# The Composer > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Composer > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Composer.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Composer > Source revision: 1233312759 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox song | name = The Composer | cover = 1969 - The Composer.png | alt = | type = single | artist = [Diana Ross & the Supremes](/source/The_Supremes) | album = [Let the Sunshine In](/source/Let_the_Sunshine_In_(album)) | B-side = The Beginning of the End | released = March 27, 1969 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = [Pop](/source/Pop_music) | length = 2:58 | label = [Motown](/source/Motown)
M 1146 | writer = [Smokey Robinson](/source/Smokey_Robinson) | producer = Smokey Robinson | prev_title = [I'll Try Something New](/source/I'll_Try_Something_New_(song)) | prev_year = 1969 | next_title = [No Matter What Sign You Are](/source/No_Matter_What_Sign_You_Are) | next_year = 1969 | misc = {{Extra track listing | album = [Let the Sunshine In](/source/Let_the_Sunshine_In_(album)) | type = single | tracks = {{Let the Sunshine In track listing}} }} }} "'''The Composer'''" is a 1969 song released for [Diana Ross & the Supremes](/source/The_Supremes) by the [Motown](/source/Motown) label. ==Background== Written and produced by [Smokey Robinson](/source/Smokey_Robinson), the song is featured on their album ''[Let the Sunshine In](/source/Let_the_Sunshine_In_(album))'' and peaked at number 27 on the [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100) pop singles chart in the United States in May 1969.{{cite magazine |year=1969 |title=''Billboard'' Hot 100 |magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) |volume=81 |issue=20 |pages=82 |publisher=[Nielsen Company](/source/Nielsen_Company) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xSgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA82 |access-date=10 May 2011 }} It was not released as a single in the UK. As with many Diana Ross & the Supremes singles recorded between 1968 and 1969, [Mary Wilson](/source/Mary_Wilson_(singer)) and [Cindy Birdsong](/source/Cindy_Birdsong) did not sing on the record but rather [Motown](/source/Motown) [session singer](/source/session_musician)s [The Andantes](/source/The_Andantes). "The Composer" is one of only a few Supremes releases that was not performed on any television show. The song was rerecorded by [Smokey Robinson & the Miracles](/source/The_Miracles) for their 1969 album, ''[Time Out for Smokey Robinson & the Miracles](/source/Time_Out_for_Smokey_Robinson_%26_The_Miracles)''. ''[Cash Box](/source/Cash_Box)'' described it as "a sumptuous love song filled with the imagery of '[I Hear a Symphony](/source/I_Hear_a_Symphony)'" and "standout [production](/source/production_(music)) touches."{{cite news|title=CashBox Record Reviews|date=April 12, 1969|page=20|accessdate=2021-12-08|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1969/CB-1969-04-12.pdf|newspaper=Cash Box}} ==Personnel== * Lead vocals by [Diana Ross](/source/Diana_Ross) * Background vocals by [the Andantes](/source/the_Andantes): Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps * Instrumentation by [the Funk Brothers](/source/the_Funk_Brothers) ==Track listing== *'''7" single (27 March 1969)''' (North America/Germany/Netherlands) #"The Composer" – 2:55 #"The Beginning of the End" – 2:29 ==Chart history== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"|Chart (1969) !scope="col"|Peak
position |- !scope="row" | Australia ([Kent Music Report](/source/Kent_Music_Report)){{cite web|url=https://www.top100singles.net/2013/02/every-amr-top-100-single-in-1969.html#show|title=Every Unique AMR Top 100 Single of the 1969|website=Top 100 Singles|access-date=31 December 2020}} |align="center"| 87 |- !scope="row" {{singlechart|Canadatopsingles|14|artist=The Supremes|chartid=6006}} |- !scope="row" | Netherlands ([Dutch Top 40 Tipparade](/source/Tipparade)){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/diana-ross-the-supremes/diana-ross-the-supremes-the-composer-21794|title=Diana Ross & The Supremes - The Composer {{!}} Top 40|work=[Dutch Top 40](/source/Dutch_Top_40)|access-date=October 16, 2022}} |align="center"| 20 |- !scope="row" {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|27|artist=The Supremes}} |- !scope="row" {{singlechart|Billboardrandbhiphop|21|artist=The Supremes}} |- !scope="row" |[US ''Cashbox'' Top 100](/source/Cashbox_(magazine)){{cite web |url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19690517.html |title=CASH BOX Top 100 Singles|work=[Cashbox](/source/Cashbox_(magazine))|date=May 17, 1969|access-date=31 December 2020}} | style="text-align:center;"|21 |- !scope="row" |[US ''Cashbox'' R&B](/source/Cashbox_(magazine)){{cite web |url=https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives-r/60s_files/19690510R.html |title=The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations|work=[Cashbox](/source/Cashbox_(magazine))|date=May 10, 1969|access-date=31 December 2020}} | style="text-align:center;"|14 |- !scope="row" | US [''Record World'' 100 Top Pops](/source/Record_World){{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/60s/69/RW-1969-05-24-OCR-Page-0031.pdf#search=%22april%2013%22 |title=100 TOP POPS: Week of May 24, 1969|magazine=[Record World](/source/Record_World)|publisher=worldradiohistory.com|date=May 24, 1969|access-date=29 January 2021}} | style="text-align:center;"|21 |- !scope="row" | US [''Record World'' Top 50 R&B](/source/Record_World){{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/60s/69/RW-1969-05-24-OCR-Page-0037.pdf#search=%22supremes%20the%20composer%22 |title=TOP 50 R&B: Week of May 24, 1969|page=41|magazine=[Record World](/source/Record_World)|publisher=worldradiohistory.com|date=May 24, 1969|access-date=29 January 2021}} | style="text-align:center;"|11 |} ==References== {{reflist}} {{The Supremes}} {{The Miracles}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Composer, The}} Category:1969 singles Category:Songs written by Smokey Robinson Category:The Supremes songs Category:The Miracles songs Category:Motown singles Category:Song recordings produced by Smokey Robinson Category:1969 songs {{1960s-R&B-song-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Composer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Composer) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Composer?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.