Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 1962


Let Me Go the Right Way

Buy Let Me Go the Right Way now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article


{{Infobox song

| name = Let Me Go the Right Way

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = The Supremes

| album = Meet The Supremes

| B-side = Time Changes Things

| released = November 5, 1962

| recorded = Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A); August 30, 1962

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = R&B, rock

| length = 2:31

| label = Motown
M 1034

| writer = Berry Gordy

| producer = Berry Gordy

| prev_title = Your Heart Belongs to Me

| prev_year = 1962

| next_title = My Heart Can't Take It No More

| next_year = 1963

| misc =

}}

'"Let Me Go the Right Way"' is a 1962 song written and produced by then Motown president Berry Gordy and released as a single by Motown singing group The Supremes.The Complete Motown Singles Vol 2: 1962 [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records. It was the group's fourth single and their second charted record following the dismal reception of their first charted single, "Your Heart Belongs to Me".

Overview



Recording

Built on a frenetic and gritty R&B production, it featured an unpolished raw R&B vocal from Supremes lead singer Diana Ross, despite speculation that the song was led by Florence Ballard (who only led on one brief line - "'A go-go right!'" - at the beginning). In fact, Ballard, the high soprano in the group, was prominently featured in the background - especially her ad-libs on the singles outro - along with Mary Wilson while Ross sung in her natural register. Written and produced by Berry Gordy, the record talks of a woman who wants her lover to let her "go the right way" in their relationship rather than being "led astray". Featuring energetic vocals from all three ladies, it was the group's first recording and release as a trio following the departure of Barbara Martin. This single would be the last to be produced by Gordy until after the songwriting-producing team of HollandDozierHolland left Motown in late 1967; a year after this release, H-D-H would become the group main producers.

Reception

Performing slightly better than "Your Heart Belongs to Me", the song peaked at number 90 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100[https://books.google.com/books?id=P0UEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA40&dq=Let+me+go+the+right+way+Billboard+1963&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBWoVChMI4vzThKWiyAIVB40NCh1P8Qby#v=onepage&q=Let%20me%20go%20the%20right%20way%20Billboard%201963&f=false Billboard Feb. 2, 1963] and was the first release by the group to hit the Hot R&B Sides chart, where it peaked at number 26[https://books.google.com/books?id=TRgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT9&dq=Let+me+go+the+right+way+Billboard+1962&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAWoVChMIuM27iqOiyAIVgeuACh10JAXy#v=onepage&q=Let%20me%20go%20the%20right%20way%20Billboard%201962&f=false Billboard R&B Dec. 29, 1962] helping the group to land a spot on the Motortown Revue later on that year.

Personnel



*Lead vocals by Diana Ross and Florence Ballard (intro)

*Background vocals by Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson

*Produced and written by Berry Gordy

*Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers and Marvin Gaye on drums

Chart history



References



Category:1962 singles

Category:1962 songs

Category:The Supremes songs

Category:Songs written by Berry Gordy

Category:Song recordings produced by Berry Gordy

Category:Motown singles

Buy Let Me Go the Right Way now from Amazon

<-- Return to songs from 1962



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1057554897.