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Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits Greatest hits album by Marvin Gaye Released October 1976 Recorded 1963 - 1975 Genre R&B/soul Length 34:05 Label Motown Producer Marvin Gaye, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Norman Whitfield, Leon Ware Marvin Gaye chronology Anthology
(1974)Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits
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(1983)Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits is a compilation album released by American R&B/soul singer and Motown legend Marvin Gaye, released on the Motown label in 1976. The hits collection, with the exception of Gaye's signature 1960s hits "Can I Get a Witness", "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" and "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", was a review of Gaye's signature 1970s hits including the socially conscious anthems "What's Going On" and "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)", erotically-focused material like "Let's Get It On", "I Want You" and "After the Dance", his bluesy and funky autobiographical "Trouble Man" and the famed live version of his quiet storm classic, "Distant Lover". The album has received a Gold as well as a Platinum Certification by the RIAA in 1993.
Track listing
- "Let's Get It On" (4:02)
- "I Want You" (3:58)
- "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" (2:59)
- "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (3:17)
- "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" (3:15)
- "What's Going On" (3:53)
- "After the Dance" (3:30)
- "Can I Get a Witness" (2:50)
- "Trouble Man" (3:51)
- "Distant Lover (live)" (5:59)
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Categories:- 1976 greatest hits albums
- Albums produced by Norman Whitfield
- Albums produced by Marvin Gaye
- Albums produced by Leon Ware
- Marvin Gaye compilation albums
- Motown compilation albums
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