Got To Give It Up by Marv Gaye - Songfacts

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• NUMBER 1'SMARV GAYE
• MARV GAYE, “GOT TO GIVE IT UP”
• GOT TO GIVE IT UPMARV GAYEON LIVE AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM PRODUCED BYART STEWART“GOT TO GIVE UP” CHRONICL THE NERVY NIGHT OF A MAN TOO SHY TO GET OUT THERE ON THE DANCE FLOOR AND LET LOOSE. IT’S ONLY ONCE HE GIV – OR GIV UP – TO THE… READ MORE MAR. 15, 19771 VIEWER78.2K VIEWS24 CONTRIBUTORSGOT TO GIVE IT UP LYRICSI ED TO GO OUT TO PARTIAND STAND AROUNDCSE I WAS TOO NERVOTO REALLY GET DOWNBUT MY BODY YEARNED TO BE EEI GOT UP ON THE FLOOR AND THOUGHT"SOMEBODY ULD CHOOSE ME"NO MORE STAND' THERE BI THE WALLSI DONE GOT MYSELF TOGETHER, BABYAND NOW I'M HAV' A BALLAS LONG AS YOU'RE GROOV'THERE'S ALWAYS A CHANCESOMEBODY WATCH'MIGHT WANNA MAKE ROMANCEMOVE YOUR BODY, OOO BABY, AND DANCE ALL NIGHTTO THE GROOVE AND FEEL ALRIGHTEVERYBODY'S GROOV' ON LIKE A FOOLBUT IF YOU SEE ME SPREAD OUT AND LET ME BABY JT PARTY HIGH AND LOWLET ME STEP TO YOUR EROTIC ZONEMOVE UPTURN 'ROUNDSHAKE DOWNOOOWW!!YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEYOU N LOVE ME WHEN YOU WANT TO, BABYTHIS IS SUCH A GROOVY PARTY, BABYWE'RE HERE FACE TO FACEEVERYBODY'S SWG'THIS IS SUCH A GROOVY PLACEALL THE YOUNG LADI ARE SO FE!YOU'RE MOV' YOUR BODY EASY WH NO DOUBTSI KNOW WHAT YOU THK', BABYYOU WANNA TURN ME OUTTHK I'M GONNA LET YOU DO , BABEKEEP ON DANC', OH, BABYYOU GOT TO GET GOT TO GIVE UPKEEP ON DANC' (YOU GOT TO GET )GOT TO GIVE UPKEEP ON DANC' (YOU GOT TO GET )GOT TO GIVE UPKEEP ON DANC' (YOU GOT TO GET )GOT TO GIVE UPKEEP ON DANC' (YOU GOT TO GET )GOT TO GIVE UPKEEP ON DANC' (YOU GOT TO GET , OH DARLG)GOT TO GIVE UPOOOOH, OOOOH, OOOOH, OOOOH[INSTMENTAL BREAK]IF YOU WANT , BABYGOT TO GIVE UPIF YOU WANT , BABYGOT TO GIVE UPWANT , AHGOT TO GIVE UPIF YOU WANT , BABYGOT TO GIVE UPWANT , AHGOT TO GIVE UPIF YOU WANT , BABYI GOT TO GIVE UPDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYIF YOU WANT TO DANCE SOME MOREDANCE SOME MORE, OOHFEELS SO GOOD - DANCGOH ,YEAHLOOKS SO GOODOOH, LOOK AT YOU, BABY, OH YEAHYOU LOOK SO GOODTO YOU, BABYMY DARLG (GOT TO GIVE UP)DANCG, BABYON THE FLOOR (GOT TO GIVE UP)LET ME SEE YOU, DARLGDANC', BABY - LOOK SO GOODKEEP ON DANC' - LOOK SO GOOD (GIVE UP)LOOK AT ME, BABYLOOK SO GOODHAVE MERCYNON-STOP EXPRS PARTYSTANDG BYGET DOWNNON-STOP, EXPRS - PARTY, Y'ALLFEELS GOOD, THIS TRANCE, I'VE GOT TO DANCEGET DOWNLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTHANG THERE, BABYGOT TO DANCE WH YOU, BABYALL NIGHT LONGI ULD WORK OUT, SGLE, DARLGOR HOLD [?]I ULD DANCE WH YOU, BABYALL NIGHT LONGI ULD WORK OUT, SOME MORE, BABYWE GO HOMEIF YOU WANT , SUGARGOT TO GIVE UPH ME!I GOT TO GIVE UPPARTY WH ME, BABYYOU GOT TO GIVE UPTHIS MORN'YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE UPOOH, OOHLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTOOH, OOHLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTTHE EXPRS PARTY'S GOG TO BE ALRIGHTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUT5EMBEDCANCELHOW 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
• MARV GAYE – “GOT TO GIVE IT UP (PT.1)”
• “GOT TO GIVE IT UP” BY MARV GAYE
• ROB THICKE, PHARRELL WILLIAMS PIED OM MARV GAYE BLURRED L, URT NFIRMS
• ROB THICKE, PHARRELL WILLIAMS TO PAY $5 LN TO MARV GAYE TATE FOR 'BLURRED L'

NUMBER 1'SMARV GAYE

Download Got to Give Up by Marv Gaye Gaye Got to Give Up lyrics. That means you probably lived through the dis era and are noticg the same thgs that the Marv Gaye tate is ntendg an ugly lawsu: That “Blurred L” sounds an awful lot like Gaye’s 1977 #1 smash “Got To Give It Up. The ironic thg is that all this fs over a song that rerd execs had to twist Gaye’s arm to wre.

It seems that Gaye wasn’t too fond of the dis genre, but eventually bowed to prsure to jo the trend. Wh the help of producer Art Stewart, Gaye built the track anilly om a relentlsly percsive foundatn, thereby avoidg the soullsns that plagued some popular dis at the time. Wh that mic place and his credible vols, Gaye probably uld have sung the ntents of a reigerator manual and still would have sound soulful.

(And if we’re talkg about theft, what about Mick Jagger nickg Gaye’s falsetto for “Emotnal Rcue? As the song progrs, Gaye slips some not-so-subtle nuendo before eventually gettg right to the pot: “Let me step to your erotic zone.

MARV GAYE, “GOT TO GIVE IT UP”

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GOT TO GIVE IT UPMARV GAYEON LIVE AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM PRODUCED BYART STEWART“GOT TO GIVE UP” CHRONICL THE NERVY NIGHT OF A MAN TOO SHY TO GET OUT THERE ON THE DANCE FLOOR AND LET LOOSE. IT’S ONLY ONCE HE GIV – OR GIV UP – TO THE… READ MORE MAR. 15, 19771 VIEWER78.2K VIEWS24 CONTRIBUTORSGOT TO GIVE IT UP LYRICSI ED TO GO OUT TO PARTIAND STAND AROUNDCSE I WAS TOO NERVOTO REALLY GET DOWNBUT MY BODY YEARNED TO BE EEI GOT UP ON THE FLOOR AND THOUGHT"SOMEBODY ULD CHOOSE ME"NO MORE STAND' THERE BI THE WALLSI DONE GOT MYSELF TOGETHER, BABYAND NOW I'M HAV' A BALLAS LONG AS YOU'RE GROOV'THERE'S ALWAYS A CHANCESOMEBODY WATCH'MIGHT WANNA MAKE ROMANCEMOVE YOUR BODY, OOO BABY, AND DANCE ALL NIGHTTO THE GROOVE AND FEEL ALRIGHTEVERYBODY'S GROOV' ON LIKE A FOOLBUT IF YOU SEE ME SPREAD OUT AND LET ME BABY JT PARTY HIGH AND LOWLET ME STEP TO YOUR EROTIC ZONEMOVE UPTURN 'ROUNDSHAKE DOWNOOOWW!!YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEYOU N LOVE ME WHEN YOU WANT TO, BABYTHIS IS SUCH A GROOVY PARTY, BABYWE'RE HERE FACE TO FACEEVERYBODY'S SWG'THIS IS SUCH A GROOVY PLACEALL THE YOUNG LADI ARE SO FE!YOU'RE MOV' YOUR BODY EASY WH NO DOUBTSI KNOW WHAT YOU THK', BABYYOU WANNA TURN ME OUTTHK I'M GONNA LET YOU DO , BABEKEEP ON DANC', OH, BABYYOU GOT TO GET GOT TO GIVE UPKEEP ON DANC' (YOU GOT TO GET )GOT TO GIVE UPKEEP ON DANC' (YOU GOT TO GET )GOT TO GIVE UPKEEP ON DANC' (YOU GOT TO GET )GOT TO GIVE UPKEEP ON DANC' (YOU GOT TO GET )GOT TO GIVE UPKEEP ON DANC' (YOU GOT TO GET , OH DARLG)GOT TO GIVE UPOOOOH, OOOOH, OOOOH, OOOOH[INSTMENTAL BREAK]IF YOU WANT , BABYGOT TO GIVE UPIF YOU WANT , BABYGOT TO GIVE UPWANT , AHGOT TO GIVE UPIF YOU WANT , BABYGOT TO GIVE UPWANT , AHGOT TO GIVE UPIF YOU WANT , BABYI GOT TO GIVE UPDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYDANCG LADYIF YOU WANT TO DANCE SOME MOREDANCE SOME MORE, OOHFEELS SO GOOD - DANCGOH ,YEAHLOOKS SO GOODOOH, LOOK AT YOU, BABY, OH YEAHYOU LOOK SO GOODTO YOU, BABYMY DARLG (GOT TO GIVE UP)DANCG, BABYON THE FLOOR (GOT TO GIVE UP)LET ME SEE YOU, DARLGDANC', BABY - LOOK SO GOODKEEP ON DANC' - LOOK SO GOOD (GIVE UP)LOOK AT ME, BABYLOOK SO GOODHAVE MERCYNON-STOP EXPRS PARTYSTANDG BYGET DOWNNON-STOP, EXPRS - PARTY, Y'ALLFEELS GOOD, THIS TRANCE, I'VE GOT TO DANCEGET DOWNLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTHANG THERE, BABYGOT TO DANCE WH YOU, BABYALL NIGHT LONGI ULD WORK OUT, SGLE, DARLGOR HOLD [?]I ULD DANCE WH YOU, BABYALL NIGHT LONGI ULD WORK OUT, SOME MORE, BABYWE GO HOMEIF YOU WANT , SUGARGOT TO GIVE UPH ME!I GOT TO GIVE UPPARTY WH ME, BABYYOU GOT TO GIVE UPTHIS MORN'YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE UPOOH, OOHLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTOOH, OOHLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTTHE EXPRS PARTY'S GOG TO BE ALRIGHTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUTGET FUNKY, WHAT 'S ALL ABOUTLET'S DANCE, LET'S SHOUT5EMBEDCANCELHOW 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

Wrten by the sger and produced by Art Stewart as a rponse to a requt om Gaye's rerd label that he perform dis mic, was released March of 1977. Gaye sometim ed the song to open up his live ncert shows. Marv Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), born Marv Pentz Gay, Jr., was an Amerin sger-songwrer and mician whose reer spanned more than two s.

Gaye branched out to secular mic as a teenager, jog the doo-wop group The Marque, after returng om an honorable discharge om the Uned Stat Air Force, before the group was hired by Harvey Fuqua to be Harvey & The Moonglows.

Followg the band's separatn 1960, Gaye began workg as a ssn dmmer for the Detro mic label, Anna, before signg wh Motown Rerds 1961, addg an "e" to his s… more ». Wrten by: Marv P Gaye.

MARV GAYE – “GOT TO GIVE IT UP (PT.1)”

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SONGWRITER: Marv Gaye. BACKSTORY: If “Got To Give It Up” isn’t the most celebrated h by Marv Gaye – that honour mt surely go to “I Heard It Through The Grapeve” – then certaly is the most ntent.

“GOT TO GIVE IT UP” BY MARV GAYE

The irony is that, 1976, Gaye was not enthiastic about makg such a piece of mic the first place. Gaye sisted that this was to be a double album – but there wasn’t enough live material om the Palladium ncert for that.

” Stewart was termed, however, and even vised Gaye at home on Christmas Day 1976 wh a track for what was to bee “Got To Give It Up, ” to enurage and spire the artist to fish . On background vols were Gaye’s wife Jan and brother Frankie.

The rult was a Number One crossover h – Gaye’s third to top the Billboard Hot 100 – eded down om the album’s 11 mut-pl versn.

ROB THICKE, PHARRELL WILLIAMS PIED OM MARV GAYE BLURRED L, URT NFIRMS

“I stuck my nose the air, ” relled Gaye, “and said, ‘Fuck , ’ but don’t you know that the end, I did what [Motown] wanted – my way. REMAKES: Whether or not listeners nsir “Blurred L” to be a remake of “Got To Give It Up, ” as the jury cid, the Gaye smash spired many other piec of mic.

ROB THICKE, PHARRELL WILLIAMS TO PAY $5 LN TO MARV GAYE TATE FOR 'BLURRED L'

FOOTNOTE: In Divid Soul, David Rz relled a night two years after the release of “Got To Give It Up” when he, Gaye and several iends were at a San Francis dis. It was particularly strange watchg him mouth the words of the song which is the story – Gaye’s story – of a wallflower. Songfacts®:Gaye wrote and produced "Got to Give It Up" wh engeer/producer Art Stewart.

It was origally a 12-mute song clud as the fal si of his 1977 live double-album Marv Gaye Live at the London Palladium. "By the mid-'70s, Gaye and his labelmat at Motown were feelg the prsure to rerd dance-floor iendly hs as dis was on the rise.