You Keep Me Hangin' On

I must admit, the Supremes are something of a blind spot for me. I like them, but I don't like them nearly as much as I love most of the other huge Motown acts. But "You Keep Me Hangin' On" is one of my all-time favorite Holland-Dozier-Holland songs.

So this

just oh so very much works for me, overwrought as it may be.

Sugar, Sugar

As a guy who knows something about songwriting (quoting another guy who knows something about songwriting) once wrote (but didn't sing): "It's the singer not the song that makes the music move along."

Exhibit A: