COME
SEE ABOUT ME
THE
SUPREMES
SONGWRITER: HOLLAND-DOZIER-HOLLAND
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO
LABEL: MOTOWN
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 1964
The Supremes were an American female singing group and a premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s. Founded as The Primettes in Detroit,
Michigan, in 1959, the Supremes were the most commercially successful of
Motown's acts and the most successful American vocal group,
with 12 number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Most of
these hits were written and produced by Motown's main songwriting and
production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland.
At their peak in the mid-1960s, the Supremes rivaled the Beatles in
worldwide popularity, and it is said that their breakthrough made it possible
for future African American R&B and soul musicians to find mainstream success. Billboard ranked The
Supremes as the 16th greatest Hot 100 artist of all time.
Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson,
Diana Ross, and Betty McGlown, the
original group, were all from the Brewster-Douglass public housing project in Detroit. They formed the Primettes as the
sister act to the Primes (with Paul Williams and Eddie Kendricks, who
went on to form the Temptations). Barbara
Martin replaced McGlown in 1960, and the
group signed with Motown the following year as The Supremes. Martin left the
act in early 1962, and Ross, Ballard, and Wilson carried on as a trio.
During the mid-1960s, the Supremes achieved
mainstream success with Ross as lead singer and Holland-Dozier-Holland as its songwriting and production team. In 1967, Motown president Berry Gordy renamed
the group Diana Ross & the Supremes, and replaced Ballard with Cindy Birdsong. In
1970, Ross left to pursue a solo career and was replaced by Jean Terrell and the
group reverted to being The Supremes again. During the mid-1970s, the lineup
changed with Lynda Laurence, Scherrie Payne and Susaye Greene joining until, after 18 years, the group disbanded in 1977.
The song became third of five consecutively
released Supremes songs to top the Billboard pop singles chart in the United States(the
others are "Where Did Our
Love Go", "Baby Love",
"Stop! In the Name
of Love" and "Back in My Arms Again"). It
topped the chart twice, non-consecutively, being toppled by and later replacing
the Beatles' "I Feel Fine" in
December 1964 and January 1965. The BBC ranked
"Come See About Me" at number 94 on The Top 100 Digital Motown Chart,
which ranks Motown releases by
their all time UK downloads and streams.
I've been crying
'Cause I'm lonely (for you)
Smiles have all turned to tears
But tears won't wash away the fears
That you're never ever gonna return
To ease the fire that within me burns
It keeps me crying
baby for you
Keeps me sighin' baby for you
So won't you hurry
Come on boy, see about me
(Come see about me)
See about your baby
I've given up my
friends just for you
My friends are gone
And you have too
No peace shall I find
Until you come back
And be mine
No matter what you do or say
I'm gonna love you anyway
Keep on crying baby
for you
I'm gonna keep sighin' baby for you
So come on hurry
Come on and see about me
(Come see about me)
See about your baby
Sometime's up
Sometime's down
My life's so uncertain
With you not around
From my arms you maybe out of reach
But my heart says you're here to keep
Keeps me crying baby
for you
Keep on, keep on crying baby for you
So won't you hurry
Come on boy, see about me (come see about me)
See about you baby (come see about me)
You know I'm so lonely (come see about me)
I love you only (come see about me)
See about your baby (come see about me)
Hurry, hurry.
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