You Keep Me Hangin' On

"You Keep Me Hangin' On"
Picture sleeve for US vinyl single
Single by The Supremes
from the album The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland
B-side	"Remove This Doubt"
Released	October 12, 1966 (U.S.)
Format	Vinyl record (7" 45 RPM)
Recorded	Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A); June 30 and August 1, 1966
Genre	Soul, pop
Length	2:47 (original release) 3:15 (remastered)
Label	Motown M 1101
Writer(s)	Holland–Dozier–Holland
Producer(s)	Brian Holland Lamont Dozier
The Supremes singles chronology
"You Can't Hurry Love" (1966) "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (1966) "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" (1967)
The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland track listing 12 tracks Side one "You Keep Me Hangin' On" "You're Gone, But Always in My Heart" "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" "Mother You, Smother You" "I Guess I'll Always Love You" "I'll Turn to Stone" Side two "It's the Same Old Song" "Going Down for the Third Time" "Love is in Our Hearts" "Remove This Doubt" "There's No Stopping Us Now" "(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave" Music sample "You Keep Me Hangin' On"

"You Keep Me Hangin' On"
Single by Vanilla Fudge
from the album Vanilla Fudge
B-side	"Take Me For A Little While"
Released	1967 (U.S.)
Format	Vinyl record (7" 45 RPM)
Recorded	1967
Genre	Psychedelic rock
Length	2:59 (single edit) 7:20 (album version)
Label	Atco 6590
Writer(s)	Holland-Dozier-Holland
Producer(s)	Shadow Morton
Vanilla Fudge singles chronology
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" (1967) "Eleanor Rigby" (1967)

"You Keep Me Hangin' On"
Standard artwork (7-inch vinyl single pictured); the North American release uses different colours for the map background and the title design
Single by Kim Wilde
from the album Another Step
B-side	"Loving You"
Released	13 October 1986
Format	7", 12"
Recorded	1986
Genre	Hi-NRG
Length	4:15
Label	MCA
Writer(s)	Holland-Dozier-Holland
Producer(s)	Ricky Wilde
Kim Wilde singles chronology
"Schoolgirl" (1986) "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (1986) "Say You Really Want Me" (North American issue) (1986)

"You Keep Me Hangin' On"
Single by Reba McEntire
from the album Starting Over
Released	1996
Format	CD single, maxi single
Genre	Country
Length	3:22
Label	MCA Nashville
Writer(s)	Holland-Dozier-Holland
Producer(s)	Tony Brown, Michael Omartian, Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire singles chronology
"Starting Over Again" (1996) "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (1996) "The Fear of Being Alone" (1996)

"You Keep Me Hangin' On" is a 1966 song written and composed by Holland–Dozier–Holland. It first became a popular Billboard Hot 100 number one hit for the American Motown group The Supremes in late 1966. The rock band Vanilla Fudge covered the song a year later and had a Top ten hit with their version. British pop singer Kim Wilde covered "You Keep Me Hangin' On" in 1986, bumping it back to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1987. The single reached number one by two different musical acts in America. In the first 32 years of the Billboard Hot 100 rock era, “You Keep Me Hangin' On” became one of only six songs to achieve this feat. In 1996, country music singer Reba McEntire's version reached number 2 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Over the years, "You Keep Me Hangin' On" has been covered by various artists including a charting version by Wilson Pickett, Rod Stewart, Colourbox, The Index and the Box Tops. In 1967, "You Keep Me Hangin' On" gave rock band Vanilla Fudge a Billboard Hot 100 top ten hit single with a cover of this song.

"You Keep Me Hangin' On" was originally recorded in 1966 by The Supremes for the Motown label. The single is rooted in proto-funk and rhythm and blues, compared to the Supremes' previous single, "You Can't Hurry Love," which uses the call and response elements akin to gospel. The song's signature guitar part is said to have originated from a Morse code-like radio sound effect, typically used before a news announcement, heard by Lamont Dozier. Dozier collaborated with Brian and Eddie Holland to integrate the idea into a single.