Marvin Gaye / discography

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Record label of the single I Heard It Through the Grapevine

This discography is an overview of published sound recordings of American Soul - and R & B - singer Marvin Gaye .

Albums

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE CH CH UK UK US US R&B R&B
1964 Together - - - US42 (16 weeks)
US
-
with Mary Wells
First published: April 15, 1964
Recording: Hitsville USA Studios, Detroit
Producers: Clarence Paul, Mickey Stevenson
1965 How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You - - - US128 (10 weeks)
US
R&B4 (7 weeks)
R&B
First published: January 21, 1965
Producers: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier , Berry Gordy
1966 Moods of Marvin Gaye - - - US118 (10 weeks)
US
R&B8 (17 weeks)
R&B
First published: May 23, 1966
Producers: Smokey Robinson , Brian Holland,
Lamont Dozier, Clarence Paul
Take Two - - - - R&B24 (2 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 25, 1966
with Kim Weston
Producers: Harvey Fuqua , William Stevenson
1967 United - - - US69 (44 weeks)
US
R&B7 (22 weeks)
R&B
with Tammi Terrell
First published: August 29, 1967
Producers: Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol ,
Hal Davis, Berry Gordy, Jr.
1968 You're All I Need - - - US60 (21 weeks)
US
R&B4 (19 weeks)
R&B
with Tammi Terrell
First published: August 1968
Producers: Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol
1969 In the Groove /
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
- - UK-
gold
gold
UK
US63 (27 weeks)
US
R&B2 (30 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 26, 1968
Producers: Ashford & Simpson , Ivy Jo Hunter,
Frank Wilson, Norman Whitfield, Mickey Gentile,
Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, George Gordy
MPG - - - US33 (18 weeks)
US
R&B1 (32 weeks)
R&B
First published: April 30, 1969
Producer: Norman Whitfield
Easy - - - US184 (2 weeks)
US
-
with Tammi Terrell
First published: September 16, 1969
Producers: Ashford & Simpson , Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol
1970 That's the way love is - - - US189 (3 weeks)
US
R&B17 (16 weeks)
R&B
First published January 8, 1970
Producer: Norman Whitfield
1971 What's going on - - UK56
platinum
platinum

(11 weeks)UK
US6th
gold
gold

(53 weeks)US
R&B1 (53 weeks)
R&B
First published: May 21, 1971
Re-Entry (R&B): 1984, position 49, 5 weeks
chart entry in UK only in February 1998
Producer: Marvin Gaye
position 6 of the Rolling Stone 500 (2009); Grammy Hall of Fame
1973 Trouble man - - - US14 (21 weeks)
US
R&B3 (21 weeks)
R&B
First published: December 8, 1972
Producer: Marvin Gaye
Let's get it on - - UK39
silver
silver

(1 week)UK
US2 (61 weeks)
US
R&B1 (46 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 28, 1973
Producers: Ed Townsend, Marvin Gaye
# 165 of the Rolling Stone 500 (2009); Grammy Hall of Fame
Diana & Marvin - - UK6th
gold
gold

(45 weeks)UK
US26 (47 weeks)
US
R&B7 (27 weeks)
R&B
with Diana Ross
First published: October 26, 1973
Recording: Motown Recording Studios Hollywood
Producers: Hal Davis, Suzee Ikeda
1976 I want you - - - US4 (28 weeks)
US
R&B1 (26 weeks)
R&B
First published: March 16, 1976
Producer: Leon Ware, T-Boy Ross, Hal Davis
1978 Here, my dear - - - US26 (21 weeks)
US
R&B4 (26 weeks)
R&B
First release: December 15, 1978
Double album
Producer: Marvin Gaye 456th
place in the Rolling Stone 500 (2009)
1981 In Our Lifetime - - UK48 (4 weeks)
UK
US32 (17 weeks)
US
R&B6 (22 weeks)
R&B
First published: January 15, 1981
Producer: Marvin Gaye
1982 Midnight love DE48 (4 weeks)
DE
- UK10
gold
gold

(16 weeks)UK
US7th
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(41 weeks)US
R&B1 (43 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 1st, 1982
Recording: Studio Katy, Ohain, Belgium
Producer: Marvin Gaye
1985 Dream of a Lifetime - - UK46 (4 weeks)
UK
US41 (15 weeks)
US
R&B8 (20 weeks)
R&B
First published: May 1985
Producers: Gordon Banks, Harvey Fuqua, Marvin Gaye
2019 You're the man DE46 (3 weeks)
DE
CH80 (1 week)
CH
UK52 (1 week)
UK
US168 (1 week)
US
-
First published: March 29, 2019

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More studio albums

  • 1961: The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye (released June 8th)
  • 1962: That Stubborn Kinda Fellow (release: December)
  • 1964: Marvin Gaye
  • 1964: When I'm Alone I Cry (released April 1st)
  • 1964: Hello Broadway (released November 12)
  • 1965: A Tribute to the Great Nat King Cole (released November 1st)
  • 1985: Romantically Yours (release: November)
  • 1986: Motown Remembers Marvin Gaye
  • 1997: Vulnerable (release: April 22nd)

Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B
1974 Marvin Gaye Live! - - US8 (28 weeks)
US
R&B1 (34 weeks)
R&B
Recorded at Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland
First published on June 19, 1974
1977 Live at the London Palladium - - US3 (26 weeks)
US
R&B1 (30 weeks)
R&B
First published: March 15, 1977

More live albums

  • 1963: Recorded Live on Stage (release: September 9th)
  • 1991: The Last Concert Tour
  • 1993: In Concert
  • 1994: Third World Girl (Live)
  • 1998: Live
  • 1999: In Concert
  • 2000: Live - The Last Concert
  • 2000: The Final Concert
  • 2002: Recorded Live in Miami
  • 2003: Live in Montreux 1980 (2 CDs)
  • 2004: Live
  • 2005: At the Copa (release: April 29th)
  • 2005: The Best of Marvin Gaye “Live”
  • 2006: Golden Legends: Marvin Gaye Live (out February 28)
  • 2006: Legend, Live & Forever
  • 2006: The Greatest Hits in Concert

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B
1964 Greatest hits - UK13
gold
gold

(62 weeks)UK
US72 (14 weeks)
US
-
First publication: 1964
Chart entry in UK only in March 1968 (40th place, 1 week)
Return to UK in November 1983 (61 weeks)
1967 Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 - - US178 (5 weeks)
US
R&B19 (3 weeks)
R&B
First published: 1967
1969 Marvin Gaye and His Girls - - US183 (7 weeks)
US
R&B16 (10 weeks)
R&B
with Mary Wells , Kim Weston and Tammi Terrell
First published: April 2, 1969
1970 Marvin Gaye and Tammi
Terrell’s Greatest Hits
- UK60 (4 weeks)
UK
US171 (3 weeks)
US
R&B17 (8 weeks)
R&B
with Tammi Terrell
First published: July 4th 1970
Great hits - - US117 (6 weeks)
US
R&B19 (12 weeks)
R&B
First published: September 1970
1974 Anthology - - US61 (29 weeks)
US
R&B10 (27 weeks)
R&B
First published: 1974
1976 Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits - - US44
platinum
platinum

(8 weeks)US
R&B17 (6 weeks)
R&B
First published: September 14, 1976
The best of - UK56 (1 week)
UK
- -
First published: October 1976
1983 Every Great Motown Hit Of
of Marvin Gaye
- UK-
silver
silver
UK
US80
platinum
platinum

(16 weeks)US
R&B28 (11 weeks)
R&B
First published: 1983
1984 Motown Superstars Series Volume 15 - - - R&B62 (3 weeks)
R&B
First published: April 1984
1986 Motown Remembers Marvin Gaye:
Never Before Released Masters
- - US193 (2 weeks)
US
R&B48 (9 weeks)
R&B
First published: April 1986
1988 A Musical Testament 1964–1984 - - - R&B69 (5 weeks)
R&B
First published: May 1988
Love songs - UK69
gold
gold

(9 weeks)UK
- -
First published: October 1988
with Smokey Robinson
1990 Love songs - UK39 (5 weeks)
UK
- -
First published: October 1990
1991 The Marvin Gaye Collection - - - R&B67 (11 weeks)
R&B
First release: September 1990
Box with 4 CDs
1994 The Very Best of Marvin Gaye - UK3
gold
gold

(24 weeks)UK
- -
First published: March 1994
Marvin Gaye - UK82 (1 week)
UK
- -
First published: March 1994
2000 The Love Songs - UK8th
gold
gold

(9 weeks)UK
- -
First published: February 2000
2001 The Very Best of Marvin Gaye - UK15th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(5 weeks)UK
US167
gold
gold

(3 weeks)US
R&B85 (2 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 12, 1997
Reissue on July 17, 2001
2005 gold - - US147 (4 weeks)
US
R&B86 (2 weeks)
R&B
First published: May 2005
2006 The Love Collection - UK44 (3 weeks)
UK
- -
First published: March 13, 2006
2007 Number 1's - - US175 (1 week)
US
R&B87 (1 week)
R&B
First publication: April 3, 2007
Chart entry into the Billboard 200 only in March 2015
2009 Playlist Your Way - - - R&B77 (5 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 5, 2008
2010 Love Marvin -
The Greatest Love Songs Of
- UK27
gold
gold

(3 weeks)UK
- -
First release: February 1st, 2010
double album
Icon: Marvin Gaye - - - R&B41 (74 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 31, 2010
Marvine Gaye - - - R&B42 (29 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 2010
2011 SOUL: Marvin Gaye - - - R&B68 (5 weeks)
R&B
First published: February 22, 2011
2012 SOUL: Marvin Gaye:
Volume 2
- - - R&B35 (27 weeks)
R&B
First published: May 29, 2012

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More compilations

  • 1972: The Hits of Marvin Gaye
  • 1977: Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits Volume 2
  • 1979: superstar
  • 1980: Early Years 1961-1964
  • 1982: The Magic of Marvin Gaye
  • 1983: Greatest Hits
  • 1983: 15 greatest hits
  • 1983: Great Songs and Performances That Inspired the Motown 25th Anniversary TV Special
  • 1983: Portrait (2 LPs)
  • 1984: Motown Legends
  • 1985: Marvin Gaye & His Women: 21 Classic Duets
  • 1986: 20 Greatest Hits: Compact Command Performances
  • 1988: 18 greatest hits
  • 1988: Witness
  • 1989: His Greatest Hits
  • 1990: Soul Collection
  • 1990: A Tribute to Marvin Gaye
  • 1991: Take This Heart of Mine
  • 1992: Motown's Greatest Hits
  • 1994: The Norman Whitfield Sessions
  • 1993: Seek and You Shall Find: More of the Best (1963-1981)
  • 1993: Night Life
  • 1994: Love Starved Heart: Rare and Unreleased
  • 1994: Memories - 18 Classic Original Hits
  • 1995: The Master (1961–1984) (release: April 25) (UK:silversilver)
  • 1995: The Best of Marvin Gaye
  • 1996: Early Classics
  • 1997: The Legendary Marvin Gaye (2 CDs)
  • 1997: The Soulful Sound of Marvin Gaye
  • 1997: Selection: The Man, the Music, the Legend (2 CDs)
  • 1997: Forever Yours
  • 1997: I Heard It Through the Grapevine
  • 1999: The Sexual Healer (Soul Aces)
  • 1999: The Real Thing
  • 1999: The Best of Marvin Gaye - Volume 1 - The '60s (US:goldgold)
  • 2000: Classic (release: November 6th)
  • 2001: The Complete Duets
  • 2001: great hits
  • 2001: The Legends Collection: The Marvin Gaye Collection (2 CDs)
  • 2001: And Friends
  • 2001: Legends of Soul
  • 2002: Love Songs: Bedroom Ballads
  • 2003: Love Songs: Greatest Duets
  • 2003: Original 3 CD's (box with 3 CDs)
  • 2003: The Marvin Gaye Collection
  • 2004: Icons (2 CDs)
  • 2004: Got to Give It Up: The Funk Collection (release: May 24th)
  • 2004: Joy
  • 2005: Sexual Healing (release: February 1st)
  • 2005: The Essential Marvin Gaye
  • 2006: Can I Get a Witness
  • 2006: The Hits: Double Soul Collection Vol. 1
  • 2006: Soul Legends
  • 2006: Anthology (2 CDs)
  • 2006: How Sweet It Is: The Love Songs
  • 2007: 50 (3 CDs)
  • 2007: Color Collection
  • 2007: Legends
  • 2007: The Essential Collection
  • 2008: A Motown Legend
  • 2008: The Orange Collection (2 CDs)
  • 2009: Songbook (release: May 9th)
  • 2010: Let's Get It On (Rarities Edition) (release: November 2nd)
  • 2010: 4 original albums (4 CDs)
  • 2013: Easy Living
  • 2014: Ain't No Mountain High Enough: The Collection
  • 2015: Volume One 1961–1965 (box with 7 CDs; release: September 11th)

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks [↑]: treated together with the previous entry;
[←]: placed in both charts
DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B Dance Dance
1962 Stubborn Kind of Fellow
Recorded Live on Stage
- - US46 (9 weeks)
US
R&B8 (17 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: May 1962
Backing Vocals: Martha & the Vandellas
Authors: Marvin Gaye, George Gordy, William Stevenson
1963 Hitch Hike
That Stubborn Kinda Fellow
- - US30 (12 weeks)
US
R&B12 (8 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: December 19, 1962
Backing Vocals: Martha & the Vandellas
Authors: Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson, Clarence Paul
Pride and Joy
That Stubborn Kinda Fellow
- - US10 (14 weeks)
US
R&B2 (16 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: April 18, 1963
Backing Vocals: Martha & the Vandellas
Authors: Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson, Norman Whitfield
Can I Get a Witness
Marvin Gaye
- - US22 (16 weeks)
US
R&B3 (19 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: September 20, 1963
Authors: Holland – Dozier – Holland
I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby
Greatest Hits
- - US77 (3 weeks)
US
- -
First published: September 20, 1963
B-side of Can I Get a Witness
Author: William Stevenson
1964 You're a Wonderful One
How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You
- - US15 (10 weeks)
US
R&B3 (16 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: February 20, 1964
Authors: Holland – Dozier – Holland
Once Upon a Time
Together
- UK50 (1 week)
UK
US19 (9 weeks)
US
R&B3 (15 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: April 14, 1964
with Mary Wells
B-side of What's the Matter with You Baby
Authors: Clarence Paul, Dave Hamilton, William Stevenson
What's the Matter with You Baby
Together
- - US17 (10 weeks)
US
R&B2 (15 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: April 14, 1964
with Mary Wells
Authors: Clarence Paul, William Stevenson
Try It Baby
How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You
- - US15 (11 weeks)
US
R&B6 (11 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: May 21, 1964
Author: Berry Gordy
Baby Don't You Do It
How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You
- - US27 (9 weeks)
US
R&B14 (8 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: September 2, 1964
Authors: Holland – Dozier – Holland
What Good Am I Without You
Take Two
- - US61 (6 weeks)
US
R&B28 (4 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: September 30, 1964
with Kim Weston
Authors: Alphonso Higdon, William Stevenson
How Sweet It Is
(To Be Loved by You)
How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You
- UK49 (1 week)
UK
US6 (14 weeks)
US
R&B3 (18 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: November 4th, 1964
also in German as Wie schön das ist ist.
Authors: Holland – Dozier – Holland
1965 I'll Be Doggone
Moods of Marvin Gaye
- - US8 (12 weeks)
US
R&B1 (15 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: February 20, 1965
Authors: Warren Moore, Marvin Tarplin, Smokey Robinson
Pretty Little Baby
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
- - US25 (7 weeks)
US
R&B16 (10 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: June 18, 1965
Authors: Clarence Paul, Dave Hamilton, Marvin Gaye
Ain't That Peculiar
Moods of Marvin Gaye
- - US8 (12 weeks)
US
R&B1 (19 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: September 14, 1965
Authors: Robert Rogers, Smokey Robinson,
Marvin Tarplin, Warren Moore
1966 One More Heartache
Moods of Marvin Gaye
- - US29 (8 weeks)
US
R&B4 (11 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: January 31, 1966
Authors: Warren Moore, Smokey Robinson,
Robert Rogers, Marvin Tarplin, Ronald White
Original: The Artwoods , 1965
Take This Heart of Mine
Moods of Marvin Gaye
- - US44 (8 weeks)
US
R&B16 (10 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: May 2, 1966
Authors: Marvin Tarplin, Warren Moore, Smokey Robinson
Little Darling, I Need You
Moods of Marvin Gaye
- UK50 (1 week)
UK
US47 (7 weeks)
US
R&B10 (9 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: July 26, 1966
Authors: Holland – Dozier – Holland
1967 It takes two
take two
- UK16 (11 weeks)
UK
US14 (12 weeks)
US
R&B4 (12 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: December 2, 1966
with Kim Weston
Authors: William Stevenson, Sylvia Rose Moy
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
United
- UK80
platinum
platinum

(1 week)UK
US19 (12 weeks)
US
R&B3 (13 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: April 20, 1967
with Tammi Terrell,
Grammy Hall of Fame,
number 140 in the Songs of the Century
chart entry in UK only in April 2013
Authors: Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
Your Unchanging Love
Moods of Marvin Gaye
- - US33 (7 weeks)
US
R&B7 (12 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: June 12, 1967
Authors: Holland – Dozier – Holland
Your Precious Love
United
- - US5 (13 weeks)
US
R&B2 (13 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: August 22, 1967
with Tammi Terrell
Authors: Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
If I Could Build My
Whole World Around You
United
- UK41 (7 weeks)
UK
US10 (11 weeks)
US
R&B2 (14 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: November 14, 1967
with Tammi Terrell
Authors: Johnny Bristol , Vernon Bullock, Harvey Fuqua
1968 You
in the groove
- - US34 (7 weeks)
US
R&B7 (9 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: December 21, 1967
Authors: Ivy Jo Hunter, Jack Alan Goga, Jeffrey Bowen
If This World Were Mine
United
- - US68 (6 weeks)
US
R&B27 (7 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: November 14, 1967
with Tammi Terrell
B-side of If I Could Build My Whole World Around You
Author: Marvin Gaye
Ain't Nothin 'Like The Real Thing
You're All I Need
- UK34 (7 weeks)
UK
US8 (13 weeks)
US
R&B1 (13 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: March 28, 1968
with Tammi Terrell
Authors: Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
You're All I Need to Get By
You're All I Need
- UK19 (19 weeks)
UK
US7 (12 weeks)
US
R&B1 (13 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: July 9, 1968
with Tammi Terrell
Authors: Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
Chained
in the groove
- - US32 (10 weeks)
US
R&B8 (10 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: August 20, 1968
Author: Frank Wilson
Keep On Lovin 'Me Honey
You're All I Need
- - US24 (7 weeks)
US
R&B11 (8 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: September 24, 1968
with Tammi Terrell
Authors: Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
In the Groove
- UK1
gold
gold

(15 weeks)UK
US1 (15 weeks)
US
R&B1 (14 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: October 30, 1968
Grammy Hall of Fame, R&B Hall of Fame
21st in Songs of the Century
81st on the Rolling Stone 500
Authors: Barrett Strong , Norman Whitfield
Original: Gladys Knight & the Pips , 1967
1969 You Ain't Livin 'Till You're Lovin'
You're All I Need
- UK21 (8 weeks)
UK
- - -
First published: September 24, 1968
with Tammi Terrell
B-side of Keep On Lovin 'Me Honey
Authors: Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
Good Lovin 'Ain't Easy to Come By
Marvin Gaye and His Girls
- UK26 (8 weeks)
UK
US30 (7 weeks)
US
R&B11 (6 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: January 14, 1969
with Tammi Terrell
Authors: Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
Too Busy Thinking 'Bout My Baby
M. PG
- UK5 (16 weeks)
UK
US4 (15 weeks)
US
R&B1 (15 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: April 2, 1969
Authors: Janie Bradford, Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
Original: The Temptations , 1966
That's the Way Love Is
That’s the Way Love Is
- - US7 (12 weeks)
US
R&B2 (13 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: August 4, 1969
Authors: Holland – Dozier – Holland
Original: The Isley Brothers , 1967
The Onion Song
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's Greatest Hits
- UK9 (12 weeks)
UK
US50 (7 weeks)
US
R&B18 (7 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: October 31, 1969
with Tammi Terrell
Authors: Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
What You Gave Me
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's Greatest Hits
- - US49 (8 weeks)
US
R&B6 (7 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: November 6, 1969
with Tammi Terrell
Authors: Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
1970 How Can I Forget
That’s the Way Love Is
- - US41 (7 weeks)
US
R&B18 (7 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: December 16, 1969
Authors: Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
Gonna Give Her All the Love I've Got
That’s the Way Love Is
- - US41 (6 weeks)
US
R&B26 (9 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: December 16, 1969
B-side of How Can I Forget
Authors: Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
California Soul
Easy
- - US50 (6 weeks)
US
- -
First published: March 20, 1970
with Tammi Terrell
Authors: Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
Original: The Messengers, 1967
Abraham, Martin and John
That’s the Way Love Is
- UK9 (14 weeks)
UK
- - -
First published: April 17, 1970
Author: Dick Holler
Original: Dion , 1968
The End of Our Road
M. PG
- - US40 (7 weeks)
US
R&B7 (9 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: May 19, 1970
Authors: Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield, Roger Penzabene
1971 What's going on
What's going on
- UK80
silver
silver

(4 weeks)UK
US2 (15 weeks)
US
R&B1 (15 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: January 20, 1971
R&B Hall of Fame
No. 4 of the Rolling Stone 500
No. 65 of the Songs of the Century
Chart entry in UK only in November 1983
Authors: Marvin Gaye, Al Cleveland, Renaldo Benson
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
What's Going On
- - US4 (12 weeks)
US
R&B1 (13 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: June 10, 1971
Grammy Hall of Fame
Author: Marvin Gaye
Inner City Blues
(Make Me Wanna Holler)
What's Going On
- - US9 (9 weeks)
US
R&B1 (12 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: September 9, 1971
Authors: Marvin Gaye, James Nyx Jr.
Save the Children
What's Going On
- UK41 (6 weeks)
UK
- - -
First published: November 26, 1971
Authors: Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye
Little Darling (I Need You)
-[UK: ↑] - - -
First published: November 26, 1971
B-side of Save the Children
Authors: Holland – Dozier – Holland
1972 You're the man
- - US50 (5 weeks)
US
R&B7 (9 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: April 26, 1972
Authors: Kenny Stover, Marvin Gaye
Trouble Man
Trouble Man
- - US7 (12 weeks)
US
R&B4 (14 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: November 21, 1972
from the soundtrack of the film of the same name with Robert Hooks
author: Marvin Gaye
1973 Let's Get It On
Let's Get It On
- UK31
gold
gold

(7 weeks)UK
US1
Platinum + gold
Platinum + gold
Platinum + gold

(19 weeks)US
R&B1 (17 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: June 15, 1973
# 168 in the Rolling Stone 500
Authors: Marvin Gaye, Ed Townsend
You're a Special Part of Me
Diana & Marvin
- - US12 (12 weeks)
US
R&B4 (15 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: September 12, 1973
with Diana Ross
Authors: Andrew Porter, Gregory Wright, Harold Johnson
Come Get to This
Let's Get It On
- - US21 (13 weeks)
US
R&B3 (14 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: October 11, 1973
Author: Marvin Gaye
1974 You Sure Love to Ball
Let's Get It On
- - US50 (6 weeks)
US
R&B13 (14 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: January 2nd, 1974
Author: Marvin Gaye
My Mistake (Was to Love You)
Diana & Marvin
- - US19 (16 weeks)
US
R&B15 (14 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: January 17, 1974
with Diana Ross
Authors: Gloria Jones , Pam Sawyer
You Are Everything
Diana & Marvin
- UK5
silver
silver

(12 weeks)UK
- - -
First published: March 11, 1974
with Diana Ross
Authors: Linda Creed , Thom Bell
Original: The Stylistics , 1971
Don't Knock My Love
Diana & Marvin
- - US46 (9 weeks)
US
R&B25 (12 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: June 18, 1974
with Diana Ross
Authors: Wilson Pickett, Brad Shapiro
Original: Wilson Pickett , 1971
Stop Look Listen (To Your Heart)
Diana & Marvin
- UK25 (8 weeks)
UK
- - -
First published: June 21, 1974
with Diana Ross
Authors: Linda Creed, Thom Bell
Original: The Stylistics, 1971
Distant Lover
Let's Get It On
- - US28 (9 weeks)
US
R&B12 (13 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: September 5, 1974
Authors: Marvin Gaye, Sandra Greene, Gwendolyn Fuqua
1976 I want you,
I want you
- - US15 (12 weeks)
US
R&B1 (15 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: April 1, 1976
Author: Leon Ware, Arthur “T-Boy” Ross
After the dance
I want you
- - US74 (5 weeks)
US
R&B14 (10 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: July 15, 1976
Author: Marvin Gaye, Leon Ware, Arthur “T-Boy” Ross
1977 Got to Give It Up
Live at the London Palladium
- UK7th
silver
silver

(10 weeks)UK
US1 (18 weeks)
US
R&B1 (21 weeks)
R&B
Dance1 (22 weeks)
Dance
First published: March 15, 1977
Author: Marvin Gaye
1979 Pops, We Love You
(A Tribute to Father)
“Pops We Love You”… The Album
- UK66 (5 weeks)
UK
US59 (8 weeks)
US
R&B26 (11 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: December 1978
with Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder
Authors: Marilyn McLeod, Pam Sawyer
A Funky Space Reincarnation
Here, My Dear
- - - R&B23 (12 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: January 11, 1979
Author: Marvin Gaye
Ego tripping out
- - - R&B17 (13 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: September 28, 1979
Author: Marvin Gaye
1981 Praise
In Our Lifetime
- - - R&B18 (12 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: February 6, 1981
Author: Marvin Gaye
Heavy Love Affair
In Our Lifetime
- - - R&B61 (6 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: April 20, 1981
Author: Marvin Gaye
1982 Sexual Healing
Midnight Love
DE23 (22 weeks)
DE
UK4th
gold
gold

(14 weeks)UK
US3
Double platinum + gold
× 2
Double platinum + gold
Double platinum + gold

(21 weeks)US
R&B1 (27 weeks)
R&B
Dance12 (16 weeks)
Dance
First published: September 1982
Grammy (R&B Male Vocal) ; R&B Hall of Fame
# 233 on Rolling Stone 500
B-Side: Grammy (R&B Instrumental)
Authors: Marvin Gaye, David Ritz, Odell Brown
1983 My Love Is Waiting
Midnight Love
- UK34 (5 weeks)
UK
- - -
First published: December 1982
Author: Gordon Banks
'Til Tomorrow
Midnight Love
- - - R&B31 (10 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: February 1983
Authors: Marvin Gaye, Paul Bollenback
Joy
Midnight Love
- - - R&B78 (4 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: March 1983
Author: Marvin Gaye
1985 Sanctified Lady
Dream of a Lifetime
- UK51 (4 weeks)
UK
- R&B2 (15 weeks)
R&B
Dance47 (3 weeks)
Dance
First published: April 1985
Authors: Marvin Gaye, Gordon Banks
It's Madness
Dream of a Lifetime
- - - R&B55 (8 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: July 1985
Author: Marvin Gaye
1986 I Heard It Through the Grapevine '86
DE48 (5 weeks)
DE
UK8 (8 weeks)
UK
- - -
First published: April 1986
The World Is Rated X
Motown Remembers Marvin Gaye
- UK95 (1 week)
UK
- - -
First published: June 1986
Authors: Ezra Bolton, Marilyn McLeod,
Mel Bolton, Robert Gordy
1990 My Last Chance
The Marvin Gaye Collection
- - - R&B16 (15 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: November 1990
Author: Marvin Gaye
1994 Lucky Lucky Me
The Very Best of Marvin Gaye
- UK67 (2 weeks)
UK
- - -
First published: May 1994
Authors: Henry Cosby, Ivy Hunter,
Sylvia Moy, William Stevenson
2001 Music
Music
- UK36 (2 weeks)
UK
US22 (20 weeks)
US
- -
First release: September 2001
Erick Sermon feat. Marvin Gaye,
from the soundtrack for the movie It Can Always Be Better!
Authors: Erick Sermon, Marvin Gaye
2005 Let's Get It On (Remix)
- - - R&B93 (6 weeks)
R&B
-
First published: March 2005
Remix: Paul Simpson, Miles Jorge

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More singles

  • 1961: Masquerade (Is Over) (as Marvin Gay; released May)
  • 1961: Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide (May 25th)
  • 1962: Sandman (released January 19th)
  • 1962: Soldier's Plea (released May 8)
  • 1964: This Is the Life (released November)
  • 1966: The Teen Beat Song
  • 1986: Just Like (released January)
  • 1995: This Love Starved Heart of Mine (It's Killing Me)
  • 1996: Piece of Clay
  • 2004: Drop the Music ( Fatman Scoop , Timbaland and Marvin Gaye)
  • 2005: This Is What Happens in Tha Club ( Daz Dillinger and Snoop Dogg feat. Marvin Gaye)
  • 2007: Grapevine ( LMC vs. Marvin)
  • 2007: You're My Medicine (Gare du Nord feat.Marvin Gaye & Dorona Alberti)
  • 2011: Rainforest / What's Going On (Original Mix) ( Paul Hardcastle feat. Marvin Gaye; release: May 29th)
  • 2011: Easy Come Easy Go (The Marvin Mix) (Paul Hardcastle feat.Marvin Gaye; release: October 3rd)
  • 2015: Sexual Healing (Kygo Remix) (Release: May 1st)

Other chart placements

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
AT AT
2013 Keep On Dancing
The Art of Sampling
AT45 (4 weeks)
AT
First release: September 2013
Parov Stelar feat. Marvin Gaye
Authors: Shaun Brockhurst , Marvin Gaye
Original: Marvin Gaye - Got to Give It Up , 1977

Video albums

  • 1987: Marvin Gaye Tribute
  • 1988: Motown on Showtime
  • 1989: Marvin Gaye
  • 1999: Greatest Hits Live in 1976
  • 2001: Searching Soul
  • 2002: Behind the Legend
  • 2003: Live in Montreux 1980 (US:platinumplatinum)
  • 2004: Marvin Gaye Ao Vivo
  • 2005: Collector's Edition
  • 2005: What's Going On: The Life & Death of Marvin Gaye: Greatest Hits Live in 1976
  • 2006: The Real Thing - In Performance 1964–1981 (US:goldgold)
  • 2006: Live in Belgium 1981
  • 2006: USA 1976
  • 2006: Trouble Man
  • 2009: Marvin Gaye: Scenes from a Life

statistics

Chart evaluation

DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B
Number one albums DE-DE UK-UK US1US R&B8thR&B
Top 10 albums DE-DE UK4thUK US6thUS R&B18thR&B
Albums in the charts DE1DE UK18thUK US32US R&B38R&B
DE DE AT AT UK UK US US R&B R&B Dance Dance
Number one singles DE-DE AT-AT UK1UK US3US R&B13R&B Dance1Dance
Top 10 singles DE-DE AT-AT UK9UK US18thUS R&B37R&B Dance1Dance
Singles in the charts DE2DE AT1AT UK28UK US57US R&B64R&B Dance3Dance

Awards for music sales

Record label of the single Pride and Joy

Golden record

  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 1983: for the single Sexual Healing

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 50,000 musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 6 × gold6th Platinum record icon.svg 9 × platinum9 13,650,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 6 × silver6th Gold record icon.svg 11 × gold11 Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum4th 4,280,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 6 × silver6th Gold record icon.svg 18 × gold18th Platinum record icon.svg 13 × platinum13

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  1. a b c d e Chart sources: Singles Albums Switzerland UK US
  2. a b c The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
  4. RS500 (list 2009)
  5. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942-2010. 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .
  6. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .
  7. a b c RIAA (List 2001) ( Memento from May 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  8. a b c d RS500 (list 2011)

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