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"Floy Joy"
Single by The Supremes
from the album Floy Joy
B-side"This Is the Story"
ReleasedDecember 1, 1971
Recorded1971, Detroit, Michigan
GenrePop, Soul music
Length2:31 (single version) 2:49 (album version)
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)Smokey Robinson
Producer(s)Smokey Robinson
The Supremes singles chronology
"Touch"
(1971) 		"Floy Joy"
(1971) 		"Automatically Sunshine"
(1972)
Floy Joy track listing
9 tracks
Side one
  1. "Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love"
  2. "Floy Joy"
  3. "A Heart Like Mine"
  4. "Over and Over"
  5. "Precious Little Things"
Side two
  2. "Now The Bitter, Now The Sweet"
  3. "Automatically Sunshine"
  4. "The Wisdom of Time"
  5. "Oh Be My Love"

"Floy Joy" is a song written by Smokey Robinson and released as a single in December 1971 by popular Motown female singing group The Supremes.

It was written and recorded by the group's former mentor Robinson, marking his first production of a Supremes song since 1969's "The Composer". It featured original Supreme Mary Wilson and the newly recruited Jean Terrell on lead vocals. This was the third hit single by the group to feature lead vocals by Wilson.

It peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts, number 16 on the American pop singles chart[1] and number nine on the UK Singles Chart.

Personnel

Critical reception

Cashbox published, 'Smoky wrote this one for the girls and it's much in the tradition of "Baby Love." Basic footstomper could go all the way for them, pop and soul.'[2]

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States — 1,000,000[13][14]

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 558.
  2. ^ "cashbox / singles reviews: Picks of the Week" (PDF). Cashbox. December 25, 1971. p. 94. Retrieved January 2, 2022 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  3. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 7597." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
  4. ^ "Supremes: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  5. ^ "The Supremes Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "The Supremes Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  7. ^ "The Supremes Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  8. ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles". Cashbox. March 11, 1972. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  9. ^ "The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations". Cashbox. February 19, 1972. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  10. ^ "THE SINGLES CHART: Week of March 18, 1972" (PDF). Record World. worldradiohistory.com. March 18, 1972. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  11. ^ "THE R&B SINGLES CHART: Week of February 26, 1972" (PDF). Record World. worldradiohistory.com. February 26, 1972. p. 38. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  12. ^ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1972: TOP 100 R&B SINGLES". Cashbox. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  13. ^ Joseph Murrells (1984). Million Selling Records from the 1900s to the 1980s: An Illustrated Directory. London: B.T. Batsford. p. 356. ISBN 0-7134-3843-6.
  14. ^ J. Randy Taraborrelli (1986). Motown: Hot Wax, City Cool & Solid Gold. Doubleday. p. 105. ISBN 9780385197991. Retrieved 23 January 2020.


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