I Want You (Marvin Gaye song)
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| Single by Marvin Gaye | |||||||||
| from the album I Want You | |||||||||
| B-side | "I Want You" (Instrumental) | ||||||||
| Released | April 1, 1976 | ||||||||
| Format | Vinyl single | ||||||||
| Recorded | Marvin's Room, Los Angeles, California, 1975 | ||||||||
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| Length | 4:34 (single release) | ||||||||
| Label | Tamla | ||||||||
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| Promotional single by Madonna with Massive Attack from the album Something to Remember | |
| Released | October 2, 1995 |
| Recorded | 1995 |
| Genre | Trip hop |
| Length | 6:23 |
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| Producer(s) | Nellee Hooper |
"I Want You" is a song written by songwriters Leon Ware and Arthur "T-Boy" Ross and performed by singer Marvin Gaye. Released as a single in 1976 on his fourteenth studio album of the same name on the Tamla label. The song introduced a change in musical styles for Gaye, who before then had been recording songs with a funk edge. Songs such as this gave him a disco audience thanks to Ware, who produced the song alongside Gaye.
The song also stood to be one of Marvin's most popular singles during his later Motown period followed by his sabbatical following the release of 1973's Let's Get It On. The song eventually reached number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot Selling Soul Singles chart. It also became a disco hit, reaching number ten on the Disco Singles Chart alongside "After the Dance".
Originally conceived by Motown songwriter Leon Ware and his songwriting partner "T-Boy" Ross, it was originally intended to be included in Ware's Musical Massage album. When Ware, who was also signed to the label as a solo artist, presented the rough draught of his album to Motown-CEO Berry Gordy, the mogul was appreciative of the songs, including a rough version of "I Want You". But after hearing it, he convinced Ware to give some of the songs to Marvin Gaye, who was coming off the release of his acclaimed 1973 record, Let's Get It On, his final duet recording with Diana Ross and a commercially successful live album and was coming off a US tour at the time. Marvin, who called himself a perfectionist, had struggled with creating a follow-up album to Let's Get It On. When Ware played Gaye the rough draft of "I Want You", Marvin, then inspired by his relationship with his girlfriend Janis Hunter, was motivated to record a convincing performance of the song, which was about a man trying to convince a wayward lover that he wanted the woman to love him as much as he loved her.
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