"Standing In The Shadows Of Love" #6 1/21/1967

The Motown songwriting and production team of Holland-Dozier-Holland supposedly got more than a few ideas from daytime TV soaps. They must have watched a real downer the day they wrote this, the fourth Top 10 pop hit for the Four Tops. It's essentially the same arrangement as H-D-H's previous effort for them, "Reach Out I'll Be There" but with a much different, darker mood.