You're My Driving Wheel

"You're My Driving Wheel"
1976 German single
Single by The Supremes
from the album Mary, Scherrie & Susaye
B-side"You're What's Missing in My Life"
ReleasedSeptember 30, 1976
GenreDance, disco
Length3:19 (single version) 4:19 (album version)
5:15 (12" version)
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)Brian Holland, Harold Beatty, Floyd Stafford, Reginald Brown
The Supremes singles chronology
"High Energy"
(1976) 		"You're My Driving Wheel"
(1976) 		"Let Yourself Go"
(1977)

"You're My Driving Wheel" is a dance/disco song by The Supremes. The song was released on September 30, 1976 as the first single from their album Mary, Scherrie & Susaye. Along with the tracks, "Let Yourself Go" and "Love I Never Knew", "You're My Driving Wheel" peaked at number five on the disco chart.[1] On the Soul chart, the single peaked at number fifty and number eighty-five on the Hot 100.[2]

Charts

Chart (1976) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 85
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[4] 5
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[5] 50
US Cashbox R&B[6] 49
US Record World Disco File Top 20[7] 5
US Record World R&B Singles[8] 46

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 250.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 559.
  3. ^ "The Supremes Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "The Supremes Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "The Supremes Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations". Cashbox. December 18, 1976. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  7. ^ "DISCO FILE TOP 20: Week of January 15, 1977" (PDF). Record World. worldradiohistory.com. January 15, 1977. p. 20. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  8. ^ "THE R&B SINGLES CHART: Week of December 25, 1976" (PDF). Record World. worldradiohistory.com. December 25, 1976. p. 178. Retrieved 29 January 2021.