Let's Get It On by Marv Gaye - Songfacts

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• "MARV GAYE" LYRICS
• LET’S GET IT ONMARV GAYETRACK 1 ON LET’S GET IT ON PRODUCED BYMARV GAYE“LET’S GET IT ON” IS A CEPTIVELY SIMPLE CLARATN OF SEX-POSIVY, RELEASED AT A TIME WHEN SUCH STATEMENTS WERE REVOLUTNARY. IT IS EVEN MORE IMPRSIVE WHEN ONE… READ MORE JUN. 15, 19731 VIEWER223.4K VIEWS45 CONTRIBUTORSLET’S GET IT ON LYRICS[VERSE 1]I'VE BEEN REALLY TRYG, BABYTRYG TO HOLD BACK THIS FEELG FOR SO LONGAND IF YOU FEEL LIKE I FEEL, BABYTHEN E ON, OH, E ON, OOH[CHOS]LET'S GET ON, OW BABYLET'S GET ON, LET'S LOVE, BABYLET'S GET ON, SUGARLET'S GET ON, WOO[VERSE 2]WE'RE ALL SENSIVE PEOPLE WH SO MUCH TO GIVEUNRSTAND ME, SUGARSCE WE GOT TO BE HERE, LET'S LIVE, I LOVE YOUTHERE'S NOTHG WRONG WH ME LOVG YOU, BABY, NO, NOAND GIVG YOURSELF TO ME N NEVER BE WRONGIF THE LOVE IS TE, OH, BABY, OOH[BRIDGE]DON'T YOU KNOW HOW SWEET AND WONRFUL LIFE N BE, OOH-OOHI'M ASKG YOU, BABY, TO GET ON WH ME, OOH-OOH-OOHI A'T GONNA WORRY, I A'T GONNA PH, I WON'T PH YOU, BABYSO E ON, E ON, E ON, E ON, E ON, BABYSTOP BEATG 'ROUND THE BH, HEYYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 3]LET'S GET ON, LET'S GET ONYOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALK' 'BOUTCOME ON, BABY, HEY, LET YOUR LOVE E OUTIF YOU BELIEVE LOVELET'S GET ON, OOH, LET'S GET ON BABYTHIS MUTE, OH YEAH, LET'S GET ONPLEASE, LET'S GET ON, HEY, HEY[BRIDGE]I KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT I BEEN DREAM' OF, DON'T YOU, BABY?MY WHOLE BODY WANTS THAT FEEL' OF LOVE, OH, HELP ME, WOOI A'T GONNA WORRY, NO, I A'T GONNA PHI WON'T PH YOU, BABY, WOOCOME ON, E ON, E ON, E ON, DARLGSTOP BEAT' 'ROUND THE BH, HEY[REA]OH, GONNA GET ON, THREATEN' YOU, BABYI WANNA GET ONYOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY THAT 'S WRONGIF THE SPIR MOV YOULET ME GROOVE YOU GOODLET YOUR LOVE E DOWNOH, GET ON, E ON, BABYDO YOU KNOW THE MEANG?OF BEG SANCTIFIED, HEY, HEYGIRL, YOU GIVE ME GOOD FEELGSO GOOD, SOMETH' LIKE SANCTIFIEDOH, DO RIGHT, BABYNOTHG WRONG WH LOVEIF YOU WANT TO LOVE ME, JT LET YOURSELF GOOH BABY, LET'S GET ON RIGHT NOW24EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
• MARV GAYE’S 30 TOP SONGS ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100
• JURY FDS THAT ED SHEERAN DIDN'T PY MARV GAYE CLASSIC 'LET'S GET IT ON'
• MARV GAYE

"MARV GAYE" LYRICS

AboutCharlie Puth ‘Marv Gaye’ as a phemism for sex this song, featurg his iend Meghan Traor. Ask a qutn about this songAsk a qutn *How do Marv Gaye spire Charlie Puth?I listened to a lot of Marv Gaye and Motown rerds.

When Marv Gaye ma his mic, he evoked this feelg that would reach everybody.What have the artists said about the song?Charlie told iHeart:. ‘Marv Gaye’ is the first rerd that I ever wrote California, which is sane, bee did so well, and I never thought that would happen. I was hontly jt foolg around thkg ‘okay, what’s a funny song I uld make?’ And I was jt like, ‘Let’s Marv Gaye and get on.’ And my iend was like, ‘That’s actually kda tight, you should try and fish that.’ So turned to a real song.

LET’S GET IT ONMARV GAYETRACK 1 ON LET’S GET IT ON PRODUCED BYMARV GAYE“LET’S GET IT ON” IS A CEPTIVELY SIMPLE CLARATN OF SEX-POSIVY, RELEASED AT A TIME WHEN SUCH STATEMENTS WERE REVOLUTNARY. IT IS EVEN MORE IMPRSIVE WHEN ONE… READ MORE JUN. 15, 19731 VIEWER223.4K VIEWS45 CONTRIBUTORSLET’S GET IT ON LYRICS[VERSE 1]I'VE BEEN REALLY TRYG, BABYTRYG TO HOLD BACK THIS FEELG FOR SO LONGAND IF YOU FEEL LIKE I FEEL, BABYTHEN E ON, OH, E ON, OOH[CHOS]LET'S GET ON, OW BABYLET'S GET ON, LET'S LOVE, BABYLET'S GET ON, SUGARLET'S GET ON, WOO[VERSE 2]WE'RE ALL SENSIVE PEOPLE WH SO MUCH TO GIVEUNRSTAND ME, SUGARSCE WE GOT TO BE HERE, LET'S LIVE, I LOVE YOUTHERE'S NOTHG WRONG WH ME LOVG YOU, BABY, NO, NOAND GIVG YOURSELF TO ME N NEVER BE WRONGIF THE LOVE IS TE, OH, BABY, OOH[BRIDGE]DON'T YOU KNOW HOW SWEET AND WONRFUL LIFE N BE, OOH-OOHI'M ASKG YOU, BABY, TO GET ON WH ME, OOH-OOH-OOHI A'T GONNA WORRY, I A'T GONNA PH, I WON'T PH YOU, BABYSO E ON, E ON, E ON, E ON, E ON, BABYSTOP BEATG 'ROUND THE BH, HEYYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 3]LET'S GET ON, LET'S GET ONYOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALK' 'BOUTCOME ON, BABY, HEY, LET YOUR LOVE E OUTIF YOU BELIEVE LOVELET'S GET ON, OOH, LET'S GET ON BABYTHIS MUTE, OH YEAH, LET'S GET ONPLEASE, LET'S GET ON, HEY, HEY[BRIDGE]I KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT I BEEN DREAM' OF, DON'T YOU, BABY?MY WHOLE BODY WANTS THAT FEEL' OF LOVE, OH, HELP ME, WOOI A'T GONNA WORRY, NO, I A'T GONNA PHI WON'T PH YOU, BABY, WOOCOME ON, E ON, E ON, E ON, DARLGSTOP BEAT' 'ROUND THE BH, HEY[REA]OH, GONNA GET ON, THREATEN' YOU, BABYI WANNA GET ONYOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY THAT 'S WRONGIF THE SPIR MOV YOULET ME GROOVE YOU GOODLET YOUR LOVE E DOWNOH, GET ON, E ON, BABYDO YOU KNOW THE MEANG?OF BEG SANCTIFIED, HEY, HEYGIRL, YOU GIVE ME GOOD FEELGSO GOOD, SOMETH' LIKE SANCTIFIEDOH, DO RIGHT, BABYNOTHG WRONG WH LOVEIF YOU WANT TO LOVE ME, JT LET YOURSELF GOOH BABY, LET'S GET ON RIGHT NOW24EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

Has this track received any certifitns?Who produced “Marv Gaye” by Charlie Puth?When did Charlie Puth release “Marv Gaye”?Who wrote “Marv Gaye” by Charlie Puth?CredsAssistant Mixg EngeersRerd AtAtlantic Studs, Los Angel, CARelease DateFebary 10, 2015Marv Gaye InterpolatnsView Marv Gaye samplTags. "Marv Gaye". Let's Marv Gaye and get on.

MARV GAYE’S 30 TOP SONGS ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100

Until the dawn, let's Marv Gaye and get on. Until the dawn, let's Marv Gaye and get on, babe. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe heirs of Ed Townsend, who -wrote “Let’s Get It On” wh Marv Gaye, had acced the pop star of pyg “Thkg Out Loud.

JURY FDS THAT ED SHEERAN DIDN'T PY MARV GAYE CLASSIC 'LET'S GET IT ON'

“Y, Amy Wadge and I wrote the song ‘Thkg Out Loud, ’” he Newman/Associated PrsIn a closely watched mic pyright trial, jurors ultimately sid wh Ed Sheeran, who had been acced of pyg his Grammy-wng ballad “Thkg Out Loud” om Marv Gaye’s classic “Let’s Get It On.

“Thkg Out Loud”Ed Sheeran“Let’s Get It On”Marv GayeWhat were the trial’s highlights?

”ImageEd Townsend was a songwrer and producer who llaborated wh Gaye on the “Let’s Get It On” Ochs Archiv/Getty ImagWhat parts of the songs are dispute?

MARV GAYE

The trial was watched closely mic and legal circl as the latt example a seri of s that have alt wh whether monplace bs of harmony or melody n be owned by any poser or are part of the public trend began 2015 when a jury found that Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams, their h “Blurred L, ” had ged on the pyright of another Gaye tune, “Got to Give It Up, ” and they were orred to pay more than $5 ln damag. Marv Gaye, byname of Marv Pentz Gay, Jr., (born April 2, 1939, Washgton, D.C., U.S.—died April 1, 1984, Los Angel, California), Amerin soul sger-songwrer-producer who, to a large extent, hered the era of artist-ntrolled popular mic of the 1970s.Gaye’s father was a storeont preacher; his mother was a domtic worker. Gaye sang his father’s Evangelil church Washgton, D.C., and beme a member of a natnally known doo-wop group, the Moonglows, unr the directn of Harvey Fuqua, one of the genre’s foremost matros, who reloted the group to Chigo.

When doo-wop dissipated the late 1950s, Gaye had already absorbed Fuqua’s lsons close harmony. After disbandg the Moonglows, Fuqua took the 20-year-old Gaye to Detro, where Berry Gordy, Jr., was formg Motown Rerds. Gaye, who also played dms and piano, bucked the Motown system and s emphasis on teen hs.

Gaye also enjoyed a seri of succsful duets, most notably wh Tammi Terrell (“A’t Nothg Like the Real Thg” [1968]).Blsed wh an exceptnally wi range that enpassed three distct vol styl—a piercg falsetto, a smooth mid-range tenor, and a ep gospel growl—Gaye bed great technil prows wh rare mil dividualy. Gaye also displayed dazzlg virtuosy by overdubbg (buildg sound track by track onto a sgle tape) his own voice three or four tim to provi his own rich harmony, a technique he would employ for the rt of his reer. It clud the chart-toppg sgl “What’s Gog On,” “Mercy Mercy Me (The Elogy),” and “Inner Cy Blu (Make Me Wanna Holler).”Other major artists—most importantly Stevie Wonr—followed Gaye’s lead and acted as producer of their own efforts.

In 1972 Gaye wrote the soundtrack for the film Trouble Man, wh lyrics that mirrored his own sense of secury. Let’s Get It On, released 1973, displayed Gaye’s sensuo si.

Here, My Dear (1979) brilliantly alt wh Gaye’s divorce om Gordy’s sister Anna (the first of the sger’s two tumultuo divorc).Gaye’s growg addictn to e exacerbated his psychologil stggl.

On April 1, 1984, durg a fay dispute, Gaye iated a vlent fight wh his father, who shot him to ath. Gaye, who ced his chief fluenc as Ray Charl, Cly McPhatter, Rudy Wt (lead sger for the doo-wop group the Five Keys), and Ltle Willie John, was ducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1987.

He received a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement 1996.As an artist who employed urban soul mic to exprs social and personal ncerns, as well as a sger of exquise sensivy and romantic grace, Gaye left a legacy that has wined sce his mise, and his mic has bee a permanent fixture Amerin pop. On April 1, 1984, Marv Gaye was killed, shot ad by his father Marv Gay, Sr. Gaye was one of Motown’s most soulful and socially aware artists, standg tall amongst peers and label mat like Stevie Wonr by igng spirs wh polilly charged cuts like “What’s Gog On” and equally providg heat for timate tim wh songs like “Let’s Get It On.

Unlike some of his Motown label mat, Marv Gaye was not only a nuanced, soulful volist, but an expert songwrer, pable of craftg betiful, medative ballads as well as thumpg dance floor numbers. Gaye was posthumoly ducted to the Songwrers Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his lible impact on popular mic and culture. Marv Gaye & Tammi Terrell, "Your Prec Love" Peak Posn: 5 | Peak Date: 11/4/1967.

Marv Gaye & Tammi Terrell, "You're All I Need to Get By" Peak Posn: 7 | Peak Date: 9/14/1968. Marv Gaye & Tammi Terrell, "A't Nothg Like the Real Thg" Peak Posn: 8 | Peak Date: 5/25/1968.

Marv Gaye & Tammi Terrell, "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" Peak Posn: 10 | Peak Date: 1/20/1968.

Marv Gaye, "Mic" Peak Posn: 22 | Peak Date: 7/14/2001. Diana Ross & Marv Gaye, "You're a Special Part of Me" wh Diana Ross Peak Posn: 12 | Peak Date: 11/17/1973.

Diana Ross & Marv Gaye, "My Mistake (Was to Love You)" Peak Posn: 19 | Peak Date: 5/4/1974.

Marv Gaye & Tammi Terrell, "A't No Mounta High Enough" Peak Posn: 19 | Peak Date: 7/15/1967. Marv Gaye & Kim Wton, "It Tak Two" Peak Posn: 14 | Peak Date: 3/4/1967. Marv Gaye & Mary Wells, "Once Upon a Time" Peak Posn: 19 | Peak Date: 6/6/1964.

Marv Gaye & Mary Wells, "What's the Matter Wh You, Baby" Peak Posn: 17 | Peak Date: 7/4/1964. Asked by Billboard how the llaboratn me about, he replied: "Meghan and I were at a party one night, and we were exchangg the new mic, and she heard 'Marv Gaye; and asked, 'Who else is sgg on this? "Asked if Marv Gaye spir his mic, Puth replied: "I listened to a lot of Marv Gaye and Motown rerds.

When Marv Gaye ma his mic, he evoked this feelg that would reach everybody.