Lyrics Language: English Song writer/composer(s): Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
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Marvin GayeI Heard It Through the Grapevine Lyrics:
I bet you wonderin' how I knew
'Bout your plans to make me blue
Whit some other guy you knew before
Between two of us guys you know I love you more
It took me by surprise
I must say
When I found you yesterday
Don't you know that
I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine
Uhh uhh heard it through the grapevine
Oh I'm just about to lose my mind
Honey honey, oh baby
Ooh ooh honey honey
I know a man ain't supposed to cry
But these tears
I can't hold inside
Losin' you
Would end my life you see
Cause you mean that much to me
You could have told me yourself
That you loved someone else
Instead
I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine
Ohh I heard it thought the grapevine
And I'm just about to lose my mind
Honey honey
People say believe half of what you see
Oh, and none of what your hear
But I can't help but be confused
If it's true please tell me dear
Do you plan to let me go
For the other guy you loved before?
Lyrics: I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Marvin Gaye [end]
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I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE1
Written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
Produced by: Norman Whitfield
Performed by: Marvin Gaye 23
First released: 4
Single: October 30, 1968 Length: 3:16
Album: August 26, 1968 Length: 3:14
1 "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is the premier song in Motown Records'
discography and has since become a signature song for Marvin Gaye. It
reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart, the U.S. Billboard R&B
Chart and the Canadian Hit Singles Chart in 1968. Also Gaye's version has
become a landmark in pop music: #80 on Rolling Stone 's list of The 500
Greatest Songs of All Time, #65 on the Billboard Greatest Songs of All
Time, and it was inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame for "Historical,
artistic and significant" value. It was featured in the films The Big
Chill (1983) and Remember the Titans (2001).
2 Personnel performing on this recording:
* Marvin Gaye (Lead vocals)
* The Andantes: Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow and Louvain Demps (Backup vocals)
* The Funk Brothers and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Instrumentation)
3 Originally recorded by The Miracles in 1966 but not released until 1968
after Gaye's version. Gaye recorded the song in 1968, but it wasn't released
until after a version by Gladys Knight & the Pips hit the radio. It has been
often said that the The Isley Brothers recorded the song, but there is no
evidence that they ever did, and some Motown historians or enthusiasts
believe that a session may have been scheduled but canceled.
Also covered by:
Albino Gorilla
The Doug Anthony All Stars
The Average White Band
BB Band
Willie Bobo
Brilly Bragg
The California Raisins
Michael Chapdelaine
The Chi-Lites
Joe Cocker
The Countdown Singers
Credence Clearwater Revival
Diana DeGarmo
Derek & the Diamonds
Barbara Dickson
Drew's Famous
Shaun Escoffery
Fairport Convention
Ella Fitzgerald
Flying Pickets
Antonio Forcione
Frankie Gaye
Styx Hooper
Human Nature
Jazz Jamaica Allstars
Jive Bunny & the Mixmasters
Elton John
George Jones
King Curtis
Giorgia
Kaiser Chiefs
Earl Klugh
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Trini Lopez
Harold Mabern
Michael McDonald
Ronnie Milsap
Marisa Monte
Mouth & MacNeal
Emmerson Nogueira
Rare Earth
Otis Redding
Martha Reeves
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
The Robustos
Señor Soul
Paul Shanklin (parodied as a humorous song about Bill Clinton)
The Singing Machine
Percy Sledge
The Slits
The Soultans
The Soundalikes
Edwin Starr
Barrett Strong
The Supremes
Bobby Taylor
The Temptations
Rufus Thomas
Toots & the Maytals
Ike & Tina Turner
The Undisputed Truth
Village Callers
Paul Weller & Amy Winehouse (duet)
Andre Williams & the Quality Control
Zapp
et al.
4 Released on: *
SINGLE(s):
(1)Marvin Gaye:
A-side: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
B-side: "You're What's Happening in the World"
(a) Tamla, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #T-54176, US-1968.
(b) Tamla, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #Unknown, France-1968.
(c) Tamla, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #TMO-8596, Australia-1968.
(d) Tamla, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #GO25-880, Nether-1969.
(2)Marvin Gaye:
A-side: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
B-side: "Need Somebody"
(a) Tamla-Motown, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #TMG-686, UK-1969.
(3)Marvin Gaye:
A-side: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
B-side: "Chained"
(a) Tamla-Motown, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #TMG-923, UK-1974.
(4)Marvin Gaye:
A-side: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (From the original soundtrack from the movie, The Big Chill ).
B-side: Unknown
(a) Motown 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #ZB-80001, Netherlands-1984.
(5)Marvin Gaye:
A-side: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
B-side: "Wherever I Lay My Hat'
(a) Motown, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #ZB-61347, France-1984.
(6)Marvin Gaye:
A-side: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
B-Can I Get a Witness
(a) Tamla-Motown, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #ZT-40701, UK-1986. %
(7)Marvin Gaye:
A-side: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Extended Version
B-side: "Can I Get a Witness"
(a) Tamla-Motown, 12-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #ZT-40702, Europe-1986. %
% The sleeve on both of these records states that this version was heard on
the Levi's 501 Jeans commercial.
EP(s):
(EP1)Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through the Grapevine
A1. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
A2. "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You"
B1. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
B2. "Chained"
(a) Tamla, 4-Track, 12-Inch, Vinyl 45rpm EP, #TMGLTD-42, UK-1968.
ALBUM(s):
(A)Marvin Gaye: In the Groove
(1) Tamla, 12-Track, Vinyl LP, #TS-285, US-1968.
(A)Marvin Gaye: I Heard it Through the Grapevine@
(2)Tamla, 12-Track, Vinyl, Stereo LP, Alternate Cover, #TS-285, US-1969.
(3)Motown, 12-Track, Vinyl, Stereo LP, #WD-72374, Alternate Cover #2, Europe-1986.
(4)Universal, 12-Track, Vinyl, Stereo SHM-CD, #UICY-94031, Japan-2009. @ The name of the album was changed, but not the track list.
* The album(s) and record(s) listed here may have different versions
of the song than the one that was transcribed. Also, this list is not
intended to be the complete discography on which this song appears.
5 Transcribed from the track on this album.
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