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• ‘SEXUAL HEALG’: GRAMMY GLORY FOR MARV GAYE’S NEW GROOVE
• THE MEANG AND SOUL BEHD MARV GAYE’S “SEXUAL HEALG” SONG LYRICS
• MARV GAYE IS SHOT AND KILLED BY HIS OWN FATHER
• SEXUAL HEALGMARV GAYETRACK 2 ON MIDNIGHT LOVE PRODUCED BYMARV GAYERELEASED 1982, “SEXUAL HEALG” IS ONE OF MARV GAYE’S MOST POPULAR SONGS, AND HIS LAST TO REACH THE TOP 20 THE US, UK AND ATRALIA. IT WON THE GRAMMY AWARD FOR… READ MORE SEP. 30, 19821 VIEWER263.7K VIEWS49 CONTRIBUTORSSEXUAL HEALG LYRICS[INTRO]GET UP, GET UP, GET UP, GET UPWAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UPOH BABY, NOW LET'S GET DOWN TONIGHTOOH[VERSE 1]BABY I'M HOT JT LIKE AN OVEN (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)I NEED SOME LOV' (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)AND BABY, I N'T HOLD MUCH LONGER (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)IT'S GETTG STRONGER AND STRONGER (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)[CHOS]AND WHEN I GET THAT FEELGI WANT SEXUAL HEALGSEXUAL HEALG, OH BABYMAK ME FEEL SO FEHELPS TO RELIEVE MY MDSEXUAL HEALG, BABY, IS GOOD FOR MESEXUAL HEALG IS SOMETHG THAT'S GOOD FOR ME[BRIDGE]WHENEVER BLUE TEARDROPS ARE FALLGAND MY EMOTNAL STABILY IS LEAVG METHERE IS SOMETHG I N DOI N GET ON THE TELEPHONE AND LL YOU UP, BABY, ANDHONEY, I KNOW YOU'LL BE THERE TO RELIEVE METHE LOVE YOU GIVE TO ME WILL EE MEIF YOU DON'T KNOW THE THG YOU'RE ALGOH, I N TELL YOU, DARLG, THAT 'S SEXUAL HEALGYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[BREAK](GET UP, GET UP, GET UP, GET UP)LET'S MAKE LOVE TONIGHT(WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP)'CSE YOU DO RIGHT[VERSE 2]BABY, I GOT SICK THIS MORNG (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)A SEA WAS STORMG SI OF ME (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)BABY, I THK I'M PSIZG (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)THE WAV ARE RISG AND RISG (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)[CHOS]AND WHEN I GET THAT FEELGI WANT SEXUAL HEALGSEXUAL HEALG IS GOOD FOR MEMAK ME FEEL SO FE, 'S SUCH A SHHELPS TO RELIEVE THE MD, AND 'S GOOD FOR SEXUAL HEALG, BABY, 'S GOOD FOR MESEXUAL HEALG IS SOMETHG THAT'S GOOD FOR ME[BRIDGE]AND 'S GOOD FOR ME, AND 'S SO GOOD TO MEMY BABY, OHHHCOME TAKE NTROL, JT GRAB A HOLDOF MY BODY AND MD, SOON WE'LL BE MAKG , HONEYOH, WE'RE FEELG FEYOU'RE MY MEDICE, OPEN UP AND LET ME DARLG, YOU'RE SO GREATI N'T WA FOR YOU TO OPERATE[BREAK](HEAL ME, MY DARLG)I N'T WA FOR YOU TO OPERATE[CHOS]WHEN I GET THIS FEELG (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)I NEED SEXUAL HEALGOH, WHEN I GET THIS FEELG (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)I NEED SEXUAL HEALGI GOTTA HAVE SEXUAL HEALG, DARLG (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)'CSE I'M ALL ALONEI NEED SEXUAL HEALG, DARLG (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)'TIL YOU E BACK HOMEPLEASE DON'T PROCRASTATE (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)IT'S NOT GOOD TO MASTURBATE18EMBEDCANCELHOW 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
• 'SEXUAL HEALG' BPIC FOC ON MARV GAYE'S LAST DAYSFILM STARRG 'RENT' ACTOR JSE L. MART CHRONICL THE FAL THREE YEARS OF THE LATE SGER'S {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY ARCHIVE-CHRIS-HARRISFEBARY 6, 2006/3:07 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ARCHIVE-CHRIS-HARRISFEBARY 6, 2006 / 3:07 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"'SEXUAL HEALG' BPIC FOC ON MARV GAYE'S LAST DAYS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2006-02-06T20:07:55.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2006-02-06T20:07:55.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ARCHIVE-CHRIS-HARRIS","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FAL THREE YEARS OF MOTOWN LEGEND MARV GAYE'S LIFE WILL BE REVISED DIRECTOR LREN GOODMAN'S FORTHG BPIC, "SEXUAL HEALG." PRODUCTN ON THE FILM, WHICH WILL BE SHOT HUNGARY AND GERMANY, IS SET TO BEG THREE MONTHS, ACRDG TO THE HOLLYWOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACTOR JSE L. MART -- WHO PLAYED TOM COLLS ONSTAGE AND HOLLYWOOD'S 2005 ADAPTATN OF THE BROADWAY MIL "RENT," BUT IS PERHAPS BT KNOWN AS DETECTIVE ED GREEN OM TV'S "LAW & ORR" -- HAS SIGNED ON TO PORTRAY GAYE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SEXUAL HEALG" WILL REVOLVE AROUND GAYE'S EMIGRATN TO EUROPE 1981 -- WHICH FOLLOWED YEARS OF TAX DIFFICULTI, RERD-LABEL ICTN AND ALLEGED E ABE. FOLLOWG THE MOVE, GAYE STAGED A TRIUMPHANT EBACK WH 1982'S MIDNIGHT LOVE, WHICH FEATURED THE H "SEXUAL HEALG." DEPRSN SOON FOLLOWED THAT HIGH, AND GAYE RETURNED TO THE U.S., MOVG TO HIS PARENTS' HOME. AFTER A HEATED ARGUMENT, GAYE WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY HIS FATHER ON APRIL 1, 1984 -- THE DAY BEFORE HIS 45TH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MORE THAN JT BEG THE VOICE OF A GENERATN, MARV GAYE PROVED TO BE S VERY HEARTBEAT," GOODMAN TOLD THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. "AS A FILMMAKER, I WAS DRAWN TO TELL THE STORY OF A HUMAN BEG WHO WAS NEVER FULLY REALIZED, ONE WH FLTS AND FOIBL AND AN UNMON GRACE EXPRSED EVERY TIME HE PICKED UP THE MICROPHONE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL FAILED ATTEMPTS TO TURN GAYE'S LIFE AND ATH TO A MOTN PICTURE. "SEXUAL HEALG" WAS FIRST NCEIVED AS A REER-SPANNG PROJECT, BUT RIGHTS ISSU WH GAYE'S MOTOWN-PRODUCED WORK FORCED GOODMAN TO RETHK THE SCRIPT SHE'D WRTEN AND REFOC THE FILM ON GAYE'S FAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VIS [ARTICLE ID="1488131"]MOVI ON [/ARTICLE] FOR MORE OM HOLLYWOOD, CLUDG NEWS, TERVIEWS, TRAILERS AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GET YOUR MTV NEWS H DAILY AS A PODST -- VIO OR D. CLICK ON MAC OR PC FOR MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• WHAT THE LAST 12 MONTHS OF MARV GAYE'S LIFE WERE LIKE
• MARV GAYE – SEXUAL HEALG
• MARV GAYE – SEXUAL HEALG
• MARV GAYE(1939-1984)

‘SEXUAL HEALG’: GRAMMY GLORY FOR MARV GAYE’S NEW GROOVE

He stayed for 18 months before returng to the renown wrer David Rz gave Gaye the ia for this song.

Gaye had a large llectn of pornography, to the pot that many of his iends felt he was addicted to porn. When he noticed the llectn, Rz told Gaye he need some "Sexual Healg, " and Marv had him wre some words which beme the lyrics to the song.

THE MEANG AND SOUL BEHD MARV GAYE’S “SEXUAL HEALG” SONG LYRICS

"Gaye had ved Rz to Ostend to help wre his bgraphy - Divid Soul: The Life of Marv Gaye. Co-poser Oll Brown, who was also Gaye's keyboard player, claimed he didn't have any knowledge of Rz's ntributn to the song tle, let alone any lyrics. After Gaye died, Rz won his se and got the cred, which now reads: Oll Brown/Marv Gaye/David had a lot of succs wrg very sexual songs and built a reputatn as a ladi' man, but he was the son of a preacher and stggled wh his relig valu.

MARV GAYE IS SHOT AND KILLED BY HIS OWN FATHER

This nflict tormented him for years and spired the bgraphy tle Divid Soul: The Life of Marv Gaye, by David was one of the first songs to e the Roland TR-808 dm mache, and the first mastream h to do so. Gaye and llaborator Gordon Banks programmed the mache, which was troduced 1980 but hadn't appeared on a h song until Aika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force showed up wh "Pla Rock" earlier 1982.

When Gaye left Belgium and toured to support the Midnight Love album, he started g dgs aga and beme mentally unstable.

SEXUAL HEALGMARV GAYETRACK 2 ON MIDNIGHT LOVE PRODUCED BYMARV GAYERELEASED 1982, “SEXUAL HEALG” IS ONE OF MARV GAYE’S MOST POPULAR SONGS, AND HIS LAST TO REACH THE TOP 20 THE US, UK AND ATRALIA. IT WON THE GRAMMY AWARD FOR… READ MORE SEP. 30, 19821 VIEWER263.7K VIEWS49 CONTRIBUTORSSEXUAL HEALG LYRICS[INTRO]GET UP, GET UP, GET UP, GET UPWAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UPOH BABY, NOW LET'S GET DOWN TONIGHTOOH[VERSE 1]BABY I'M HOT JT LIKE AN OVEN (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)I NEED SOME LOV' (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)AND BABY, I N'T HOLD MUCH LONGER (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)IT'S GETTG STRONGER AND STRONGER (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)[CHOS]AND WHEN I GET THAT FEELGI WANT SEXUAL HEALGSEXUAL HEALG, OH BABYMAK ME FEEL SO FEHELPS TO RELIEVE MY MDSEXUAL HEALG, BABY, IS GOOD FOR MESEXUAL HEALG IS SOMETHG THAT'S GOOD FOR ME[BRIDGE]WHENEVER BLUE TEARDROPS ARE FALLGAND MY EMOTNAL STABILY IS LEAVG METHERE IS SOMETHG I N DOI N GET ON THE TELEPHONE AND LL YOU UP, BABY, ANDHONEY, I KNOW YOU'LL BE THERE TO RELIEVE METHE LOVE YOU GIVE TO ME WILL EE MEIF YOU DON'T KNOW THE THG YOU'RE ALGOH, I N TELL YOU, DARLG, THAT 'S SEXUAL HEALGYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[BREAK](GET UP, GET UP, GET UP, GET UP)LET'S MAKE LOVE TONIGHT(WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP, WAKE UP)'CSE YOU DO RIGHT[VERSE 2]BABY, I GOT SICK THIS MORNG (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)A SEA WAS STORMG SI OF ME (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)BABY, I THK I'M PSIZG (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)THE WAV ARE RISG AND RISG (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)[CHOS]AND WHEN I GET THAT FEELGI WANT SEXUAL HEALGSEXUAL HEALG IS GOOD FOR MEMAK ME FEEL SO FE, 'S SUCH A SHHELPS TO RELIEVE THE MD, AND 'S GOOD FOR SEXUAL HEALG, BABY, 'S GOOD FOR MESEXUAL HEALG IS SOMETHG THAT'S GOOD FOR ME[BRIDGE]AND 'S GOOD FOR ME, AND 'S SO GOOD TO MEMY BABY, OHHHCOME TAKE NTROL, JT GRAB A HOLDOF MY BODY AND MD, SOON WE'LL BE MAKG , HONEYOH, WE'RE FEELG FEYOU'RE MY MEDICE, OPEN UP AND LET ME DARLG, YOU'RE SO GREATI N'T WA FOR YOU TO OPERATE[BREAK](HEAL ME, MY DARLG)I N'T WA FOR YOU TO OPERATE[CHOS]WHEN I GET THIS FEELG (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)I NEED SEXUAL HEALGOH, WHEN I GET THIS FEELG (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)I NEED SEXUAL HEALGI GOTTA HAVE SEXUAL HEALG, DARLG (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)'CSE I'M ALL ALONEI NEED SEXUAL HEALG, DARLG (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)'TIL YOU E BACK HOMEPLEASE DON'T PROCRASTATE (HEAL ME, MY DARLG)IT'S NOT GOOD TO MASTURBATE18EMBEDCANCELHOW 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

His father claimed he shot him was the first sgle Gaye released after leavg Motown Rerds. When Marv Gaye h the Billboard Hot 100 on October 30, 1982, he uldn’t have known he had a future ln-seller on his hands. Gaye’s first h for Columbia after the end of his 20-years-pl associatn wh Motown had entered the R&B chart two weeks before, on s way to an epic ten-week n at No.

But if there was any ial hancy among pop rad programmers about the rnchy nature of the posn by Gaye and jazz anist Oll Brown, was soon dispersed.

It also topped the charts Canada and New Zealand and went Top 5 the UK, Holland and Belgium, the untry which Gaye ngoly based himself for some time the early 1980s. Now 40 years after s release, the power of Marv Gaye’s 1982 h “Sexual Healg” is palpable and remas one of Gaye’s most regnizable songs. Released on Gaye’s 17th and fal album Midnight Love, “Sexual Healg” reached No.

'SEXUAL HEALG' BPIC FOC ON MARV GAYE'S LAST DAYSFILM STARRG 'RENT' ACTOR JSE L. MART CHRONICL THE FAL THREE YEARS OF THE LATE SGER'S {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY ARCHIVE-CHRIS-HARRISFEBARY 6, 2006/3:07 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ARCHIVE-CHRIS-HARRISFEBARY 6, 2006 / 3:07 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"'SEXUAL HEALG' BPIC FOC ON MARV GAYE'S LAST DAYS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2006-02-06T20:07:55.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2006-02-06T20:07:55.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ARCHIVE-CHRIS-HARRIS","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FAL THREE YEARS OF MOTOWN LEGEND MARV GAYE'S LIFE WILL BE REVISED DIRECTOR LREN GOODMAN'S FORTHG BPIC, "SEXUAL HEALG." PRODUCTN ON THE FILM, WHICH WILL BE SHOT HUNGARY AND GERMANY, IS SET TO BEG THREE MONTHS, ACRDG TO THE HOLLYWOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACTOR JSE L. MART -- WHO PLAYED TOM COLLS ONSTAGE AND HOLLYWOOD'S 2005 ADAPTATN OF THE BROADWAY MIL "RENT," BUT IS PERHAPS BT KNOWN AS DETECTIVE ED GREEN OM TV'S "LAW & ORR" -- HAS SIGNED ON TO PORTRAY GAYE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SEXUAL HEALG" WILL REVOLVE AROUND GAYE'S EMIGRATN TO EUROPE 1981 -- WHICH FOLLOWED YEARS OF TAX DIFFICULTI, RERD-LABEL ICTN AND ALLEGED E ABE. FOLLOWG THE MOVE, GAYE STAGED A TRIUMPHANT EBACK WH 1982'S MIDNIGHT LOVE, WHICH FEATURED THE H "SEXUAL HEALG." DEPRSN SOON FOLLOWED THAT HIGH, AND GAYE RETURNED TO THE U.S., MOVG TO HIS PARENTS' HOME. AFTER A HEATED ARGUMENT, GAYE WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY HIS FATHER ON APRIL 1, 1984 -- THE DAY BEFORE HIS 45TH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MORE THAN JT BEG THE VOICE OF A GENERATN, MARV GAYE PROVED TO BE S VERY HEARTBEAT," GOODMAN TOLD THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. "AS A FILMMAKER, I WAS DRAWN TO TELL THE STORY OF A HUMAN BEG WHO WAS NEVER FULLY REALIZED, ONE WH FLTS AND FOIBL AND AN UNMON GRACE EXPRSED EVERY TIME HE PICKED UP THE MICROPHONE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL FAILED ATTEMPTS TO TURN GAYE'S LIFE AND ATH TO A MOTN PICTURE. "SEXUAL HEALG" WAS FIRST NCEIVED AS A REER-SPANNG PROJECT, BUT RIGHTS ISSU WH GAYE'S MOTOWN-PRODUCED WORK FORCED GOODMAN TO RETHK THE SCRIPT SHE'D WRTEN AND REFOC THE FILM ON GAYE'S FAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VIS [ARTICLE ID="1488131"]MOVI ON [/ARTICLE] FOR MORE OM HOLLYWOOD, CLUDG NEWS, TERVIEWS, TRAILERS AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GET YOUR MTV NEWS H DAILY AS A PODST -- VIO OR D. CLICK ON MAC OR PC FOR MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

1 on Billboard‘s Hot R&B Sgl chart, where remaed for 10 weeks, earng Gaye two Grammys for Bt Male R&B Vol Performance and Bt R&B Instmental Performance.

WHAT THE LAST 12 MONTHS OF MARV GAYE'S LIFE WERE LIKE

The son of a preacher, Gaye was a vout Prottant Christian, and often stggled wh his relig valu but found most of his succs wh songs focg on sexual sire. When wrer and iend David Rz noticed Gaye had a large llectn of pornography, he told the sger that he need some “Sexual Healg.

In 1981 Marv Gaye retreated to the astal town of Ghent, Belgium, for some much-need relaxatn and to remove himself om ongog IRS issu and the end of his send marriage as he was stgglg wh an addictn to e and prsn.

There for 18 months is where Gaye pleted “Sexual Healg, ” along wh Rz, who he had ially ved out to help him wre his bgraphy, Divid Soul: The Life of Marv Gaye.

MARV GAYE – SEXUAL HEALG

A known ladi’ man, who wrote many sexualized songs (a la “Let’s Get On”) “Sexual Healg” me naturally to Gaye, wh a pretty straight-forward msage:. “Sexual Healg” was the first sgle Gaye released wh CBS Rerds after partg ways wh Motown Rerds after 20 years followg royalty disput and his divorce om Motown founr Berry Gordy’s sister. Rz was never given wrg cred for the song, only thanked the ler not, which ed a rift his iendship wh Gaye.

The wrg creds now clu Rz, Gaye, and Gaye’s keyboardist Oll Brown, who also ntributed to the song. By late 1983, Gaye had moved wh his parents Marv Gay, Sr., and Alberta their Los Angel home and was killed by his father after an argument on April 1, 1984, one day before his 45th birthday. At the peak of his reer, Marv Gaye was the Prce of Motown—the soulful voice behd hs as wi-rangg as “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” and “Mercy Mercy Me (The Elogy).

” Like his label-mate Stevie Wonr, Gaye both epomized and outgrew the crowd-pleasg sound that ma Motown famo. That life me to a tragic end on April 1, 1984, when Marv Gaye was shot and killed by his own father one day short of his 45th the physil e of Marv Gaye’s ath was straightforward—”Gunshot wound to cht perforatg heart, lung and liver, ” acrdg to the Los Angel County Coroner—the events that led to were much more tangled. Marv Gay, Sr., (the “e” was add by his son for his stage name) was a preacher the Hebrew Pentestal Church and a proponent of a strict moral he enforced btally wh his four children.

MARV GAYE – SEXUAL HEALG

Clearly harbored unrolved feelgs toward his abive feelgs spilled out for the fal time the Los Angel home of Marv Gay, Sr., and his wife Alberta.

MARV GAYE(1939-1984)

Only one year removed om his first Grammy w and om a triumphant return to the pop charts wh “Sexual Healg, ” Marv Gaye was horrible physil, psychologil and fancial an argument between father and son lated to a physil fight on the morng of April 1, 1984, Alberta Gay was tryg to lm her son his bedroom when Marv Sr. Marv Gaye’s brother, Frankie, who lived next door, and who held the legendary sger durg his fal mut, later wrote his memoir that Marv Gaye’s fal, disturbg statement was, “I got what I wanted….

“Sexual Healg” was wrten by Gaye and Amerin jazz anist Oll Brown, wh Gaye also producg the song.