Bernadette (song)
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| "Bernadette" | ||
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| Single by Four Tops | ||
| from the album Reach Out | ||
| B-side(s) | "Something About You" | |
| Released | February 16, 1967 | |
| Format | 7" single | |
| Recorded | Hitsville USA (Studio A); 1966 | |
| Genre | Soul/pop | |
| Length | 3:00 | |
| Label | Motown M 1104 |
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| Writer(s) | Holland-Dozier-Holland | |
| Producer(s) | Brian Holland Lamont Dozier |
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| Four Tops singles chronology | ||
| "Standing in the Shadows of Love" 1966 |
"Bernadette" 1967 |
"7-Rooms of Gloom" 1967 |
- For other uses, see "Bernadette."
"Bernadette" is a 1967 hit song recorded by The Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, the song is one of the most well-known Motown tunes of the 1960s. Depicting a man's excessive desire and jealousy over his girlfriend, "Bernadette" reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was The Four Tops's final Top 10 hit of the 1960s; 1972's "Keeper of the Castle" would return them to the Top 10 five years later.
[edit] Credits
- Lead vocals by Levi Stubbs
- Background vocals by Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Lawrence Payton, and The Andantes: Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps
- Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
- Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland, Jr.
- Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier
