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You (Marvin Gaye song)

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"You"
Single by Marvin Gaye
from the album In the Groove/I Heard It Through the Grapevine
ReleasedDecember 21, 1967
RecordedApril 14; May 23; June 23 & 26; September 11, 1967
GenreSoul
Length2:25
LabelTamla
Songwriter(s)Ivy Jo Hunter
Jack Goga
Jeffrey Bowen
Producer(s)Ivy Jo Hunter
Marvin Gaye singles chronology
"If I Could Build My Whole World Around You"
(1967)
"You"
(1967)
"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
(1968)

"You" is a 1967 single released by American singer Marvin Gaye on the Tamla label.

Background

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Released as the first single from Gaye's In the Groove album, it was written by Ivy Jo Hunter, Jack Goga and Jeffrey Bowen and produced by Hunter.

The song talked of a man wanting to keep a rendezvous secret with one woman due to their differing social statuses, Marvin's narrator being working class, while the woman is upper class.

Recorded after Gaye recorded his "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" single, it showcased a new rougher Gaye vocal than usual signaling a change in the singer's direction as he stepped away from the sophisticated-styled soul that dominated his mid-sixties releases.

A modest hit on the pop charts peaking at number thirty-four, it was a top ten single on the R&B charts where it peaked at number seven.

Cash Box said that it has "tremendous rhythmic impact and a big vocal showing."[1]

Chart performance

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Chart (1968) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 34
US Best Selling R&B Singles (Billboard)[3] 7

Credits

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Other versions

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References

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  1. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. January 6, 1968. p. 20. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 331.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 225.
  4. ^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  5. ^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  6. ^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved January 6, 2022.