The Number On: Marv Gaye’s “Got To Give It Up (Part 1)”

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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
• LOVE PARTYMARV GAYETRACK 4 ON IN OUR LIFETIME PRODUCED BYMARV GAYEMARV GAYE FORAW THE APOLYPSE WHILE WRG AND RERDG IN OUR LIFETIME? AND “LOVE PARTY” IS HIS LL FOR EVERYONE TO E TOGETHER AND EMBRACE ONE ANOTHER LOVE… READ MORE JAN. 15, 19811 VIEWER5 CONTRIBUTORSLOVE PARTY LYRICS[VERSE 1]TO ME YOU'RE EXTRA SPECIAL MELLOWAND THE THRILL I FEEL IS REAL AND OH SO GOODSO WHEN YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME, I REALLY BELIEVE YOU, GIRLFOR 'S WHAT YOU SAY AND WHAT YOU REALLY DO[CHOS]OH, YOU'VE GOT TO UNRSTAND, DARLGTHE WORLD IS NOT FOR LONG, BABYTHERE'S ONLY TIME FOR SGG AND PRAYGAND HAVG A LOVE PARTYYOU'VE GOT TO CHECK OUT THE TIM, BABY'CSE WHAT WE NEED IS A LOVE EXPLOSNWE DON'T HAVE NO TIME TO WASTEGOT TO PRAY, WHOO[VERSE 2]BABY, YOUR LIFE AND ME IS GROOVG ON THE DANGERREVELATNS PROPHECY'S NEARLY FULFILLEDWE ARE BLSED TO EXPERIENCE A CHANGG WORLDSO LET'S LOVE BEFORE OUR FATE IS CLOSED AND SEALED[CHOS]YOU'VE GOT TO UNRSTAND, BABY(WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO WASTE)THE WORLD IS NOT FOR LONG(GOT TO PRAY AND MEDATE)THERE'S ONLY TIME FOR SGG AND PRAYG(WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO WASTE)AND HAVG A LOVE PARTY(GOT TO PRAY AND MEDATE)YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEGO CHECK OUT THE TIM, BABY(WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO WASTE)WHAT WE NEED IS A LOVE EXPLOSN(GOT TO PRAY AND MEDATE)WE DON'T HAVE NO TIME TO WASTE(WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO WASTE)GOT TO PRAY AND MEDATE(GOT TO PRAY AND MEDATE)[BRIDGE]ON THE BIRDI AND THE BEAND THE FLOWERS AND THE TREAND THE FISH THE RIVERSAND ON ALL THE THGS HE GIVE ON YOUR BODY HIS IMAGEAND YOUR POWER WH NO LIMSON YOUR HEART AND YOUR SOULAND YOUR PURPOSE AND YOUR GOALSON YOUR REASONS AND YOUR RHYMAND YOUR SEASONS AND YOUR TIMON YOUR FAY AND YOUR BIBLEAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF SURVIVALMEDATN EP WHTHAT'S THE WAY BEGSBABY, BEGSBABY, BEGS(OH YEAH)[VERSE 1: REPEAT]TO ME YOU'RE REALLY EXTRA SPECIAL MELLOW, BABYOH, AND THE THRILL I FEEL IS REAL AND OH SO GOOD, BABYSO WHEN YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME, I BELIEVE YOU, BABYAND 'S GOOD TO PARTY, FUN TO PARTY WH YOU, BABYTO ME YOU'RE EXTRA SPECIAL MELLOW, BABYAND THE THRILL I FEEL IS REAL AND OH SO GOOD, BABYMMM, SO WHEN THE PARTY'S OVERLET'S GO CREATE SOME LOVG, BABY[OUTRO]WHOA, NO TIME, BABY(GOT TO PRAY AND MEDATE)FOOLG AROUND, LET THERE BE PEACE AND LOVE(GOT TO PRAY AND MEDATE)OH BABY, E HERE, E HERE, E HERE, DARLGOH, WE NEED LOVE(GOT TO PRAY AND MEDATE)LOVE EXPLOSN, OH DARLGMMM, E HERE, E HERE, E HERE, BABY(GOT TO PRAY AND MEDATE)EMBEDCANCELHOW 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
• THE NUMBER ON: MARV GAYE’S “GOT TO GIVE IT UP (PART 1)”
• MARV GAYE
• WHAT MARV GAYE'S FAL YEAR WAS REALLY LIKE
• MARV GAYE’S WIFE REVEALS HOW HE TORTURED HER
• THE STORY OF MARV GAYE'S 'WHAT'S GOG ON'

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

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. Frank Beverly of Maze supplied the percsn and on backg vols were Marv's future send wife Janis Hunter and his brother Frankie Gaye.

Gaye went for a loose and sual party atmosphere on this track, and clud the sounds of people talkg the stud the mix.

LOVE PARTYMARV GAYETRACK 4 ON IN OUR LIFETIME PRODUCED BYMARV GAYEMARV GAYE FORAW THE APOLYPSE WHILE WRG AND RERDG IN OUR LIFETIME? AND “LOVE PARTY” IS HIS LL FOR EVERYONE TO E TOGETHER AND EMBRACE ONE ANOTHER LOVE… READ MORE JAN. 15, 19811 VIEWER5 CONTRIBUTORSLOVE PARTY LYRICS[VERSE 1]TO ME YOU'RE EXTRA SPECIAL MELLOWAND THE THRILL I FEEL IS REAL AND OH SO GOODSO WHEN YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME, I REALLY BELIEVE YOU, GIRLFOR 'S WHAT YOU SAY AND WHAT YOU REALLY DO[CHOS]OH, YOU'VE GOT TO UNRSTAND, DARLGTHE WORLD IS NOT FOR LONG, BABYTHERE'S ONLY TIME FOR SGG AND PRAYGAND HAVG A LOVE PARTYYOU'VE GOT TO CHECK OUT THE TIM, BABY'CSE WHAT WE NEED IS A LOVE EXPLOSNWE DON'T HAVE NO TIME TO WASTEGOT TO PRAY, WHOO[VERSE 2]BABY, YOUR LIFE AND ME IS GROOVG ON THE DANGERREVELATNS PROPHECY'S NEARLY FULFILLEDWE ARE BLSED TO EXPERIENCE A CHANGG WORLDSO LET'S LOVE BEFORE OUR FATE IS CLOSED AND SEALED[CHOS]YOU'VE GOT TO UNRSTAND, BABY(WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO WASTE)THE WORLD IS NOT FOR LONG(GOT TO PRAY AND MEDATE)THERE'S ONLY TIME FOR SGG AND PRAYG(WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO WASTE)AND HAVG A LOVE PARTY(GOT TO PRAY AND MEDATE)YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEGO CHECK OUT THE TIM, BABY(WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO WASTE)WHAT WE NEED IS A LOVE EXPLOSN(GOT TO PRAY AND MEDATE)WE DON'T HAVE NO TIME TO WASTE(WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO WASTE)GOT TO PRAY AND MEDATE(GOT TO PRAY AND MEDATE)[BRIDGE]ON THE BIRDI AND THE BEAND THE FLOWERS AND THE TREAND THE FISH THE RIVERSAND ON ALL THE THGS HE GIVE ON YOUR BODY HIS IMAGEAND YOUR POWER WH NO LIMSON YOUR HEART AND YOUR SOULAND YOUR PURPOSE AND YOUR GOALSON YOUR REASONS AND YOUR RHYMAND YOUR SEASONS AND YOUR TIMON YOUR FAY AND YOUR BIBLEAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF SURVIVALMEDATN EP WHTHAT'S THE WAY BEGSBABY, BEGSBABY, BEGS(OH YEAH)[VERSE 1: REPEAT]TO ME YOU'RE REALLY EXTRA SPECIAL MELLOW, BABYOH, AND THE THRILL I FEEL IS REAL AND OH SO GOOD, BABYSO WHEN YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME, I BELIEVE YOU, BABYAND 'S GOOD TO PARTY, FUN TO PARTY WH YOU, BABYTO ME YOU'RE EXTRA SPECIAL MELLOW, BABYAND THE THRILL I FEEL IS REAL AND OH SO GOOD, BABYMMM, SO WHEN THE PARTY'S OVERLET'S GO CREATE SOME LOVG, BABY[OUTRO]WHOA, NO TIME, BABY(GOT TO PRAY AND MEDATE)FOOLG AROUND, LET THERE BE PEACE AND LOVE(GOT TO PRAY AND MEDATE)OH BABY, E HERE, E HERE, E HERE, DARLGOH, WE NEED LOVE(GOT TO PRAY AND MEDATE)LOVE EXPLOSN, OH DARLGMMM, E HERE, E HERE, E HERE, BABY(GOT TO PRAY AND MEDATE)EMBEDCANCELHOW 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

Some of the unual sounds on the rerdg clu Gaye (an acplished dmmer) bangg on a half-filled grapeu juice bottle, and percsnist Jack Ashford playg a homema stment he lled a "Hotel Sheet, " which was a piece of polystyrene he would shake to produce the wobbly song was the subject of a landmark urt se filed by Marv Gaye's tate 2013 agast the wrers of Rob Thicke's h "Blurred L. " Gaye's fay argued that "Blurred L" sound too siar to "Got To Give It Up, " and 2015 a jury agreed, awardg a stunng $7. Gaye, who died 1984, left the pyrights to his songs to his children, so the beneficiari the se are his kids Marv III, Frankie and Nona.

THE NUMBER ON: MARV GAYE’S “GOT TO GIVE IT UP (PART 1)”

) Talkg to bgrapher David Rz, Gaye said, “I love the way Johnnie sgs, and I thought was a fabulo song, as good as dis ever got. As the song opens, Gaye keens, “I ed to go out to parti and stand around / ‘Cse I was too nervo to really get down. ” But Gaye’s narrator knows that he’s never gog to get laid unls he out of his shell, so he forc himself out onto the floor and figur out how to lose himself: “No more standg there bi the walls / Fally got myself together, baby, and I’m havg a ball.

It nveys some ia of the strs that Gaye’s narrator might be feelg, tryg to figure out how to ri that beat and lose himself.

MARV GAYE

As a sger, Gaye livers all of “Got To Give It Up” a ghostly, unearthly falsetto, fltg and out of the track. So even if Gaye was sgg about beg unfortable and learng to get over , he ma sure he was fortable when he was rerdg . A feral jury award lns to Gaye’s kids, settg a troublg precent for any mician who might take the slightt b of spiratn om any other mician.

After leavg Motown for Columbia, Gaye reached #3 wh 1982’s “Sexual Healg, ” a song that he rerd at home his apartment the Belgian cy of Ostend.

) On “Sexual Healg, ” Gaye sang over the handclaps and snar of an 808 dm mache that Gaye had programmed himself. After disbandg the Moonglows, Fuqua took the 20-year-old Gaye to Detro, where Berry Gordy, Jr., was formg Motown Rerds.

WHAT MARV GAYE'S FAL YEAR WAS REALLY LIKE

Gaye also enjoyed a seri of succsful duets, most notably wh Tammi Terrell (“A’t Nothg Like the Real Thg” [1968]). Blsed wh an exceptnally wi range that enpassed three distct vol styl—a piercg falsetto, a smooth mid-range tenor, and a ep gospel growl—Gaye bed great technil prows wh rare mil dividualy. Gaye also displayed dazzlg virtuosy by overdubbg (buildg sound track by track onto a sgle tape) his own voice three or four tim to provi his own rich harmony, a technique he would employ for the rt of his reer.

MARV GAYE’S WIFE REVEALS HOW HE TORTURED HER

”Other major artists—most importantly Stevie Wonr—followed Gaye’s lead and acted as producer of their own efforts.

Here, My Dear (1979) brilliantly alt wh Gaye’s divorce om Gordy’s sister Anna (the first of the sger’s two tumultuo divorc)’s growg addictn to e exacerbated his psychologil stggl.

Gaye, who ced his chief fluenc as Ray Charl, Cly McPhatter, Rudy Wt (lead sger for the doo-wop group the Five Keys), and Ltle Willie John, was ducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1987. He received a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement an artist who employed urban soul mic to exprs social and personal ncerns, as well as a sger of exquise sensivy and romantic grace, Gaye left a legacy that has wined sce his mise, and his mic has bee a permanent fixture Amerin pop. This is creded many a time to Barry Whe, who also do this but Marv Gaye was the person who ma the origal's of "Lets Get It On" and "Sexual Healg"(yet barry whe sounds better when he signs "lets get on"I played some marv gaye last night when my girl was over, and I got laid.

THE STORY OF MARV GAYE'S 'WHAT'S GOG ON'

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Ed Sheeran was orred to stand trial the US over claims he pied his h song 'Thkg Out Loud' om Marv Gaye's 'Let's Get It On'. He was famed for his skills wh a wah-wah pedal and beme a member of the Motown Rerds stud band, The Funk Brothers, where he rerd wh The Temptatns (his guar work on 'Papa Was A Roll' Stone'), The Jackson 5, The Four Tops, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Marv Gaye and The Suprem.

The se revolved around the qutn of whether Williams and his -wrer Rob Thicke had pied Marv Gaye's 1977 h 'Got To Give It Up'. Ortheia spent much of her reer tourg wh and openg for some of Motown's biggt acts, cludg Stevie Wonr, Marv Gaye, and Gladys Knight.

Jurors Los Angel cid that the 2013 sgle by Pharrell Williams and Rob Thicke breached the pyright of Gaye's 1977 h 'Got To Give It Up'. Gordy later beme known as a songwrer for several hs cludg the Origals' ‘Baby, I'm for Real’, and two songs on Marv Gaye's What's Gog On album. Marv Gaye's fay were takg legal actn agast Rob Thicke and Pharrell Williams for pyright gement over their h song Blurred L.

The Gaye fay ced excerpts of magaze terviews given by Thicke to support their claim he had admted to drawg on 'Got to Give Up' when producg Blurred L. Sir Pl McCartney helped fund the rtoratn of the 1877 Steway, which was origally Motown's Stud was ed to create hs for nam cludg Marv Gaye, Stevie Wonr and Edw Starr. Babbt's most notable bass performanc clu 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours' by Stevie Wonr, 'War' by Edw Starr, 'The Tears of a Clown' by Smokey Robson & the Miracl, 'Mercy Mercy Me (The Elogy)' and 'Inner Cy Blu' by Marv Gaye, 'Band Of Gold' by Freda Payne, 'Ball of Confn (That's What the World Is Today)', and 'Jt My Imagatn (Runng Away Wh Me)' by The Temptatns.

Other classic Rock songs that ma the top ten were Rod Stewart's 'Tonight's The Night', Marv Gaye's 'Let's Get It On', Donna Summer's 'Hot Stuff' and another Rod Stewart ntributn, 'Da Ya Thk I'm Sexy'. Jon played on many Motown classics cludg 'I Heard It Through the Grapeve' by Marv Gaye, ‘Cloud Ne’ by the Temptatns, ‘I Send That Emotn’ by Smokey Robson & the Miracl and ‘For Once In My Life’ by Stevie Wonr.

Worked wh Martha And The Vanllas, Jackie Wilson, Mary Wells, The Four Tops, The Suprem, Kim Wton, Marv Gaye, The Isley Brothers and Edw Starr. Formally lled Watts Branch Park, was officially redited as Marv Gaye Park on what would have been the sger's 67th birthday. Show, the film also featured The Rollg Ston, Chuck Berry, Jam Brown, Marv Gaye, The Suprem and Smokey Robson & The Miracl.

He had been a member of the Motown rerds -hoe Funk Brothers stud band and played on Marv Gaye's 'Heard It Through The Grapeve', ‘I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)’ by Four Tops, and ‘Stop! Played on many Motown ssns cludg Marv Gaye's 'What's Gog On', Martha and the Vanllas' 'Heat Wave' and The Suprem 'Baby Love' and wrote the melody on Stevie Wonr's 'Fgertips Pt. 5th place was Marv Gaye, 4th; Jam Brown, 3rd; Bob Marley, 2nd; The Beatl and first place went to David Bowie.

Parker who had been a ssn guarist for Stevie Wonr and Marv Gaye was acced of plagiarizg the melody om Huey Lewis and the News song 'I Want a New Dg', rultg Lewis sug Parker, the pair settled out of urt 1985.