"Reflections" is the name of a 1967 hit song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. It was the first Supremes record released under the name Diana Ross & the Supremes, and one of the last of their hit singles to be written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland-Dozier-Holland.

It is noted for being one of the main examples of psychedelic soul, a musical subgenre that fused soul music and psychedelic rock during the latter half of the 1960s. Other important examples of the genre included the Four Tops' 1967 hit "Bernadette" and the Norman Whitfield-produced Temptations records of the late-1960s and early 1970s. The psychedelic influence is apparent in the song's arrangement, which features one of the earliest uses of an oscillator on a major record.

Group member Florence Ballard was fired from the Supremes shortly before the release of this song in July 1967 and was replaced by Cindy Birdsong, who had been serving as Ballard's stand-in irregularly since that April.

"Reflections" made it to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts during the summer of 1967.

In 1987 the TV series China Beach used "Reflections" as their theme, and included the song on their soundtrack album.

Credits

• Lead Vocals by Diana Ross
• Background Vocals by Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson
• All instruments by The Funk Brothers

• Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland, Jr.
• Produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier.

Sample

• Download sample of "Reflections"