The Happening (song)

"The Happening" is a 1967 song recorded by Motown artists The Supremes. The song served as the theme song of the 1967 Columbia film The Happening, and was released as a single by Motown at the time of the film's release that spring. While the movie flopped, the song peaked at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was a #12 R&B hit.

Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier and written by Holland-Dozier-Holland and The Happening's musical director Frank DeVol, was the final Supremes single issued under that name with Diana Ross in the group. Between the release of "The Happening" and the next Supremes single, "Reflections", the group's billing would be changed to Diana Ross & the Supremes, and Florence Ballard would be replaced with Cindy Birdsong of Patti LaBelle & the Blue Belles.

"The Happening" became a #32 instrumental hit for Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass subsequently in the same year. "The Happening's" intro would be sampled decades later by R&B singer Fantasia for her 2007 single "Hood Boy".

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Lead vocals by Diana Ross
Background vocals by Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson
Instrumentation by assorted Los Angeles musicians

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Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1967 (USA)

Preceded by "Somethin' Stupid" by Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra	Billboard Hot 100 number one single May 13, 1967	Succeeded by "Groovin'" by The Young Rascals