Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Close up 'tutorial' of the piano part for the famous Motown song 'You Can't Hurry Love' - featuring chord names and transitions, performed alongside karaoke backing track.
The timing is interesting in this song; the bass/chord transitions in the Verse/Chorus vary within each of these sections - sometimes occurring on the 2nd beat, and sometimes on the 3rd, thus making it more interesting to listen to. If you pay attention to the timing of the lyrics, you will see that it is these (particularly in the verse) that are driving this change. In contrast, if you listen to Phil Collins' later cover of this song, these CORRESPONDING bass/chord transitions occur on beat '3' in the Verse, and on the 2'&' / beat 3 in the Chorus (depending on the line). E.g. In the line 'You can't hurry love, no you just have to wait', this faster transition in the Supremes' version occurs on the word 'TO' (beat 2 of bar 2), whereas in Collins' version, this change occurs on the word 'WAIT' (beat 2'&' of bar 2). This change on beat 2, in the original version, helps push the song along - gives it more drive and, ironically, a sense of urgency. Often people who cover the Supremes' version base their chord changes around Collins' remake; this might feel more natural - and certainly in the Chorus it does make more sense to change on the word 'WAIT', but I think this isn't doing the original the real justice it deserves. In fact, for a great cover of this, see this amazing performance by Foxes and Fossils: youtube.com/watch?v=EJDPhjQft04
'You Can't Hurry Love' was written by the famous songwriting/production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, who were instrumental in the Motown sound of the 1960's. It became a signature song for the Supremes, who with 12 number one singles out of 66 releases, have gone on to be remembered as one of the greatest girl groups, if not the greatest girl group of all time.
See my other Motown video upload 'Stop! In The Name Of Love' for instruction and a demo of how to play this great tune also - upload link: youtu.be/2AqDcbptZdM
Close up 'tutorial' of the piano part for the famous Motown song 'You Can't Hurry Love' - featuring chord names and transitions, performed alongside karaoke backing track.
The timing is interesting in this song; the bass/chord transitions in the Verse/Chorus vary within each of these sections - sometimes occurring on the 2nd beat, and sometimes on the 3rd, thus making it more interesting to listen to. If you pay attention to the timing of the lyrics, you will see that it is these (particularly in the verse) that are driving this change. In contrast, if you listen to Phil Collins' later cover of this song, these CORRESPONDING bass/chord transitions occur on beat '3' in the Verse, and on the 2'&' / beat 3 in the Chorus (depending on the line). E.g. In the line 'You can't hurry love, no you just have to wait', this faster transition in the Supremes' version occurs on the word 'TO' (beat 2 of bar 2), whereas in Collins' version, this change occurs on the word 'WAIT' (beat 2'&' of bar 2). This change on beat 2, in the original version, helps push the song along - gives it more drive and, ironically, a sense of urgency. Often people who cover the Supremes' version base their chord changes around Collins' remake; this might feel more natural - and certainly in the Chorus it does make more sense to change on the word 'WAIT', but I think this isn't doing the original the real justice it deserves. In fact, for a great cover of this, see this amazing performance by Foxes and Fossils: youtube.com/watch?v=EJDPhjQft04
'You Can't Hurry Love' was written by the famous songwriting/production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, who were instrumental in the Motown sound of the 1960's. It became a signature song for the Supremes, who with 12 number one singles out of 66 releases, have gone on to be remembered as one of the greatest girl groups, if not the greatest girl group of all time.
See my other Motown video upload 'Stop! In The Name Of Love' for instruction and a demo of how to play this great tune also - upload link: youtu.be/2AqDcbptZdM
