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- I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVEMARV GAYETRACK 4 ON IN THE GROOVE/I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE PRODUCED BYNORMAN WHFIELD“I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE” WAS ORIGALLY A SONG WRTEN BY NORMAN WHFIELD AND BARRETT STRONG FOR MOTOWN RERDS 1966, AND MA FAMO BY MARV GAYE A… READ MORE AUG. 26, 19681 VIEWER147.9K VIEWS39 CONTRIBUTORSI HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE LYRICS[VERSE 1]OOH-OOH, I BET YOU'RE WONRG HOW I KNEW'BOUT YOUR PLANS TO MAKE ME BLUEWH SOME OTHER GUY YOU KNEW BEFOREBETWEEN THE TWO OF GUYSYOU KNOW I LOVE YOU MOREIT TOOK ME BY SURPRISE, I MT SAYWHEN I FOUND OUT YTERDAYDON'T YOU KNOW THAT[CHOS]I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVENOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MEOH, I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVEOH, I'M JT ABOUT TO LOSE MY MDHONEY, HONEY, YEAH (HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE, NOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MY BABY)[VERSE 2]I KNOW A MAN A'T SUPPOSED TO CRYBUT THE TEARS, I N'T HOLD SILOSG YOU WOULD END MY LIFE, YOU SEE'CSE YOU MEAN THAT MUCH TO MEYOU ULD HAVE TOLD ME YOURSELFTHAT YOU LOVE SOMEONE ELSEINSTEADYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS]I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVENOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MEOH, I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVEAND I'M JT ABOUT TO LOSE MY MDHONEY, HONEY, YEAH (HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE, NOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MY BABY)[VERSE 3]PEOPLE SAY BELIEVE HALF OF WHAT YOU SEESON, AND NONE OF WHAT YOU HEARBUT I N'T HELP BEG NFEDIF 'S TE PLEASE TELL ME, ARDO YOU PLAN TO LET ME GOFOR THE OTHER GUY YOU LOVED BEFORE?DON'T YOU KNOW[CHOS]I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVENOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE ME, BABYI HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVEOOH, I'M JT ABOUT TO LOSE MY MDHONEY, HONEY, YEAH (HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE, NOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MY BABY)[OUTRO](YEAH, YEAH, YEAH)HONEY, HONEY, I KNOW (HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE, NOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MY BABY)THAT YOU'RE LETTG ME GO (YEAH, YEAH, YEAH)SAID I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE (HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE, NOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MY BABY)OOH, HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE (YEAH, YEAH, YEAH)8EMBEDCANCELHOW 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
- YOUMARV GAYETRACK 1 ON IN THE GROOVE/I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE PRODUCED BYIVY JO HUNTERRELEASED ON AUGT 26, 1968, “YOU” MARKED A TRANSN OM SOULFUL BALLADS TO IMPASSNED LOVER’S PLEAS FOR MARV GAYE AS WELL AS A SHOWSG OF HIS ABILY TO SG … READ MORE DEC. 21, 19671 VIEWER6 CONTRIBUTORSYOU LYRICS[VERSE 1]OOH, YOU, YOU I SEEIN MY MIRROR THE MORNG, 'STEAD OF SEEG MEI SEE YOU, I SEE YOUR FACE(YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU)AND SI ME IS A GROWG NEED FOR YOUR EMBRACE[PRE-CHOS]IN THE LIGHT OF DAY, THOUGH OUR FAC MEETSOMEONE THERE MIGHT SEE, SO WE NEVER SPEAK'TIL THE DARK OF NIGHT, WHILE THE MOON IS NEWWHEN WE WHISPER WORDS OF LOVE OUR SECRET RENZVO[CHOS]THOUGH 'S WRONG, I KNOWGIRL, I LOVE YOU SOY, I NEED YOU (YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW)I NEED YOU, BABY (I NEED YOU, BABE)[VERSE 2]OH YOU, MY SWEETT JOYYOU N AFFORD THE BT OF LIFEI'M JT A HARD-WORKG BOYOH, YOU'VE GIVEN YOUR LOVE TO ME (YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU)GIRL, I N'T LET YOU HURT YOURSELF BY BEG SEEN WH MEYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[PRE-CHOS]WE'RE WORLDS APART, SO CLOSE YET WORLDS APARTSO WE MT HI THE LOVE WE'RE FEELG OUR HEARTSWE MEET SHADOWS (WE MEET SHADOWS)YOUR IENDS MT NEVER KNOW (YOUR IENDS MT NEVER KNOW)THAT WE ARE LOVERS, DARLG (THAT WE ARE LOVERS)ALTHOUGH HURTS ME SO (ALTHOUGH HURTS ME SO)[CHOS]FOR YOUR SAKE NO ONE MT SEETHE PREC LOVE YOU'RE GIVG MEBUT YOU KNOW (YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW)I NEED YOU, BABY (I NEED YOU, BABE)[BRIDGE](YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU)(YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU)[VERSE 3]OH, ONE DAY I'LL MAKE THE GRA, MY LUCKY STAR WILL SHEI N TELL THE WORLD THAT YOU ARE ME, ALL ME'TIL THEN WE MT GO ON ('TIL THEN WE MT GO ON)THE WAY WE HAVE BEFORE (THE WAY WE HAVE BEFORE)AND NEVER LET SHOW (AND NEVER LET SHOW)WE LOVE EACH OTHER SO (WE LOVE EACH OTHER SO)[CHOS]OUR LOVE'S A ONE-WAY TRACKAND THERE'S NO TURNG BACKOH (YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW)I NEED YOU, BABY (I NEED YOU, BABE)[OUTRO]YOU (YOU, YOU, YOU)YOU I SEE (YOU, YOU, YOU)OH, MY MIRROR THE MORNG (YOU, YOU, YOU)'STEAD OF SEEG ME (YOU, YOU, YOU)I SEE YOU (YOU, YOU, YOU)SEEG YOUR FACE (YOU, YOU, YOU)EMBEDCANCELHOW 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 ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’ IS AS RELEVANT TODAY AS IT WAS 1971
I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVEMARV GAYETRACK 4 ON IN THE GROOVE/I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE PRODUCED BYNORMAN WHFIELD“I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE” WAS ORIGALLY A SONG WRTEN BY NORMAN WHFIELD AND BARRETT STRONG FOR MOTOWN RERDS 1966, AND MA FAMO BY MARV GAYE A… READ MORE AUG. 26, 19681 VIEWER147.9K VIEWS39 CONTRIBUTORSI HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE LYRICS[VERSE 1]OOH-OOH, I BET YOU'RE WONRG HOW I KNEW'BOUT YOUR PLANS TO MAKE ME BLUEWH SOME OTHER GUY YOU KNEW BEFOREBETWEEN THE TWO OF GUYSYOU KNOW I LOVE YOU MOREIT TOOK ME BY SURPRISE, I MT SAYWHEN I FOUND OUT YTERDAYDON'T YOU KNOW THAT[CHOS]I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVENOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MEOH, I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVEOH, I'M JT ABOUT TO LOSE MY MDHONEY, HONEY, YEAH (HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE, NOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MY BABY)[VERSE 2]I KNOW A MAN A'T SUPPOSED TO CRYBUT THE TEARS, I N'T HOLD SILOSG YOU WOULD END MY LIFE, YOU SEE'CSE YOU MEAN THAT MUCH TO MEYOU ULD HAVE TOLD ME YOURSELFTHAT YOU LOVE SOMEONE ELSEINSTEADYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS]I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVENOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MEOH, I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVEAND I'M JT ABOUT TO LOSE MY MDHONEY, HONEY, YEAH (HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE, NOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MY BABY)[VERSE 3]PEOPLE SAY BELIEVE HALF OF WHAT YOU SEESON, AND NONE OF WHAT YOU HEARBUT I N'T HELP BEG NFEDIF 'S TE PLEASE TELL ME, ARDO YOU PLAN TO LET ME GOFOR THE OTHER GUY YOU LOVED BEFORE?DON'T YOU KNOW[CHOS]I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVENOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE ME, BABYI HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVEOOH, I'M JT ABOUT TO LOSE MY MDHONEY, HONEY, YEAH (HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE, NOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MY BABY)[OUTRO](YEAH, YEAH, YEAH)HONEY, HONEY, I KNOW (HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE, NOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MY BABY)THAT YOU'RE LETTG ME GO (YEAH, YEAH, YEAH)SAID I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE (HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE, NOT MUCH LONGER WOULD YOU BE MY BABY)OOH, HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE (YEAH, YEAH, YEAH)8EMBEDCANCELHOW 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
"What’s Gog On" was a turng pot for Marv Gaye.
Released on May 21, 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War, Marv Gaye’s album beme a monster, spawng three h sgl on s way to beg Motown’s bt-sellg album to date.
The album also marked a turng pot for Motown and for Marv Gaye as an artist. And the host of the weekly rad show “Soul Stori, ” I am stck by how many of the them Gaye explor rema as relevant today as they were when he first wrote about them 50 years ago.
YOUMARV GAYETRACK 1 ON IN THE GROOVE/I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE PRODUCED BYIVY JO HUNTERRELEASED ON AUGT 26, 1968, “YOU” MARKED A TRANSN OM SOULFUL BALLADS TO IMPASSNED LOVER’S PLEAS FOR MARV GAYE AS WELL AS A SHOWSG OF HIS ABILY TO SG … READ MORE DEC. 21, 19671 VIEWER6 CONTRIBUTORSYOU LYRICS[VERSE 1]OOH, YOU, YOU I SEEIN MY MIRROR THE MORNG, 'STEAD OF SEEG MEI SEE YOU, I SEE YOUR FACE(YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU)AND SI ME IS A GROWG NEED FOR YOUR EMBRACE[PRE-CHOS]IN THE LIGHT OF DAY, THOUGH OUR FAC MEETSOMEONE THERE MIGHT SEE, SO WE NEVER SPEAK'TIL THE DARK OF NIGHT, WHILE THE MOON IS NEWWHEN WE WHISPER WORDS OF LOVE OUR SECRET RENZVO[CHOS]THOUGH 'S WRONG, I KNOWGIRL, I LOVE YOU SOY, I NEED YOU (YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW)I NEED YOU, BABY (I NEED YOU, BABE)[VERSE 2]OH YOU, MY SWEETT JOYYOU N AFFORD THE BT OF LIFEI'M JT A HARD-WORKG BOYOH, YOU'VE GIVEN YOUR LOVE TO ME (YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU)GIRL, I N'T LET YOU HURT YOURSELF BY BEG SEEN WH MEYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[PRE-CHOS]WE'RE WORLDS APART, SO CLOSE YET WORLDS APARTSO WE MT HI THE LOVE WE'RE FEELG OUR HEARTSWE MEET SHADOWS (WE MEET SHADOWS)YOUR IENDS MT NEVER KNOW (YOUR IENDS MT NEVER KNOW)THAT WE ARE LOVERS, DARLG (THAT WE ARE LOVERS)ALTHOUGH HURTS ME SO (ALTHOUGH HURTS ME SO)[CHOS]FOR YOUR SAKE NO ONE MT SEETHE PREC LOVE YOU'RE GIVG MEBUT YOU KNOW (YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW)I NEED YOU, BABY (I NEED YOU, BABE)[BRIDGE](YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU)(YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU)[VERSE 3]OH, ONE DAY I'LL MAKE THE GRA, MY LUCKY STAR WILL SHEI N TELL THE WORLD THAT YOU ARE ME, ALL ME'TIL THEN WE MT GO ON ('TIL THEN WE MT GO ON)THE WAY WE HAVE BEFORE (THE WAY WE HAVE BEFORE)AND NEVER LET SHOW (AND NEVER LET SHOW)WE LOVE EACH OTHER SO (WE LOVE EACH OTHER SO)[CHOS]OUR LOVE'S A ONE-WAY TRACKAND THERE'S NO TURNG BACKOH (YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW)I NEED YOU, BABY (I NEED YOU, BABE)[OUTRO]YOU (YOU, YOU, YOU)YOU I SEE (YOU, YOU, YOU)OH, MY MIRROR THE MORNG (YOU, YOU, YOU)'STEAD OF SEEG ME (YOU, YOU, YOU)I SEE YOU (YOU, YOU, YOU)SEEG YOUR FACE (YOU, YOU, YOU)EMBEDCANCELHOW 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
Gaye’s evolutn. But the song provis an sight to the evolutn of Gaye’s mic to enpass overtly polil them. For example, “Soldier’s Plea, ” the first sgle om Gaye’s send album, “That Stubborn Kda Fellow” 1962, offers a cidly romantic view of war:.
Gaye produced “What’s Gog On” himself – a revolutnary act at Motown.
“Can’t fd no work, n’t fd no job, my iend, ” Gaye laments on “What’s Happeng Brother. Gaye repeats the affirmatn “right on” – a phrase distctly ground black urban vernacular – throughout the album and on a song bearg that name.
MARV GAYE’S ‘WHAT’S GOG ON’ IS AS RELEVANT TODAY AS IT WAS 1971
” Gaye affirms “Right on, brother” to men who rpond kd at different pots the song. The ll and rponse munit a sense of shared ncern, shared stggle, and shared remptn – an ethos Gaye took om the gospel tradn that rms his mily. This ll and rponse is repeated “Wholy Holy, ” wh Gaye utilizg a multrackg technique to layer two versns of his own vols:.
Gordy was ially reluctant to embrace Gaye’s new directn. Gaye’s classic album still ronat wh dienc on s 50th anniversary.