How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)

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"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)"

Single by Marvin Gaye
From the album How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You
Released	September 1964
Format	7" single
Recorded	Hitsville USA (Studio A); 1964
Genre	Soul
Length	2:30
Label	Tamla
Producers	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier
Chart positions	#6 (US) #3 (R&B)
Marvin Gaye singles chronology
"Baby Don't You Do It" (1964)	"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" (1964)	"I'll Be Doggone" (1965)

"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" is a 1965 hit single, written and produced by the Motown songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland and was originally recorded by American soul singer Marvin Gaye.

It has since been re-recorded by Motown's Jr. Walker & the All Stars and was a #1 cover for James Taylor in the Summer of 1975. The Jerry Garcia Band also recorded and included the song in their rotation for twenty years. Gaye's original peaked at #6 on Billboard's Pop Singles chart in January 1965, and #3 on Billboard's Soul Singles chart, making it Gaye's most successful single to that point. The song features Gaye mixing both falsetto and tenor singing, a rarity in soul music.