Reach Out I'll Be There

"Reach Out I'll Be There"
"Reach Out I'll Be There"
	Artwork for US single
Single by the Four Tops
from the album Reach Out
B-side	"Until You Love Someone"
Released	1966
Studio	Hitsville U.S.A. (Studio A)
Genre	Soul
Length	3:01
Label	Motown
Songwriter(s)	Holland–Dozier–Holland
Producer(s)	Brian Holland; Lamont Dozier;
The Four Tops singles chronology
Official Audio
	"Reach Out I'll Be There" on YouTube

"Reach Out I'll Be There" (also formatted as "Reach Out (I'll Be There)") is a song recorded by American vocal quartet Four Tops from their fourth studio album, Reach Out (1967). Written and produced by Motown's main production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland,^[2] the song is one of the most widely-known Motown hits of the 1960s and is today considered the Four Tops' signature song.

It was the number one song on the Rhythm & Blues chart for two weeks^[3] and on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, in October 15–22, 1966. The track also reached number one in the UK Singles Chart, becoming Motown's second UK chart-topper after The Supremes' 1964 release "Baby Love".^[4] It reached number one on October 27, 1966, and stayed there for three weeks.^[5]

Rolling Stone later ranked “Reach Out” number 206 on its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Billboard ranked the record as the number four song for 1966.^[6] In 2022, the single was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry.^[7]

^ ^a ^b Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 105. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
^ Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 50 – The Soul Reformation: Phase three, soul music at the summit. [Part 6]" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 212.
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 170. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ "All The Number One Singles 1966". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
^ Cite error: The named reference Billboard was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "National Recording Registry Inducts Music from Alicia Keys, Ricky Martin, Journey and More in 2022". Library of Congress. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

[Rice-1] Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 105. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.

[pc50-2] Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 50 – The Soul Reformation: Phase three, soul music at the summit. [Part 6]" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.

[3] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 212.

[4] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 170. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[5] "All The Number One Singles 1966". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 18, 2014.

[Billboard-6] Cite error: The named reference Billboard was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[7] "National Recording Registry Inducts Music from Alicia Keys, Ricky Martin, Journey and More in 2022". Library of Congress. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

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