I Heard It Through the Grapeve by Marv Gaye - Songfacts

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• MARV GAYE’S CLASSIC VOLS ON ‘I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE’: THE A CAPPELLA VERSN
• I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE (MARV GAYE) (APELLA WAV)
• HEAR MARV GAYE SG “I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE” A CAPELLA: THE HNTG ISOLATED VOL TRACK
• SOMEONE ISOLATED MARV GAYE'S VOL TRACK FROM "I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE" AND IT WILL HNT YOUR DREAMS
• 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 VIEWER147.3K 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
• ‘I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE’: HOW MARV GAYE CLAIMED A SOUL CLASSIC
• MARV GAYE'S ISOLATED VOLS ON 'I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE' WILL GIVE YOU GOOSEBUMPS
• MARV GAYE - HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE APELLA
• HEAR MARV GAYE SG “I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE” A CAPELLA: THE HNTG ISOLATED VOL TRACK

MARV GAYE’S CLASSIC VOLS ON ‘I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE’: THE A CAPPELLA VERSN

It’s hard to believe, but Marv Gaye’s classic 1967 rerdg of “I Heard Through the Grapeve” was rejected by his rerd label.

Whfield rerd the song wh Gaye early 1967, but for some reason Gordy didn’t like that versn eher.

Gaye’s versn might have been fotten had not been clud his 1968 album, In the Groove, where soon beme noticed. ” Gaye’s rerdg of the song beme a cross-over h.

I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE (MARV GAYE) (APELLA WAV)

Gaye was known for his sweet-soundg tenor voice, which he uld modulate om a barone to a silky high falsetto. Whfield prevailed, and Gaye’s performance is one of the greatt of the Motown era.

Origally ma famo by Marv Gaye. Legally release your versn of I Heard It Through The Grapeve (Marv Gaye). Marv Gaye.

Marv Gaye’s mega-h, “I Heard Through the Grapeve, ” turns 50 this year.

HEAR MARV GAYE SG “I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE” A CAPELLA: THE HNTG ISOLATED VOL TRACK

Smokey Robson and Gladys Knight got the first cracks at the now inic Barrett Strong–Norman Whfield tune, but Gaye’s 1968 rendn is the famo one, the btsellg Motown sgle of the .

Gaye’s former brother--law, Motown Rerds founr Berry Gordy, is perhaps the only one who wasn’t imprsed, refg to believe uld be a viable sgle until s enthiastic receptn by rad DJs and the listeng public nvced him otherwise. As thor Nelson Gee, an historian of Ain Amerin mic, observed his 1984 say, “Marv Gaye’s Abidg Unrt“:.

SOMEONE ISOLATED MARV GAYE'S VOL TRACK FROM "I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE" AND IT WILL HNT YOUR DREAMS

The superlativ that acpany Gaye’s 6th place rankg on Rollg Stone’s 2010 list of the 100 Greatt Sgers of All Time speak to both the emotnal power he brought to his work, as well as his “brilliant mily”:.

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 VIEWER147.3K 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

Even ex-wife Janis Gaye had sweet words for that voice a recent terview wh Voice Council magaze. Among the shockg revelatns that got left out of her tell-all memoir about their temptuo relatnship—Gaye was a primarily self-tght artist who smoked unfiltered Camels:.

Listen to “Let’s Get It On, ” “Sexual Healg, ” and other isolated vol tracks om Marv Gaye’s h list here. By isolatg his vol track we really see the magnificence of Marv Gaye's abily and range. Don't get me wrong; The origal track featurg the Funk Brothers, The Detro Symphony, and The Andant is a classic, but this prov Marv Gaye need nothg but an empty room to amaze.

‘I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE’: HOW MARV GAYE CLAIMED A SOUL CLASSIC

Marv Gaye was the send artist to rerd this track, but apparently, Berry Gordy (founr of Motown Rerds) didn't thk was good enough to make the cut, and certaly not good enough to bee a sgle.

Whfield and Strong then had Marv Gaye rerd the song but still no luck: Motown head Berry Gordy chose Holland-Dozier-Holland's "Your Unchangg Love" over "Grapeve" as his next sgle.

Their versn was a h, enterg the Top 40 November 1967 and gog to #2 Gaye's versn was clud on his 1968 album In The Groove (later re-tled I Heard It Through The Grapeve). Rodney Jon, the Chigo disc jockey at WVON, started playg on the air, Berry Gordy rensired and released Gaye's versn as a sgle, which beme even more popular and known as the five versn of the song. Gaye's "Grapeve" pound the charts about a year after Knight's, gog to #1 Ameri on December 14, this heartbreakg tune about a man who fds out sendhand that his girl is cheatg on him, Marv Gaye wng out the emotn the song thanks to Norman Whfield, who produced the track and gave him very specific stctns.

MARV GAYE'S ISOLATED VOLS ON 'I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE' WILL GIVE YOU GOOSEBUMPS

Whfield had Gaye sg slightly higher than his normal range, which created the straed vol, and he ma him do over and over until he got right.

Gaye explaed to NME: "I simply took directn, as I felt the directn he was expoundg was a proper one.

MARV GAYE - HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVE APELLA

This was Gaye's first #1 h, and ma him a star.

HEAR MARV GAYE SG “I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE” A CAPELLA: THE HNTG ISOLATED VOL TRACK

In addn to the Gladys Knight and the Pips and Marv Gaye versns, Roger Troutman (rerdg as "Roger") took to the top of the R&B charts wh his 1981 versn.