Stop ! In the Name of Love - wikipedia Stop ! In the Name of Love For the La Toya Jackson album, see Stop in the Name of Love ( album ). `` Stop ! In the Name of Love '' Artwork for US vinyl single Single by The Supremes from the album More Hits by The Supremes B - side `` I 'm In Love Again '' Released February 8, 1965 ( U.S. ) Format Vinyl record ( 7 '' 45 RPM ) Recorded January 5, January 7, and January 11, 1965 Studio Hitsville U.S.A. ( Studio A ) Genre Pop, R&B, soul Length 2 : 52 Label Motown M 1074 Songwriter ( s ) Holland -- Dozier -- Holland Producer ( s ) Brian Holland Lamont Dozier The Supremes singles chronology `` Come See About Me '' ( 1964 ) `` Stop ! In the Name of Love '' ( 1965 ) `` Back in My Arms Again '' ( 1965 ) `` Come See About Me '' ( 1964 ) `` Stop ! In the Name of Love '' ( 1965 ) `` Back in My Arms Again '' ( 1965 ) More Hits by The Supremes track listing 12 tracks Side one `` Ask Any Girl '' `` Nothing but Heartaches '' `` Mother Dear '' `` Stop ! In the Name of Love '' `` Honey Boy '' `` Back in My Arms Again '' Side two `` Whisper You Love Me Boy '' `` The Only Time I 'm Happy '' `` He Holds His Own '' `` Who Could Ever Doubt My Love '' `` ( I 'm So Glad ) Heartaches Do n't Last Always '' `` I 'm In Love Again '' Audio sample file help `` Stop ! In the Name of Love '' is a 1965 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown 's main production team Holland -- Dozier -- Holland, `` Stop ! In the Name of Love '' held the number one position on the Billboard pop singles chart in the United States from March 27, 1965 through April 3, 1965, and reached the number - two position on the soul chart. Billboard named the song # 38 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. Contents 1 History 1.1 Overview 1.2 Cover versions and other uses 2 Personnel 3 Charts 3.1 Weekly charts 3.2 Year - end charts 4 See also 5 References 6 External links History Overview The Supremes recorded `` Stop ! In the Name of Love '' in January 1965 and released as a single on February 8. The song was included on the Supremes ' sixth album, More Hits by The Supremes, and was nominated for the 1966 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Rock & Roll Group Vocal Performance, losing to `` Flowers on the Wall '' by the Statler Brothers. The song was also honored by inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 's permanent collection of the 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. The Supremes ' choreography for this song, with one hand on the hip and the other outstretched in a `` stop '' gesture, is legendary. Paul Williams and Melvin Franklin of The Temptations taught the girls the routine backstage in London, before the Supremes ' first televised performance of the single on the Ready Steady Go ! special `` The Sound of Motown, '' hosted by Motown enthusiast Dusty Springfield. They also performed the song on an episode of the ABC variety program Shindig ! which aired on Wednesday, February 24, 1965. Cover versions and other uses The Jackson 5 covered this in a live performance on the Carol Burnett Show in 1975 as they were paying tributes to the Supremes, the Mills Brothers and the Andrews Sisters. Cover versions were later recorded by Margie Joseph, Gene Pitney, Nicki French, Sinitta, Globe, Johnny Rivers, the L.A. heavy metal - Band Black Sheep, C : Real, Gloria Gaynor, Claude François ( as `` Stop au nom de l'amour '', 1971 ), Les Fizz ( as `` Stop, Tu N ' As Plus Le Droit '', 1966 ), Renata Pacini ( as `` In nome dell'amore '', 1966 ), Jacob Sisters ( as `` Was hab ' ich dir getan '', 1966 ) and The Hollies ( who saw their version peaked in America at No. 29 and in Canada at No. 31 in 1983 ). In 1996, Los Flechazos recorded an instrumental version for his EP `` En tu Calle ''. In 1998, a cover version by Jonell Mosser was included in the film Hope Floats. A eurodance remix was made for the 2002 Dancemania compilation Speed 8. American rapper Lil Wayne sampled the song on his song `` Gossip. '' The lyrics are briefly quoted in The B - 52 's song `` Dance This Mess Around. '' American singer La Toya Jackson recorded the song for her 1995 album Stop in the Name of Love. In 2008 british girl groul Sugababes with Mary Wilson performed song on MOBO Awards. The song was performed by Florida, Willona and Thelma during a rent party in an episode of Good Times. The song was also covered as part of a mash - up on the Fox series Glee along with `` Free Your Mind '' by En Vogue in the episode `` Never Been Kissed. '' Claude François ' version appears in the 2014 superhero film X-Men : Days of Future Past, in a scene set in 1973 Paris. A random character called ' Elephant Head ' briefly sang the song in Summer Holiday, the final episode of The Young Ones. Personnel Lead vocals by Diana Ross Backing vocals by Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson All instruments by The Funk Brothers Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1965 ) Peak position Australia 42 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles U.S. Cash Box Pop Singles Chart Canadian RPM Singles Chart Germany UK 7 Year - end charts Chart ( 1965 ) Rank U.S. Billboard Hot 100 20 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 24 UK 93 See also List of Hot 100 number - one singles of 1965 ( U.S. ) References Jump up ^ `` Billboard Hot 100 ''. Billboard. Nielsen Company. 77 ( 13 ) : 32. 1965. Retrieved 9 May 2011. Jump up ^ `` Billboard Hot 100 ''. Billboard. Nielsen Company. 77 ( 14 ) : 28. 1965. Retrieved 10 May 2011. Jump up ^ `` 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time : Critics ' Picks ''. Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2017. Jump up ^ Gilliland, John ( 1969 ). `` Show 26 -- The Soul Reformation : Phase two, the Motown story. ( Part 5 ) '' ( audio ). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries. Jump up ^ Host : Dusty Springfield ( 28 April 1965 ). `` The Sound of Motown ''. Ready Steady Go ! ( special ). Season 2. London. ITV. Jump up ^ `` Supremes / Barbarians / Neil Sedaka / Stan Getz / Ruth Price ''. Shindig !. Season 1. Episode 29. Los Angeles. 24 February 1965. ABC. KABC. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 -- 2002 Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1965 / Top 100 Songs of 1965 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2014 - 12 - 31. Retrieved 2016 - 02 - 02. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 1965 -- UK Music Charts ''. Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 29. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Eight Days a Week '' by The Beatles Billboard Hot 100 number - one single March 27, 1965 -- April 3, 1965 ( two weeks ) Succeeded by `` I 'm Telling You Now '' by Freddie and the Dreamers The Supremes Diana Ross Florence Ballard Mary Wilson Barbara Martin Cindy Birdsong Jean Terrell Lynda Laurence Scherrie Payne Susaye Greene Betty McGlown Studio albums Meet The Supremes ( 1962 ) Where Did Our Love Go ( 1964 ) More Hits by The Supremes ( 1965 ) I Hear a Symphony ( 1966 ) The Supremes A ' Go - Go ( 1966 ) The Supremes Sing Holland -- Dozier -- Holland ( 1967 ) Reflections ( 1968 ) Love Child ( 1968 ) Let the Sunshine In ( 1969 ) Cream of the Crop ( 1969 ) Right On ( 1970 ) New Ways but Love Stays ( 1970 ) Touch ( 1971 ) Floy Joy ( 1972 ) The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb ( 1972 ) The Supremes ( 1975 ) High Energy ( 1976 ) Mary, Scherrie & Susaye ( 1976 ) Collaborative albums Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations ( 1968 ) Together ( 1969 ) The Magnificent 7 ( 1970 ) The Return of the Magnificent Seven ( 1971 ) Dynamite ( 1971 ) Live albums The Supremes at the Copa ( 1965 ) Live at London 's Talk of the Town ( 1968 ) TCB ( 1968 ) On Broadway ( 1969 ) Farewell ( 1970 ) The Supremes Live ! In Japan ( 1973 ) Other albums A Bit of Liverpool ( 1964 ) The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop ( 1965 ) We Remember Sam Cooke ( 1965 ) Merry Christmas ( 1965 ) The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart ( 1967 ) Diana Ross & the Supremes Sing and Perform `` Funny Girl '' ( 1968 ) Singles `` Tears of Sorrow '' ( as The Primettes ) `` I Want a Guy '' `` Buttered Popcorn '' `` Your Heart Belongs to Me '' `` Let Me Go the Right Way '' `` My Heart Ca n't Take It No More '' `` A Breathtaking Guy '' `` When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes '' `` Run, Run, Run '' `` Where Did Our Love Go '' `` Baby Love '' `` Come See About Me '' `` Stop ! In the Name of Love '' `` Back in My Arms Again '' `` The Only Time I 'm Happy '' `` Nothing but Heartaches '' `` Things Are Changing '' `` I Hear a Symphony '' `` Children 's Christmas Song '' `` My World Is Empty Without You '' `` Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart '' `` You Ca n't Hurry Love '' `` You Keep Me Hangin ' On '' `` Love Is Here and Now You 're Gone '' `` The Happening '' `` Reflections '' `` In and Out of Love '' `` Forever Came Today '' `` Some Things You Never Get Used To '' `` Love Child '' `` I 'm Gonna Make You Love Me '' `` I 'm Livin ' in Shame '' `` I 'll Try Something New '' `` The Composer '' `` No Matter What Sign You Are '' `` The Weight '' `` I Second That Emotion '' `` Someday We 'll Be Together '' `` Why ( Must We Fall in Love ) '' `` Up the Ladder to the Roof '' `` Everybody 's Got the Right to Love '' `` Stoned Love '' `` River Deep -- Mountain High '' `` Nathan Jones '' `` You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart '' `` Touch '' `` Floy Joy '' `` Automatically Sunshine '' `` Without the One You Love '' `` Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love '' `` I Guess I 'll Miss the Man '' `` Reach Out and Touch ( Somebody 's Hand ) '' `` Bad Weather '' `` Tossin ' and Turnin ' '' `` He 's My Man '' `` Where Do I Go from Here '' `` Early Morning Love '' `` I 'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking '' `` High Energy '' `` You 're My Driving Wheel '' `` Let Yourself Go '' `` Love, I Never Knew You Could Feel So Good '' Videography T.A.M.I. Show Greatest Hits : Live in Amsterdam Reflections : The Definitive Performances ( 1964 -- 1969 ) Motown 25 : Yesterday, Today, Forever Inspired works Sparkle ( 1976 film ) Dreamgirls ( musical ) Dreamgirls ( film ) Sparkle ( 2012 film ) Related topics Discography Chronology Members FLOS Book Gloria Gaynor Studio albums Never Can Say Goodbye Experience Gloria Gaynor I 've Got You Glorious Gloria Gaynor 's Park Avenue Sound Love Tracks I Have a Right Stories I Kinda Like Me Gloria Gaynor I Am Gloria Gaynor The Power of Gloria Gaynor The Answer I Wish You Love Singles `` Never Can Say Goodbye '' `` All I Need Is Your Sweet Lovin ' '' `` How High the Moon '' `` Substitute '' `` I Will Survive '' `` Stop in the Name of Love '' `` I Am What I Am '' `` Mighty High '' `` Oh, What a Life '' Related articles Discography Book : Gloria Gaynor Holland -- Dozier -- Holland Brian Holland Lamont Dozier Eddie Holland Songs 1962 `` Dearest One '' `` Old Love ( Let 's Try It Again ) '' `` Darling, I Hum Our Song '' 1963 `` Leaving Here '' `` Locking Up My Heart '' `` What Goes Up Must Come Down '' / `` Come on Home '' `` Tie a String Around Your Finger '' `` Come and Get These Memories '' / `` Jealous Lover '' `` You Lost the Sweetest Boy '' `` Heat Wave '' / `` A Love Like Yours ( Do n't Come Knocking Everyday ) '' `` ( He Wo n't Be True ) Little Girl Blue '' `` Mickey 's Monkey '' `` Too Hurt to Cry, Too Much in Love to Say Goodbye '' / `` Come on Home '' `` When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes '' / `` Standing at the Crossroads of Love '' `` I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying '' `` Quicksand '' / `` Darling I Hum Our Song '' `` Live Wire '' / `` Old Love ( Let 's Try It Again ) '' `` Run, Run, Run '' / `` I 'm Giving You Your Freedom '' `` Can I Get a Witness '' 1964 `` A Tear from a Woman 's Eyes '' `` My Lady Bug Stay Away from That Beatle '' `` Like a Nightmare '' / `` If You Were Mine '' `` In My Lonely Room '' `` Just Ai n't Enough Love '' `` Where Did Our Love Go '' `` Baby Do n't You Do It '' `` Guarantee for a Lifetime '' `` Baby I Need Your Loving '' / `` Call on Me '' `` Candy to Me '' / `` If You Do n't Want My Love '' `` Whisper You Love Me Boy '' `` Baby Love '' / `` Ask Any Girl '' `` Come See About Me '' / ( You 're Gone But ) Always in My Heart '' `` Without the One You Love ( Life 's Not Worth While ) '' / `` Love has Gone '' `` You 're a Wonderful One '' `` How Sweet It Is ( To Be Loved by You ) '' 1965 `` Where Did You Go '' `` Stop ! In the Name of Love '' / `` I 'm in Love Again '' `` You 've Been a Long Time Coming '' `` Who Could Ever Doubt My Love '' `` Nowhere to Run '' `` Back in My Arms Again '' / `` Whisper You Love Me Boy '' `` I Ca n't Help Myself ( Sugar Pie Honey Bunch ) '' `` The Only Time I 'm Happy '' `` Mother Dear '' / `` He Holds His Own '' `` Nothing but Heartaches '' / `` He Holds His Own '' `` Love ( Makes Me Do Foolish Things ) '' `` It 's the Same Old Song '' / `` Your Love Is Amazing '' `` Mother Dear '' / `` Who Could Ever Doubt My Love '' `` I Hear a Symphony '' / `` Who Could Ever Doubt My Love '' `` Something About You '' `` Take Me in Your Arms ( Rock Me a Little While ) '' `` Darling Baby '' `` There 's a Ghost in My House '' 1966 `` ( I 'm a ) Roadrunner '' `` This Old Heart of Mine ( Is Weak for You ) '' `` Ask any Man '' `` My World Is Empty Without You '' `` Put Yourself in My Place '' `` There 's No Love Left '' `` Shake Me, Wake Me ( When It 's Over ) '' / `` Just as Long as You Need Me '' `` Helpless '' / `` A Love Like Yours ( Do n't Come Knocking Everyday ) '' `` Call on Me '' `` Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart '' / `` He 's All I Got '' `` Who Could Ever Doubt My Love '' `` I Like Everything About You '' `` I Guess I 'll Always Love You '' `` Nothing but Soul '' `` Love 's Gone Bad '' / `` Put Yourself in My Place '' `` You Ca n't Hurry Love '' / `` Put Yourself in My Place '' `` Little Darling ( I Need You ) '' `` Reach Out I 'll Be There '' / `` Until You Love Someone '' `` Stay in My Lonely Arms '' `` You Keep Me Hangin ' On '' / `` I Wanna Mother You, Smother You With Love '' `` You Keep Me Hangin ' On '' / `` Remove This Doubt '' `` Standing in the Shadows of Love '' / Since You 've Been Gone '' `` I 'm Ready for Love '' `` ( Come ' Round Here ) I 'm the One You Need '' `` Heaven Must Have Sent You '' 1967 `` Just One Last Look '' `` Love Is Here and Now You 're Gone '' / There 's No Stopping Us Now '' `` Your Love Is Amazing '' `` Jimmy Mack '' / `` Third Finger, Left Hand '' `` Bernadette '' / `` I Got a Feeling '' `` My World Is Empty Without You '' `` The Happening '' / `` All I Know About You '' `` Just Ai n't Enough Love '' `` 7 - Rooms of Gloom '' / `` I 'll Turn to Stone '' `` I Understand My Man '' `` Your Unchanging Love '' / `` I 'll Take Care of You '' `` Reflections '' / `` Going Down for the Third Time '' `` One Way Out '' `` You Keep Me Running Away '' / `` If You Do n't Want My Love '' `` I Got a Feeling '' `` In and Out of Love '' / `` I Guess I 'll Always Love You '' 1968 `` Whisper You Love Me Boy '' `` Forever Came Today '' `` I 'm in a Different World '' 1969 `` We 've Got a Way Out Love '' `` Crumbs off the Table '' 1970 `` Give Me Just a Little More Time '' `` ( You 've Got Me ) Dangling on a String '' `` Everything 's Tuesday '' `` Band of Gold '' `` Westbound # 9 '' 1972 `` The Day I Found Myself '' `` Do n't Leave Me Starvin ' for Your Love '' `` Why Ca n't We Be Lovers '' 1973 `` You 're Gonna Need Me '' `` We 're Almost There '' `` Just a Little Bit of You '' `` Early Morning Love '' `` Where Do I Go from Here '' 1976 `` I 'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking '' `` High Energy '' `` Let Yourself Go '' 1982 `` We Can Never Light That Old Flame Again '' Related topics Motown Hot Wax Records Invictus Records List of songs written by Holland, Dozier and Holland Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stop!_In_the_Name_of_Love&oldid=837984547 '' Categories : 1965 singles 1983 singles The Supremes songs The Hollies songs Gloria Gaynor songs Motown singles Atlantic Records singles Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Songs written by Holland -- Dozier -- Holland 1965 songs Song recordings produced by Brian Holland Song recordings produced by Lamont Dozier The Jackson 5 songs Hidden categories : Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Русский Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 24 April 2018, at 06 : 26. 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Question: who wrote the song stop in the name of love
Answer: Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland