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Your Precious Love
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Wikipedia article
"'Your Precious Love'" is a popular song that was a 1967 hit for Motown singers Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. The song was written by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, and produced by Harvey Fuqua and Johnny Bristol. The doo-wop styled recording features background vocals by Fuqua, Gaye, Terrell and Bristol, and instrumentals by The Funk Brothers with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The song peaked at #5 on 'Billboard' Pop Singles chart, #2 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart, and the top 40 on Billboard's Easy Listening survey.'The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 7: 1967' [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records The song was later sampled by Gerald Levert on the song, "Your Smile", on his 2002 album, 'The G Spot'.
'Billboard' described the single as "a soulful blues ballad." 'Billboard' also felt that both "Your Precious Love" and its b-side "Hold Me Oh My Darling" had equal sales potential as the duos previous hit single "Ain't No Mountain High Enough."
Other versions
* Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams recorded the song (titled, incorrectly, as "Heaven Must Have Sent You", an entirely different Motown song, on some releases) for their 1978 album, 'That's What Friends Are For'.
* Stephen Bishop and Yvonne Elliman recorded "Your Precious Love" for the soundtrack of the 1980 movie, 'Roadie'.
* Al Jarreau and Randy Crawford performed the song live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1981, backed by an All-Star ensemble featuring Larry Carlton, David Sanborn and Marcus Miller and the Yellowjackets, released on 'Casino Lights'.
* In 1984, father Neil Sedaka and daughter Dara Sedaka reached the Billboard Top 15 of the Adult Contemporary chart with their duet version of the song from the 1984 album, 'Come See About Me'.
* Japanese pop star Seiko Matsuda recorded the song for her 1996 English language album, 'Was It the Future'.
* A version by D'Angelo and Erykah Badu was released on the 'High School High' soundtrack album in 1996, as well as featured on the 1999 tribute album 'Marvin Is 60'.
* There was also an a cappella arrangement of the song by Cedric the Entertainer and Avant figures in a gag sequence in the 2004 MGM film, 'Barbershop 2: Back in Business'.
* Another remake is the version that was recorded by Peter Cox of Go West and Easther Bennett of Eternal and appears on Cox's 2006 album 'Motor City Music' (Curb Records).
* Sarah Connor recorded the song as an overdubbed "duet" with Marvin Gaye on her 2007 album, 'Soulicious'.
* Fantasia Barrino included a sample of the song on "Collard Greens and Cornbread" from her 2010 album, 'Back to Me'.
References
Category:1967 singles
Category:Songs written by Valerie Simpson
Category:Songs written by Nickolas Ashford
Category:Marvin Gaye songs
Category:Tammi Terrell songs
Category:D'Angelo songs
Category:Erykah Badu songs
Category:Sarah Connor (singer) songs
Category:Yvonne Elliman songs
Category:Stephen Bishop (singer) songs
Category:Malefemale vocal duets
Category:Song recordings produced by Harvey Fuqua
Category:1967 songs
Category:Tamla Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Johnny Bristol
Category:Randy Crawford songs
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