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Registered: February 2005
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Tue, 15 February 2005 05:05

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You're right b1gb3n Marvin had one of the original versions but he didn't write it.......
This Motown classic was written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong. Strong came up with the idea, and asked Motown writers Holland/Dozier/Holland to work on it with him. They refused to credit another writer, so Strong took it to Whitfield, who helped put it together.
Whitfield and Strong recorded this with Gaye in 1967, but could not convince Motown head Berry Gordy to release it. He chose Holland/Dozier/Holland's "Your Unchanging Love" over this as Gaye's next single.
When Gordy refused to release Gaye's version, Whitfield recorded it with a new Motown singer, Gladys Knight. He got her version released, and it became a #2 hit in the US, which led Gordy to reconsider and release Gaye's version.
Whitfield and Strong wrote several other Motown hits, including "Ain't Too Proud To Beg," "Just My Imagination," and "Money (That's What I Want)."
This is the longest running Motown #1 hit. It topped the US chart for 7 weeks.
This was Gaye's first #1 hit
Gotta love Google.
Cheers, Greg.
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river | Mon, 14 February 2005 11:23 |
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dimmy77_03 | Mon, 14 February 2005 12:18 |
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ViPeR_NiPPleX | Mon, 14 February 2005 12:33 |
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matt_84 | Mon, 14 February 2005 13:21 |
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thu187 | Mon, 14 February 2005 14:59 |
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b1gb3n | Mon, 14 February 2005 15:15 |
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EldarO | Mon, 14 February 2005 15:24 |
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river | Mon, 14 February 2005 19:58 |
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Farkurnell | Mon, 14 February 2005 20:55 |
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Farkurnell | Mon, 14 February 2005 20:57 |
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THE WITZL | Mon, 14 February 2005 21:04 |
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matt86sx | Mon, 14 February 2005 23:06 |
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rob_RA40 | Tue, 15 February 2005 02:14 |
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UUP-46X | Tue, 15 February 2005 02:06 |
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b1gb3n | Tue, 15 February 2005 04:48 |
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Farkurnell | Tue, 15 February 2005 05:05 |
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b1gb3n | Tue, 15 February 2005 05:55 |
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river | Tue, 15 February 2005 06:01 |
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