Heat Wave (1963 song)

"Heat Wave"
A-side label of one of US vinyl releases
Single by Martha and the Vandellas
from the album Heat Wave
B-side"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)"
ReleasedJuly 10, 1963 (1963-07-10)
RecordedJune 20, 1963 (1963-06-20)[1]
StudioHitsville U.S.A., Detroit
GenreSoul
Length2:47
LabelGordy
Songwriter(s)Holland–Dozier–Holland
Producer(s)Brian Holland
Lamont Dozier
Martha and the Vandellas singles chronology
"Come and Get These Memories"
(1963) 		"Heat Wave"
(1963) 		"Quicksand"
(1963)

"Heat Wave" is a 1963 song written by the Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team. It was first made popular by the Motown vocal group Martha and the Vandellas,[2] who issued it as a single on July 10, 1963,[3] on the Motown subsidiary Gordy label. The single reached number one on the Billboard Hot R&B chart—where it stayed for four weeks—and peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.

It was recorded 12 years later by vocalist Linda Ronstadt on her Platinum-selling 1975 album Prisoner in Disguise. Ronstadt's version of the song was released as a single in September 1975, reaching number 5 in Billboard, 4 in Cash Box, and 6 in Record World. In 2010, British musician Phil Collins spent a single week (number 28) on the Billboard Adult Contemporary listing with his retooling of the song.

Martha and the Vandellas original version

Background, composition and reception

"Heat Wave" was one of many songs written and produced by the Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting and producing team. It was the second hit collaboration between Martha and the Vandellas and the team, with the first being "Come and Get These Memories". The lyrics of "Heat Wave" feature the song's narrator singing about a guy who has her heart "burning with desire" and "going insane" over the feeling of his love, and asking, "is this the way love's supposed to be?"[2] Cash Box described it as a "danceable rock-a-twister" that could return the group to the Top 20.[4] The song is often referred to as "(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave", but the title on the label of the original 1963 single was just "Heat Wave".[5]

Produced and composed with a gospel backbeat, jazz overtones and, doo-wop call and responsive vocals, "Heat Wave" was one of the first songs to exemplify the style of music later termed as the "Motown Sound". The single was a breakthrough hit, peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and at number 1 on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart.[6] It also garnered the group's only Grammy Award nomination for Best Rhythm and Blues Recording for 1964,[7] making the Vandellas the first Motown group ever to receive a Grammy Award nomination.

Some versions of the song have a radio edit that cuts out the repetition of the ending of the instrumental portion of the song, which is in one key, featuring the repeated saxophone and piano portion. In a version issued on the compilation Gold, the instrumental is extended as well as the ending portion, which includes Reeves singing more ad-libs while the backing vocalists continue to sing the word "burning" repeatedly.

The success of "Heat Wave" helped popularize both Martha and the Vandellas and Holland-Dozier-Holland,[2] while cementing Motown as a strong musical force.

Influence and use in other media

The Martha and the Vandellas version was featured in the 1970 film The Boys in the Band, in a scene in which several of the characters perform an impromptu line dance to the recording. It also appeared in Brian De Palma's 1976 film Carrie and was also featured in the 1979's More American Graffiti and is included on the film’s soundtrack album. In the 1992 film Sister Act, Whoopi Goldberg sings the song (arranged by Marc Shaiman) as part of her Vegas nightclub act saluting '60s girl groups.

In a 2007 DVD titled The Lovin' Spoonful with John Sebastian – Do You Believe in Magic, author Sebastian illustrates how he sped up the three-chord intro from "Heat Wave" to come up with the intro to "Do You Believe in Magic".

The song was ranked number 50 among the greatest singles ever made in Dave Marsh's 1989 book The Heart of Rock & Soul.[8] Billboard 's editorial staff named it number 12 on their list of 100 greatest girl group songs of all time.[9] In 2021, it was listed at number 257 on Rolling Stone's top 500 best songs of all time.[10]

Credits and personnel

Chart performance and certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[14]
Sales since 14 November 2004 		Silver 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Linda Ronstadt version

"Heat Wave"
Single by Linda Ronstadt
from the album Prisoner in Disguise
B-side"Love Is a Rose"
ReleasedSeptember 1975 (Debuted on the Hot 100 the week ending September 20)
RecordedThe Sound Factory, Los Angeles 1975
GenreRock[15]
Length2:46
LabelAsylum
Songwriter(s)Holland–Dozier–Holland
Producer(s)Peter Asher
Linda Ronstadt singles chronology
"When Will I Be Loved" / "It Doesn't Matter Anymore"
(1975) 		"Heat Wave"
(1975) 		"Tracks of My Tears"
(1975)

Background and reception

Linda Ronstadt remade "Heat Wave" for her album Prisoner in Disguise which was recorded at The Sound Factory in Hollywood between February and June 1975 and released that October. Ronstadt's sideman Andrew Gold told Rolling Stone: "[her] band had been trying to get Linda to add it to her [live] set for quite awhile [sic]...one night at a Long Island club called My Father's Place we received six encores and we'd run of tunes. One of us yelled out 'Heat Wave in D' and we did it. [The band was] awfully sloppy but the crowd really liked it. So we kept the song in our set."

Michael Epstein, the manager of My Father's Place, states he was responsible for Ronstadt's singing "Heat Wave" at his club: when Ronstadt went backstage after advising the audience she and the band had no more material, Epstein says he suggested Ronstadt perform "Heat Wave," writing down the lyrics and playing some chords on a guitar to help her band improvise.[16]

According to the Rolling Stone article the perfectionism of Ronstadt's producer Peter Asher "led to many, many hours of work on 'Heat Wave' in a process that would [likely] amuse the old-line Motown musicians involved in the almost assembly-line approach that resulted in hits including Martha and the Vandellas' 1963 recording of the song."[17]

Although Ronstadt had made her top ten breakthrough in 1975 with remakes of the 1960s hits "You're No Good" and "When Will I Be Loved", the lead single from Prisoner in Disguise was the original Neil Young composition "Love Is a Rose" with "Heat Wave" relegated to the B-side of the single which was released in August 1975. However pop radio disc jockeys preferred "Heat Wave", which rose to a number 5 peak in November 1975, while "Love Is a Rose" received support from C&W radio, reaching number 5 on the C&W chart in Billboard magazine.

Personnel

Charts

Weekly chart (1975) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Top Singles 12
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary 12
US Billboard Hot 100 [18] 5
US Billboard Easy Listening [19] 19
US Cash Box Top 100 [20] 4
Year-end chart (1975) Position
Canada [21] 68

Phil Collins version

"(Love Is Like a) Heatwave"
Single by Phil Collins
from the album Going Back
B-side"Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer"
Released6 September 2010
StudioDinemec Studio, Geneva
GenrePop
Length2:53
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Holland–Dozier–Holland
Producer(s)Phil Collins
Phil Collins singles chronology
"Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away"
(2004) 		"(Love Is Like a) Heatwave"
(2010) 		"Going Back"
(2010)
Music video
"Phil Collins - Heatwave (Official Music Video)" on YouTube

Background

In 2010, Phil Collins remade "Heat Wave" for his cover album, Going Back, with the track serving as lead single, the first Phil Collins' single release in over five years. Except for the Carole King/Gerry Goffin-penned title cut and that team's "Some of Your Lovin'"—both Dusty Springfield hits—and also Collins' take on Curtis Mayfield's "Talking About My Baby", Going Back comprised Collins' remakes of Motown classics with the session personnel featuring three members of The Funk Brothers: Bob Babbitt, Ray Monette and Eddie Willis. Collins would say: "To be able to have three of the surviving Funk Brothers play on all the tracks was unbelievable. There was one moment when they were tracking 'Heat Wave' that I experienced a wave of happiness and wonder that this was actually happening to me!".[22]

On 31 July 2010, Atlantic Records unveiled the music video to support Collins' "Heat Wave"[23] with the singer shown performing the song with a large ensemble of musicians and backing vocalists who performed with him during several showcases promoting the album in the summer of 2010.

Track listing

  1. "(Love Is Like a) Heatwave" – 2:53
  2. "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer" – 2:59

Musicians

  • Phil Collins – vocals, drums, percussion, keyboards
  • Eddie Willis – guitar
  • Ray Monette – guitar
  • Bob Babbitt – bass
  • Graeme Blevins – tenor saxophone
  • Phil Todd – baritone saxophone and solo
  • Guy Barker and Tom Rees-Roberts – trumpets
  • John Aram – trombone
  • Connie Jackson and Lynne Fiddmont – backing vocals

Chart performance

Weekly chart (2010) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[24] 52
Germany (GfK)[25] 30
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[26] 82
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[27] 16
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[28] 39
Japan Hot 100 (Billboard) 37
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[29] 28

See also

References

  1. ^ Hughes, Keith (2018). "Love Is Like A Heat Wave". Don't Forget the Motor City. Ritchie Hardin. Archived from the original on September 16, 2024. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 26 – The Soul Reformation: Phase two, the Motown story. [Part 5]" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.
  3. ^ Weinger, Harry (2000). Motown: The Classic Years (Liner notes). Various artists. UTV Records. p. 5. 012 159 466-2. Released 7/10/63
  4. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. July 20, 1963. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 378.; Discogs photo, accessed July 13, 2009. Archived 2009-07-20.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 378.
  7. ^ "Grammy Award Nominees 1964 – Grammy Award Winners 1964". Awardsandshows.com. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  8. ^ Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. New York: New American Library. p. 38. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.
  9. ^ "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  10. ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
  11. ^ The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 3: 1963 [liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records
  12. ^ Williams, Richard. ‘Mike Terry Obituary’, The Guardian, December 1, 2008
  13. ^ "1963 Year End". Bullfrogspond.com. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
  14. ^ "British single certifications – Martha and the Vandellas – Dancing In The Street". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  15. ^ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "1975: Storm Warning". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 418. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
  16. ^ "Epstein Inducted into Music Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2010-12-09. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
  17. ^ "Rolling Stone (Dec 18, 1975): Singles: Heat Wave (Linda Ronstadt)". Ronstadt-linda.com. 1975-12-18. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
  18. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  19. ^ Adult Contemporary Music Chart, November 22, 1975
  20. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 15, 1975". Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  21. ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.
  22. ^ "Untitled". Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
  23. ^ "Phil Collins' '(Love is Like a) Heatwave' Video Arrives - Digg". Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
  24. ^ "Phil Collins – (Love Is Like A) Heatwave" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  25. ^ "Phil Collins – (Love Is Like A) Heatwave" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  26. ^ "Phil Collins – (Love Is Like A) Heatwave" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  27. ^ "Phil Collins – (Love Is Like A) Heatwave" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  28. ^ "Phil Collins – (Love Is Like A) Heatwave" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  29. ^ "Phil Collins Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.

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