Marvin Gaye discography
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This is a listing of all of the singles and albums released by American R&B/soul legend Marvin Gaye. Forty-one of his singles reached the Billboard Top 40 in the US; eighteen reached the Billboard Top 10 and three of them reached #1.
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[edit] Singles
The following singles are songs Marvin Gaye released when he was the member of doo-wop bands the Rainbows, the Marquees and the Moonglows between 1955 and 1959, though it's disputed whether Gaye took part in the recordings with the Rainbows or if he was a member of the group at all.
- The Rainbows
- 1955: "Mary Lee"
- 1956: "Shirley"
- The Marquees
- 1957: "Baby You're the Only One"
- 1958: "Wyatt Earp"
- 1958: "Twelve Months of the Year"
- 1959: "Mama Loocie"
- 1959: "Blue Skies"
- 1959: "Beatnik"
[edit] Solo
[edit] Motown releases
All Marvin Gaye singles until 1981 were released on Motown's Tamla label except for the following, which were released on Motown: the singles with Mary Wells: "Once Upon a Time" and "What's the Matter With You Baby"; his singles with Diana Ross: "You're a Special Part of Me", "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)", "My Mistake (Was to Love You)", "You Are Everything" and "Don't Knock My Love" and his duet with Ross, Stevie Wonder & Smokey Robinson in "Pops, We Love You".
| Year | Song title | US chart | R&B chart | UK chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | "Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide" | - | - | - |
| 1962 | "Sandman" | - | - | - |
| 1962 | "Soldier's Plea" | - | - | - |
| 1962 | "Stubborn Kind of Fellow" | 46 | 8 | - |
| 1962 | "Hitch Hike" | 30 | 12 | - |
| 1963 | "Pride & Joy" | 10 | 2 | - |
| 1963 | "Can I Get a Witness" | 22 | 3* | - |
| 1963 | "I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby" (b-side of "Can I Get a Witness") |
77 | - | - |
| 1964 | "You Are a Wonderful One" | 15 | 3* | - |
| 1964 | "Once Upon a Time" (w/Mary Wells) |
19 | 3* | 50 |
| 1964 | "What's the Matter With You Baby" (w/Mary Wells) |
17 | 2* | - |
| 1964 | "Try It Baby" | 15 | 6* | - |
| 1964 | "Baby Don't You Do It" | 27 | 14* | - |
| 1964 | "What Good Am I Without You" (w/Kim Weston) |
61 | 28* | - |
| 1964 | "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" | 6 | 3 | 49 |
| 1965 | "I'll Be Doggone" | 8 | 1 | - |
| 1965 | "Pretty Little Baby" | 25 | 16 | - |
| 1965 | "Ain't That Peculiar" | 8 | 1 | - |
| 1966 | "One More Heartache" | 29 | 4 | - |
| 1966 | "Take This Heart Of Mine" | 44 | 16 | - |
| 1966 | "Little Darling (I Need You") | 47 | 10 | 50 |
| 1966 | "It Takes Two" (w/Kim Weston) |
14 | 4 | 16 |
| 1967 | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (w/Tammi Terrell) |
19 | 3 | - |
| 1967 | "Your Unchanging Love" | 33 | 7 | - |
| 1967 | "Your Precious Love" (w/Tammi Terrell) |
5 | 2 | - |
| 1967 | "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" (w/Tammi Terrell) |
10 | 2 | 41 |
| 1967 | "You" | 34 | 7 | - |
| 1968 | "If This World Were Mine" (w/Tammi Terrell; b-side of "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You") |
68 | 27 | - |
| 1968 | "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (w/Tammi Terrell) |
8 | 1 | 34 |
| 1968 | "You're All I Need to Get By" (w/Tammi Terrell) |
7 | 1 | 19 |
| 1968 | "Chained" | 32 | 8 | - |
| 1968 | "Keep On Lovin' Me Honey" (w/Tammi Terrell) |
24 | 11 | - |
| 1968 | "You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin'" (w/Tammi Terrell) |
- | - | 21 |
| 1968 | "His Eye Is On The Sparrow" | - | - | - |
| 1968 | "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1969 | "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By" (w/Tammi Terrell) |
30 | 11 | 26 |
| 1969 | "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1969 | "That's The Way Love Is" | 7 | 2 | - |
| 1969 | "Abraham, Martin & John" | - | - | 9 |
| 1969 | "What You Gave Me" (w/Tammi Terrell) |
49 | 6 | - |
| 1969 | "How Can I Forget" | 41 | 18 | - |
| 1970 | "Gonna Give Her All The Love I Got" | 67 | 26 | - |
| 1970 | "The Onion Song" (w/Tammi Terrell) |
50 | 18 | 9 |
| 1970 | "California Soul" (w/Tammi Terrell) |
56 | - | - |
| 1970 | "The End Of Our Road" | 40 | 7 | - |
| 1971 | "What's Going On" | 2 | 1 | - |
| 1971 | "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" | 4 | 1 | - |
| 1971 | "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" | 9 | 1 | - |
| 1971 | "Little Darlin'" | - | - | 41 |
| 1972 | "You're the Man" | 50 | 7 | - |
| 1972 | "Trouble Man" | 7 | 4 | - |
| 1972 | "I Want To Come Home For Christmas" | - | - | - |
| 1973 | "Let's Get It On" 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 |
| 1973 | "You're a Special Part of Me" (w/Diana Ross) |
12 | 4 | - |
| 1973 | "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" (w/Diana Ross) |
- | - | 25 |
| 1973 | "Come Get to This" | 21 | 3 | - |
| 1974 | "You Sure Love to Ball" | 50 | 13 | - |
| 1974 | "My Mistake (Was to Love You)" (w/Diana Ross) |
19 | 15 | - |
| 1974 | "Don't Knock My Love" (w/Diana Ross) |
46 | 25 | - |
| 1974 | "You Are Everything" (w/Diana Ross) |
- | - | 5 |
| 1974 | "Distant Lover (live)" | 28 | 12 | - |
| 1976 | "I Want You" | 15 | 1 | - |
| 1976 | "After The Dance" | 74 | 14 | - |
| 1977 | "Got to Give It Up" | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 1978 | "Pops, We Love You" (w/Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder & Smokey Robinson) |
59 | 26 | 66 |
| 1979 | "A Funky Space Reincarnation" | 106 | 23 | - |
| 1979 | "Anger" (Canadian release) |
- | - | - |
| 1979 | "Ego Tripping Out" | - | 17 | - |
| 1981 | "Praise" | 101 | 18 | |
| 1981 | "Heavy Love Affair" | - | 61 | - |
- There was no Billboard R&B Singles Chart from November 1963 to January 1965. When the chart was reinstated on January 30, 1965, Gaye's "I'll Be Doggone" was the second #1 single on the new chart. The following R&B chart listings came from Cashbox, who applied the Cashbox R&B chart numbers for those singles before Billboard reinstated the chart.
1 Single went gold as a digital single.
[edit] Columbia Records
The following six singles were released by Columbia Records
| Year | Title | Chart positions | |||
| US Hot 100 | US R&B/Hip-Hop | US Dance | UK Singles Chart | ||
| 1982 | "Sexual Healing" 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| 1983 | "My Love Is Waiting" | - | - | - | 34 |
| 1983 | "'Til Tomorrow" | - | 78 | - | - |
| 1983 | "Joy" | - | 31 | - | - |
| 1985 | "Sanctified Lady" | 101 | 2 | 47 | 51 |
| 1985 | "It's Madness" | - | 55 | - | - |
| 1985 | "Just Like" | - | - | - | - |
2 Single went Platinum on the standard version, and Gold as a digital single.
[edit] Motown releases
Songs released posthumously by Marvin Gaye:
- 1986: "The World Is Rated X" (#95 UK)
- 1991: "My Last Chance" (#16 R&B)
- 1991: "5, 10, 15, 20 Years of Love" (cancelled)
- 1994: "Lucky Lucky Me" (#67 UK)
- 2005: "Let's Get It On (The M.P.G. Groove Mix)" (#94 R&B)
[edit] Other releases
Songs released posthumously by Marvin Gaye in other labels:
- 2001: "Music" (w/Erick Sermon) (US #21; R&B #2; Rap #2; UK #36)
[edit] Albums
[edit] Motown releases
All Marvin Gaye albums until 1981 were released on the Tamla label except for the duet albums with Mary Wells & Diana Ross, which were released on Motown.
[edit] Solo
- 1961: The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye
- 1963: That Stubborn Kinda Fellow
- 1963: Marvin Gaye Recorded Live on Stage
- 1964: When I'm Alone I Cry
- 1964: Hello Broadway
- 1965: How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You (R&B #4, US #128)
- 1965: A Tribute to the Great Nat "King" Cole
- 1966: Moods of Marvin Gaye (R&B #8, US #118)
- 1967: Marvin Gaye at the Copa (cancelled; later released in 2005)
- 1968: In the Groove (reissued in 1969 as I Heard It Through the Grapevine) (R&B #2, US #63)
- 1969: M.P.G. (R&B #1, US #40)
- 1970: That's The Way Love Is (R&B #17, US #189)
- 1971: What's Going On (R&B #1, US #6) [Gold]
- 1972: You're the Man (withdrawn)
- 1972: Trouble Man (R&B #3, US #14)
- 1973: Let's Get It On (R&B #1, US #2)
- 1974: Marvin Gaye Live! (R&B #1, US #8)
- 1976: I Want You (R&B #1, US #4)
- 1977: Live at the London Palladium (R&B #1, US #3)
- 1978: Here, My Dear (R&B #4, US #26)
- 1979: Love Man (cancelled)
- 1981: In Our Lifetime (R&B #6, US #32)
- 1994: The Norman Whitfield Sessions
- 2005: Marvin Gaye At The Copa
[edit] Duet albums
- Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells
- 1964: Together (US #42)
- Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston
- 1966: Take Two (R&B #24)
- Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
- 1967: United (R&B #7, US #69)
- 1968: You're All I Need (R&B #4, US #60)
- 1969: Easy (US #184)
- Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
- 1973: Diana & Marvin (R&B #7, US #26)
[edit] Columbia Records releases
The following three albums were released by Columbia Records
- 1982: Midnight Love (R&B #1, US #7) [3x Platinum]
- 1985: Dream Of A Lifetime (posthumously) (R&B #8, US #41)
- 1985: Romantically Yours (posthumously)
[edit] Compilations
- All Motown releases
- 1964: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (US #72)
- 1967: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (R&B #19, US #178)
- 1969: Marvin Gaye and His Girls (R&B #16, US #183)
- 1970: Super Hits (R&B #19, US #117)
- 1970: Greatest Hits (w/Tammi Terrell) (R&B #17, US #171)
- 1974: Anthology (version #1) (R&B #10, US #61)
- 1976: Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits (R&B #17, US #44) [Platinum]
- 1983: Every Great Motown Hit of Marvin Gaye (US #80) [Platinum]
- 1984: Anthology (version #2)
- 1986: Motown Remembers Marvin Gaye (R&B #48, US #193)
- 1988: A Musical Testament: 1964-1984 (R&B #69)
- 1991: The Marvin Gaye Collection (R&B #67)
- 1995: Anthology (version #3)
- 1995: The Master: 1961/1984 (box set)
- 2000: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 1 - the 1960s
- 2001: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 2 - the 1970s
- 2001: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
- 2001: The Complete Duets (w/Tammi Terrell)
- 2001: Love Songs: Greatest Duets
- 2002: Love Songs: Bedroom Ballads
- 2002: The Very Best of Marvin Gaye (re-released in 2005 as Marvin Gaye: Gold) (2002 - R&B #85, US #167; 2005 - R&B #95) [Gold]
[edit] Deluxe Edition re-releases
- All Motown releases
- 2001: What's Going On (Deluxe Edition)
- 2001: Let's Get It On (Deluxe Edition)
- 2003: I Want You (Deluxe Edition)
