In and out of Love (The Supremes song)

"In and Out of Love"
U.S. vinyl edition
Single by Diana Ross & the Supremes
from the album Reflections
B-side	"I Guess I'll Always Love You"
Released	October 25, 1967
Format	Vinyl record (7" 45 RPM)
Recorded	Los Angeles: April 20, 1967 (instrumentation) Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A): June 12–June 13, 1967 (Supremes); July 7, 1967 (Andantes)
Genre	Sunshine pop, psychedelic pop
Label	Motown M 1116
Writer(s)	Holland–Dozier–Holland
Producer(s)	Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland
Diana Ross & the Supremes singles chronology
"Reflections" (1967) "In and Out of Love" (1967) "Forever Came Today" (1968) Reflections track listing 12 tracks Side one "Reflections" "I'm Gonna Make It (I Will Wait For You)" "Forever Came Today" "I Can't Make It Alone" "In and Out of Love" "Bah-Bah-Bah" Side two "What the World Needs Now Is Love" "Up, Up and Away" "Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)" "Then" "Misery Makes Its Home in My Heart" "Ode to Billie Joe"
Music sample "In and Out of Love"

"In and Out of Love" is a 1967 song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. It was the second single issued with the group's new billing of Diana Ross & the Supremes, the penultimate Supremes single written and produced by Motown production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, and the last single to feature the vocals of original member Florence Ballard.

By the time of the recording of "In and Out of Love," The Supremes had become the most successful American music group of all time, with ten number-one pop singles on the Billboard Hot 100 to their credit. In the midst of their success, conflicts between Supremes members Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson arose. Ballard was uneasy about the group's direction and felt her role was being reduced in the group she helped found.

Motown's premier production team Holland–Dozier–Holland (H–D–H) recorded the track for "In and Out of Love" originally in Detroit with The Funk Brothers on March 2, 1967 during the same session for "The Happening" and "Reflections," but subsequently rerecorded the track six weeks later in Los Angeles. Ross added her lead vocals on June 12, 1967 with Wilson and Ballard adding their vocals the following day on June 13th. It would be Ballard's final session as a Supreme.

By mid-1967, H–D–H, like Ballard, grew increasingly frustrated with their position at Motown. Lyricist Eddie Holland convinced his brother Brian Holland and their partner Lamont Dozier to stage a work slowdown, and for much of 1967 the trio turned out virtually no product. After one last Supremes single, "Forever Came Today," in early 1968, H–D–H left Motown, prompting a series of lawsuits between the label and the songwriters that lasted over a decade.