Supremes, The - Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart Lyrics






The love bug done bit me
Didn't mean for him to get me
Woo, get up in the morning
And I'm filled with desire
No, no, I can't stop the fire
Love is a real life wire
Ooh, it's a burning sensation
Far behind imagination

Love is like an itching in my heart
Tearing it all apart
Just an itching in my heart
And baby, I can't scratch it
Keeps me sighing, ooh
Keeps me yearning

No, mama can't help me
No, daddy can't help me
I've been bitten by the love bug
And I need some information
To help me out this situation

Now, when you're ill
You take a pill
When your thirsty
Drink your fill
What you gonna do
When love gets a hold
A hold on you
Love is like an itching in my heart
And baby, I can't scratch it

Love is a nagging irritation
Causing my heart complication
Love is a growing infection
And I don't know the correction
Got me rockin' and areelin'
And I can't shake the feelin'

Love is like an itching in my heart
Tearing it all apart
Just an itching in my heart
And baby, I can't scratch it
Keeps me sighing, ooh
Keeps me yearning

Keeps me burning
Keeps me tossing
Keeps me turning
Keeps me yearning

I've been bitten by the love bug
And I need some information
To help me out this situation
Love is a nagging irritation
Causing my heart complication

I've been bitten by the love bug...





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  1. L.... A....

    A VERY SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO
    THE LATE AND GREAT

    "MS. FLORENCE BALLARD"

  2. L.... A....

    "THE SUPREMES"
    MOTORCITY'S FINEST
    TALENTED R&B SINGERS

    "THE SUPREMES"

    WHEN LIFE WAS JUST
    MAKING A STATEMENT

    ABOUT THE GENUINE LOVE
    THAT FLOWS LIKE HEAVEN IN
    THE WIND TO CHERISH THE MOMENT

    THAT THEY SHARED EXCLUSIVELY
    LIKE SISTERS
    (DIANA, FLORENCE, MARY & CINDY)

    AND BEST FRIENDS
    YES THEY MADE IT SUCCESSFULLY

    AND A BEAUTIFUL MASTERPIECE OF THEIR HISTORY,

    SINCE THEY"COULD NEVER FIGHT
    THIS FEELING"

    BECAUSE THEY WANTED
    A TRUE WINNER.

  3. C.... M....

    Classic,Classic,One of thee baddest Women groups ever, and their style was so fly loved this group.And Ms. Ross you are still The Boss!

  4. M.... H....

    My favorite ladies group.

  5. T.... ....

    Diana Ross -- lead vocals
    Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson -- background vocals
    The Funk Brothers -- all instrumentation
    Mike Terry -- baritone sax

  6. s.... ....

    NOW, Where EVER This one came from, THIS Is the Mixdown of it that I ""LIKE"!
    Bang!

  7. Z.... P....

    Freaking love bug

  8. E.... ....

    James bass needs turned up

  9. C.... M....

    Living in Seattle in the early 60's, Motown rocked. l'm over 60 & still love The Supremes.

  10. T.... S....

    Save my soul!

  11. K.... W....

    OMG, this hit brings back SO many fond memories.

  12. G.... G....

    THE FUNK BROTHERS RULE!!!! ✌

  13. M.... B....

    This song seems long forgotten by our big corporate oldies radio stations (which I stopped listening to 25 years ago) even though this was a big hit (went to #9 in June 1966) Seems the only ones they play is Baby Love or Where Did Our Love Go. The melody and the awesome sax solo make this song truly awesome!!! Still remember Florence Ballard who to me was the prettiest of the three.

  14. M.... F....

    Used to dance to this at the Twisted Wheel.

  15. A.... Z....

    Yasss! Got me dancin'!

  16. K.... R....

    I LOVE THE SURPREMES

  17. T.... B....

    Mr ms Wigan casino

  18. c.... r....

    Almost forgot this sweetie, sweetie i remember the luxurious condo of my frustration and gods mamba heaven down the love bug not yet gone down the mamba showtime. The women of power. The Supremes on the list. 0:08 Bwa&&$$

  19. M.... R....

    Diana Ross' voice manages to weave its way through that *big* loud band and still be heard above it. Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson groove away so smoothly and effortlessly in the background. The Funk Brothers play Holland~Dozier~Holland's music *so* beautifully, it was a match made in music heaven. I hear this song and it *still* gets me rocking and bopping all these years later. The Supremes' songs were timeless classics that can *never* be replicated. The early Motown sound was absolutely fucking awesome, *nothing* comes even close to comparing to it. 😎

  20. m.... f....

    THIS WAS THE JAM BACK IN THE DAYS DOING THE CHARGE, I LOVE THIS SONG RIP FLO. THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

  21. A.... V....

    I was just like 4 or 5 years old and I remember my parents had this LP and I loved it

  22. D.... S....

    Holland, Dozier and Holland + Funk Brothers + Diana, Mary, Florence ...
    Was there ever any other music so exciting!?

  23. L.... K....

    This is my favor song by the supremes . This song reminds me of when I was in love. I did not know how to deal with the situations that him and I was going through, I felt that the l man, I was in love with, had me in a bond that I could not get out of. It felt like it was a disease. I could not get out of it. My mother or father could not help me. I had to go through the pain. I'm talking about years! Years! Of pain

    L.... K....

    What can you NOT do to this tune? Dance, Roller Skate, Chair Dance..?? Great Tune

  24. A.... A....

    Love the 80's cover too.
    https://youtu.be/MofklmOBXmo

  25. T.... M....

    I think I found the origin of Billy Ray Cyrus achy breaky heart

  26. H.... B....

    I love this song. I was about 16 when that song came out.

  27. K.... G....

    Love this song by the Supremes

  28. J.... R....

    Diana was so ugly back then money 💰 has made her bleach her skin and have real hair extensions, Florence was the real main singer off this famous duet group who where the image and face off that great unforgettable decade 👑💖

  29. W.... P....

    The music is awesome and the Supremes nailed the vocals...the driving beat made Diana Ross get some urgency in her vocals, which was too often lacking. There was a little Martha and Velvelette flavor in the vocals. Awesome tune on every level.

  30. M.... J....

    Greatest Supremes opus, ever...

  31. Z.... T....

    First heard this walking into the Ruby Room in Oakland, 2006, everything bathed in red light, felt like Goodfellas

  32. G.... B....

    Class acts like this is gone..

  33. b.... m....

    love bug had
    love bug has bitten me,, didnt mean for him to get me,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,woot

  34. r.... e....

    THIS WILL BE ON DRAG RACEEE

  35. F.... G....

    Best girl group EVER. Period.

    F.... G....

    after the MARVELETTES :)

  36. D.... R....

    My favorite Supremes song. And that's saying a lot because they had some of the best songs from the Motown era.

  37. K.... H....

    Ms. Ross sang lead on every hit record by the Supremes up until she left the group for solo stardom. Her sound was the sound of the Supremes that sold records to the public and made them the most successful recording group in US history. Some debate the volume of the background vocals, the intentions of this person or that person, to try and diminish the impact of the group and the role Ms. Ross played in the group's success. But, when they denigrate Ms. Ross, they denigrate the group and that success. They also ignore the tireless work that Ms. Ross -- often without the participation of other group members -- did continuously to promote and increase the group's popularity. Some of us are old enough to have watched it happen in real time, to have read the interviews, to have seen the live TV appearances, etc, so we are not swayed by revisionist history, We heard and read the interviews given by Ms. Ballard in which she openly admitted that while she enjoyed singing in the group and was proud if their success, she hated the other things that were essential to achieving and maintaining that success -- traveling and touring, rehearsals, giving interviews, doing costume fittings and photo shoots, etc. -- and she readily admittted to being intentionall late or absent from performances, appearing for work intoxicated, and intentionally sabotaging the rehearsed choreography to throw Ms. Ross and Ms. Wilson off their performances. She even acknowledged that her behavior and attitude were probably her way of ensuring that she would get fired, enabling her to leave behind a schedule and workload she disliked, so she could be at home and start a family. Though I would question her decisions with respect to professionalism, she certainly had a right to decide that being a part of a successful and in-demand group were not for her. I have seen and read interviews with Ms. Wilson in which she poked good natured fun at Ms. Ross for being so focused on the group's success and doing the work to maintain it, rather than relaxing and enjoying the good times associated with the success. I also heard both Ms. Ballard and Ms. Wilson separately say that it was Ms. Ross' voice and sound that sold the Supremes' records.

    Some criticize Berry Gordy for his focus on Diana Ross and his promotion of her. I wonder what they would have done it they had the most successful recording group in the country under contract and one of its members had the sound that the public was buying in record numbers, was terrific in personal appearances and was willing to work day and night to make the group and the records successful, while another group member was lackadaisical in her attitude and always looking to kick back and enjoy fame, and another did not want to do the work, was inconsistent in her attendance and purposely disruptive to the performances. I suspect that they would have done exactly what Mr. Gordy did. If he not done so, we would undoubtedly not be discussing these matters today, because the group's success would have been less spectacular, the solo stardom of Diana Ross might never have had the opportunity to break new barriers for all Black entertainers, and the Supremes would be discussed in Motown history as just another group with some hit recordings back in the 1960s. I am a great fan of the Supremes, and I admire all the members of the group. But, I see no reason to deny the obvious in order to rewrite a story for the group that I would prefer to the one that actually occurred. No one is arguing that Paul McCartney and John Lennon were unfairly spotlighted in the Beatles or that the background vocals of Ringo Starr are responsible for individual songs becoming hits. Background vocals are important, essential-even, but no background vocal ever made a song a hit that would not have been a hit without them or with them supplied by someone else. All these debates, which are of course intended to diminish and question Ms. Ross' success, do not achieve that purpose. Instead, they pit fans one against another, diminish the group's amazing achievements and in a way I find cruel, they call attention to Ms. Ballard's subsequent recording career and its failure to produce recordings that sold well or are of the quality of the Motown work. She deserves better. The group deserves better. Certainly, the entertainer who provided the sound of the group, promoted the group tirelessly and has never spoken negatively about any member of the group deserves better. It is time this absurd debate ended so we can all enjoy the music they group created, the barriers they toppled, the style they set and the impact on the nation they -- and other Motown artists -- have had. Instead of picking apart issues that have little importance, we should be enjoying the music and saluting Ms. Ross and Ms. Wilson (as well as Ms. Birdson, Ms. Terrell, Ms. Ballard, and the others who passed through the group) in their (and our, in some cases) senior years. Ms. Ross continues to be an entertainment force after more than 50 years, and she has produced a beautiful family that is making its own impact on the business. Let's enjoy instead of constantly trying to create or perpetuate acrimony!

  38. R.... B....

    Motown or northern soul , absolutely top drawer.

  39. P.... Q....

    Fftvrhduduhdudhegeudgrgurrvr llukati

  40. L.... 1....

    I love Motown! This song is awesome and sung very well.

    L.... 1....

    Fantastic! !

  41. C.... 5....

    Someone droppin biscuits on the xylophone

    C.... 5....

    The supremes supreme hit...

  42. 2.... ....

    I turned 9 that year. Good thing. If I were 8 or 10 year's older I may not be alive right now. Vietnam!

  43. T.... T....

    I gotta say Holland Dozier Holland, along with Lennon McCartney, and Jagger Richards are pretty much the Mt Rushmore of 60's songwriting teams

    T.... T....

    When H-D-H left Motown in 1967 (mostly over royalties) the hits slowed down somewhat. The corporation just got bigger and bigger and eventually all but a very few of their acts left the label over the same reasons. Motown lost it's roots.

  44. B.... S....

    My favorite Supremes song.

  45. m.... b....

    One of my favs! Nice presentation :-)

  46. C.... B....

    I LOVE THE SUPREMES

  47. S.... R....

    Alright

  48. T.... E....

    Detroit-# 1 for rockin'jams.Just sayin'

  49. M.... T....

    brilliant................................................

  50. N.... R....

    What ya gonna do when this soul gets a hold of you

  51. S.... B....

    this is quintessential motown

  52. L.... P....

    The baddest sisters

  53. T.... S....

    why is my youtube refusing to work properly?.....

  54. M.... C....

    Fantastic Diana Ross.
    The Supremes. Number One.

  55. T.... Y....

    Holland Dozier Holland was the songwriting team that made Motown the hit factory that it was for so many years.....

  56. S.... C....

    LOVE THIS SONG I GREW UP IN THE 60S LOVE THEY DRESS SO ELEGANCE YOU CAN BE BEAUTIFUL WITHOUT SHOWING ALL YU GOT LOVE MOTOWN THE BEST MUSIC MAKES YU WANT TO DANCE STILL DANCING AT 71.

  57. p.... r....

    Record World, Billboard, etc. all had very high expectations for this song along with songs like Barefootin', When a Man Lovea a Woman, Sweet Talkin' Guy -- all major spring/summer 1966 hits. I was surprised that on Billboard it stalled at position 9 only. As some have said, it may have been ahead of its time. 51 years later (12 Sep 2017) it' as timely as it ever should have been. This along w/Nothing But Heartaches -- 2 No. One Songs for sure (that never were).

    p.... r....

    patrick ryan This song and My World Is Empty Without You are my two *favourite* favourites. 😎

    p.... r....

    Thanks for the reply; Happy Thanksgiving. 23 Nov 2017

    p.... r....

    patrick ryan 👍😎

  58. C.... G....

    The way the band builds up, instrument by instrument. The way Diana Ross weaves her way through that big, loud arrangement. The way Florence and Mary so effortlessly groove along in the background. I love all of their songs but Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart is my *favourite* of all of them. It has that distinctive Funk Brothers, Holland-Dozier-Holland sound from the early days of Motown. It's just such a fuckin *groovy* song. 😎

  59. C.... S....

    Again, lovin mike Terry on baritone sax which made this sound unique. Above is wrong! He played the baritone!!

  60. Q.... J....

    A good work out song. And a great love song.

  61. K.... S....

    This was the true sound of Motown. My first love in music. always makes me smile and lifts my depressed spirit.

  62. T.... J....

    The Supremes kicked ass!

  63. K.... B....

    "When ya ill..ya take a pill"..

  64. M.... R....

    I CAN'T GET ENUG!!!!!!!
    I LUV IT!!!!!!!

  65. A.... W....

    Timeless

  66. S.... J....

    The beat sounds like MJ's song "If You Don't Love Me". Also the tune of some of the words sounds like the Jackson 5's "I'm the one you Need".

    S.... J....

    Starla Jones You mean MJ's song sounds like this, not the other way around.

    S.... J....

    Starla Jones Michael Jackson idolised Diana Ross. He tried to sound like her, he had plastic surgery to look like her. She was like a second mother to him.

  67. D.... M....

    the supremes 50 years you good singers forever usa number 1

  68. C.... G....

    does NOT get better than this. Not possible. This song will be great in a hundred years.

  69. R.... L....

    What a song! The great legends of MOTOWN!

  70. T.... S....

    love it!

  71. K.... M....

    Grew up on this groove as a child in the late 1960s, listening to those Motown 45s on the show & tell player.

  72. t.... ....

    Diana Ross =  American legend

    t.... ....

    taunton613 original supremes = american legend.

  73. M.... S....

    Sounds like the prototype for Weller's (Jam/Style Council etc.) Solid Bond In Your Heart.

  74. M.... C....

    OOPS! Get the Febreeze out, the Funk Brothers' in the house. The booty-bangin bass and drums, it's about to get stank, for real!

  75. G.... M....

    Brilliant song in every way.

    G.... M....

    Supremes at their best!!

    G.... M....

    A great musical era in America...

  76. C.... B....

    The great James Jamerson is on bass duty as well - what a genius, sadly died too young !

    C.... B....

    The Master ...The trend setter...!!!

    C.... B....

    Paul McCartney has often said that he loved JJ's bass playing the most and was a huge fan.

  77. J.... C....

    My favorite Supremes song ever. The guitar riff, the xylophone, the baritone sax solo. This song rocks n' rolls just right.

    J.... C....

    Yes.  I agree that this is one of the best songs under the Supremes' name. However, when you say this is the best Supremes song ever, you only mention the guitar riff, the xylophone and the baritone solo which goes to show you  that it  is the musicians who give this song its incredible driving beat.   The vocals of the Supremes round out the song.    The musicians were not the Supremes but the great Motown in-house musicians.  Too bad the musicians get no credit on the label of the record.  It is the person or persons  laying down the vocals who seem to get all of the credit.  I went to a Supremes' concert in 1968 with my sister and she felt the musicians for the Supremes were so incredible that she thought they should be the Supremes as well.

    J.... C....

    James Crow ...That's not a xylophone. It's a vibraphone or vibraharp. In short, vibes.

  78. m.... ....

    In my humble opinion this track is one of the most exciting dancers of Tamla Motown and has everything to make it one of Tamla Motowns very best recordings. When Ms Ross was a great singer and not a DIVA. Pat Allen The Burnley & Pendle Soul Club.

    m.... ....

    As a late 60s mod , have to agree as a dancer was fantastic.

  79. t.... p....

    Holland dozier Holland were the best at churning hits

    t.... p....

    timothyy pearson they wrote of 200 hits for motown

    t.... p....

    +Geri Gillespie the best over 200 i think its over at least 1000 hits

    t.... p....

    timothyy pearson Martha & The Vandellas sang Holland-Dozier-Holland songs really well too. Nowhere To Run just makes me fuckin rock. 😎

  80. E.... ....

    Steely Dan brought me here.

    E.... ....

    How could Steely Dan bring you to the Supremes?

  81. a.... l....

    THE QUEEN OF SOUL INNIT RAW KTF T

  82. S.... A....

    60s were amazing.  Love songs without all that lusting.

  83. r.... ....

    love love love the sax and what I believe to be a xylophone throughout the song. Holland and Dozier were genius.

    r.... ....

    yes it was xylophone played by Jack ashford

    r.... ....

    The Funk Brothers 😎

    r.... ....

    Martha & The Vandellas also sung Holland~Dozier~Holland's songs brilliantly. Listen to Third Finger, Left Hand and Nowhere To Run and Love Is Like A Heatwave and Quicksand by Martha & The Vandellas and you can hear that distinct Holland~Dozier~Holland sound. The Funk Brothers were awesome, after Motown got rid of The Funk Brothers and Holland~Dozier~Holland it *all* went to the dogs. The earlier Motown sound was irreplaceable and unbeatable, there will *never* be another sound like it again.

  84. N.... F....

    I can't believe that this song is 50 years old. Boy oh boy how time flies And I was in third grade when this song first came out. I just love the Supremes!

  85. G.... T....

    EXCELLENT TRACK from a great Groupe GROOVIE

  86. B.... B....

    That groove brother!!!

  87. a.... r....

    wow...its my favourite of all surpremes song.....thanks holland and dozier......and the ladies.

    a.... r....

    +acapulco ramon ...i was born after the supremes reign so was unfamiliar with many of their songs......i was watching the divas tribute to diana in 1999 and she sang this when she went into her surpremes medley......i instandly loved the song....but thought the name was luv bug.......one of my favorite songs.....and listening to it hear....well produced...

  88. R.... C....

    What Gordy did with this group, like most of his acts, was shameful. He turned two lead singers into background singers all because he was sleeping with Diana Ross; Yes the Supremes made him lots of money and made Diana Ross a star but at what cost? Listen to Mary Wilson sing "Baby Don't Go" ont the album "Meet the Supremes." You can also hear Florence Ballard singing "Butter Pop Corn" on the same album. And if you have an ear for music you will feel the same way I do... What a shame Gordy wouldn't let Mary and Florence shine.

    R.... C....

    so WHAT??!

    R.... C....

    Cafe` Skype Go back and read the first comment in this thread, that's what!

    R.... C....

    Quite a story Robert. Is it true?

    R.... C....

    Please, Sam, can you refrain from name calling, O.K.?.......Thanks, Friend.

    R.... C....

    First of all: YOU are the one who doesn't understand nothing about music! Second: Berry Gordy, the EAR, chosen Diane and not the others! Period! And last but not least: your comment is simply mentally underrated!

  89. G.... V....

    When I was about 10 yrs old, the Supremes hit. I had a few older female cousins and I can't tell you how wild they were for the Supremes. So, when I first saw them on television, I was really awestruck. Their music and beat was so damn great. My cousins with me, couldn't sit still. The Supremes made you MOVE! Where did all that talent from MOTOWN GO?? God! There was so much of it. Now, it's almost all gone. Sorry. Rap and hip hop isn't even music. God bless Holland and Dozier! The Lennon and McCartney of Motown! Long Live Motown!

    G.... V....

    Today (July 25th, 2016) was my first time hearing this song in YEARS.   And ohhh, how it has brought back for me happy memories of growing up in Motown in the late 1960s.   As far as contemporary rap & hip hop are concerned, I fully share your sentiments.    I miss R&B music as I knew it from the 1960s through the 1980s.

    G.... V....

    Great Vocal Majority i 100% agree with you. Motown was the BEST.

    G.... V....

    I love it, too! So great! So Fun! Wish Mo-Town was back again like the "old days". Great song, haven't heard it in a loooong time! Woo hoo! "The love bug dun bit me!"

    G.... V....

    i'm 17 and i listen music btw 1930-1980's, but i also listen political, critical or feminist rap and i enjoy it... i know that i shouldn't compare music styles bc they are different (the music from those years has quality, rhythm and something that gets deep into your soul, with rap u can just feel identified with the lyrics) but i think reggaeton or trap are worst jjajajajja

    G.... V....

    I'm 61 and I grew up listening to this music! I absolutely love it!

  90. L.... R....

    +Rose Trone good for you !you seem like a terrific person Happiness to you! always! me I'll still keep getting bitten by the wrong person :-)

  91. L.... N....

    I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!

  92. d.... e....

    This is 1 of the best dance songs, my parents used to dance a lot at home on Friday nights at our house, they used to do this dance called the swing. my mom and pops used to be jamming off this record, they could dance, my father would lead her, just brings back lot of memories pops has past away but I will never forget those days back in the early 70 s   and get ready by the temps the beats are great.

  93. a.... ....

    My Aunt Carol and Uncle Jim married in 16-ARR-1966. THIS song was the VERY latest "Powerhouse" single from the God-Almighty SUPREMES at that moment! Talk about upcoming 50th anniversary Hit Parade memories! (Next year!) Holeeeee Shit! =)))))

  94. R.... T....

    WATCH OUT FOR THAT LOVE BUG!!!

    R.... T....

    +Rose Trone Thanks but have been bitten many times still healing Enjoy your Day!

    R.... T....

    +Louis Ramos. Love bug bite me twice. But i'm not gonna give up on love!!!

  95. t.... ....

    I'd forgotten this song, I was 15

    t.... ....

    This is one of the best songs by The Supremes. It first appeared on KHJ's Boss 30 Hits 4/20/66 and peaked at #13. I was 12 years old at the time. When I was in the 7th grade the Supremes A Go Go album was very popular.
    I think the first record I ever purchased was Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles in February 1967. If only I had been just a few years older I might have been able to go to some of the most historical concerts in music history.

  96. C.... D....

    One of my best songs by them.   Read the comments about Flo singing lead on this song.  I don't see it or hear it...  They struggled to get hits with all of them taking turn on leads and the songs went "nowhere"!  Until HDH decided to change the keys (higher) for a song they though Diana sang better. It worked!!  It was a #1 hit and they, Berry/HDH stayed with the chemistry/choice...  Unfortunate for Flo and Mary "who thought they were gonna change leads like the Temps", their singing lead was done.  Sad and Unfortunate.   But, 12 or more #1 hits says alot.  Just a side note..  D Ross always had that (IT) factor.   The others did not imo.

    C.... D....

    Craig Davenport well, like...thats just your opinion, man!

  97. G.... F....

    One of the best Motown songs ever!

    G.... F....

    Gene Flores That Holland-Dozier-Holland sound to the max. 👍😎

    G.... F....

    Gene Flores
    Now THAT'S what "I'M" Talking about!!!! I have ALWAYS Felt that, bro.!!!! This song BANGS!!!! 💖😆