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Marvin Gaye – I Want You
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“I Want You” is the lead single off of the 1976 album of the same name that would go on to become one of Marvin Gaye’s most successful records.
Having struggled to come up with
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Marvin Gaye – I Want You (Single Version)
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[Chorus] / I want you (And I want you) / The right way (And the right way) / I want you (Yes, I do) / But I want you to want me too (Want me too) / I want you to want me, baby (And
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Charlie Puth (Ft. Meghan Trainor) – Marvin Gaye
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Charlie Puth uses ‘Marvin Gaye’ as a euphemism for sex in this song, featuring his friend Meghan Trainor.
While performing the track at the 2015 American Music Awards, the two
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Marvin Gaye – Soon I'll Be Loving You Again
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From Gaye’s 1976 album I Want You. This song was groundbreaking music, with some of the most controversial lyrics of its time, “Soon” was inspired by Marvin’s then-wife Janis, who
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Amerigo Gazaway – I Want You 'Til the Summertime
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[Marvin Gaye]: / Whoa, mercy, mercy me / Things ain't what they used to be / Where did all- / Where did all- / Where did all- / [Yasiin Bey]: / We rock it out like diamond in the
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Theophilus London – I Want You
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From Theophilus London’s 2010 mixtape “I Want You.”
Sampled from Marvin Gaye “I Want You”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RRCZ0QjM2k&feature=related
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Marvin Gaye – My Love Is Waiting
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The final song Marvin Gaye ever recorded and the last on Midnight Love is a rush of rejuvenation at the thought of returning to the warm arms of an old lover.
Marvin had been
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Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston – I Want You 'Round
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[Verse 1] / Every day that passes by / I think about the new love you found / And my eyes cloud up and cry / [Chorus] / Because I want you around / I want you around / [Verse 2
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Marvin Gaye – I Want You - A Cappella With Bass And Congas
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I want you, the right way / I want you / But I want you to want me, too / Want you to want me baby / Just like I want you / Oh, I'll give you all the love / I want in return, sweet
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Marvin Gaye – Feel All My Love Inside
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“Feel All My Love Inside” is yet another sensual song dedicated to Marvin Gaye’s mistress and muse, Janis Hunter.
The track begins with a quite blazed Marvin asking for another
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Marvin Gaye – I Want You (Underboss Remix)
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[Intro] / Ah, ya ya ya / Ooh ooh / Woo-ooh, ooh-woo / Look so good, look so fine, woo / [Chorus] / I want you (And I want you) / The right way (The right way) / I want you (Yes I
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Marvin Gaye – Closing Theme / I Want You (Live at the London Palladium, 1977)
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[Interlude: Marvin Gaye] / Well, there you have it, haha / Thank you, ladies and gentlemen / Marvelous, that's wonderful / You know, on behalf of all of us here / We'd like to
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Marvin Gaye – I Want To Come Home For Christmas
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I'd give anything to see / A little Christmas tree / And to hear, hear the laughter / Of children playing in the snow / To kiss my baby, under the mistletoe / But I can't promise
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Marvin Gaye – What's Going On
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What’s Going On is an exquisite plea for peace on Earth, sung by a man at the height of crisis. In 1970, Marvin Gaye was Motown’s top male vocal star, yet he was frustrated by the
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Marvin Gaye – Come Live with Me Angel
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“Come Live With Me, Angel” is all about two lovers living in total isolation together. Seclusion was the name of the game when Marvin recorded the track, having recently bought a
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Marvin Gaye – After the Dance (Vocal)
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The second single off of I Want You, Marvin describes a scene in which he eyes a woman on Soul Train, inviting her to dance with him and see where things take them afterwards. The
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Marvin Gaye – I Wanna Be Where You Are
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“I Wanna Be Where You Are” is an abbreviated cover of Michael Jackson’s hit. Marvin’s version is a brief respite from the steamy and sensual that he uses to express his love for
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Marvin Gaye – I Wish I Didn't Love You So (Alternate Vocal Performance)
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[Verse] / I still recall when we first met / That very night I can't forget / And I could feel the way you move / I knew right then you'd fit my groove / I should have known, oh
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Madonna (Ft. Massive Attack) – I Want You
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“I Want You” is the first track from Madonna’s ballad compilation album Something To Remember.
The song is a cover of Marvin Gaye’s “I Want You” that Madonna recorded for the 1995
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Robin Thicke (Ft. Pharrell Williams & T.I.) – Blurred Lines
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With its lyrics talking of “blurred lines” between consenting and non-consent, this #1 hit was widely attacked for promoting rape culture. It was mostly written by Pharrell
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Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – Love Twins
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[Verse 1] / Get closer to me / Love twins, love twins / Let's be love twins / Let's create a love that will never end / Let's show the world love can win, darling / I want you for
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Marvin Gaye – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
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“Inner City Blues” depicts the ghettos of inner-city America as it discusses the bleak economic situation set against the backdrop of the space race, the Vietnam War and the
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Twista, Kanye West & Jamie Foxx – Slow Jamz
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“Slow Jamz” is a smooth, melodic track from Kanye West’s debut album. Jamie Foxx’s hook and Twista’s fast-paced verse are some of the more memorable parts of the album.
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Marvin Gaye – This Love Starved Heart of Mine (It's Killing Me)
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“This Love Starved Heart of Mine (It’s Killing Me)” is one of many Marvin Gaye songs to speak on a woman who’s left Marvin, and his subsequent love-deprived life.
“This Love…” is
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Marvin Gaye – Let's Get It On
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“Let’s Get It On” is a deceptively simple declaration of sex-positivity, released at a time when such statements were revolutionary. It is even more impressive when one considers
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Marvin Gaye – The More I See You
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The more I see you / The more I want you / Somehow this feeling / Just grows and grows / With every sigh I become more mad about you / More lost without you / And so it goes / Can
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Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5
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“The Heart Part 5” is the fifth installment in Kendrick Lamar’s “The Heart” series. It serves as a promotional single for Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers, Lamar’s fifth studio
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Marvin Gaye – It's Love I Need
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Got an awful hurt in my lonely heart / It's about to drive me crazy since we've been apart / I've seen seven doctors but they can't help me / They said that I'm in trouble / And it
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Charlie Puth (Ft. Meghan Trainor) – Marvin Gaye (Boehm Remix)
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[Chorus: Charlie Puth] / Let's Marvin Gaye and get it on / You got the healing that I want / Just like they say it in the song / Until the dawn, let's Marvin Gaye and get it on / [
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Marvin Gaye – Sparrow
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“Sparrow” is Marvin Gaye’s mid-album respite from the woes of his devastating divorce from Anna Gordy. In Sparrow, Gaye reflects on a divine symbol, a bird that represents his
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