My Mistake (Was to Love You)

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"My Mistake (Was to Love You)" was the second single released from the duet album by Motown legends Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye, Diana & Marvin, in early-1974. One of the original songs to come out of the album, and written by Pamela Jones and Marilyn Sawyer (the writers of Ross' 1976 number-one single, "Love Hangover"), the song talked about how two lovers' relationship fell apart because the man, according to the woman, felt as if "a girl loves you, you only call them weak", while the man admits that he let his girl go "smoothly like rain to sand". The song peaked at #15 on the Billboard R&B singles chart and #19 on the Billboard Pop singles chart.