In 1975, " DO YOU KNOW ( WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO ?), was the 15th number 1 single for Diana Ross in the USA charts ( 17 weeks); it reached, the # 3 in CANADA, ( 11 weeks) while, in 1976, reached the # 4 in HOLLAND ( 10 weeks), the # 2 in IRELAND, the # 5 UK ( 8 weeks), the # 9 in BELGIUM, the # 10 in FRANCE ( 1 week), the # 22 in ITALY; in BRAZIL, was # 5 in the singles' annual charts, of 1976.This song was nominated for Best Song at the 1975 OSCARS ( Academy Awards); Diana Ross was the first singer to perform at the Oscar ceremony live via satellite; she was in Holland and sang this while walking the streets of Amsterdam.
In 1998, Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez did a remake of this song . In 1970, Diana Ross' version of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" was her 13 th NUMBER 1 in the USA singles charts. The single sold, in USA only, 1.245.000 copies and Diana Ross, received a GRAMMY NOMINATION for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. It was also # 1 in CANADA, # 6 in UK , # 14 in IRELAND and # 31 in AUSTRALIA. A 2017 remix by Eric Kupper, StoneBridge, and Chris Cox, amongst others, on Motown/UMe went, in 2018, MUMBER 1 on the BILLBOARD US Dance Club Songs chart .On January 2018,Diana Ross appeared at the Abbey Night Club in West Hollywood to promote the new remix.
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In 2000, KLM used this version as a commercial .1981 saw the recording by Inner Life of the underground dance classic "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", produced by Patrick Adams and Greg Carmichael, remixed by Larry Levan, and released on the Salsoul label. The same year saw an upbeat disco version by the Boys Town Gang who recorded it as a medley with another Ashford & Simpson song, "Remember Me". Stacy Lattisaw and Howard Hewett sang "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" on Personal Attention album in 1988.Jimmy Barnes released an album titled Soul Deep in 1991, including his version of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough".In 1993, at the end of the film Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, Whoopi Goldberg and most of the cast of the movie.. In 1997, Whitney Houston performed the song live as a part of her medley tribute to Diana Ross.In 1998, Debelah Morgan covered the song for the movie Our Friend, Martin,In 1999, the tune of the song was used in Smart Gold commercial in the Philippines.Former Doobie Brother Michael McDonald recorded the song as part of his Motown album in 2003. The version was used in a commercial for MCI and in the film The 40-Year-Old Virgin. In 2004, the 12 finalists of American Idol covered the song for the ensemble track for the cast album American Idol Season 3: Greatest Soul Classics. Swedish pop band Play recorded the song for their 2003 album Replay. This version appeared in the trailer for the 2006 film Last Holiday. In 2006, Australian vocal group Human Nature included a cover on the second album of their Motown trilogy, Dancing in the Street: the Songs of Motown II. The album debuted at #1 on the ARIA charts. In 2006, Eva Avila performed this song on the fourth season of Canadian Idol during the last round of the semi-finals. Avila went on to win the competition. In 2006, Amy Winehouse recorded the song "Tears Dry On Their Own" for her album Back to Black, which keeps the chord progression, arrangement and instrumentation of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", but which contains a different melody and different, original lyrics written by Winehouse. A duet between Eddie Money & his daughter Jesse Money is featured on his 2007 cover album Wanna Go Back. Portions of the Diana Ross version were sampled on the Jessica Simpson single "A Public Affair".
In an episode of The Steve Harvey Show, Lydia performs the song towards the end of Booker T. Washington High School's graduation ceremony. In an episode of Designing Women (titled "The Rowdy Girls"), the Sugarbaker women lip-synch to the song during a performance. In an episode of All My Children, Kendall, Greenlee, and the Fusion women lip-synch and dance to the song. In 2008, the song appeared in The Poker House, with Jennifer Lawrences' character, Agnes, and her two sisters singing along to the radio.In 2009, Lionel Richie and Stefanie Heinzmann performed the song live in the German music award show Echo 2009. In 2010, Hungarian-Slovakian singer Takács Nikolas performed the song in the 4th live show and in the great final of the Hungarian X-Faktor. He ended up 2nd in the competition.
In 2009, Dionne Bromfield covered this song on her debutalbum "Introducing Dionne Bromfield". In 2011, the song was re-recorded by Paul Epworth and used in a commercial for DHL. In 2011, the song was covered by French singer Chimène Badi and Billy Paul, for Badi's 2011 Gospel & Soul album. In 2011, the song appeared in a NicoDerm CQ commercial.
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