How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
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| "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" | ||
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| 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 | |
| Writer(s) | Holland-Dozier-Holland | |
| Producer(s) | Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier | |
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| 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. The song became one of the most enduring and mostly played in Gaye´s huge music canon.
It has since been re-recorded by Motown's Jr. Walker & the All Stars and was a #5 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 with record sales well over 900,000 copies. The song features Gaye mixing both his effortlessly elegant falsetto and tenor singing, a rarity in soul music.
[edit] Credits
- Lead vocals by Marvin Gaye
- Background vocals by The Andantes
- Written and produced by Edward Holland, Jr., Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland
- Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
