Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing

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“Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing”
Single by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
from the album You're All I Need
Released March 28, 1968
Format 7" single
Recorded Hitsville USA; 1968
Genre Soul, pop
Length 2:12
Label Tamla
T 54163
Writer(s) Ashford & Simpson
Producer Ashford & Simpson
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell singles chronology
"If I Could Build My Whole World Around You"
(1967)
"Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing"
(1968)
"You're All I Need to Get By"
(1968)

"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" is a 1968 single released by American R&B/soul duo Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, on the Tamla label in 1968. The B-side of the single is Little Ole Boy, Little Ole Girl from the duo's "United" LP. The first release off the duo's second album, You're All I Need, the song, written and produced by longtime Gaye/Terrell collaborators Ashford & Simpson, became a hit within weeks of release eventually peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart, their first of two number ones hit together on that specific chart.

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  • In 1976 Donny & Marie Osmond covered the song on their album New Season. Their version was a moderate hit in early 1977, peaking at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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