Love Child (song)
"Love Child" is a 1968 song released by the Motown label for Diana Ross & the Supremes. The first single and title track from their album Love Child, it became the Supremes' 11th number-one single in the United States.
The song became the number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart for two weeks, from November 30, 1968 through December 14, 1968 and reached number two on the soul chart for three weeks. "Love Child" is notable for its then-controversial subject matter of illegitimacy. It is also notable for knocking off and keeping The Beatles' massive "Hey Jude" off the top spot in the United States, the last of five replacements at number-one between the Beatles and Supremes, the two most popular music acts in America during the 1960s. The Supremes debuted the song on the season premiere of the CBS variety program The Ed Sullivan Show on Sunday, September 29, 1968.
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