Marvin Gaye discography
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| Marvin Gaye discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 25 |
| Live albums | 4 |
| Compilation albums | 24 |
| Video albums | 3 |
| Music videos | 2 |
| Singles | 83 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
| Tribute albums | 2 |
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American music artist Marvin Gaye released 25 studio albums, 4 live albums, 1 soundtrack album, 24 compilation albums and 83 singles. In 1961 Gaye signed a recording contract with Tamla Records, owned by Motown. The first release under the label was The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye. Gaye's first album to chart was a duet album with Mary Wells titled Together, peaking at number forty-two on the Billboard pop album chart. His 1965 album, Moods of Marvin Gaye, became his first album to reach the top ten of the R&B album charts and spawned four hit singles. Gaye recorded more than thirty hit singles for Motown throughout the 1960s, becoming established as "the Prince of Motown". Gaye topped the charts in 1968 with his rendition of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", while his 1969 album, M.P.G., became his first number one R&B album. Gaye's landmark album, 1971's What's Going On became the first album by a solo artist to launch three top ten singles, including the title track. His 1973 single, "Let's Get It On", topped the charts while its subsequent album reached number two on the charts becoming his most successful Motown album to date. In 1982, after 21 years with Motown, Gaye signed with Columbia Records and issued Midnight Love, which included his most successful single to date, "Sexual Healing". Following his death in 1984, three albums were released posthumously while some of Gaye's landmark works were re-issued.
Gaye recorded sixty seven charted singles on the Billboard charts, with forty-one reaching the top forty, eighteen reaching the top ten and three peaking at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Sixty of his singles reached the top forty of the R&B charts, with thirty-eight of those reaching the top ten and thirteen peaking at number one. Gaye also had success in international charts, his biggest success in sales and chart positions peaking in the UK while achieving modest success in other countries.
Contents
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | UK [1] |
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| 1961 | The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye | — | — | — | |
| 1963 | That Stubborn Kinda Fellow | — | — | — | |
| 1964 | When I'm Alone I Cry | — | — | — | |
| Hello Broadway | — | — | — | ||
| 1965 | How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You | 128 | 4 | — | |
| A Tribute to the Great Nat "King" Cole | — | — | — | ||
| 1966 | Moods of Marvin Gaye | 118 | 8 | — | |
| 1968 | In The Groove (a.k.a. I Heard It Through the Grapevine) | 63 | 2 | — |
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| 1969 | M.P.G. | 33 | 1 | — | |
| 1970 | That's the Way Love Is | 189 | 17 | — | |
| 1971 | What's Going On | 6 | 1 | 56* |
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| 1972 | Trouble Man | 14 | 3 | — | |
| 1973 | Let's Get It On | 2 | 1 | 39 |
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| 1976 | I Want You | 4 | 1 | 22 | |
| 1978 | Here, My Dear | 26 | 4 | — | |
| 1981 | In Our Lifetime | 32 | 6 | 48 | |
| 1982 | Midnight Love | 7 | 1 | 10 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
- * The album charted in the UK in 1996.
Posthumous albums
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | UK [1] |
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| 1985 | Dream of a Lifetime | 41 | 8 | 46 | |
| Romantically Yours | — | — | — | ||
| 1997 | Vulnerable | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Duet albums
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | UK [1] |
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| 1964 | Together (with Mary Wells) |
42 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | Take Two (with Kim Weston) |
— | 24 | — | ||
| 1967 | United (with Tammi Terrell) |
69 | 7 | — | ||
| 1968 | You're All I Need (with Tammi Terrell) |
60 | 4 | — | ||
| 1969 | Easy (with Tammi Terrell) |
184 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | Diana & Marvin (with Diana Ross) |
26 | 7 | 6 |
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| 1980 | Motown Superstar Series (with Tammi Terrell) |
— | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
Live albums
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | UK [1] |
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| 1963 | Marvin Gaye Recorded Live on Stage | — | — | — | |
| 1974 | Marvin Gaye Live! | 8 | 1 | — | |
| 1977 | Live at the London Palladium | 3 | 1 | — | |
| 2005 | Marvin Gaye at the Copa | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Compilation albums
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | UK [1] |
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| 1964 | Greatest Hits | 72 | — | — | |
| 1967 | Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 | 178 | 19 | 40 | |
| 1969 | Marvin Gaye and His Girls | 183 | 16 | — | |
| 1970 | Super Hits | 117 | 19 | — | |
| Greatest Hits | 171 | 17 | 60 | ||
| 1974 | Anthology (version one) | 61 | 10 | — | |
| 1976 | Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits | 44 | 17 | — | |
| 1983 | Every Great Motown Hit of Marvin Gaye | 80 | 26 | 13 |
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| 1984 | Anthology (version two) | — | — | — | |
| 1986 | Motown Remembers Marvin Gaye: Never Before Released Masters | 193 | 48 | — | |
| 1988 | A Musical Testament: 1964-1984 | — | 69 | — | |
| 18 Greatest Hits | — | — | — | ||
| 1990 | The Marvin Gaye Collection | — | 67 | — | |
| 1994 | The Norman Whitfield Sessions | — | — | — | |
| Love Starved Heart: Rare and Unreleased | — | — | — | ||
| 1995 | Anthology (version three) | — | — | — | |
| The Master: 1961/1984 (box set) | — | — | — | ||
| 1999 | Love Starved Heart (Expanded Edition) | — | — | — | |
| 2000 | Marvin Gaye: The Love Songs | — | — | 8 |
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| 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 1 - the 1960s | — | — | — | ||
| 2001 | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 2 - the 1970s | — | — | ||
| 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell | — | — | — | ||
| The Complete Duets (with Tammi Terrell) | — | — | — | ||
| Love Songs: Greatest Duets | — | — | — | ||
| 2002 | Love Songs: Bedroom Ballads | — | — | — | |
| The Very Best of Marvin Gaye (re-released in 2005 as Marvin Gaye: Gold) | 167 | 85 | 3 |
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| 2005 | Marvin Gaye: Gold (re-released title of above album) | — | 86 | — | |
| 2008 | Playlist Your Way | — | 77 | — | |
| 2010 | Icon | — | 44 | — | |
| 2011 | S.O.U.L.: Marvin Gaye | — | 68 | — | |
| 2012 | S.O.U.L.: Marvin Gaye Volume 2 | — | 40 | — | |
| 2013 | Ballads | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Re-release albums
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Midnight Love and the Sexual Healing Sessions (re-released in 2007 as Midnight Love: The 25th Anniversary Legacy Edition) | Legacy |
| 2001 | What's Going On (Deluxe Edition) | Universal |
| Let's Get It On (Deluxe Edition) | Universal | |
| 2003 | I Want You (Deluxe Edition) | Universal |
| 2007 | In Our Lifetime (Expanded Love Man Deluxe Edition) | Hip-O Select |
| 2008 | Here, My Dear (Expanded Edition) | Universal/Hip-O Select |
| 2011 | What's Going On (40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) | Universal |
| 2012 | Trouble Man (40th Anniversary Expanded Edition) | Universal/Hip-O Select |
Singles
| Year | Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated |
Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | UK [1][2] |
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| 1961 | "Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide" b/w "Never Let You Go" |
— | — | — | The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye | ||
| 1962 | "Sandman" b/w "I'm Yours, You're Mine" (from That Stubborn Kinda Fellow) |
— | — | — | Greatest Hits | ||
| "Soldier's Plea" b/w "Taking My Time" (from That Stubborn Kinda Fellow) |
— | — | — | Non-album track | |||
| "Stubborn Kind Of Fellow" b/w "It Hurt Me Too" |
46 | 8 | — | That Stubborn Kinda Fellow | |||
| "Hitch Hike" b/w "Hello There Angel" |
30 | 12 | — | ||||
| 1963 | "Pride and Joy" b/w "One Of These Days" (from Greatest Hits) |
10 | 2 | — | |||
| "Can I Get A Witness" / | 22 | 3 | — | Greatest Hits | |||
| "I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby" | 77 | — | — | ||||
| 1964 | "You're A Wonderful One" b/w "When I'm Alone I Cry" (from When I'm Alone I Cry) |
15 | 3 | — | |||
| "Once Upon A Time" / Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells |
19 | 3 | 50 | Together | |||
| "What's The Matter With You Baby" Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells) |
17 | 2 | — | ||||
| "Try It Baby" b/w "If My Heart Could Sing" (from When I'm Alone I Cry) |
15 | 6 | — | How Sweet It Is To Be Loved by You | |||
| "Baby Don't You Do It" b/w "Walk On The Wild Side" (from Hello Broadway) |
27 | 14 | — | ||||
| "What Good Am I Without You" b/w "I Want You 'Round Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston |
61 | 28 | — | Take Two | |||
| "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" b/w "Forever" |
6 | 3 | 49 | How Sweet It Is To Be Loved by You | |||
| 1965 | "I'll Be Doggone" b/w "You've Been A Long Time Coming" |
8 | 1 | — | Moods of Marvin Gaye | ||
| "Pretty Little Baby" b/w "Now That You've Won Me" (from How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You) |
25 | 16 | — | Non-album track | |||
| "Ain't That Peculiar" b/w "She's Got To Be Real" (Non-album track) |
8 | 1 | — | Moods of Marvin Gaye | |||
| 1966 | "One More Heartache" b/w "When I Had Your Love" (Non-album track) |
29 | 4 | — | |||
| "Take This Heart Of Mine" b/w "Need Your Lovin'-Want You Back" (Non-album track) |
44 | 16 | — | ||||
| "Little Darling (I Need You)" b/w "Hey Diddle Diddle" |
47 | 10 | 50 | ||||
| "It Takes Two" b/w "It's Got To Be A Miracle (This Thing Called Love) Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston) |
14 | 4 | 16 | Take Two | |||
| 1967 | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" b/w "Give A Little Love" Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell |
19 | 3 | 80 | United | ||
| "Your Unchanging Love" b/w "I'll Take Care Of You" (Non-album track) |
33 | 7 | — | Moods Of Marvin Gaye | |||
| "Your Precious Love" b/w "Hold Me Oh My Darling" Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell |
5 | 2 | — | United | |||
| "You" b/w "Change What You Can" |
34 | 7 | — | I Heard It Through The Grapevine! | |||
| "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" / Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell |
10 | 2 | 41 | United | |||
| 1968 | "If This World Were Mine" Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell |
68 | 27 | — | |||
| "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" b/w "Little Ole Boy, Little Ole Girl" (from United) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell |
8 | 1 | 34 | You're All I Need | |||
| "You're All I Need To Get By" b/w "Two Can Have A Party" (from United) Marving Gaye & Tammi Terrell |
7 | 1 | 19 | ||||
| "Chained" b/w "At Last (I Found A Love)" |
32 | 8 | — | I Heard It Through The Grapevine! | |||
| "Keep On Lovin' Me Honey" / Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell |
24 | 11 | — | You're All I Need | |||
| "You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin'" Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell |
— | — | 21 | ||||
| "His Eye Is On The Sparrow" b/w "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" (By Gladys Knight & The Pips) |
— | — | — | In Loving Memory | |||
| "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" b/w "You're What's Happening (In The World Today)" |
1 | 1 | 1 | I Heard It Through the Grapevine! | |||
| 1969 | "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy To Come By" b/w "Satisfied Feelin'" Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell |
30 | 11 | 26 | Easy | ||
| "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" b/w "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" (from That Stubborn Kinda Fellow) |
4 | 1 | 5 | M.P.G. | |||
| "That's The Way Love Is" b/w "Gonna Keep On Tryin' Till I Win Your Love" |
7 | 2 | — | That's The Way Love Is | |||
| "Abraham, Martin and John" b/w "How Can I Forget" |
— | — | 9 | ||||
| "What You Gave Me" b/w "How You Gonna Keep It (After You Get It) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell |
49 | 6 | — | Easy | |||
| "How Can I Forget" / | 41 | 18 | — | That's The Way Love Is | |||
| 1970 | "Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got" | 67 | 26 | — | |||
| "The Onion Song" / Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell |
50 | 18 | 9 | Easy | |||
| "California Soul" Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell |
56 | — | — | ||||
| "The End Of Our Road" b/w "Me and My Lonely Room" (from How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You) |
40 | 7 | — | M.P.G. | |||
| 1971 | "What's Going On" b/w "God Is Love" |
2 | 1 | — | What's Going On | ||
| "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" b/w "Sad Tomorrows" (Non-album track) |
4 | 1 | — | ||||
| "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" b/w "Wholy Holy" |
9 | 1 | — | ||||
| "Save The Children" b/w "Little Darling (I Need You)" (from Moods Of Marvin Gaye) |
— | — | 41 | ||||
| 1972 | "You're The Man" (Part 1)" b/w "You're The Man" (Part 2) |
50 | 7 | — | Non-album tracks | ||
| "Trouble Man" b/w "Don't Mess With Mr. T" |
7 | 4 | — | Trouble Man | |||
| "I Want To Come Home For Christmas" b/w "Christmas In The City" Cancelled single |
— | — | — | Non-album tracks | |||
| 1973 | "Let's Get It On" b/w "I Wish It Would Rain" (from That's The Way Love Is) |
1 | 1 | 31 |
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Let's Get It On | |
| "You're A Special Part Of Me" b/w "I'm Falling In Love With You" Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye |
12 | 4 | — | Diana & Marvin | |||
| "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" b/w "Love Twins" Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye |
— | — | 25 | ||||
| "Come Get To This" b/w "Distant Lover" |
21 | 3 | 51 | Let's Get It On | |||
| 1974 | "You Sure Love To Ball" b/w "Just To Keep You Satisfied" |
50 | 13 | — | |||
| "My Mistake (Was To Love You)" b/w "Include Me In Your Life" Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye |
19 | 15 | — | Diana & Marvin | |||
| "Don't Knock My Love" b/w "Just Say, Just Say" Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye |
46 | 25 | — | ||||
| "You Are Everything" (Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye) b/w "The Onion Song" (from Easy—Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell) |
— | — | 5 |
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| "Distant Lover (Live)" b/w "Trouble Man" |
28 | 12 | — | Marvin Gaye Live! | |||
| 1976 | "I Want You" b/w "I Want You" (Instrumental) |
15 | 1 | — | I Want You | ||
| "After The Dance" b/w "Feel All My Love Inside" |
74 | 14 | — | ||||
| 1977 | "Got To Give It Up" (Part 1) b/w "Got To Give It Up" (Part 2) |
1 | 1 | 7 | Live At The London Palladium | ||
| 1978 | "Pops, We Love You (A Tribute To Father)" b/w "Pops, We Love You" (Instrumental) Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder |
59 | 26 | 66 | Non-album tracks | ||
| 1979 | "A Funky Space Reincarnation (Part 1)" b/w "A Funky Space Reincarnatinon" (Part 2) |
106 | 23 | — | Here, My Dear | ||
| "Anger" b/w "Time To Get It Together" Canadian release |
— | — | — | ||||
| "Ego Tripping Out" b/w "Ego Tripping Out" (Instrumental) |
— | 17 | — | In Our Lifetime | |||
| 1981 | "Praise" b/w "Funk Me" |
101 | 18 | — | |||
| "Heavy Love Affair" b/w "Far Cry" |
— | 61 | — | ||||
| 1982 | "Sexual Healing" b/w "Sexual Heailng" (Instrumental) |
3 | 1 | 4 | Midnight Love | ||
| 1983 | "My Love Is Waiting" b/w "Rockin' After Midnight" |
— | — | 34 | |||
| "'Til Tomorrow" b/w "Rockin' After Midnight" |
— | 31 | — | ||||
| "Joy" b/w "Turn On Some Music" |
— | 78 | — | ||||
| 1985 | "Sanctified Lady"1 b/w "Sanctified Lady" (Instrumental) |
101 | 2 | 51 | Dream Of A Lifetime | ||
| "It's Madness"1 b/w "Ain't It Funny (How Things Turn Around)" |
— | 55 | — | ||||
| "Just Like"1 b/w "More" |
— | — | — | Romantically Yours | |||
| 1986 | "The World Is Rated X"1 b/w "No Greater Love" |
— | — | — | Motown Remembers Marvin Gaye | ||
| 1991 | "My Last Chance"1 b/w "Once Upon A Time" (duet with Mary Wells) |
— | 16 | — | The Marvin Gaye Collection | ||
| 1994 | "Lucky, Lucky Me" (Radio Edit)1 CD single with six different mixes |
— | — | 67 | The Very Best Of Marvin Gaye | ||
| 1995 | "This Love Started Heart Of Mine (It's Killing Me)" b/w "It's A Desperate Situation" |
Love Starved Heart: Rare and Unreleased | |||||
| 2001 | "Music"1 (with Erick Sermon) b/w "Stick 'Em" (By Cha-Cha) |
21 | 2 | 36 | What's The Worst That Could Happen? (Soundtrack) | ||
| 2005 | "Let's Get It On (M.P.G. Groove Mix, 2 edited versions))"1 b/w "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" (By The Temptations—2 different mixes) 12" single |
— | 94 | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||
- * November 1963 to January 1965 R&B Singles chart positions come from Cashbox.
- 1 All singles after 1984 were posthumous releases.
- 2 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" reached its peak in the UK Singles Chart in 2013
Videography
Video albums
| Year | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Marvin Gaye: Live in Montreux 1980 | DVD |
| 2006 | The Real Thing: In Performance (1964–1981) | DVD |
| 2006 | What's Going On | DVD |
Music videos
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1979 | "A Funky Space Reincarnation" |
| 1982 | "Sexual Healing" |
Other appearances
| Year | Song | Artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | "Sexual Healing" (live version) | Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume I[3] | |
| 2013 | "Rage" | Young Buck | Back On My Buck Shit Vol. 3 |
References
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- Marvin Gaye - The Early Years: a detailed list of singles released by Marvin Gaye in the mid-to-late-1950s
- Marvin Gaye - US singles: 1961-1990
- Marvin Gaye - US albums: 1961-1985
