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Floy Joy
Floy Joy
Studio album by The Supremes
Released	May 1972
Recorded	1971–1972
Genre	Pop, soul
Length	29:33
Label	Motown
Producer	Smokey Robinson
The Supremes chronology
Singles from Floy Joy
	"Floy Joy"; Released: December 1, 1971; "Automatically Sunshine"; Released: April 11, 1972; "Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love"; Released: July 11, 1972;

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AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+^[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]

Floy Joy is the twenty-fifth studio album released by The Supremes on the Motown label. This was the only Supremes album solely produced and arranged by Smokey Robinson and included the U.S. top 20 hit, "Floy Joy" and the U.S. top 40 hit, "Automatically Sunshine", both of which were top 10 hits in the U.K.

Overview

The "Floy Joy" single was the Supremes' final Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching as high as #9 in the UK.^[5] Its follow-ups, "Automatically Sunshine" and "Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love" were not as successful, with "Automatically Sunshine" peaking at 37 on the Billboard Hot 100, 21 on the Top Soul Singles and being the group's final Top 10 hit in the U.K. (#10, the fifth in little over two years for the post-Ross line-up),^[6] and "Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love" peaking at 59 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 21 on the Top Soul Singles, and missing the UK Charts altogether.

Track listing

Side one

Superscripts denote lead singers for each track: (a) Jean Terrell, (b) Mary Wilson, (c) Cindy Birdsong.

"Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love" (Smokey Robinson)^a
"Floy Joy" (Robinson)^{a, b}
"A Heart Like Mine" (Robinson, Ronald White)^b
"Over and Over" (Robinson)^a
"Precious Little Things" (Robinson, Marvin Tarplin, Pam Moffett)^a

Side two

"Now the Bitter, Now the Sweet" (Robinson, Cecil Franklin)^a,b,c
"Automatically Sunshine" (Robinson)^{a, b}
"The Wisdom of Time" (Robinson, Moffett, Clifford Burston)^{a, c}
"Oh Be My Love" (Robinson, Warren Moore)^a

Personnel

Jean Terrell, Mary Wilson, & Cindy Birdsong - lead vocals and background vocals
The Andantes (Louvain Demps, Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow) - additional background vocals
William "Smokey" Robinson - producer
Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers:
- Jack Ashford, Jack Brokensha, & Eddie "Bongo" Brown - percussion
- Dennis Coffey, Robert White, Eddie Willis, & Marvin Tarplin - guitars
- Johnny Griffith & Earl Van Dyke - piano, keyboards
- James Jamerson - bass
- Zachary Slater & Andrew Smith - drums
Berry Gordy - executive producer
Paul Riser - arranger
Jim Britt - photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1972)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[7]	54
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[8]	12
US Record World^[9]	44
US Record World R&B^[10]	16

Year-end charts

Chart (1972)	Rank
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[11]	46

References

^ AllMusic review
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 13, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 859.
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 684.
^ "Guinness British Hit Singles", fifth edition, Rice/Rice/Gambaccini/Read, Guinness Books, ISBN 0-85112-429-1
^ "Guinness British Hit Singles", fifth edition, Rice/Rice/Gambaccini/Read, Guinness Books, ISBN 0-85112-429-1
^ "The Supremes Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
^ "The Supremes Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
^ "THE ALBUM CHART: Week of July 8, 1972" (PDF). Record World. worldradiohistory.com. July 8, 1972. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
^ "THE R&B ALBUM CHART: Week of July 22, 1972" (PDF). Record World. worldradiohistory.com. July 22, 1972. p. 256. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
^ "Top Soul Albums" (PDF). Billboard. December 30, 1972. p. TA-26. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

[1] AllMusic review

[CG-2] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 13, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

[CL-3] Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 859.

[RS-4] The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 684.

[5] "Guinness British Hit Singles", fifth edition, Rice/Rice/Gambaccini/Read, Guinness Books, ISBN 0-85112-429-1

[6] "Guinness British Hit Singles", fifth edition, Rice/Rice/Gambaccini/Read, Guinness Books, ISBN 0-85112-429-1

[ac_Billboard200_The_Supremes-7] "The Supremes Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_The_Supremes-8] "The Supremes Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

[9] "THE ALBUM CHART: Week of July 8, 1972" (PDF). Record World. worldradiohistory.com. July 8, 1972. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

[10] "THE R&B ALBUM CHART: Week of July 22, 1972" (PDF). Record World. worldradiohistory.com. July 22, 1972. p. 256. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

[11] "Top Soul Albums" (PDF). Billboard. December 30, 1972. p. TA-26. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

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 '''''Floy Joy''''' is the twenty-fifth [[studio album]] released by [[The Supremes]] on the [[Motown]] label. This was the only Supremes album solely produced and arranged by [[Smokey Robinson]] and included the U.S. top 20 hit, "[[Floy Joy (song)|Floy Joy]]" and the U.S. top 40 hit, "[[Automatically Sunshine]]", both of which were top 10 hits in the U.K.
 == Overview ==
-Following the aborted album ''[[Promises Kept (Supremes album)|Promises Kept]]'', [[Motown]] handed-over production duties for the Supremes to in-house songwriter, producer, artist, and company vice-president [[Smokey Robinson|William "Smokey" Robinson]].  The then-current line-up of [[The Supremes]] included original Supreme [[Mary Wilson (singer)|Mary Wilson]], [[Cindy Birdsong]], and [[Jean Terrell]]. Appearing on the album cover alongside Terrell and Wilson was new member [[Lynda Laurence]], brought in to replace Cindy Birdsong, who was noticeably pregnant at the time of the photo shoot. Despite appearing on the album cover, Laurence's vocals are not on the album.
-''Floy Joy'' marks for the first time that Mary Wilson had several leads on an album.  Wilson takes solo lead on the ballad "A Heart Like Mine."  Wilson and Terrell trade-off lead vocals on "Floy Joy" and "Automatically Sunshine", whilst Terrell has sole lead on the album's third single, "Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love". Cindy Birdsong provides a rare co-lead vocal on "Now the Bitter, Now the Sweet" and a spoken passage in "The Wisdom of Time".
 The "Floy Joy" single was the Supremes' final Top 20 hit on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], reaching as high as #9 in the [[UK Singles Chart|UK]].<ref>"Guinness British Hit Singles", fifth edition, Rice/Rice/Gambaccini/Read, Guinness Books, {{ISBN|0-85112-429-1}}</ref> Its follow-ups, "Automatically Sunshine" and "Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love" were not as successful, with "Automatically Sunshine" peaking at 37 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], 21 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Top Soul Singles]] and being the group's final Top 10 hit in the U.K. (#10, the fifth in little over two years for the post-Ross line-up),<ref>"Guinness British Hit Singles", fifth edition, Rice/Rice/Gambaccini/Read, Guinness Books, {{ISBN|0-85112-429-1}}</ref> and "Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love" peaking at 59 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and 21 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Top Soul Singles]], and missing the [[UK Singles Chart|UK Charts]] altogether.
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 # "[[Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love]]"  ([[Smokey Robinson]])<sup>a</sup>
 # "[[Floy Joy (song)|Floy Joy]]" (Robinson)<sup>a, b</sup>
-# "A Heart Like Mine" (Robinson, [[Ronald White]])<sup>b</sup>
+# "A Heart Like Mine" (Robinson, [[Ronnie White|Ronald White]])<sup>b</sup>
 # "Over and Over" (Robinson)<sup>a</sup>
 # "Precious Little Things" (Robinson, [[Marvin Tarplin]], Pam Moffett)<sup>a</sup>
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 == Personnel ==
-*[[Jean Terrell]] - lead vocals and background vocals
+*[[Jean Terrell]], [[Mary Wilson (singer)|Mary Wilson]], & [[Cindy Birdsong]] - lead vocals and background vocals
-*[[Mary Wilson (singer)|Mary Wilson]] - lead vocals and background vocals
-*[[Cindy Birdsong]] - lead vocals and background vocals
 *[[The Andantes]] (Louvain Demps, Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow) - additional background vocals
 *[[William "Smokey" Robinson]] - producer
 *Instrumentation by [[The Funk Brothers]]:
-**[[Jack Ashford]] - percussion
+**[[Jack Ashford]], [[Jack Brokensha]], & [[Eddie "Bongo" Brown]] - percussion
+**[[Dennis Coffey]], [[Robert White (guitarist)|Robert White]], [[Eddie Willis]], & [[Marvin Tarplin]] - guitars
-**[[Jack Brokensha]] - percussion
+**[[Johnny Griffith (musician)|Johnny Griffith]] & [[Earl Van Dyke]] - piano, keyboards
-**[[Eddie "Bongo" Brown]] - percussion
-**[[Dennis Coffey]] - guitar
-**[[Robert White (guitarist)|Robert White]] - guitar
-**[[Eddie Willis]] - guitar
-**[[Johnny Griffith (musician)|Johnny Griffith]] - piano, keyboards
 **[[James Jamerson]] - bass
-**Zachary Slater - drums
+**Zachary Slater & Andrew Smith - drums
-**Andrew Smith - drums
-**[[Marvin Tarplin]] - guitar
-**[[Earl Van Dyke]] - piano, keyboards
 *[[Berry Gordy]] - executive producer
 *[[Paul Riser]] - arranger
 *Jim Britt - photography
-== Charts ==
+==Charts==
+{{col-begin}}
+{{col-2}}
+===Weekly charts===
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-!scope="row" | US ''[[Record World]]''<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/72/Record-World-1972-07-08-OCR-Page-0026.pdf#search=%22supremes%20floy%20joy%22 |title=THE ALBUM CHART: Week of July 8, 1972|work=[[Record World]]|publisher=worldradiohistory.com|date=July 8, 1972|accessdate=29 January 2021}}</ref>
+!scope="row" | US ''[[Record World]]''<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/72/Record-World-1972-07-08-OCR-Page-0026.pdf#search=%22supremes%20floy%20joy%22 |title=THE ALBUM CHART: Week of July 8, 1972|magazine=[[Record World]]|publisher=worldradiohistory.com|date=July 8, 1972|access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref>
 | style="text-align:center;"|44
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-!scope="row" | US [[Record World|''Record World'' R&B]]<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/72/Record-World-1972-07-22-OCR-Page-0210.pdf#search=%22supremes%20floy%20joy%22 |title=THE R&B ALBUM CHART: Week of July 22, 1972|page=256|work=[[Record World]]|publisher=worldradiohistory.com|date=July 22, 1972|accessdate=29 January 2021}}</ref>
+!scope="row" | US [[Record World|''Record World'' R&B]]<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/72/Record-World-1972-07-22-OCR-Page-0210.pdf#search=%22supremes%20floy%20joy%22 |title=THE R&B ALBUM CHART: Week of July 22, 1972|page=256|magazine=[[Record World]]|publisher=worldradiohistory.com|date=July 22, 1972|access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref>
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+===Year-end charts===
+{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
+|-
+!align="left"|Chart (1972)
+! style="text-align:center;"|Rank
+|-
+!scope="row" | US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1972/BB-1972-12-30.pdf#page=52|title=Top Soul Albums |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=TA-26|date=December 30, 1972|access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref>
+| style="text-align:center;"|46
+|}
+{{col-end}}
 ==References==

v t e The Supremes
Florence Ballard Cindy Birdsong Susaye Greene Lynda Laurence Barbara Martin Betty McGlown Scherrie Payne Diana Ross Jean Terrell Mary Wilson
Studio albums	Meet The Supremes (1962) Where Did Our Love Go (1964) More Hits by The Supremes (1965) I Hear a Symphony (1966) The Supremes A' Go-Go (1966) The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland (1967) Reflections (1968) Love Child (1968) Let the Sunshine In (1969) Cream of the Crop (1969) Right On (1970) New Ways but Love Stays (1970) Touch (1971) Floy Joy (1972) The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb (1972) The Supremes (1975) High Energy (1976) Mary, Scherrie & Susaye (1976)
Collaborative albums	Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations (1968) Together (1969) The Magnificent 7 (1970) The Return of the Magnificent Seven (1971) Dynamite (1971)
Live albums	The Supremes at the Copa (1965) Live at London's Talk of the Town (1968) TCB (1968) On Broadway (1969) Farewell (1970) The Supremes Live! In Japan (1973)
Other albums	A Bit of Liverpool (1964) The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop (1965) We Remember Sam Cooke (1965) Merry Christmas (1965) The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart (1967) Diana Ross & the Supremes Sing and Perform "Funny Girl" (1968)
Singles	"Tears of Sorrow" (as The Primettes) "I Want a Guy" "Buttered Popcorn" "Your Heart Belongs to Me" "Let Me Go the Right Way" "My Heart Can't Take It No More" "A Breathtaking Guy" "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" "Run, Run, Run" "Where Did Our Love Go" "Baby Love" "Come See About Me" "Stop! In the Name of Love" "Back in My Arms Again"/"Whisper You Love Me Boy" "Nothing but Heartaches" "I Hear a Symphony" "My World Is Empty Without You" "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" "You Can't Hurry Love" "You Keep Me Hangin' On" "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" "The Happening" "Reflections" "In and Out of Love" "Forever Came Today" "Some Things You Never Get Used To" "Love Child" "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" "I'm Livin' in Shame" "I'll Try Something New" "The Composer" "No Matter What Sign You Are" "The Weight" "I Second That Emotion" "Someday We'll Be Together" "Why (Must We Fall in Love)" "Up the Ladder to the Roof" "Everybody's Got the Right to Love" "Stoned Love" "River Deep – Mountain High" "Nathan Jones" "You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart" "Touch" "Floy Joy" "Automatically Sunshine" "Without the One You Love" "Your Wonderful, Sweet Sweet Love" "I Guess I'll Miss the Man" "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" "Bad Weather" "Tossin' and Turnin'" "He's My Man" "Where Do I Go from Here" "Early Morning Love" "I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking" "High Energy" "You're My Driving Wheel" "Let Yourself Go" "Love, I Never Knew You Could Feel So Good"
Videography	T.A.M.I. Show Greatest Hits: Live in Amsterdam Reflections: The Definitive Performances (1964–1969) Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
Inspired works	Sparkle (1976 film) Dreamgirls (musical) Dreamgirls (film) Sparkle (2012 film)
Related topics	Discography Chronology (The band's name history: The Primettes 1959–1961 / The Supremes 1961–1967 / Diana Ross & The Supremes 1967–1970 / The Supremes 1970 / Diana Ross & The Supremes 1970 / The Supremes 1970–) Members FLOS Farewell concert Return to Love Tour
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