You're My Driving Wheel

"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]

"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)

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.
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