"Your Unchanging Love" is a 1967 single released by

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singer

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on the Tamla label.

Overview

Written by

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, the song was featured on Marvin's '' Moods of Marvin Gaye'' album. Released during a time when Gaye was releasing hit duets by Kim Weston 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, "

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", 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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*Instrumentation –

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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