Can I Get a Witness

Can I Get a Witness

Infobox Single
Name = Can I Get a Witness?


Artist = Marvin Gaye
from Album = Greatest Hits
B-side = "I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby"
Released = September 1963
Format = LP
Recorded = Hitsville USA, July 17, 1963
Genre = Soul
Length = 2:53
Label = Tamla
Writer = Holland-Dozier-Holland
Producer = Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier
Last single = "Pride and Joy"
(1963)
This single = "Can I Get a Witness?"
(1963)
Next single = "You Are a Wonderful One"
(1964)

"Can I Get a Witness?" was a 1963 hit song by Marvin Gaye on the Tamla (Motown) label. Written and produced by Motown songwriting and producing team Holland-Dozier-Holland, the song was built among gospel settings and heralded Gaye's beginnings in the church even if the message was about "love gone bad". The song featured Gaye on piano, playing a boogie pattern, the Funk Brothers in demand, and members of the Four Tops and the Supremes in the background accompanying Gaye. The song became such a big hit in both US and UK shores that British musicians like Dusty Springfield, The Rolling Stones, and Steampacket (which featured a very young Rod Stewart) recorded cover versions of the song. Gaye's version peaked at #22 on the Hot 100 (although the R&B singles chart had a hiatus around this time, it's been reported that the song hit #3 on the R&B chart) and soon became a catchphrase. Lee Michaels' 1971 version reached #39 on the Hot 100; curiously both his and Gaye's versions peaked during Christmas week.

Credits

*Lead vocals by Marvin Gaye
*Background vocals by The Supremes & The Four Tops
*Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers


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