1994 and 2001 compilation albums by Marvin Gaye
The Very Best of Marvin Gaye is the title of two compilations (American and European) by Motown artist Marvin Gaye .
Released in 1994, The Very Best is the best-selling (and highest charting) Marvin Gaye album in the UK – selling over 250,000 copies, peaking at #3 in the UK charts, and receiving a million-plus sales certificate in 2001. The album featured an unreleased track ("Lucky, Lucky Me ") that would also be released as a single.
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine " "What's Going On " "Sexual Healing " "You Are Everything " (with Diana Ross ) "It Takes Two " (with Kim Weston ) "Let's Get It On " "Abraham, Martin & John " "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby " "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) " "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) " "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) " (w/Diana Ross) "You're All I Need to Get By " (w/Tammi Terrell ) "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing " (w/Tammi Terrell) "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) " "The Onion Song " (w/Tammi Terrell) "You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin' " (w/Tammi Terrell) "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By (w/Tammi Terrell) "That's the Way Love Is " "Got to Give It Up, Pt. I " "When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You " "Can I Get a Witness " "Lucky, Lucky Me " The Very Best of Marvin Gaye Released July 17, 2001 Recorded 1962-82 Genre R&B , pop , soul , psychedelic soul , funk Length 127 :00 Label Motown , Universal Music Producer Marvin Gaye , Berry Gordy , Larkin Arnold, Jeff Moskow, Harry Weinger, Fonce Mizell , Freddie Perren , Smokey Robinson , Valerie Simpson , William "Mickey" Stevenson , Art Stewart , Ed Townsend , Norman Whitfield , Leon Ware , Nickolas Ashford , Johnny Bristol , Henry Cosby , Lamont Dozier , Harvey Fuqua , Brian Holland
Released in the US in 2001, the two disc edition is a chronological look back at American R&B /soul singer Marvin Gaye 's three decade-plus music career throughout his tenure in Motown Records in the 1960s and 1970s concluding with his final big hit, 1982's "Sexual Healing " from his brief tenure with Columbia Records before the singer's death in 1984. Re-released later in 2005 under Universal Records ' Gold series, it has since been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America .
Disc One Title Writer(s) Origin 1. "Stubborn Kind of Fellow " Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson , George Gordy That Stubborn Kinda Fellow , 19622:45 2. "Hitch Hike " Gaye, Stevenson, Clarence Paul That Stubborn Kinda Fellow 2:33 3. "Pride and Joy " Gaye, Stevenson, Norman Whitfield That Stubborn Kinda Fellow 2:08 4. "Can I Get a Witness " Holland–Dozier–Holland Greatest Hits , 19642:50 5. "You're a Wonderful One " Holland–Dozier–Holland How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You , 1965; released as a single the previous year2:43 6. "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) " Holland–Dozier–Holland How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You 2:58 7. "I'll Be Doggone " Warren Moore , Smokey Robinson , Marvin Tarplin Moods of Marvin Gaye , 19662:48 8. "Ain't That Peculiar " Moore, Robinson, Bobby Rogers , Tarplin Moods of Marvin Gaye 3:00 9. "It Takes Two " (with Kim Weston ) Sylvia Moy , StevensonTake Two , 19662:59 10. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough " (with Tammi Terrell ) Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson United , 19672:28 11. "Your Precious Love " (with Tammi Terrell) Ashford, Simpson United 3:05 12. "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You " (with Tammi Terrell) Harvey Fuqua , Johnny Bristol , Vernon BullockUnited 2:21 13. "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing " (with Tammi Terrell) Ashford, Simpson You're All I Need , 19682:15 14. "You're All I Need to Get By " (with Tammi Terrell) Ashford, Simpson You're All I Need 2:51 15. "You " Jeffrey Bowen , Jack Coga, Ivy Jo Hunter I Heard It Through the Grapevine , 19682:27 16. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine " Barrett Strong , WhitfieldI Heard It Through the Grapevine 3:15 17. "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby " Janie Bradford , Whitfield, StrongM.P.G. , 19692:57 18. "That's the Way Love Is " Strong, Whitfield M.P.G. ; also released on the following year's album of the same name 3:44 19. "His Eye Is on the Sparrow " Civilla D. Martin , Charles H. Gabriel In Loving Memory , 19683:48
Disc Two Title Writer(s) Origin 1. "What's Going On " Al Cleveland , Gaye, Renaldo "Odie" Benson What's Going On , 19713:52 2. "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) " Gaye What's Going On 3:13 3. "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) " Gaye, James Nyx Jr. What's Going On 5:28 4. "You're the Man, Pts. I & II " Gaye, Kenneth Stover Non-album single, 1972 5:48 5. "Where Are We Going?" Gaye, Larry Mizell Previously unreleased, 1994; originally recorded for Let's Get It On , 1973 3:57 6. "Trouble Man " Gaye Trouble Man soundtrack , 19723:51 7. "Let's Get It On " Gaye, Ed Townsend Let's Get It On 4:53 8. "Come Get to This " Gaye Let's Get It On 2:42 9. "Distant Lover " (Live at the Oakland Coliseum , Oakland, California , January 4, 1974) Gaye, Gwen Gordy, Sandra Greene Marvin Gaye Live! , 1974; originally from Let's Get It On 6:19 10. "I Want You " (Edited version) Leon Ware , Arthur "T-Boy" Ross I Want You , 19763:57 11. "Got to Give It Up " Gaye Live at the London Palladium , 197711:53 12. "Anger " Delta Ashley, Gaye, Townsend Here, My Dear , 19784:03 13. "Ego Tripping Out " Gaye 1994 re-release of In Our Lifetime (originally released in 1981) 7:14 14. "Praise " Gaye In Our Lifetime 4:53 15. "Sexual Healing " (Single version ) Odell Brown , Gaye, David Ritz Midnight Love , 19823:59
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