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• JURY FDS THAT ED SHEERAN DIDN'T PY MARV GAYE CLASSIC 'LET'S GET IT ON'
• DID ED SHEERAN H STEAL MARV GAYE CLASSIC? TRIAL TO TELL.
• MARV GAYE'S 10 GREATT SONGS EVER, RANKED
• ED SHEERAN SONG ‘SOUNDS VERY, VERY SIAR’ TO MARV GAYE’S, MIC EXPERT SAYS AT TRIAL
• LET’S GET IT ONMARV GAYETRACK 1 ON LET’S GET IT ON PRODUCED BYMARV GAYE & ED TOWNSEND“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 VIEWER225.4K VIEWS46 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]NOW 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, OOH, OOH, 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[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 FEELG, SO 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
• ‘LET’S GET IT ON’ SGLE: MARV GAYE’S SENSUAL SOUL GROOVE
• THE TRAGIC STORY OF MARV GAYE AND THE UNTIMELY ATH OF A SOUL LEGEND

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

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. “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?

DID ED SHEERAN H STEAL MARV GAYE CLASSIC? TRIAL TO TELL.

”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? 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. NEW YORK — A feral jury New York nclud Thursday that Brish sger Ed Sheeran didn't steal key ponents of Marv Gaye's classic 1970s tune "Let's Get It On" when he created his h song "Thkg Out Loud.

He then spoke for about 10 mut wh the platiffs, cludg the dghter of Ed Townsend, who -created the 1973 soul classic wh Gaye. Gaye was killed 1984 at age 44, shot by his father as he tried to tervene a fight between his parents. Facebook (MarvGaye).

Marv Gaye. Marv Pentz Gay, Jr. Jury selectn and openg statements began Monday a trial that mash up Ed Sheeran's "Thkg Out Loud" wh Marv Gaye's "Let's Get It On.

MARV GAYE'S 10 GREATT SONGS EVER, RANKED

" The heirs of Ed Townsend, Gaye's -wrer of the 1973 soul classic, sued Sheeran, allegg the English pop star's 2014 h tune has "strikg siari" to "Let's Get It On" and "overt mon elements" that vlate their two songs were released s apart, but some say they sound seamls when paired together.

ED SHEERAN SONG ‘SOUNDS VERY, VERY SIAR’ TO MARV GAYE’S, MIC EXPERT SAYS AT TRIAL

The Amerin Soul mician Marv Gaye, who died 1984, performs onstage at the Holiday Star Theater, Merrillville, Indiana, June 10, 1983. Over the remblance of their 2013 h "Blurred L" to Gaye's 1977 classic "Got to Give Up. A jury award Gaye's heirs $7.

Already a Motown superstar the 1960s before his more adult 1970s output ma him a generatnal mil giant, Gaye was killed 1984 at age 44, shot by his father as he tried to tervene a fight between his parents.

Marv Gaye 1973. Marv Gaye was one of the greatt sgers of all time, who rerd some of the ft ever soul songs a short perd of time.

LET’S GET IT ONMARV GAYETRACK 1 ON LET’S GET IT ON PRODUCED BYMARV GAYE & ED TOWNSEND“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 VIEWER225.4K VIEWS46 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]NOW 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, OOH, OOH, 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[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 FEELG, SO 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

Taken far too soon, Marv Gaye's mic took on var styl, om upliftg duets to heartbreakg ballads to socially-nsc 've taken his 10 very bt songs for the ultimate Marv Gaye troductn:. Marv Gaye “How Sweet It Is” Live At Montrx Jazz Ftival 1980 HD.

‘LET’S GET IT ON’ SGLE: MARV GAYE’S SENSUAL SOUL GROOVE

Wrten by the famo Holland–Dozier–Holland tr at Motown, this gave Marv Gaye his biggt h at the time song's tle was spired by one of Jackie Gleason's signature tchphras: "How Sweet It Is!

Released on Motown's Tamla label 1966, this duet between Marv and Kim Wton scrib var thgs life - such as dreams, love and wish - beg far better wh two people stead of more: The tragic story of Marv Gaye and the untimely ath of a soul legendIn 1990, Rod Stewart and Ta Turner teamed up for a ver versn, takg to number five the UK.

Origally by Dn, this song was a tribute to four inic Amerins who were assassated: Abraham Lln, Mart Luther Kg Jr, John F Kennedy and Robert Gaye vered the song 1970, and was one of his first experiments socially-nsc mic, a year before his What's Gog On?

THE TRAGIC STORY OF MARV GAYE AND THE UNTIMELY ATH OF A SOUL LEGEND

A't No Mounta High Enough (extra HQ) - Marv Gaye & Tammi Terrell. Songwrers Ashford & Simpson scribed this song as their 'goln egg' which got them their first Motown Sprgfield wanted to rerd first, but the duo turned her down so that they uld secure Motown, and land wh Marv and Tammi Terrell, who sred a big h wh their origal more: Tammi Terrell - The tragic life story of a Motown sger and how Marv Gaye never got over her athThree years later, Diana Ross achieved her first solo US number one wh a ver versn g a different arrangement. Marv Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me (From "Live at Montrx 1980" DVD).

Album, this song is one of mic's most poignant anthems regardg the was a ln-seller, and was later vered by Robert Palmer 1990 as part of a medley wh Gaye's song 'I Want You'. Marv Gaye - Let's Get It On.