Lyrics for I Want You by Marv Gaye - Songfacts

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• MARV GAYE’S ‘I WANT YOU’ GETS THE M+M MIX TREATMENT
• ‘I WANT YOU’: MARV GAYE’S CARNAL CLASSIC
• I WANT YOU (SGLE VERSN)MARV GAYETRACK 12 ON I WANT YOU (DELUXE EDN) PRODUCED BYBERRY GORDY, ARTHUR “T-BOY” ROSS & 2 MOREMAR. 16, 19761 VIEWER4 CONTRIBUTORSI WANT YOU (SGLE VERSN) LYRICS[CHOS]I WANT YOU (AND I WANT YOU)THE RIGHT WAY (AND THE RIGHT WAY)I WANT YOU (Y, I DO)BUT I WANT YOU TO WANT ME TOO (WANT ME TOO)I WANT YOU TO WANT ME, BABY (AND I WANT TO BE THE RIGHT WAY)JT LIKE I WANT YOUOOH, OOH[VERSE 1]OH, I GIVE YOU ALL THE LOVE I WANT RETURN, SWEET DARL'BUT HALF OF LOVE IS ALL I FEEL, OOHIT'S TOO BAD, 'S JT TOO SADYOU DON'T WANT ME NOW, OH NO, BABYBUT I'M GONNA CHANGE YOUR MDSOMEWAY, SOMEHOW, OH BABY[CHOS]I WANT YOU THE RIGHT WAYI WANT YOUBUT I WANT YOU TO WANT ME, TOOI WANT YOU TO WANT ME, BABYJT LIKE I WANT YOUOOH[VERSE 2]THIS ONE-WAY LOVE IS JT A FANTASY, OH SUGARTO SHARE IS PREC, PURE AND FAIR, OOHDON'T PLAY WH SOMETH' YOU SHOULD CHERISH FOR LIFE, OH BABYDON'T YOU WANNA RE?A'T LONELY OUT THERE?YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS]I WANT YOUI WANT YOU, BABYI WANT YOUBUT I WANT YOU TO WANT ME, TOO[OUTRO]OH, I WANT TO GET DOWN, BABYWHEN I GET DOWN WH YOU (OWW)I WANT YOU, THE RIGHT WAY BABYI WANT YOU, BABYBUT I WANT YOU TO WANT ME TOO, BABYGOT TO, GOT TO, GOT TO (WANT YOU TO LOVE ME TOO)LOVE ME, SUGAROH, THE WAY THAT I LOVE YOUOOHEMBEDCANCELHOW 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 “I WANT YOU (SGLE VERSN)” BY MARV GAYE?WHEN DID MARV GAYE RELEASE “I WANT YOU (SGLE VERSN)”?WHO WROTE “I WANT YOU (SGLE VERSN)” BY MARV GAYE?I WANT YOU (DELUXE EDN) (2003)MARV GAYE1. I WANT YOU2. COME LIVE WH ME ANGEL3. AFTER THE DANCE (INSTMENTAL)4. FEEL ALL MY LOVE INSI5. I WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARE6. I WANT YOU (INTRO JAM)7. ALL THE WAY AROUND8. SCE I HAD YOU9. SOON I’LL BE LOVG YOU AGA10. I WANT YOU (INTRO JAM 2)11. AFTER THE DANCE (VOL)12. I WANT YOU (SGLE VERSN)13. I WANT YOU (INSTMENTAL)14. STRANGE LOVE (FEEL ALL MY LOVE INSI) - INSTMENTAL15. I WANT YOU - A CAPPELLA WH BASS AND CONGAS16. COME LIVE WH ME ANGEL (UNEDED MIX)17. AFTER THE DANCE (INSTMENTAL - ALTERNATE VERSN)18. FEEL ALL MY LOVE INSI (EXTEND ALTERNATE MIX)19. I WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARE (UNEDED MIX)20. I WANT YOU (GUAR JAM)21. ALL THE WAY AROUND (ALTERNATE VOL)22. SCE I HAD YOU (ALTERNATE MIX)23. SOON I’LL BE LOVG YOU AGA (ALTERNATE MIX)24. I WANT YOU (JAM - ALTERNATE MIX)25. AFTER THE DANCE (VOL - EXTEND ALTERNATE MIX)26. I WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARE (AFTER THE DANCE) (ALTERNATE LYRIC VERSN)27. YOU ARE THE WAY YOU ARE (INSTMENTAL)28. IS ANYBODY THKG ABOUT THEIR LIVG?CREDSPRODUCED BYBERRY GORDY, ARTHUR “T-BOY” ROSS, LEON WARE & MARV GAYEWRTEN BYARTHUR “T-BOY” ROSS & LEON WARERELEASE DATEMARCH 16, 1976I WANT YOU (SGLE VERSN) IS A REMIX OFI WANT YOU BY MARV GAYETAGSR&BSOULEXPAND 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

MARV GAYE’S ‘I WANT YOU’ GETS THE M+M MIX TREATMENT

“I Want You” is the lead sgle off of the 1976 album of the same name that would go on to bee one of Marv Gaye’s most succsful rerds. As thor Michael Eric Dyson wrote his book, Mercy, Mercy Me: The Art, Lov, and Demons of Marv Gaye:. Gaye’s obssn wh the woman her late teens is nearly palpable the sensual textur that are the album’s ral and lyril signature.

Ware origally tend to rerd himself, but after Motown CEO Berry Gordy heard a rough versn of , he nvced Ware to give the song to Marv Gaye rerd the song 1975, the sger was spired by his relatnship wh his neteen-year-old girliend Janis Hunter.

The uple met two years earlier when Gaye, who was at the time married to Berry Gordy's sister Anna, was workg on the Let's Get It On album at the LA-based Hsville Wt rerdg stud. Gaye was immediately stck by the teenager and they started sually datg afterwards. A year after Gaye rerd this song, the uple married, but their relatnship was mostly tumultuo and by 1979, they had Barn' Sugar Shack patg was adapted to be the ver of Gaye's I Want You album.

‘I WANT YOU’: MARV GAYE’S CARNAL CLASSIC

Barn died on April 27, 2009 after a brief Palmer had a UK top ten h 1991 wh a medley of this song and another Marv Gaye number, "Mercy Mercy Me (The Elogy). " Diana Ross also vered the song on her 2007 I Love You Gaye was nomated for a Grammy Award for Bt R&B Male Vol Performance wh "I Want You" but lost to Stevie Wonr for "I Wish. " Gaye prevly lost the award to Wonr 1974 when "Superstn" beat out "Let's Get It On.

" Although they were profsnal rivals, their relatnship was one of ep rpect: Wonr would perform "Lightg Up The Candl" at Gaye's funeral 1984. Marv’s Gaye’s soul-fed “I Want You, ” a celebratn of his love for his soon-to-be-send wife, Janis Hunter, is now available a full remix treatment om John Moral, one of the godfathers of the remix.

I WANT YOU (SGLE VERSN)MARV GAYETRACK 12 ON I WANT YOU (DELUXE EDN) PRODUCED BYBERRY GORDY, ARTHUR “T-BOY” ROSS & 2 MOREMAR. 16, 19761 VIEWER4 CONTRIBUTORSI WANT YOU (SGLE VERSN) LYRICS[CHOS]I WANT YOU (AND I WANT YOU)THE RIGHT WAY (AND THE RIGHT WAY)I WANT YOU (Y, I DO)BUT I WANT YOU TO WANT ME TOO (WANT ME TOO)I WANT YOU TO WANT ME, BABY (AND I WANT TO BE THE RIGHT WAY)JT LIKE I WANT YOUOOH, OOH[VERSE 1]OH, I GIVE YOU ALL THE LOVE I WANT RETURN, SWEET DARL'BUT HALF OF LOVE IS ALL I FEEL, OOHIT'S TOO BAD, 'S JT TOO SADYOU DON'T WANT ME NOW, OH NO, BABYBUT I'M GONNA CHANGE YOUR MDSOMEWAY, SOMEHOW, OH BABY[CHOS]I WANT YOU THE RIGHT WAYI WANT YOUBUT I WANT YOU TO WANT ME, TOOI WANT YOU TO WANT ME, BABYJT LIKE I WANT YOUOOH[VERSE 2]THIS ONE-WAY LOVE IS JT A FANTASY, OH SUGARTO SHARE IS PREC, PURE AND FAIR, OOHDON'T PLAY WH SOMETH' YOU SHOULD CHERISH FOR LIFE, OH BABYDON'T YOU WANNA RE?A'T LONELY OUT THERE?YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS]I WANT YOUI WANT YOU, BABYI WANT YOUBUT I WANT YOU TO WANT ME, TOO[OUTRO]OH, I WANT TO GET DOWN, BABYWHEN I GET DOWN WH YOU (OWW)I WANT YOU, THE RIGHT WAY BABYI WANT YOU, BABYBUT I WANT YOU TO WANT ME TOO, BABYGOT TO, GOT TO, GOT TO (WANT YOU TO LOVE ME TOO)LOVE ME, SUGAROH, THE WAY THAT I LOVE YOUOOHEMBEDCANCELHOW 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 “I WANT YOU (SGLE VERSN)” BY MARV GAYE?WHEN DID MARV GAYE RELEASE “I WANT YOU (SGLE VERSN)”?WHO WROTE “I WANT YOU (SGLE VERSN)” BY MARV GAYE?I WANT YOU (DELUXE EDN) (2003)MARV GAYE1. I WANT YOU2. COME LIVE WH ME ANGEL3. AFTER THE DANCE (INSTMENTAL)4. FEEL ALL MY LOVE INSI5. I WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARE6. I WANT YOU (INTRO JAM)7. ALL THE WAY AROUND8. SCE I HAD YOU9. SOON I’LL BE LOVG YOU AGA10. I WANT YOU (INTRO JAM 2)11. AFTER THE DANCE (VOL)12. I WANT YOU (SGLE VERSN)13. I WANT YOU (INSTMENTAL)14. STRANGE LOVE (FEEL ALL MY LOVE INSI) - INSTMENTAL15. I WANT YOU - A CAPPELLA WH BASS AND CONGAS16. COME LIVE WH ME ANGEL (UNEDED MIX)17. AFTER THE DANCE (INSTMENTAL - ALTERNATE VERSN)18. FEEL ALL MY LOVE INSI (EXTEND ALTERNATE MIX)19. I WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARE (UNEDED MIX)20. I WANT YOU (GUAR JAM)21. ALL THE WAY AROUND (ALTERNATE VOL)22. SCE I HAD YOU (ALTERNATE MIX)23. SOON I’LL BE LOVG YOU AGA (ALTERNATE MIX)24. I WANT YOU (JAM - ALTERNATE MIX)25. AFTER THE DANCE (VOL - EXTEND ALTERNATE MIX)26. I WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARE (AFTER THE DANCE) (ALTERNATE LYRIC VERSN)27. YOU ARE THE WAY YOU ARE (INSTMENTAL)28. IS ANYBODY THKG ABOUT THEIR LIVG?CREDSPRODUCED BYBERRY GORDY, ARTHUR “T-BOY” ROSS, LEON WARE & MARV GAYEWRTEN BYARTHUR “T-BOY” ROSS & LEON WARERELEASE DATEMARCH 16, 1976I WANT YOU (SGLE VERSN) IS A REMIX OFI WANT YOU BY MARV GAYETAGSR&BSOULEXPAND 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

Jan Gaye says: “‘I Want You’ is a timels phrase spoken or sung every language.

“’I Want You” has always been one my favore Marv Gaye songs, so when I was able to listen to all his isolated vol tracks, I realized there was so much more to – and I wanted to give listeners a multi-dimensnal experience. Listen to the bt of Marv Gaye on Apple Mic and Spotify.

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Marv Pentz Gay, Jr. The one love, of urse, is the "Prce Of Motown" himself, Marv Gaye and the object of his affectns is the lovely Janis Hunter wh whom Marv had been a relatnship sce 1973 when he was legally separated om wife Anna Gordy Gaye.

In his book, "Divid Soul: The Life and Tim of Marv Gaye, thor David Rz talks about this very thg. He tells of his nversatns wh Gaye ncerng how he viewed life and sexualy and Marv was always tryg to bridge the Physil and Spirual aspects of life. Rerd 1975-1976 "Marv's Room, Hsville Wt" rerdgs studs built pecially for Gaye, the productn tr of Gaye, Leon Ware & Arthur Ross laid out an erotic, low key, productn style that was perfectly sued for Marv's sgg and songwrg.

Now on to my product review: I am always amazed at how timels Marv Gaye's voice and mic are. No matter what mood I am , my ears are always welg to the sounds of Marv Gaye!

I Want You, while a Top Ten smash for Marv Gaye 1976, is not as generally as well-known as s precsors for several reasons.

Third, Gaye hadn't rerd nearly three years and crics were onto somethg else -- exactly what, retrospect is anybody's gus. From the amazg Ernie Barn ver patg "Back to Sugar Shack" to the Coleridge-Taylor Perkson strg and horn arrangements to Leon Ware's exotic productn that relied on keyboards as well as dms and bass as rhythm stments, I Want You was a giant leap for Gaye. But the most astonishg thgs about I Want You are s timacy ( was dited to and rerd ont of Gaye's future send wife, Jan), silky elegance, and seamls textur.

Gaye worked wh producer Leon Ware, who wrote all of the origal songs on the album and worked wh Gaye to revise them, th lendg Gaye a -wrg cred. The tle track is a monster two-step groover wh hand percsn playg unterpot to the strgs and horns layered agast a spare electric guar solo, all before Gaye begs to sg on top of the funky backbeat.

Art Stewart's engeerg rounds off all the edg and mak Gaye's already sweet croong stment to the te gra the voice of sctive need. "Feel All My Love Insi" and "I Want to Be Where You Are" are anthems to sensualy wh strgs creepg up unr Gaye's voice as the guars move through a seri of chunky chang and dms punctuate his every syllable.

I Want You is as necsary as anythg Gaye ever rerd.

After pretty much releasg an album a year sce 1961, Marv Gaye slowed down the mid-70s.