Founded in Detroit, Michigan, United States in 1959, The Supremes began as a quartet called The Primettes. Founding members Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, Diana Ross, and Betty McGlown, all from the Brewster-Douglas public housing project in Detroit, were the sister act to The Primes (later The Temptations). In 1960, Barbara Martin replaced McGlown, and the group signed with Motown in 1961 as The Supremes. Martin left at the end of 1961, and Ross, Ballard, and Wilson carried on as a trio. After they achieved success in the mid-1960s with Ross as the lead singer, Motown president Berry Gordy renamed the group Diana Ross & the Supremes in 1967, and replaced Ballard with Cindy Birdsong. Ross left the group for a solo career in 1970, and was replaced by Jean Terrell. After 1972, the lineup of the Supremes changed frequently, with Lynda Laurence, Scherrie Payne, and Susaye Greene all becoming members before the group ended its eighteen-year existence in 1977.
There's No Stopping Us Now
The Supremes Lyrics
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Now that we found our way
There's no stopping us now
Our love is here to stay
Foolishly we've been apart
Breaking each other's heart
stubbornness and foolish pride
Caused us to push love aside
Opened up our eyes
To the love that was always there
Deep inside
Now that we've faced the unknown
And we can't make it alone
We're closer together more now then ever
For now that we've found love
We've got to hold on love
There's no stopping us now
This time love's here to stay
There's no stopping us now
Now we have found our way
The precious hours we have lost
We'll never regain
But together we'll fill the hours that remain
The loneliness we have known
We'll push behind
Together forever
We'll make up for all lost time
Now we're in each other's arms
Nothing can do us harm
Nothing can shake us,
Nothing can break us
We'll be together
Forever and ever
There's no stopping us now
This time love's here to stay
There's no stopping us now
Together we've found the way
Never again shall foolish pride keep us apart
Never again shall stubbornness break our hearts
There's no stopping us now
Now that we've found our way
Would you believe?
There's no stopping us now
Now that love's here to stay
There's no stopping us now
Now that we've
understood our mistakes
There's no stopping us now
For our love is all it takes.
The lyrics of The Supremes' song "There's No Stopping Us Now" revolves around a couple's realization of their mistakes in pushing love aside due to stubbornness and foolish pride. The first stanza depicts how they have finally found their way back to each other, and their love is here to stay. They both went through loneliness and realized that the love they have for each other was always deep inside. The next stanza talks about how they faced the unknown and realized that they cannot make it alone, and they have to hold on to love. They know now that they fill the hours that remain, and nothing can break them because they know their mistakes and they won't repeat them.
The last stanza highlights the couple's commitment to each other. They have finally found the way back to each other and have understood their mistakes. They will never let pride and stubbornness keep them apart again. They know that their love is all it takes, and they will be forever and ever in each other's arms. The song's message is clear - that true love always finds a way, and when you find it, hold on to it because there's no stopping you.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: JR., BRIAN HOLLAND, EDWARD HOLLAND, EDWARD, JR. HOLLAND, LAMONT DOZIER, LAMONT HERBERT DOZIER
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Mic
No one sounds like Diana...her ability to a story without the screams or long runs...just the melody and her lovely voice....one of the greatest voices of the 20th century and in all of pop history
Jasper7182009
… mmmm. Not to be cruel, but Barry Gordy made lemonade out of a lemon.
Jessie Brown
Diana's vocals are awesome here!!!! I can truly see why The Supremes broke barriers and crossed over to worldwide superstardom. This girl was a melodic, pure singer.. I LOVE her voice.
patrick ryan
Nicely put! 10/2019
Robert Mofford
I'll bet if they released this on its own it would have been another no.#1
TheMichaelpaul64
Diana's vocals on this earn her a great reputation. In addition, the Funk Brothers are in fine form (as usual) and make this one of the greatest songs of the 1960s. Or any era, for that matter. Pure genius!
frankie hunter
What a great song. Wish someone could write and produce such strong material today.
Travel Umbrella
I really don't remember this from back in the day and I'm not sure how it passed me by. Hence I've only recently discovered this track but what a belter! It's pure Magical Motown!
Tyrone Epps
This song is 🔥!
Studiofifty4
This song was so romantic to me remembering this as a 15 year old and just the feeling of perhaps meeting a girl at the dance venue where many of these great motown hit records were played at that time, then going onto having a date with a new found love the following week talking about where we should meet up...it is totally romantic ,but that is the way it was at the time, certainly with me... this was at at the Palais de Danse in Bolton 1967.