It Takes Two (song)

"It Takes Two" was a hit single recorded in late 1966 by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston for Motown's Tamla label.

Produced by Weston's then-husband, longtime Gaye collaborator William "Mickey" Stevenson, and co-written by Stevenson and Sylvia Moy, "It Takes Two" centered around a romantic lyric which depicted many things in life (dreams, love, wishes, etc.) being better with two people instead of one. The single became Gaye's most successful duet single to date, later outperformed by Gaye's duets with Tammi Terrell.

Gaye and Weston's duet peaked at #14 on the Billboard Pop charts and #4 on Billboard's Soul Singles chart in January of 1967. "It Takes Two" was also Gaye's first major hit in the UK, where it peaked at #16 on the British singles charts in the spring of that same year.

Also in 1967, soul singers Otis Redding and Carla Thomas covered the song for their duet album, "King & Queen".

Rod Stewart and Tina Turner version

Infobox Single
Name = It Takes Two


Caption =
Artist = Rod Stewart & Tina Turner
from Album = Vagabond Heart
A-side =
B-side = "Hot Legs" (Live)
Released = 1990
Format = 7", 12" single, CD single
Recorded = 1990
Genre = Pop, Rock
Length = 4:13
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Writer = William "Mickey" Stevenson, Sylvia Moy
Producer = Bernard Edwards
Chart position =
Last single =
This single =
Next single =
Misc =
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Tina Turner singles
Type = Single
Last single = "Be Tender with Me Baby"
(1990)
This single = "It Takes Two" (Duet with Rod Stewart)
(1990)
Next single = "Nutbush City Limits (The 90's Version)"
(1991)

In 1990 "It Takes Two" was covered by Tina Turner & Rod Stewart. It was released as the lead single of Stewart's album "Vagabond Heart" produced by Bernard Edwards, released in early 1991. The duet was a hit peaking in the UK charts at #5 and a Top 10 hit single in most European countries, later appearing on both artists' Greatest Hits packages "Simply The Best" (1991) and "The Very Best of Rod Stewart" (2001).

Versions and remixes (Rod Stewart & Tina Turner version)

* Album version - 4:13
* Extended Remix - 4:51

Chart performance (Rod Stewart & Tina Turner version)

Other cover versions

Billie Piper also made a cover version of the song in late 1998 as B-Side to her third single "She Wants You".