sung background on Dee Dee Warwick's track and the other versions produced by Jerry Ross. Diana Ross and Eddie Kendricks shared lead vocals, although Otis Williams worked with Ross during a spoken interlude which was original to this version of the song. Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations performed several of the songs from their joint album on their headlining TCB television special which aired in December 1968 and it was originally planned that their rendition of "The Impossible Dream", the special's climactic performance, be their joint album's lead single. However radio stations began playing the "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" track off their advance copies of Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations compelling Motown to make "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" the single release even though it was not performed on TCB. Indeed, the Ross/Supremes & Temptations version was never to be performed live (the Temptations did perform "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" on The Ed Sullivan Show, Diana Ross and The Supremes performed the song which was recorded during their farewell performance in Las Vegas in 1970 and Diana Ross performed the song on The Hollywood Palace as a duet with Stevie Wonder). "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" reached No. 2 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and its R&B charts in January 1969: the Record World 100 Top Pops ranked "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" at No. 1 for the three weeks of 4 January to 18 January 1969 while Cash Box ranked the single No. 1 on its chart for 25 January 1969. In the UK, the single peaked at number 3 in the Top 50, spending six weeks in the Top 10. Track listing7" Single (21 November 1968)' (North America/United Kingdom/Netherlands/Sweden) "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" – 2:56 "A Place in the Sun" – 4:20 Personnel Lead vocals by Diana Ross and Eddie Kendricks Spoken interlude by Diana Ross and Otis Williams Background vocals by Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong, Eddie Kendricks, Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, and Dennis Edwards Produced by Frank Wilson and Nickolas Ashford Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications References External links List of cover versions of "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" at SecondHandSongs.com 1966 songs 1968 singles 1969 singles 1999 singles The Supremes songs The Temptations songs The Lettermen songs