"Your Unchanging Love" is a 1967 single released by

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Overview

Written by Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song was featured on Marvin's '' Moods of Marvin Gaye'' album. Released during a time when Gaye was releasing hit duets by

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and Tammi Terrell, this was a rare solo detour that was successful enough to garner a top 40 pop charting where it peaked at number 33 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 making it the fourth top forty single issued from ''Moods''. ''

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'' called it "a light, pulsing, medium-paced R&B romp that should see plenty of spins and sales." The song was musically conceived on the same musical background as Marvin's landmark single, " How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)", and performed better chart-wise than their previous single, " Little Darling (I Need You)".

Track listing

Personnel

*Lead vocals –

*Background vocals –

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References

1967 singles Marvin Gaye songs Songs written by Holland–Dozier–Holland Tamla Records singles 1967 songs Song recordings produced by Lamont Dozier Song recordings produced by Brian Holland {{1960s-single-stub