- You're the Man
"You're the Man" is a two-part
1972 funk single released by Americansoul singerMarvin Gaye on the Tamla (Motown ) label. On this song, Gaye blatantly attacks the policies set by the government which he felt had not giving people in America the benefits to live in society. The song was a blatant attack on the then-U.S. presidentRichard Nixon during a tense election year and a song in which an angry yet falsetto Gaye blurted "politics and hypocrites/is turning us all into lunatics". The song's then-controversial message was probably too much forMotown , who Gaye felt had neglected radio play of the song, which led to Gaye's withdrawing of the album of the same name later that year. The song rose to number seven on the R&B singles chart and stalled at number fifty on the pop singles chart. The parent album of this song has still yet to be released by Motown. Another version of the song featured a faster tempo version with atenor Gaye singing in his trademark vocal multi-tracking.Both versions were released on the Deluxe reissue of "
Let's Get It On ".
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