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Take This Heart of Mine
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Wikipedia article
'"Take This Heart of Mine"' is a song written by The Miracles members Warren "Pete" Moore, William "Smokey" Robinson and Marv Tarplin, produced by Robinson and released as a single by American soul singer Marvin Gaye, on Motown Records 'Tamla label in 1966.
Background
Released in succession of three consecutive singles by Gaye helmed by the Miracles team from his 'Moods of Marvin Gaye' album, the song took on a slightly different musical mix than the previous three. A little upbeat from the previous two singles, this song has the narrator describing how his love "is better than the tale of Jack and Jill" and how its prescription fills up better than a doctor's among other things.
'Billboard' said of the song that it was an "exceptional dance beat tune with solid Detroit
sound and well-written lyric [and] has more excitement than [Gaye's] previous hit, 'One More Heartache.'" 'Cash Box' described the song as a "rollicking, rhythmic, chorus-backed pop-r&b romantic handclapper."
Personnel
*Lead vocals by Marvin Gaye
*Background vocals by The Andantes
*Written by Warren "Pete" Moore, William "Smokey" Robinson and Marv Tarplin
*Produced by William "Smokey" Robinson
*Guitar by Marv Tarplin
*Other instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
Chart performance
Unlike Marvin Gaye's previous three releases , "Take This Heart of Mine", fell short of reaching the pop top forty peaking at number 44 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 but reached number ten on the R&B singles chart making it the fourth consecutive top ten hit on 'Moods...''The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 6: 1966' [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records
Popular culture
In 1966, Marvin sang this song on his only appearance on 'The Ed Sullivan Show'.
References
Category:1966 singles
Category:Marvin Gaye songs
Category:Songs written by Smokey Robinson
Category:Songs written by Warren "Pete" Moore
Category:Songs written by Marv Tarplin
Category:Tamla Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Smokey Robinson
Category:1966 songs
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