MARVIN GAYE | Official Charts

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• IT TOOK TWO: MARV GAYE’S DUET LEGACY
• MOTOWN’S TRAGIC OMEN: TAMMI TERRELL COLLAPS INTO MARV GAYE’S ARMS
• YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAKMARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELLTRACK 2 ON UNED  PRODUCED BYBERRY GORDYAUG. 29, 19671 VIEWER5 CONTRIBUTORSYOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAK LYRICS[VERSE]YOU DON'T DRIVE A BIG FE RYOU DON'T LOOK LIKE A MOVIE STARAND ON YOUR MONEY WE WON'T GET FARBUT BABY, YOU GOT WHAT TAK[CHOS 1]SATISFIED, YOU GOT WHAT TAK TO SATISFYYOU GOT WHAT TAK TO SET MY SOUL ON FIREYOU GOT WHAT TAK FOR ME[CHOS 2][X2]YOU DON'T LIVE A BETIFUL PLACEYOU DON'T DRS WH THE BT OF TASTEAND NATURE DIDN'T GIVE YOU SUCH A BETIFUL FACEBUT BABY YOU GOT WHAT TAK TO SATISFYYOU GOT WHAT TAK TO SET MY SOUL ON FIREYOU'VE GOT WHAT TAK FOR MENOW WHEN YOU'RE NEAR MEMY HEAD GO AROUND AND ROUNDAND WHEN YOU KISS MEMY LOVE TUMBLG DOWNYOU SEND ME[CHOS 1]YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW 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 FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAK” BY MARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL?WHEN DID MARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL RELEASE “YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAK”?WHO WROTE “YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAK” BY MARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL?UNED (1967)MARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL1. A’T NO MOUNTA HIGH ENOUGH2. YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAK3. IF I COULD BUILD MY WHOLE WORLD AROUND YOU4. SOMETH’ STUPID5. YOUR PREC LOVE6. HOLD ME OH MY DARLG7. TWO CAN HAVE A PARTY8. LTLE OLE BOY, LTLE OLE GIRL9. IF THIS WORLD WERE ME10. SAD WEDDG11. GIVE A LTLE LOVE12. OH HOW I’D MISS YOUEXPAND CREDSPRODUCED BYBERRY GORDYWRTEN BYBERRY GORDY, ROQUEL DAVIS & GWEN GORDY FUQUARELEASE DATEAUGT 29, 1967YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAK IS A COVER OFYOU GOT WHAT IT TAK BY BOBBY PARKERTAGSR&BCOVERMOTOWNSIXTISOUL POPSOULEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
• THE VERY BT OF MARV GAYE
• MARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL - IT TAK TWO ALBUM
• YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAKMARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELLTRACK 2 ON UNED  PRODUCED BYBERRY GORDYAUG. 29, 19671 VIEWER5 CONTRIBUTORSYOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAK LYRICS[VERSE]YOU DON'T DRIVE A BIG FE RYOU DON'T LOOK LIKE A MOVIE STARAND ON YOUR MONEY WE WON'T GET FARBUT BABY, YOU GOT WHAT TAK[CHOS 1]SATISFIED, YOU GOT WHAT TAK TO SATISFYYOU GOT WHAT TAK TO SET MY SOUL ON FIREYOU GOT WHAT TAK FOR ME[CHOS 2][X2]YOU DON'T LIVE A BETIFUL PLACEYOU DON'T DRS WH THE BT OF TASTEAND NATURE DIDN'T GIVE YOU SUCH A BETIFUL FACEBUT BABY YOU GOT WHAT TAK TO SATISFYYOU GOT WHAT TAK TO SET MY SOUL ON FIREYOU'VE GOT WHAT TAK FOR MENOW WHEN YOU'RE NEAR MEMY HEAD GO AROUND AND ROUNDAND WHEN YOU KISS MEMY LOVE TUMBLG DOWNYOU SEND ME[CHOS 1]YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW 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 FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAK” BY MARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL?WHEN DID MARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL RELEASE “YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAK”?WHO WROTE “YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAK” BY MARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL?UNED (1967)MARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL1. A’T NO MOUNTA HIGH ENOUGH2. YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAK3. IF I COULD BUILD MY WHOLE WORLD AROUND YOU4. SOMETH’ STUPID5. YOUR PREC LOVE6. HOLD ME OH MY DARLG7. TWO CAN HAVE A PARTY8. LTLE OLE BOY, LTLE OLE GIRL9. IF THIS WORLD WERE ME10. SAD WEDDG11. GIVE A LTLE LOVE12. OH HOW I’D MISS YOUEXPAND CREDSPRODUCED BYBERRY GORDYWRTEN BYBERRY GORDY, ROQUEL DAVIS & GWEN GORDY FUQUARELEASE DATEAUGT 29, 1967YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAK IS A COVER OFYOU GOT WHAT IT TAK BY BOBBY PARKERTAGSR&BCOVERMOTOWNSIXTISOUL POPSOULEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
• MARVIN GAYE

IT TOOK TWO: MARV GAYE’S DUET LEGACY

Marv Gaye and Tammi Terrell’s h spir our Motown duets playlist. Marv Gaye & Tammi Terrelll photo: Gill Petard/Redferns. On the Billboard Hot 100 for September 9 1967, Marv Gaye and Tammi Terrell had the hight new entry of the week, at No.

MOTOWN’S TRAGIC OMEN: TAMMI TERRELL COLLAPS INTO MARV GAYE’S ARMS

“What we acplished was to create two characters and let them sg to each other, ” Gaye later told wrer David Rz. Gaye practilly owned the duet format on Motown. The story of Motown tryg to fd Marv Gaye a duet partner, which hovers the background of the new reissue “Marv Gaye & His Women, ” is one of the great melodramas of Amerin pop mic—vexed, tragic, ultimately triumphant, and wh a fillip of false optimism at the end.

When Gaye first started at Motown the early sixti, he wasn’t particularly terted the sound of Young Ameri. ” They also saw him, their grand visn, as a half of a powerhoe duet team; Berry Gordy’s md, duet albums doubled the potential ctomer 1964, the label paired Gaye wh Mary Wells, then the queen of Motown.

While the rerd helped to tablish Gaye, the softer tone diluted Wells’s inty, and she left the label. Motown moved Gaye along to Kim Wton; “It Tak Two” was a massive h but Wton, too, parted the label. Motown, now flailg a b, put Gaye wh a third sger, Oma Page (sometim misintified as Oma Heard): they rerd a few sis that went fourth time was the charm.

YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAKMARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELLTRACK 2 ON UNED  PRODUCED BYBERRY GORDYAUG. 29, 19671 VIEWER5 CONTRIBUTORSYOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAK LYRICS[VERSE]YOU DON'T DRIVE A BIG FE RYOU DON'T LOOK LIKE A MOVIE STARAND ON YOUR MONEY WE WON'T GET FARBUT BABY, YOU GOT WHAT TAK[CHOS 1]SATISFIED, YOU GOT WHAT TAK TO SATISFYYOU GOT WHAT TAK TO SET MY SOUL ON FIREYOU GOT WHAT TAK FOR ME[CHOS 2][X2]YOU DON'T LIVE A BETIFUL PLACEYOU DON'T DRS WH THE BT OF TASTEAND NATURE DIDN'T GIVE YOU SUCH A BETIFUL FACEBUT BABY YOU GOT WHAT TAK TO SATISFYYOU GOT WHAT TAK TO SET MY SOUL ON FIREYOU'VE GOT WHAT TAK FOR MENOW WHEN YOU'RE NEAR MEMY HEAD GO AROUND AND ROUNDAND WHEN YOU KISS MEMY LOVE TUMBLG DOWNYOU SEND ME[CHOS 1]YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW 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 FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAK” BY MARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL?WHEN DID MARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL RELEASE “YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAK”?WHO WROTE “YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAK” BY MARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL?UNED (1967)MARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL1. A’T NO MOUNTA HIGH ENOUGH2. YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAK3. IF I COULD BUILD MY WHOLE WORLD AROUND YOU4. SOMETH’ STUPID5. YOUR PREC LOVE6. HOLD ME OH MY DARLG7. TWO CAN HAVE A PARTY8. LTLE OLE BOY, LTLE OLE GIRL9. IF THIS WORLD WERE ME10. SAD WEDDG11. GIVE A LTLE LOVE12. OH HOW I’D MISS YOUEXPAND CREDSPRODUCED BYBERRY GORDYWRTEN BYBERRY GORDY, ROQUEL DAVIS & GWEN GORDY FUQUARELEASE DATEAUGT 29, 1967YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAK IS A COVER OFYOU GOT WHAT IT TAK BY BOBBY PARKERTAGSR&BCOVERMOTOWNSIXTISOUL POPSOULEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

In 1966, Gaye was paired wh Tammi Terrell, who had been a teen-age sger for Jam Brown. Mdful of Gaye’s track rerd, they had both sgers rerd versns and then mixed them together.

The rult—phed along by Terrell’s crystal-clear vols and Gaye’s imable batn of softns and urgency—went top twenty, and they followed up wh songs like “Your Prec Love” and “If I Could Build My Whole World Around You.

THE VERY BT OF MARV GAYE

When Terrell died, 1970, Gaye was eply prsed by her loss, and he turned away om sgg and performg, only to emerge wh “What’s Gog On.

” Once Gaye was reëstablished as a solo star, the label took one more shot, pairg him wh Diana Ross for two albums. “Marv Gaye & His Women” was origally released 1973; even then, was a substute for (and an update of) “Marv Gaye and His Girls, ” om 1969.

“It Tak Two” is a ebullient sgle that hts at what might have been had Wton stayed at Motown; and the Ross sis both build on the Terrell era and gture toward Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway, who had replaced Gaye and Terrell as the domant duet act soul addn to llectg all of Gaye’s important duets, the album also serv as a remr of the way romantic duets were once central to pop.

MARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL - IT TAK TWO ALBUM

That’s the lson of the Gaye llectn and any other top-notch duet: two heads (or voic) are not necsarily better than one, but they are more tertg, and more rewardg, and more than the sum of their parts.

Rock cric Dave Marsh wr his book The Heart of Rock and Soul: The 1001 Greatt Sgl Ever Ma that the lyrics "fli the face of rock mythology… Here, Marv Gaye, probably the greatt inoclast pop has ever known, speaks wh tenr re favor of the most timate llectivy. "Though Gaye had already racked up a number of hs the US, this was his first Top 40 h the the other duos to ver this tune were Otis Reddg and Carla Thomas, Donny and Marie Osmond, and Rod Stewart and Ta Turner.

Marv Gaye / Tammi Terrell. Most listeners will be satisfied enough wh a bt-of pilatn to ver the work that Gaye and Terrell did together. That clus four songs om 1965-1966 sgl, cludg the non-LP B-si "Baby Don'tcha Worry, " all of which were also released as duets wh add Gaye vols; sounds like they're tryg to make her a mi-Mary Wells on "Hold Me Oh My Darlg.

YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAKMARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELLTRACK 2 ON UNED  PRODUCED BYBERRY GORDYAUG. 29, 19671 VIEWER5 CONTRIBUTORSYOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAK LYRICS[VERSE]YOU DON'T DRIVE A BIG FE RYOU DON'T LOOK LIKE A MOVIE STARAND ON YOUR MONEY WE WON'T GET FARBUT BABY, YOU GOT WHAT TAK[CHOS 1]SATISFIED, YOU GOT WHAT TAK TO SATISFYYOU GOT WHAT TAK TO SET MY SOUL ON FIREYOU GOT WHAT TAK FOR ME[CHOS 2][X2]YOU DON'T LIVE A BETIFUL PLACEYOU DON'T DRS WH THE BT OF TASTEAND NATURE DIDN'T GIVE YOU SUCH A BETIFUL FACEBUT BABY YOU GOT WHAT TAK TO SATISFYYOU GOT WHAT TAK TO SET MY SOUL ON FIREYOU'VE GOT WHAT TAK FOR MENOW WHEN YOU'RE NEAR MEMY HEAD GO AROUND AND ROUNDAND WHEN YOU KISS MEMY LOVE TUMBLG DOWNYOU SEND ME[CHOS 1]YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW 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 FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAK” BY MARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL?WHEN DID MARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL RELEASE “YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAK”?WHO WROTE “YOU'VE GOT WHAT IT TAK” BY MARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL?UNED (1967)MARV GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL1. A’T NO MOUNTA HIGH ENOUGH2. YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAK3. IF I COULD BUILD MY WHOLE WORLD AROUND YOU4. SOMETH’ STUPID5. YOUR PREC LOVE6. HOLD ME OH MY DARLG7. TWO CAN HAVE A PARTY8. LTLE OLE BOY, LTLE OLE GIRL9. IF THIS WORLD WERE ME10. SAD WEDDG11. GIVE A LTLE LOVE12. OH HOW I’D MISS YOUEXPAND CREDSPRODUCED BYBERRY GORDYWRTEN BYBERRY GORDY, ROQUEL DAVIS & GWEN GORDY FUQUARELEASE DATEAUGT 29, 1967YOU’VE GOT WHAT IT TAK IS A COVER OFYOU GOT WHAT IT TAK BY BOBBY PARKERTAGSR&BCOVERMOTOWNSIXTISOUL POPSOULEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

" There are also ne prevly unreleased Terrell solo tracks (though all of the songs were also featured, wh Gaye on duet vols, on the Gaye-Terrell LPs). When Tammi fell on stage and llapsed to Marv Gaye’s arms on October 14, 1967, foretold of tragedy. Marv Gaye/Tammi Terrell - Photo: Courty of Echo/Redferns.

It happened when Marv Gaye and Tammi Terrell were on tour Ameri celebratg the succs of their now-classic rerdg of Ashford & Simpson’s “A’t No Mounta High Enough.

” Gaye was climbg that chart at the same time wh his next solo h, “Your Changg Love. Gaye and Terrell’s show at Hampn-Sydney College Virgia nfirmed all was far om well wh Tammi’s health.

MARVIN GAYE

Before the end of the year, Gaye and Terrell were the pop and soul charts aga, wh “Your Prec Love, ” which had been rerd back March. Gaye, many ways, never revered, whdrawg om live performance and adoptg the trospectn that rmed his brilliant, reer-changg 1971 album What’s Gog On.

Buy or stream some of Tammi Terrell’s bt work wh Marv Gaye on the Uned album.

Uned was the first of Marv Gaye and Tammi Terrell's three LPs, and que possibly the bt of the lot. You won't fd two better ballads than "Give a Ltle Love" or the often-rerd "If This World Were Me"; wrten by Marv Gaye, the starry-eyed proclamatn has bee an R&B standard, and rightfully so. Marv Gaye was a legendary soul sger, songwrer and producer.

MARVIN GAYE Songs statsUK No. 1s1UK Top 10s8UK Top 40s17UK Top 75s25Weeks the Top 13Weeks the Top 1029Weeks the Top 40142Weeks the Top 75202MARVIN GAYE Albums statsUK No. 1s0UK Top 10s4UK Top 40s10UK Top 75s18Weeks the Top 10Weeks the Top 1015Weeks the Top 4095Weeks the Top 75169MARVIN GAYE news Official Sgl Chart05 Aug 196416 Dec 196405 Oct 196601 Feb 196723 Jan 196818 Jun 196808 Oct 196828 Jan 196918 Feb 196910 Jun 196929 Jul 196915 Nov 196909 May 197011 Dec 197122 Sep 197323 Mar 197420 Jul 197407 May 197724 Feb 1979POPS, WE LOVE YOUDIANA ROSS/SMOKEY ROBINSON/MARVIN GAYE/STEVIE WONDERPeak: 66, Weeks: 530 Oct 198208 Jan 198326 Nov 198318 May 198526 Apr 198628 Jun 198614 May 199406 Oct 2001MUSICERICK SERMON FEATURING MARVIN GAYEPeak: 36, Weeks: 227 Apr 2013 Official Albums Chart16 Mar 196822 Aug 197010 Nov 197319 Jan 197415 May 197630 Oct 197628 Feb 198120 Nov 198215 Jun 198512 Nov 1988LOVE SONGSMARVIN GAYE AND SMOKEY ROBINSONPeak: 69, Weeks: 903 Nov 199009 Apr 199409 Apr 199407 Feb 199819 Feb 200001 Sep 200125 Mar 200613 Feb 201009 May 2019 Official Sgl Sal Chart Official Sgl Downloads Chart Official Physil Sgl Chart Official Sttish Albums Chart Official Albums Sal Chart Official Album Downloads Chart Official Physil Albums Chart Official Vyl Albums Chart Official Vyl Sgl Chart Official Rerd Store Chart Official Dance Sgl Chart Official Hip Hop and R&B Albums Chart Official Hip Hop and R&B Sgl Chart Official Inpennt Albums Chart Official Inpennt Sgl Chart Official Mic Vio Chart.