100-digital-motown-chart |title=The Top 100 Digital Motown Chart |work=BBC |access-date=January 1, 2020}}

The Supremes original version

=Background=

"You Keep Me Hangin' On" was originally recorded in 1966 by the Supremes for the Motown label. The single is rooted in proto-funk and rhythm and blues, compared to the Supremes' previous single, "You Can't Hurry Love", which uses the call and response elements akin to gospel. The song's signature guitar part is said to have originated from a Morse code-like radio sound effect, typically used before a news announcement, heard by Lamont Dozier. Dozier collaborated with Brian and Eddie Holland to integrate the idea into a single.{{cite magazine |title=You Keep Me Hangin' On |magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/song-stories/you-keep-me-hangin-on-the-supremes |access-date=4 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418163303/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/song-stories/you-keep-me-hangin-on-the-supremes |archive-date=18 April 2014}}

Many elements of the recording, including the guitars, the drums, and Diana Ross's vocals were multitracked, a production technique which was established and popularized concurrently by Holland–Dozier–Holland (H–D–H) and other premier producers of the 1960s such as Phil Spector (see Wall of Sound) and George Martin. H–D–H recorded the song in eight sessions with the Supremes and session band the Funk Brothers before settling on a version deemed suitable for the final release.

=Reception=

"You Keep Me Hangin' On" was the first single taken from the Supremes' 1967 album The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland. The song became the group's eighth number-one single when it topped the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart for two weeks in the United States from November 19 to 26, 1966.{{cite magazine |title=Billboard Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |volume=78 |issue=47 |date=November 19, 1966 |page=30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30 |via=Google Books}}{{cite magazine |title=Billboard Hot 100 |magazine=Billboard |volume=78 |date=November 26, 1966 |issue=48 |page=26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26 |via=Google Books}} It peaked at number eight in the UK Singles Chart. The Supremes original version was ranked number 339 on Rolling Stone{{'}}s The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6596184/you_keep_me_hanging_on/1|title=The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=2008-12-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403190837/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6596184/you_keep_me_hanging_on/1|archive-date=2009-04-03}} It was voted number 43 on Detroit's 100 Greatest Songs, a Detroit Free Press poll in 2016.Brian McCollum, [http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/06/05/detroits-100-greatest-songs-full-list/84830602/ "Detroit's 100 Greatest Songs"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829041055/http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/06/05/detroits-100-greatest-songs-full-list/84830602/ |date=2017-08-29 }}, Detroit Free Press, June 21, 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-21. Billboard described the song as a "pulsating rocker with the trio in top form" with an "interesting, driving guitar figure throughout."{{cite news|newspaper=Billboard|accessdate=2021-03-02|date=October 22, 1966|page=18|title=Spotlight Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1966/Billboard%201966-10-22.pdf}} Cash Box said that it is "another in [the Supremes'] long-line of strong 'Detroit' offerings" that "is bound to follow in footsteps of the group’s previous winners."{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=October 22, 1966 |page=24 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1966/CB-1966-10-22.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}} Record World described it as "a driving nifty with distinctive sound."{{cite magazine|title=Single Picks of the Week|magazine=Record World|date=October 29, 1966|page=1|accessdate=2023-07-11|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/60s/66/RW-1966-10-29.pdf}}

The track is one of the most often covered songs in the Supremes canon. The group performed the song on the ABC variety program The Hollywood Palace on October 29, 1966.{{Cite episode|title= Herb Alpert/The Supremes|url= http://www.tv.com/host-herb-alpert---the-supremes/episode/157503/summary.html|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130204193512/http://www.tv.com/host-herb-alpert---the-supremes/episode/157503/summary.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= February 4, 2013|series= The Hollywood Palace|credits= Host: Herb Alpert|network= ABC|station= KABC|location= Hollywood|airdate= 29 October 1966|season= 4|number= 6}}

In 1999, the 1966 original recording by the Supremes was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/hall-of-fame-award#y|title=GRAMMY Hall Of Fame | Hall of Fame Artists | GRAMMY.com|website=grammy.com}}

=Personnel=

=Charts=

==Weekly charts==

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1966–1967)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Australia (Go-Set){{cite web|url=http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1967/19670111.html|title=Go-Sets National Top 40|work=Go-Set|date=January 11, 1967|access-date=January 1, 2020}}

| 27

scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web|url=https://www.top100singles.net/2013/02/every-amr-top-100-single-in-1966.html#show|title=Every Unique AMR Top 100 Single of the 1966|website=Top 100 Singles|access-date=December 31, 2020}}

| 29

{{single chart|Wallonia|12|artist=The Supremes|song=You Keep Me Hangin' On|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|3|artist=The Supremes|chartid=5772|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn){{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/1382576?iabr=on#page/n9/mode/2up/search/SUPREMES|title=Morgunblaðið - 42. tölublað (18.02.1967)|newspaper=Vísir|page=10|language=is|date=18 February 1967|access-date=8 January 2021}}

| 9

{{single chart|Ireland2|16|song=You Keep Me Hanging On|rowheader=true|access-date=January 2, 2021}}
scope="row" |Malaysia (Billboard){{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DCkEAAAAMBAJ&q=SINGAPORE+YOU+KEEP+ME+HANGIN+ON&pg=RA1-PA58|page=58|title=Billboard HITS OF THE WORLD |magazine=Billboard|date= 11 February 1967 }}

| 9

scope="row" {{single chart|Dutch40|26|artist=Supremes The|song=You Keep Me Hangin' On}}
scope="row"| New Zealand (Listener){{cite web|url=http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qartistid=476#n_view_location|title=flavour of new zealand - search listener|website=Flavour of New Zealand|access-date=1 January 2021}}

| 18

scope="row" |Singapore (Billboard){{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-CgEAAAAMBAJ&q=BILLBOARD+FEB+1967&pg=PA60|page=60|title=Billboard HITS OF THE WORLD |magazine=Billboard|date= 18 February 1967 }}

| style="text-align:center;"|2

{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|8|artist=Supremes|artistid=11282|rowheader=true}}
scope="row" | UK R&B (Record Mirror){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/67/Record-Mirror-1967-01-07.pdf#page=11|title=BRITAIN'S TOP R&B SINGLES|magazine=Record Mirror|page=11|date=January 7, 1967|via=worldradiohistory.com|accessdate=January 17, 2022}}

| align="center"| 1

{{single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=The Supremes|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|1|artist=The Supremes|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"| US Cashbox Top 100{{cite web|url=https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19661203.html|title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending December 3, 1966|work=Cash Box|access-date=December 31, 2020|archive-date=October 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017152737/https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19661203.html|url-status=dead}}

| 1

scope="row"| US Cashbox R&B{{cite web|url=https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives-r/60s_files/19661210R.html|title=The Cash Box Top 50 In R&B Locations – Week ending December 10, 1966|work=Cash Box|access-date=December 31, 2020}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| 2

scope="row" | US Record World 100 Top Pops{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/60s/66/RW-1966-09-24-OCR-Page-0055.pdf#search=%22you%20keep%20me%20hangin%20on%22 |title=100 TOP POPS: Week of November 19, 1966|magazine=Record World|publisher=worldradiohistory.com|date=November 19, 1966|access-date=29 January 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;"|1

scope="row" | US Record World Top 50 R&B{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/60s/66/RW-1966-12-10-OCR-Page-0024.pdf#search=%22supremes%20top%2040%20r%20b%22 |title=TOP 50 R&B: Week of December 10, 1966|page=24|magazine=Record World|publisher=worldradiohistory.com|date=December 10, 1966|access-date=29 January 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;"|1

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1986)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|91|artist=Supremes|artistid=11282|rowheader=true}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2010)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{single chart|Norway|8|artist=Superstars feat. The Supremes|song=You Keep Me Hangin' On|note=Superstars feat. The Supremes|rowheader=true}}

=Sales=

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Supremes|title=You Keep Me Hangin' On|nocert=yes|note=Digital sales and streams only|salesamount=84,000|salesref={{cite web|first= Rob |last= Copsey |title= The Official Top 100 Motown songs of the Millennium |publisher= Official Charts Company |date= August 26, 2019 |access-date= 3 January 2020 |url= https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-100-motown-songs-of-the-millennium__27106/}}}}

{{certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Supremes|title=You Keep Me Hangin' On|award=|relyear=|certyear=|nocert=yes|id=|salesamount=1,000,000|salesref={{cite book|author=Joseph Murrells |title= Million Selling Records from the 1900s to the 1980s: An Illustrated Directory |chapter=THE SUPREMES |isbn=0-7134-3843-6|publisher= B.T. Batsford |location=London|date= 1984 |page=233 }}{{cite book|author=Dafydd Rees |title= Rock Movers & Shakers |isbn=9780874366617 |publisher= ABC-CLIO |date=1991 |access-date= 23 January 2020 |page=495 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L2kGAQAAMAAJ&q=supremes+million+seller}}}}

|}

Vanilla Fudge version

{{Infobox song

| name = You Keep Me Hanging On

|cover=Youkeepmehangingonvanillafudge.jpg| type = single

| artist = Vanilla Fudge

| album = Vanilla Fudge

| B-side = Take Me for a Little While

| released = June 1967{{Cite web|url=https://www.45cat.com/record/456495|title = The Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hanging on}}

| recorded = 1967

| genre =

  • Psychedelic rock{{cite magazine |first= Sarene |last= Leeds |title= 'Mad Men' Season Premiere Recap: Nowhere to Hide |date= April 13, 2014 |magazine= Rolling Stone |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/mad-men-season-premiere-recap-nowhere-to-hide-20140413 |access-date= July 23, 2016 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160818063804/http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/mad-men-season-premiere-recap-nowhere-to-hide-20140413 |archive-date= August 18, 2016 }}
  • progressive rock
  • blues rock{{cite book|last= Breihan|first= Tom|chapter= Bon Jovi - "You Give Love a Bad Name|date= November 15, 2022|title= The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music|publisher=Hachette Book Group|location= New York|page= 175}}

| length =

  • {{Duration|m=2|s=59}} (single edit)
  • {{Duration|m=7|s=26}} (album version)

| label = Atco

| writer = Holland-Dozier-Holland

| producer = Shadow Morton

| next_title = Eleanor Rigby

| next_year = 1967

}}

File:Vanilla Fudge (1968).png

=Background=

Vanilla Fudge's 1967 psychedelic rock remake titled "You Keep Me Hanging On" reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart a year after the release of the Supremes' recording. While the edited version released on the 45 RPM single was under three minutes long, the album version was 7:26 and features a markedly slower and more aggressive interpretation of the song. The recording, done in one take, was Vanilla Fudge's first single.[http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4063 "You Keep Me Hangin' On" Songfacts entry] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230062028/http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4063 |date=2006-12-30 }} Retrieved March 18, 2007

Vanilla Fudge drummer Carmine Appice talked about the band's decision to record the song in a 2014 interview:[http://www.classicrockmusicwriter.com/2014/01/carmine-appice-interview-legendary.html Carmine Appice Interview: The Legendary Drummer Keeps 'Rock' Hangin' On] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008182623/http://www.classicrockmusicwriter.com/2014/01/carmine-appice-interview-legendary.html |date=2014-10-08 }} Retrieved January 16, 2015

{{blockquote|That was Mark and Timmy [the band's keyboardist and bassist]. We used to slow songs down and listen to the lyrics and try to emulate what the lyrics were dictating. That one was a hurtin' song; it had a lot of emotion in it. "People Get Ready" was like a Gospel thing. "Eleanor Rigby" was sort of eerie and church-like ... like a horror movie kind of thing. If you listen to "Hangin' On" fast{{nbsp}} ... by the Supremes, it sounds very happy, but the lyrics aren't happy at all. If you lived through that situation, the lyrics are definitely not happy.}}

The Vanilla Fudge version appears in the series finale of the television show The Sopranos (2007), at the conclusion of episode 1 of season 7 of the television series Mad Men (2015),{{cite magazine |last=Amy |first=Pitt |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/lists/25-best-mad-men-musical-moments-20150515/vanilla-fudge-you-keep-me-hangin-on-season-7-episode-1-20150515 |title=25 Best 'Mad Men' Musical Moments |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=May 15, 2015 |access-date=June 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824231123/http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/lists/25-best-mad-men-musical-moments-20150515/vanilla-fudge-you-keep-me-hangin-on-season-7-episode-1-20150515 |archive-date=August 24, 2017}} the film War Dogs (2016), the video game Mafia III (2016), the film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) and its soundtrack, and over the closing credits of the "Intervention" (2022) episode of That Damn Michael Che. It Also appears in the snowboarding film by Burton "One World" (2020).https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/one-world/umc.cmc.ttnynp3l1mq7m3x1ngqd5ciy

=Personnel=

=Charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1967–1968)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{single chart|Wallonia|50|artist=Vanilla Fudge|song=You Keep Me Hanging On|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Dutch40|13|artist=The Vanilla Fudge|week=45|year=1967|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|11|artist=Vanilla Fudge|song=You Keep Me Hanging On|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|18|artist=Vanilla Fudge|artistid=13066|rowheader=true|access-date=January 2, 2020}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|6|artist=The Vanilla Fudge|rowheader=true}}

{{clear}}

Kim Wilde version

{{Infobox song

| name = You Keep Me Hangin' On

| cover = Youkeepmehanginon.jpg

| alt =

| caption = 7-inch vinyl variant of the standard cover; the North American variant used different colours

| type = single

| artist = Kim Wilde

| album = Another Step

| B-side = Loving You

| released = September 19, 1986{{Cite web|url=https://www.45cat.com/record/kim4|title=45cat - Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On / Loving You - MCA - UK - KIM 4}}

| recorded = 1986

| studio = Westlake, Los Angeles

| genre =

  • Hi-NRG{{cite news |first= Graeme |last= Watson |url= http://www.outinperth.com/kim-wilde-talks-pop-parenthood-and-pvc/ |title= Kim Wilde Talks Pop, Parenthood and PVC |newspaper= OutInPerth |date= 12 September 2013 |access-date= 31 March 2015 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114717/http://www.outinperth.com/kim-wilde-talks-pop-parenthood-and-pvc/ |archive-date= 2 April 2015}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/another-step-mw0000650970 |first= Stewart |last= Mason |title= Another Step – Kim Wilde |website= AllMusic |access-date= 31 March 2015 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150402050430/http://www.allmusic.com/album/another-step-mw0000650970 |archive-date= 2 April 2015 }}{{cite web|last=Williams|first=Jonathan|date=April 2003|title=Terminus City/No Holds Barred|url=http://www.prickmag.net/review_terminuscity.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041118071510/https://www.prickmag.net/review_terminuscity.html|archive-date=18 November 2004|access-date=23 July 2013|website=Prick}}{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Kim Wilde's "You Keep Me Hangin' On|website= Stereogum |date= February 19, 2021|url= https://www.stereogum.com/2116617/the-number-ones-kim-wildes-you-keep-me-hangin-on/columns/the-number-ones/|quote= Kim Wilde’s “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” like Bananarama’s “Venus” before it, was a rare chart breakthrough for hi-NRG...|accessdate= October 6, 2023}}
  • dance-pop{{cite news|first= Troy L. |last= Smith |title= Every No. 1 song of the 1980s ranked from worst to best |website= Cleveland.com |date= 13 May 2021 |access-date= 30 January 2023|url= https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/05/every-no-1-song-of-the-1980s-ranked-from-mad-bogus-to-totally-bodacious.html}}{{Cite podcast|url=https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2024/03/what-fast-car-by-luke-combs-tells-us-about-the-art-of-the-cover-song

|title= Gotcha Covered Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=Slate|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date= March 15, 2024|access-date= March 30, 2024}}

| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=15}}

| label = MCA

| writer = Holland-Dozier-Holland

| producer = Ricky Wilde

|prev_title=Say You Really Want Me|prev_year=1986|next_title=Another Step (Closer to You)|next_year=1987| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|xJZF-skCY-M|"You Keep Me Hangin' On"}}}}

}}

=Background=

"You Keep Me Hangin' On" was covered by English singer Kim Wilde in 1986. Wilde's version was a total re-working of the original, completely transforming the Supremes' Motown Sound into a hi-NRG song.

=Reception=

It was released as the second single from Wilde's fifth studio album, Another Step (although "You Keep Me Hangin' On" was the LP's first worldwide single, as the first single had been released only in selected countries). The song reached number two in Wilde's native United Kingdom, and number one in Australia. It also became Wilde's second and last top-40 entry in the United States following "Kids in America" (1981), as well as her most successful song in that country to date, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week in June 1987. It later ranked as the 34th best-selling song of 1987 on Billboard{{'}}s Hot 100 year-end chart that year. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for UK sales in excess of 250,000 copies.

In 2006, Wilde performed a new version of the song with German singer Nena for her Never Say Never album.

=Music video=

Wilde filmed a music video to promote the song.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJZF-skCY-M|title=Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On|date=September 18, 2013 |via=YouTube|access-date=21 January 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318012844/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJZF-skCY-M|archive-date=18 March 2014}} Directed by Greg Masuak, the video shows Wilde in a dark room lying on a large bed. She then rises from the bed as she sings the song and finds herself being "threatened" by a strange man who is breaking down the walls around her.{{cite web|url=https://www.wilde-life.com/radio-tv/1986/you-keep-me-hangin-on-music-video|title=You keep me hangin' on (music video)|date=September 19, 1986 |access-date=8 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908065457/https://www.wilde-life.com/radio-tv/1986/you-keep-me-hangin-on-music-video|archive-date=8 September 2017}}

=Charts=

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==Weekly charts==

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1986–1987)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/lOAWRdU.jpg|title=Australian Top 50 Singles Chart – Week Ending 22nd February, 1987|publisher=ARIA|access-date=1 May 2016|via=Imgur|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605071135/http://i.imgur.com/lOAWRdU.jpg|archive-date=5 June 2016}}

| 1

{{single chart|Austria|20|artist=Kim Wilde|song=You Keep Me Hangin' On|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Flanders|16|artist=Kim Wilde|song=You Keep Me Hangin' On|rowheader=true|access-date=January 2, 2021}}
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|1|chartid=0826|rowheader=true|access-date=January 2, 2021}}
scope="row"| Denmark (Tracklisten){{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1986/M&M-1986-11-08.pdf |title=Top 3 in Europe |magazine=Music & Media |volume=3 |issue=44 |date=November 8, 1986 |page=12 |issn=0006-2510 |via=World Radio History}}

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scope="row"| Europe (European Hot 100 Singles){{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M&M-1987-01-17.pdf |title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles |magazine=Music & Media |volume=4 |issue=2 |date=January 17, 1987 |page=12 |issn=0006-2510 |via=World Radio History}}

| 3

{{single chart|France|6|artist=Kim Wilde|song=You Keep Me Hangin' On|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Ireland2|2|song=You Keep Me Hangin' On|rowheader=true|access-date=January 2, 2021|refname="IreKim"}}
{{single chart|Dutch40|17|artist=Kim Wilde|rowheader=true|access-date=January 2, 2021}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|17|artist=Kim Wilde|song=You Keep Me Hangin' On|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|12|artist=Kim Wilde|song=You Keep Me Hangin' On|rowheader=true|access-date=January 2, 2021}}
{{single chart|Norway|1|artist=Kim Wilde|song=You Keep Me Hangin' On|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Portugal (AFP)Portuguese Charts Archive. 16 November 1986.

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{{single chart|Switzerland|2|artist=Kim Wilde|song=You Keep Me Hangin' On|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|2|artist=Kim Wilde|artistid=18818|rowheader=true|access-date=May 1, 2016|refname="occkim"}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=Kim Wilde|rowheader=true|access-date=January 2, 2021}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|30|artist=Kim Wilde|rowheader=true|access-date=May 20, 2019}}
{{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|6|artist=Kim Wilde|rowheader=true|access-date=January 2, 2021}}
{{single chart|Billboarddancesales|5|artist=Kim Wilde|rowheader=true|access-date=January 2, 2021}}
scope="row"| US Cash Box Top 100{{cite web|url=https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19870606.html|title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending June 6, 1987|work=Cash Box|access-date=December 26, 2020|archive-date=December 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221152311/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19870606.html|url-status=dead}}

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{{single chart|West Germany|8|songid=1548|artist=Kim Wilde|song=You Keep Me Hangin' On|rowheader=true|access-date=May 1, 2016}}

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==Year-end charts==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1986)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC){{cite magazine |title=Top 100 Singles |magazine=Music Week |location=London |date=24 January 1987 |page=24 |issn=0265-1548}}

| 34

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (1987)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Australia (Australian Music Report){{cite journal |url=https://i.imgur.com/sPdqqRt.jpg |title=National Top 100 Singles for 1987 |journal=Australian Music Report |issue=701 |date=December 28, 1987 |via=Imgur}}

| 6

scope="row"| Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0920&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0920.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0920 |title=Top 100 Singles of '87 |magazine=RPM |volume=47 |issue=12 |date=December 26, 1987 |page=5 |issn=0315-5994 |via=Library and Archives Canada}}

| 24

scope="row"| US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1987/hot-100-songs |title=Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 1987 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 2, 2021}}

| 34

scope="row"|US Hot Crossover Singles (Billboard){{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JCgEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22i+knew+you+were+wating%22|date=December 26, 1987 |title=1987 The Year in Music & Video: Top Hot Crossover Singles |magazine=Billboard |volume=99 |issue=52 |page=Y-27|accessdate=April 7, 2022}}

| 21

scope="row"| US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard){{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JCgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA17 |title=1987 The Year in Music & Video – Top Dance Sales 12-Inch Singles |magazine=Billboard |volume=99 |issue=52 |date=December 26, 1987 |page=Y-30 |issn=0006-2510 |via=Google Books}}

| 12

scope="row"| US Cash Box Top 100{{cite web |url=https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1987YESP.html |title=The Cash Box Year-End Charts: 1987 – Top 50 Pop Singles |work=Cash Box |date=December 26, 1987 |access-date=January 2, 2021 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803111903/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1987YESP.html |url-status=dead }}

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=Certifications=

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Kim Wilde|title=You Keep Me Hangin' On|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=1986|certyear=1987|access-date=August 19, 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Kim Wilde|title=You Keep Me Hangin' On|award=Silver|type=single|relyear=1986|certyear=1986|id=8412-3303-1|date=November 1, 1986|access-date=January 2, 2020|salesamount=250,000|salesref={{cite web|url=http://scans.chartarchive.org/UK/1987/04%20-%2024%20January%20-%20RM%20Singles.jpg|title=Gallup UK Singles – W/E Jan 24, 1986 [sic]|magazine=Record Mirror|date=January 24, 1987|page=39|issn=0144-5804|via=ChartArchive|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919195218/http://scans.chartarchive.org/UK/1987/04%20-%2024%20January%20-%20RM%20Singles.jpg|archive-date=19 September 2016}}|refname="bpikim"}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

France Gold + 250.000

Reba McEntire version

{{Infobox song

| name = You Keep Me Hangin' On

| cover = Reba_McEntire-You_Keep_Me_Hangin'_On.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Reba McEntire

| album = Starting Over

| B-side =

| released = 1996

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Dance

| length = 3:44

| label = MCA

| writer = Holland–Dozier–Holland

| producer =

| prev_title = Starting Over Again

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title = The Fear of Being Alone

| next_year = 1996

}}

American country singer Reba McEntire covered "You Keep Me Hangin' On" in 1995 for her twenty-second studio album, Starting Over (1996). Released as the album's fourth single in 1996 on MCA Nashville Records, it was co-produced by Tony Brown and Michael Omartian. Although not released to country radio, McEntire's rendition was her only dance hit, reaching number two on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/reba-mcentire/chart-history/dsi/ |title=Reba McEntire |magazine=Billboard |access-date=2020-06-07}}

=Reception=

Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "A Reba McEntire dance record? On paper, such an idea seems frighteningly incongruous. But in the hands of British production team Love To Infinity, the concept works like gangbusters. Playfully digging into the Supremes' pop classic, McEntire has a saucy style that is well-suited to the track's storm of bright pop/house percussion and sugary synths. Her country base may find this a tad hard to swallow, but it is so darn good that you'll be wishing for another romp in the disco round ASAP."{{cite magazine|first=Larry|last=Flick|title=Reviews & Previews: Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1996/BB-1996-04-27.pdf|magazine=Billboard|date=1996-04-27|page=80|accessdate=2022-12-02|author-link=Larry Flick}} Dan Glaister from The Guardian said songs like "You Keep Me Hanging On" are "safe, solid, and destined for a marketing megablitz. They're huge, but hardly country."Glaister, Dan (1995-10-20). "Pop Releases". The Guardian.

=Track listing=

  • 12-inch vinyl, 1996 (US)

:A1. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Classic Paradise Mix) – 7:46

:A2. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Classic Paradise Instrumental) – 7:47

:B1. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Deep Love Mix) – 8:55

:B2. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Aphrodisiac Mix) – 7:12

  • CD maxi-single, 1996 (US)
  1. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Classic Paradise Radio Mix) – 3:44
  2. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Classic Paradise Mix) – 7:46
  3. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Classic Paradise Instrumental) – 7:47
  4. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Deep Love Mix) – 8:55
  5. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Aphrodisiac Mix) – 7:12

=Charts=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Chart (1996)

!Peak
position

US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)

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Other versions

In 1969, Mary McCaslin released a cover version. According to The New York Times, it "transforms the tune from an urban teen-oriented lament into a mountain-flavored folk song of quiet, adult desperation."{{Cite news |last=Green |first=Penelope |date=2022-10-20 |title=Mary McCaslin, 75, Folk Singer Who Lamented the Lost Old West, Dies |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/arts/music/mary-mccaslin-dead.html |access-date=2022-11-11 |issn=0362-4331}}

R&B singer Wilson Pickett recorded a version of the Vanilla Fudge cover which was released as a single in 1969 and included on his 1970 album Right On. Pickett's version reached number 16 on the US R&B chart and 92 on the Billboard Hot 100.

{{anchor|Glee version}}Dianna Agron as Quinn Fabray performed the song in the Glee episode "Throwdown".{{cite web|last=Linder|first=Brian|date=November 4, 2009|title=Glee: The Music – Vol. 1 Review|url=http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/104/1041554p1.html|access-date=December 5, 2009|publisher=IGN|archive-date=January 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119062807/http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/104/1041554p1.html|url-status=dead}} Raymund Flandez for The Wall Street Journal was critical of this cover, which he called "thin and jarring",{{cite news|last=Flandez|first=Raymund|date=October 15, 2009|title="Glee" Season 1, Episode 7: TV Recap|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/10/15/glee-season-1-episode-7-tv-recap/|url-status=live|access-date=October 27, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018092517/http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/10/15/glee-season-1-episode-7-tv-recap/|archive-date=October 18, 2009}} while in 2015 The A.V. Club described it as "one of the best numbers in Glee history"{{cite web|title=Glee: "Loser Like Me" / "Homecoming"|url=https://www.avclub.com/glee-loser-like-me-homecoming-1798182519|access-date=October 7, 2020|website=TV Club|date=January 10, 2015 |language=en-us|archive-date=October 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003041358/https://tv.avclub.com/glee-loser-like-me-homecoming-1798182519|url-status=live}} and Mashable ranked it in the show's top 50 songs.{{cite web|last=Gonzalez|first=Sandra|title=The top 50 best songs from 'Glee'|url=https://mashable.com/2015/03/20/glee-series-finale-songs/|access-date=October 7, 2020|website=Mashable|date=March 20, 2015|archive-date=December 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205220348/https://mashable.com/2015/03/20/glee-series-finale-songs/|url-status=live}} The version peaked at number 166 on the UK Singles Chart for the week ending February 27, 2010.{{cite journal|date=February 21, 2010|title=Official Singles Chart for the week ending 27 February 2010|journal=ChartsPlus|location=Liverpool|issue=444|pages=1–4}}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

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{{The Supremes}}

{{Wilson Pickett}}

{{Vanilla Fudge}}

{{Kim Wilde}}

{{Reba McEntire singles}}

{{Holland–Dozier–Holland}}

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