You Sure Love to Ball
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| “You Sure Love to Ball” | |||||
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| Single by Marvin Gaye from the album Let's Get It On |
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| B-side | Just to Keep You Satisfied | ||||
| Released | January 2, 1974 | ||||
| Format | 7" single | ||||
| Recorded | 1973, Hitsville West, Los Angeles, CA | ||||
| Genre | Soul | ||||
| Length | 4:46 | ||||
| Label | Tamla T 54244 |
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| Writer(s) | Marvin Gaye | ||||
| Producer | Marvin Gaye | ||||
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"You Sure Love to Ball" was a popular R&B recording for Marvin Gaye in 1974. While it was initially a modest pop success peaking at #50, it rode to #13 R&B. The song was one of Gaye's most sexually overt and controversial singles.
In the beginning, the track showcased moaning sounds by a male and female engaged in sex. It was one of the first songs to include moaning in songs, something that would continue in other songs during the 1970s and also paved the way for artists such as Donna Summer and Janet Jackson, who moaned in their own sexually explicit songs.
The song was covered by female soul singer Sylvia in 1976 and jazz superstar Will Downing in 1999 for the Gaye tribute album, Marvin Is 60, and was re-released as a single.
[edit] Credits
- All vocals by Marvin Gaye
- Additional background vocals (moans) by Fred and Madeline Ross
- Instrumentation by Los Angeles session musicians
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