Remember Me (Diana Ross song)

"Remember Me" is a 1970 single recorded and released by singer Diana Ross on the Motown label and was included on her 1971 album Surrender. In the US, the song was Ross' third top forty pop hit within a year peaking at number sixteen on the Hot 100 chart, number ten on the soul chart.^[1] It was also Diana Ross' third entry on the Easy Listening chart, where it went to number twenty. ^[2] It gave Diana her 3rd gold single in a year's time and her 3rd Top 20 charting single with Cash Box, peaking at #8.^[3] Overseas, "Remember Me" reached the top ten in the UK, where it peaked at number seven. It was the lead single from Ross' 1971 album, Surrender.

Cover versions

British female singer Kim Wilde made a disco version of the song for her 2011 album, Snapshots.

Overview

The song was written and produced by the Motown collaborators Ashford & Simpson. The song is written from the view of a spurned woman who requests that her ex-boyfriend remembers her for all the positive things she had brought to his life.

Personnel

Lead vocals by Diana Ross
Background vocals by Ashford & Simpson
Produced by Ashford & Simpson

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1970–71)	Peak position
Canada RPM	9
UK^[4]	7
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[5]	16
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary^[2]	20
U.S. Billboard R&B/Soul^[1]	10
U.S. Cash Box Top 100^[3]	8

Year-end charts

Chart (1971)	Rank
UK^[6]	72
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)^[7]	133
U.S. Cash Box Top 100^[8]	75

References

1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 500.
1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 210.
1 2
↑ "Top 100 1971". top-source.info. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
↑ "Top 100 1971 - UK Music Charts". Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
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External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Diana Ross singles discography

1970s	1970 "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" "Remember Me" 1971 "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" "Surrender" "I'm Still Waiting" 1973 "Good Morning Heartache" "Touch Me in the Morning" "You're a Special Part of Me" (with Marvin Gaye) 1974 "Last Time I Saw Him" "My Mistake (Was to Love You)" (with Marvin Gaye) "You Are Everything" "Don't Knock My Love" (with Marvin Gaye) "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" (with Marvin Gaye) 1975 "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" 1976 "Love Hangover" 1977 "Gettin' Ready for Love" 1978 "Ease on Down the Road" (with Michael Jackson) "A Brand New Day" (with Michael Jackson) "Pops, We Love You (A Tribute to Father)" (with Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder & Smokey Robinson) 1979 "What You Gave Me" "The Boss" "It's My House"

1980s	1980 "Upside Down" "I'm Coming Out" "My Old Piano" "It's My Turn" 1981 "Endless Love" (with Lionel Richie) "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" 1982 "Mirror, Mirror" "Muscles" 1983 "Pieces of Ice" 1984 "All of You" (with Julio Iglesias) "Swept Away" "Missing You" 1985 "Eaten Alive" "Chain Reaction"

1990s	1990 "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" 1994 "Someday We'll Be Together" (re-mix) "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (re-issue)/"I'm Coming Out" (re-mix) 1996 "I Will Survive" 1999 "Not Over You Yet"

2000s	2001 "Goin' Back" 2005 "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" (with Westlife) 2006 "I've Got a Crush on You" (with Rod Stewart)

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