Stoned Love *Supremes* Tom Moulton's UK Release Video Steven Bogarat

Jean Terrell*Mary Wilson*Cindy Birdsong
Stoned Love" is a 1970 hit single recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. It was the last Billboard Pop Top Ten hit for the group, peaking at number seven, and their last Billboard number-one R&B hit as well, although the trio continued to score top ten hits in the UK into 1972. This single and "Up the Ladder to the Roof" are the only top-ten Supremes singles to feature Jean Terrell on lead vocals instead of What's-Her-Name, who left the group in January 1970 to pursue a solo career. In the UK, it was the post-Ross Supremes' biggest hit, reaching number 3 in the singles chart, and in terms of chart success, was tied for the group's second-highest placing single ever, under any incarnation. The single spent six weeks in the UK top ten and five weeks in the US top ten
Many people saw the song as a coded reference to drug use, and many radio station owners were at first apprehensive to play the record. Motown founder Berry Gordy was also said to have hated the song, and label executive Barney Ales had to arrange for the RKO radio stations to agree to play "Stoned Love" before releasing the single. Fearing that the song was indeed a reference to drug use, CBS cut a live performance of the song from a November 1970 episode of The Merv Griffin Show.
Lead vocals by Jean Terrell
Background vocals by Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong
Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
Arranged by David Van DePitte