Lets get it on by marvin gaye

The song was Gaye's plea for sexual liberation, and was originally conceived by co-producer, Ed Townsend, who was released from a rehab facility for alcoholism. And if you feel, like I feel baby. Since we got to be here.

Find out how it became his most commercially successful and influential album at Motown. Marvin Gaye About Let's Get It On "Let's Get It On" is a song and hit single by soul musician Marvin Gaye, released June 15,on Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records.

If the love is true, oh baby. There's nothin' wrong with me. Hunter would become Gaye's live-in lover by Their relationship would produce two children and a marriage. And givin' yourself to me can never be wrong. Gaye confidante Kenneth Stover changed some of the words around as a political song and Gaye recorded the version as it was written, but Townsend protested that the song was not a politically conscious song but a song dedicated to love and sex.

Let me love you. Gaye and Hunter were said to be smitten with each other and, within months, they began dating. The song was recorded on March 22,at Hitsville West in Los Angeles, California. Then come on, oh come on, ooh. Tryin' to hold back this feeling for so long.

Lovin' you, baby love, love. Read the lyrics and annotations of Marvin Gaye's classic song "Let's Get It On", a declaration of sex-positivity and a turning point in his life. Learn about the twelfth studio album by Marvin Gaye, released infeaturing sexually suggestive songs and funk sound.

Songwriting credits went to both Gaye and Townsend. "Let's Get It On" is the title track of Marvin Gaye's album. Let's get it on, whoa. The song's sexually explicit content, "Let's Get It On" helped give Gaye a reputation as a sex symbol during its initial popularity.

Learn about the song's production, chart performance, meaning and context. During the time of the recording of the song and its subsequent album of the same name, Marvin had befriended the family of jazz guitarist Slim Gaillard and had become smitten with Gaillard's year-old daughter, Janis Hunter.

Gaye completely changed the lyrics (and meaning) to the song after meeting Janis Hunter, the woman who would become his second wife. We're all sensitive people. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (Official Music Video) Marvin Gaye M subscribers Subscribe Subscribed.

Gaye and Townsend then collaborated on new lyrics and, using the original backing tracks as recorded, Gaye transformed the song into an emotional centerpiece. The song features romantic and sexual lyricism and funk instrumentation, and it is Gaye's most successful single for Motown and one of his most well-known songs.

Let's get it on, sugar. I've been really tryin', baby. A widely reported story has been told that Hunter was in the studio when Gaye recorded the song at the recording booth. The song features romantic and sexual lyricism and funk instrumentation by The Funk.

With so much to give, understand me sugar. Don't you know how sweet and wonderful life can be? The song helped cement Gaye's reputation as one of the greatest singers of baby-making music. Let's live, I love you. Let's get it on, let's love baby.

Let's get it on, oh baby.