Then Came You (Dionne Warwick and the Spinners song)

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"Then Came You"

One of side-A labels of the US single

Single by Dionne Warwick & the Spinners

from the album Then Came You (Dionne Warwick) & New and Improved (Spinners)

B-side

"Just As Long As We Have Love"

Released

July 13, 1974

Recorded

April 2, 1974

Genre

Length

3:53

Label

Atlantic

Songwriter(s)

Sherman Marshall
Phillip Pugh

Producer(s)

Thom Bell

Dionne Warwick singles chronology

"I'm Just Being Myself"
(1973)

"Then Came You"
(1974)

"Take It From Me"
(1975)

Official audio

"Then Came You (Remastered)" on YouTube

The Spinners singles chronology

"I'm Coming Home"
(1974)

"Then Came You"
(1974)

"Love Don't Love Nobody (Part 1)"

"Then Came You" is a 1974 song recorded by American soul singer Dionne Warwick and American R&B group The Spinners. It was credited to Dionne Warwicke and the Spinners (from 1971 to 1975, Warwick added a final 'e' to her last name). The track was written by Sherman Marshall and Phillip T. Pugh, and produced by Thom Bell.

Released during a time that Warwick's chart fortunes were at an ebb after moving to Warner Bros. Records in 1972, the Philadelphia soul single was a rare mid-1970s success for the singer. Sung as a duet with Spinners main lead singer Bobby Smith and the Spinners, who were one of the most popular groups of the decade, the song became Warwick's first ever single to reach number one on the US Billboard Hot 100^[2] and also became her highest-charting R&B record of the 1970s, reaching number two on that chart, behind Barry White's "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (itself a Hot 100 number-one single). It was also the first number-one pop hit for the Spinners. It became an RIAA gold record,^[3] and was nominated for a Grammy.^[4]

Background

Spinners member Phillippe Wynne took over lead duties at the very end of the song, as he did on another one of the group's big hits, "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love".

While Warwick was signed to Warner Bros. at the time, this release actually came out on Atlantic Records, which was the Spinners' label, but also a sister label to Warner Bros.

Warwick eventually left Warner Bros. for Arista Records in 1978 where she regrouped and found consistent success again as an artist.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1974)	Peak position
Australia KMR	59
Canada RPM Top Singles^[5]	7
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[6]	6
UK Singles Chart (Official Charts Company)^[7]	29
US Billboard Hot 100^[8]	1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary^[9]	3
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles^[10]	2
US Cashbox Top 100^[11]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1974)	Rank
Canada^[12]	40
US Billboard Hot 100^[13]	47
US Cash Box Top 100^[14]	41

References

^ ^a ^b Molanphy, Chris (March 25, 2022). "Killing Me Softly Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
^ "Music lyrics, charts, Games, & more". Top40db.net. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
^ "Dionne Warwick & The Spinners - Then Came You - RIAA Gold Certification". RIAA. October 8, 1974. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
^ "Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus - 17th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1974)". The Recording Academy. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^ "UK Official Singles Chart". UK Official Charts Company. October 19, 1974. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
^ "The Spinners Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
^ "The Spinners Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
^ "The Spinners Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
^ [1] Archived August 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1974/Top 100 Songs of 1974". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
^ "The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1974". cashboxmagazine.com. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

External links

v t e Dionne Warwick
Discography
Studio albums	Presenting Dionne Warwick (1963) Anyone Who Had a Heart (1964) Make Way for Dionne Warwick (1964) The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick (1965) Here I Am (1965) Here Where There Is Love (1966) On Stage and in the Movies (1967) The Windows of the World (1967) Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls (1968) The Magic of Believing (1968) Promises, Promises (1968) Soulful (1969) I'll Never Fall in Love Again (1970) Very Dionne (1970) Dionne (1972) Just Being Myself (1973) Then Came You (1975) Track of the Cat (1975) Love at First Sight (1977) Dionne (1979) No Night So Long (1980) Friends in Love (1982) Heartbreaker (1982) How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye (1983) Finder of Lost Loves (1985) Friends (1985) Reservations for Two (1987) Dionne Warwick Sings Cole Porter (1990) Friends Can Be Lovers (1993) Aquarela do Brasil (1994) My Favorite Time of the Year (2004) My Friends & Me (2006) Why We Sing (2008) Only Trust Your Heart (2011) Now (2012) She's Back (2019) Dionne Warwick & the Voices of Christmas (2019)
Live albums	Dionne Warwick in Paris (1966) A Man and a Woman (1977) Hot! Live and Otherwise (1981) Christmas in Vienna II (1993)
Compilations	Golden Hits, Part One (1967) Greatest Hits: 1979–1990 (1989) The Love Collection (2008)
Singles	"Don't Make Me Over" "Wishin' and Hopin'" "Anyone Who Had a Heart" "Walk On By" "You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" "A House Is Not a Home" "Reach Out for Me" "Who Can I Turn To?" "Are You There (with Another Girl)" "Message to Michael" "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" "Alfie" "The Windows of the World" "I Say a Little Prayer" "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls" "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" "This Girl's in Love with You" "Odds and Ends" "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" "Make It Easy on Yourself" "I'm Your Puppet" "Then Came You" "By the Time I Get to Phoenix "Only Love Can Break a Heart" "I'll Never Love This Way Again" "Déjà Vu" "After You" "No Night So Long" "Easy Love" "Now We're Starting Over Again" "Heartbreaker" "All the Love in the World" "How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye" "Run to Me" "That's What Friends Are For" "Whisper in the Dark" "Love Power" "Reservations for Two" "Take Good Care of You and Me" "I Don't Need Another Love" "It's All Over" "Where My Lips Have Been" "What the World Needs Now Is Love" "The Good Life"
Other songs	"(They Long to Be) Close to You" "Do You Believe in Love at First Sight" "Solid Gold" "Never Gonna Let You Go"
Tours	Soul Divas Tour
Related articles	DionneDionne

v t e The Spinners
C.J. Jefferson Marvin Taylor Jessie Robert Peck Ronnie Moss Henry Fambrough Pervis Jackson Billy Henderson C. P. Spencer James Edwards Bobby Smith George Dixon Edgar Edwards G. C. Cameron Philippé Wynne John Edwards Frank Washington Harold "Spike" Bonhart Charlton Washington
Studio albums	The Original Spinners 2nd Time Around Spinners Mighty Love New and Improved Pick of the Litter Happiness Is Being with the Spinners Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow 8 From Here to Eternally Dancin' and Lovin' Love Trippin' Labor of Love Can't Shake This Feeling Grand Slam Cross Fire Lovin' Feelings Down to Business At Their Best
Other albums	The Best of the Spinners (1973 album) Spinners Live! The Best of the Spinners (1978 album) The Spinners: Their Early Years
Singles	"That's What Girls Are Made For" "I'll Always Love You" "Truly Yours" "It's a Shame" "How Could I Let You Get Away" "I'll Be Around" "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" "Together We Can Make Such Sweet Music" "Ghetto Child" "Mighty Love" "I'm Coming Home" "Then Came You" "Sadie" "Games People Play" "The Rubberband Man" "Are You Ready for Love" "Working My Way Back to You" "Cupid" "Yesterday Once More" "Funny How Time Slips Away" "I'll Be Around"
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