īillboard called the song a 'blockbuster' as well as a 'well-written rhythm ballad with pulsating beat and top vocal work.' Cash Box described it as a 'rhythmic, medium-paced romancer about a lucky gal who’s head-over-heels in love with the special guy of her dreams.' In a 1968 interview, Diana Ross said that this was one of her favorite songs to perform, even though its key register posed some challenges. 'Symphony' was released as a single in place of another Holland-Dozier-Holland Supremes song, ' Mother Dear', which had been recorded in the same style as their earlier hits. The result was 'I Hear a Symphony,' a song with a more complex musical structure than previous Supremes releases. Holland-Dozier-Holland therefore set about breaking their formula and trying something new. We will release nothing less than Top Ten product on any artist and because the Supremes' world-wide acceptance is greater than the other artists, on them we will only release number-one records. In mid-1965, the producers came to realize they had fallen into a rut when the Supremes' ' Nothing but Heartaches' failed to make it to the Top Ten, missing it by just one position and breaking the string of number-one Supremes hits initiated with ' Where Did Our Love Go.' Motown chief Berry Gordy was displeased with the performance of 'Nothing but Heartaches,' and circulated a memo around the Motown offices that read as follows: The Supremes enjoyed a run of hits through 19 under the guidance of writer/producers Holland–Dozier–Holland.

I hear a symphony lyrics