Playlist: The Very Best of Marvin Gaye

~ Release by Marvin Gaye (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Star-Spangled Banner (live at the 1983 NBA All-Star game)
2:59
2Rockin’ After Midnight
horn arranger:
McKinley Jackson (Trombone player, songwriter, arranger and producer)
recording of:
Rockin’ After Midnight
lyricist and composer:
Marvin Gaye
publisher:
April Music Inc. (in 1982)
2.56:03
3I Live for You
2.52:41
4Happy Go Lucky
2:37
5Stranger in My Life
2.53:42
6Turn on Some Music
horn arranger:
McKinley Jackson (Trombone player, songwriter, arranger and producer)
recording of:
Turn On Some Music
writer:
Marvin Gaye
publisher:
April Music Inc. (in 1982)
25:08
7Sexual Healing (12-inch version)
recording of:
Sexual Healing
writer:
Odell Brown, Marvin Gaye and David Ritz (American author)
publisher:
April Music Publishing Inc., Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Bugpie Music Publishing, EMI Songs Australia Pty. Ltd., EMI Songs Ltd. and April Music Inc. (in 1982)
4:49
8Sanctified Lady
5:31
9Joy
horn arranger:
McKinley Jackson (Trombone player, songwriter, arranger and producer)
recording of:
Joy
writer:
Marvin Gaye
publisher:
April Music Inc. (in 1982)
2.654:22
10Ain’t It Funny (How Things Turn Around)
34:52
11Third World Girl
recording of:
Third World Girl
writer:
Marvin Gaye
publisher:
April Music Inc. (in 1982)
24:36
12Walkin’ in the Rain
42:55
13God Is Love (live)
live recording of:
God Is Love (sometimes also titled “God Is My Friend”)
writer:
Anna Gordy Gaye, Marvin Gaye, James Nyx (R&B songwriter) and Elgie Stover
1:05
14What’s Going On (live)
live recording of:
What’s Going On
lyricist and composer:
Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland (songwriter 1930-1996) and Marvin Gaye
publisher:
EMI Songs Australia, FCG Music, Jobete Music Co., Inc., MG III Music, NMG Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd. and Stone Agate Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
4:56

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part of:Playlist (Sony/Legacy compilations, The Very Best of...) (order: 120)