''Take Two'' is a duet album by

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label mates

Marvin Gaye Marvin Pentz Gay Jr., who also spelled his surname as Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), was an American singer and songwriter. He helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo ar ...

and

Kim Weston Kim Weston (born December 20, 1939) is an American soul singer, and Motown alumna. In the 1960s, Weston scored hits with the songs "Love Me All the Way" and "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)", and with her duet with Marvin Gaye, " ...

, released August 25, 1966 on the

's Tamla label. The album was titled after its most successful selection, the Top 5 R&B/Top 20 Pop hit " It Takes Two", which was to this point Gaye's most successful duet with another singer. The album also featured the modest hit "What Good Am I Without You?". Shortly after this album was released, Weston left Motown in a dispute over royalties (coincidentally,

Mary Wells Mary Esther Wells (May 13, 1943 – July 26, 1992) was an American singer, who helped to define the emerging sound of Motown in the early 1960s. Along with The Supremes, The Miracles, The Temptations, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, and the F ...

had departed from Motown two years prior after also recording a duets album - ''

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'' - with Gaye). Weston's replacement as Gaye's duet partner was

Tammi Terrell Tammi Terrell (born Thomasina Winifred Montgomery; April 29, 1945 – March 16, 1970) was an American singer-songwriter, widely known as a star singer for Motown Records during the 1960s, notably for a series of duets with singer Marvin Gaye. ...

, who recorded several successful hit singles with Gaye during the late 1960s.

Track listing

Side one

#" It Takes Two" (

Sylvia Moy Sylvia Rose Moy (September 15, 1938 – April 15, 2017) was an American songwriter and record producer, formerly associated with the Motown Records group. The first woman at the Detroit-based music label to write and produce for Motown acts, she ...

William "Mickey" Stevenson William "Mickey" Stevenson (born January 4, 1937) is an American former songwriter and record producer for the Motown group of labels from the early days of Berry Gordy's company until 1967. Life and career He was born William Stevenson and, a ...

) - 3:00 #"

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Henry Glover Henry Bernard Glover (May 21, 1921 – April 7, 1991) was an American songwriter, arranger, record producer and trumpet player. In the music industry of the time, Glover was one of the most successful and influential black executives. He gai ...

, Sally Nix) - 2:22 #"

Baby I Need Your Loving "Baby I Need Your Loving" is a 1964 hit single recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song was the group's first Motown single and their first pop Top ...

" ( Holland-Dozier-Holland) - 3:14 #"It's Got to Be a Miracle (This Thing Called Love)" (Vernon Bullock, Moy, Stevenson) - 3:31 #"Baby Say Yes" (Stevenson,

) - 3:16 #"

What Good Am I Without You "What Good Am I Without You" is a Motown duet between singers Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston. The song was released as a single in late 1964 and became the first duet Marvin and Kim recorded, a couple of years before the duo recorded the breakthrough ...

" (Alphonso Higdon, Stevenson) - 2:55

Side two

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Meredith Willson Robert Reiniger Meredith Willson (May 18, 1902 – June 15, 1984) was an American flutist, composer, conductor, musical arranger, bandleader, playwright, and writer. He is perhaps best known for writing the book, music, and lyrics for the 195 ...

) - 2:28 #"

Love Fell on Me Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the love o ...

" (Moy, Stevenson) - 2:29 #" Secret Love" (

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Paul Francis Webster Paul Francis Webster (December 20, 1907 – March 18, 1984) was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Original Song, and was nominated sixteen times for the award. Life and career Webster was born in New York City, United St ...

) - 2:48 #"I Want You 'Round" (

William "Smokey" Robinson William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive director. He was the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief ...

, Stevenson) - 2:27 #"Heaven Sent You, I Know" (Bullock, Moy, Stevenson) - 3:05 #"When We're Together" (Bullock, Moy) - 2:40

Personnel

- vocals *

The Andantes The Andantes were an American female session group for the Motown record label during the 1960s. Composed of Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, and Louvain Demps, the group sang background vocals on numerous Motown recordings, including songs by Mar ...

- backing vocals (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12) * The Spinners - backing vocals (track 10) *

The Funk Brothers The Funk Brothers were a group of Detroit-based session musicians who performed the backing to most Motown recordings from 1959 until the company moved to Los Angeles in 1972. Its members are considered among the most successful groups of stud ...

- instrumentation {{DEFAULTSORT:Take Two (Album) 1966 albums Marvin Gaye albums Tamla Records albums Albums produced by Harvey Fuqua Albums produced by Smokey Robinson Albums produced by William "Mickey" Stevenson Albums recorded at Hitsville U.S.A. Vocal duet albums