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“Love Is Here and Now You’re Gone” is a 1967 number-one hit single recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown’s main production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, “Love Is Here and Now You’re Gone” was the number-one song on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart for one week, from March 4 to March 11 1967. The song, which depicts a relationship in the beginning stages of breakup (“You persuaded me to love you/And I did/But instead of tenderness/I found heartache instead”), features several spoken sections from lead singer Diana Ross, who delivers her dialogue in a dramatic, emotive voice. Matching the song’s drama influences is an instrumental track, featuring a prominent harpsichord and strings, which recalls both a Hollywood film score and The... Read on...