The Supremes ~ Stop! In The Name Of Love 1965 Soul Purrfection Version

Happy Motown Monday! By the time the girls released “Stop! In The Name Of Love“ they had amassed 3 consecutive #1 hits and “Stop!“ became their fourth of seven consecutive hits. Lamont Dozier was having a heated argument with his girlfriend, and the in the heat of the moment said, “Stop in the name of love“ and it ended the argument when both started laughing. He wrote the song and the girls recorded it on January 5, 1965 then flew to the UK for a concert tour. While on tour, they came up with the iconic hand movement that stopped the show. Frantic to create choreography, they ducked into the men’s room with Paul Williams and Melvin Franklin of the tempting Temptations and decided to use the traffic cops action to stop traffic.