In 1972, The Spinners left
Motown and joined
Atlantic Records. They were paired with producer
Thom Bell. They released three number one R&B singles and in March 1973 released the eponymous album
Spinners, which reached number one on the R&B albums chart. The Spinners toured with Warwick in the summer of 1973, and Bell was asked to produce an album with Warwick. Bell and his writing team at Atlantic Records wrote "Then Came You" as a duet for Warwick and the Spinners. The song's rhythm track was recorded at
Sigma Studios in Philadelphia. Then the lead vocals were recorded at the
Beach Boys Studio in Los Angeles. Additional vocals, strings and horns were then added in Philadelphia. At the time, Bell was also producing The Spinners' next album titled
New and Improved (released in December 1974). The song "Then Came You" appears on both The Spinners album
New and Improved as well as Warwick's subsequent album
Then Came You (released February 1975). Spinners member
Philippé Wynne takes over the lead vocals at the very end of the song, as he did on another one of the group's big hits, "
Could It Be I'm Falling in Love". While Warwick was signed to Warner Bros. at the time, this release actually came out on Atlantic Records, which was the Spinners' label, but also a sister label to Warner Bros. Warwick eventually left Warner Bros. for
Arista Records in 1978 where she regrouped and found consistent success again as an artist. ==Chart performance==