Reach Out I'll Be There - acoustic cover

"Reach Out I'll Be There" (also formatted as "Reach Out (I'll Be There)") is a 1966 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 and is today considered The Tops' signature song. It was the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, from September 24, 1966 to October 15. It replaced "Cherish" by The Association, and was itself replaced by "96 Tears" by Question Mark & the Mysterians. Rolling Stone later ranked this version #206 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Lead singer Levi Stubbs delivers many of the lines in the song in a tone that straddles the line between singing and shouting, like he did in 1965's I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch).

This song differs markedly from the Four Tops' earlier efforts, due to the highly-contrasting shifts between minor and major, and also major and augmented chords. These contrasting tonal shades form the hook for which the song is so well known. The Four Tops would rely on this formula for several subsequent releases.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Reach
• Out
• I'll
• Be
• There
• acoustic
• cover

[emilymaeware]

what chords are you playing?

[TrustNo121000]

I like it a lot, I just wish the sound quality was better. It seems kind of staticy.

[eniwekwe]

i love your spin on this song.

[ChoDilly]

Nice style.. I wish I could see your chord fingers better though.

[esb369]

This is incredible. Slap that guitar!