When Marv Gaye rerd Got To Give It Up, he was reluctantly jumpg the dis bandwagon. Gaye set out to make a song that would be a parody of dis and end up creatg a chart-toppg sgle that is one of the greatt dis tun of all time.
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MARV GAYE'S 'GOT TO GIVE IT UP:' STORY AND FACTS ABOUT THE DIS H HE DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE
Got To Give It Up by Marv Gaye song meang, lyric terpretatn, vio and chart posn * i used to party marvin gaye *
Songfacts®:Gaye wrote and produced "Got to Give It Up" wh engeer/producer Art Stewart. It was origally a 12-mute song clud as the fal si of his 1977 live double-album Marv Gaye Live at the London Palladium.
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"By the mid-'70s, Gaye and his labelmat at Motown were feelg the prsure to rerd dance-floor iendly hs as dis was on the rise. Gaye risted until he had an ia to parody the genre. "Gaye sang both lead and background on this and also played the keyboards.
Frank Beverly of Maze supplied the percsn and on backg vols were Marv's future send wife Janis Hunter and his brother Frankie Gaye.