The Supremes: Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart (Holland / Dozier, 1966) - Lyrics

Tenor sax solo -- 1:35 to 1:50 -- by the great Mike Terry; read his obit here: The hit single “Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart“ was recorded in 1966 by The Supremes for the Motown label. (Historical note: the name of the group changed in 1967 from “The Supremes“ to “Diana Ross and the Supremes,“ signaling a desire on the part of Ross ultimately for a solo career.) The song was written and produced by Motown’s main production team of Holland-Dozier-Holland. Lead vocals by Diana Ross; background vocals by Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson; instrumentation by The Funk Brothers. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The love bug done bit me Didn’t mean for him to get me Woo, get up in the morning And I’m filled with desire No, no, I can’t stop the fire Love is a real live wire Ooh, it’s a burning sensation Far beyond imagination Love is like an itchin’ in my heart Tearing it all apart Just an itching in my heart And baby, I can’t scratch it Keeps me sighing, ooh Keeps me yearning No, mama can’t help me No, daddy can’t help me I’ve been bitten by the love bug And I need some information To help me out this situation Now, when you’re ill You take a pill When your thirsty Drink your fill What you gonna do When love gets a hold A hold on you Love is like an itchin’ in my heart And baby, I can’t scratch it Love is a naggin’ irritation Causing my heart complication Love is a growing infection And I don’t know the correction Got me rockin’ and a-reelin’ And I can’t shake the feelin’ Love is like an itching in my heart Tearin’ it all apart Just an itchin’ in my heart And baby, I can’t scratch it Keeps me sighing, ooh Keeps me cryin’, Keeps me yearning Keeps me burning Keeps me tossing Keeps me turning Keeps me yearning I’ve been bitten by the love bug And I need some information To help me out this situation Love is a naggin’ irritation Causing my heart complication I’ve been bitten by the love bug... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More hits from my Motown/Stax/Soul/Funk playlist: Jean Knight: Mr. Big Stuff (Broussard / Washington / Williams, 1971) - Wilson Pickett: Land of a Thousand Dances (Kenner, 1962) - The Supremes and The Temptations: I’m Gonna Make You Love Me - The O’Jays: Use Ta Be My Girl (Gamble & Huff, 1978) - Thelma Houston - Don’t Leave Me This Way: When Will I See You Again - The Three Degrees: You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine - Lou Rawls: Diana Ross: Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (Ashford / Simpson) - Freda Payne: Band of Gold (Holland-Dozier-Holland, 1970) - Donna Summer: On The Radio (Moroder / Summer, 1979) - The Trammps: Disco Inferno (Green / Kersey, 1976) - The entire playlist is available here: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~