''The Very Best of Marvin Gaye'' is the title of two compilations (American and European) by Motown artist

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 ...

UK edition

Released in 1994, ''The Very Best'' is the best-selling (and highest charting) Marvin Gaye album in the UK – selling over 250,000 copies, peaking at #3 in the UK charts, and receiving a million-plus sales certificate in 2001. The album featured an unreleased track ("

Lucky, Lucky Me "Lucky, Lucky Me" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Marvin Gaye and produced by Ivy Jo Hunter. Gaye originally recorded the song in 1964, but the song was shelved by Motown staff. When Motown's UK department, Tamla-Motown, issued '' ...

") that would also be released as a single.

Track listing

#" I Heard It Through the Grapevine" #" What's Going On" #" Sexual Healing" #" You Are Everything" (with

Diana Ross Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame as the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, who became Motown's most successful act during the 1960s and one of the world's best-selling girl groups o ...

) #" It Takes Two" (with Kim Weston) #" Let's Get It On" #"

Abraham, Martin & John "Abraham, Martin and John" is a 1968 song written by Dick Holler. It was first recorded by Dion, in a version that was a substantial North American chart hit in 1968–1969. Near-simultaneous cover versions by Smokey Robinson and the Mirac ...

" #" Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" #" How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" #"

Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" is the second single from Marvin Gaye's 1971 album, '' What's Going On''. Following the breakthrough of the title track's success, the song, written solely by Gaye, became regarded as one of popular music's most poi ...

" #" Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" (w/Diana Ross) #" You're All I Need to Get By" (w/ Tammi Terrell) #" Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (w/Tammi Terrell) #" Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" #"

The Onion Song "The Onion Song" was a hit for soul singers Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell in 1969. It reached the top ten overseas, where it became Gaye & Terrell's biggest hit in the United Kingdom, entering the singles chart on 15 November 1969 and peaking at ...

" (w/Tammi Terrell) #"

You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin' "You Ain't Livin' till You're Lovin'" is a 1968 single released on the Tamla-Motown label by Motown vocal duo Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. The song gave the duo a boost in the UK where the single was released. Motown's stateside headquarters ...

" (w/Tammi Terrell) #"

Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By" is a duet released in 1969 on the Tamla label by singers Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. The first release off the duo's third album, '' Easy'', it has been hugely debated whether or not an ailing Terrell, wh ...

(w/Tammi Terrell) #" That's the Way Love Is" #" Got to Give It Up, Pt. I" #" When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You" #"

Can I Get a Witness "Can I Get a Witness" is a song composed by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland and produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier as a non-album single for American recording vocalist Marvin Gaye, who issued the record on Motown's Tam ...

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US edition

Released in the US in 2001, the two disc edition is a chronological look back at American R&B/ soul singer

's three decade-plus music career throughout his tenure in

Motown Records Motown Records is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Berry Gordy, Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on June 7, 1958, and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. Its name, a portmant ...

in the 1960s and 1970s concluding with his final big hit, 1982's " Sexual Healing" from his brief tenure with

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...

before the singer's death in 1984. Re-released later in 2005 under Universal Records' ''Gold'' series, it has since been certified gold by the

Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors that the RIAA says "create, manufacture, and/o ...

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