"
You Keep Me Hangin' On" is a 1966 song written and composed by
Holland–Dozier–Holland. It first became a popular
Billboard Hot 100 number one hit for the American girl group
The Supremes in late 1966. The rock band
Vanilla Fudge covered the song a year later and had a Top ten hit with their version. British pop singer
Kim Wilde covered "You Keep Me Hangin' On" in 1986, bumping it back to number one on the
Billboard Hot 100 in June 1987. The single reached number one by two different musical acts in America. In the first 32 years of the
Billboard Hot 100 rock era, “You Keep Me Hangin' On” became one of only six songs to achieve this feat. In 1996,
Country music singer
Reba McEntire's version reached number 2 on the US
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.