The song "Standing in the Shadows of Love" is one that wasn't written by the top production team of Holland–Dozier–Holland for the Supremes. This songwriting team created the songs "Baby Love" (1964), "Come See About Me" (1964), and "Stop! In the Name of Love" (1965), all songs recorded by the Supremes for the Motown label.

The song "Baby Love" was about the singer's first love who she never truly got over. It was included in the second studio album "Where Did Our Love Go", released by the Supremes. With the song "Come See About Me", it was said that in its essence it is about unrequited love (romantic desperation and devastation). The song is also in the hit album "Where Did Our Love Go". In "Stop! In the Name of Love", Diana Ross sings and confronts her man. She tells him that she knows he's been cheating. Instead of threatening violence, she appeals to his morality. This song is on the Supremes' sixth album, "More Hits by The Supremes", released in July 1965.

"Standing in the Shadows of Love", a 1966 hit single, was recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. It is a song that was also written and produced by Motown's key team of Holland–Dozier–Holland. The song is considered to be one of the most well-known Motown tunes of the 1960s. In the US, it climbed to No. 2 on the soul chart and No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967. It also reached No. 6 in the UK.

For the 1960s, the trio wrote, arranged and produced many songs that helped define the Motown sound.

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