Tagged: Marvin Gaye

Let's Get It On

Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” Lyrics Meaning

The late Marvin Gaye (1939-1984) was very-successful during his day. And besides for those types of socially-conscious, intellectual classics, such as 1971’s “What’s Going On” and “Mercy Mercy Me“, what he is also primarily remembered for is dropping...

I Want You

“I Want You” by Marvin Gaye 

It’s funny to think that when Marvin Gaye’s “I Want You” was dropped about half a century ago, some people seem to have actually deemed it too raunchy to play in public. There is what can be...

Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing"

“Sexual Healing” by Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye was sort of a master of putting out songs, like this one, that were overtly sexual yet at the same time not necessarily NSFW. After all, these lyrics speak to what we may...

Got to Give It Up

“Got to Give It Up” by Marvin Gaye

The late Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up” was somewhat of an influential piece as far as the genre of dance music is concerned. And one can see how this classic is sorta prototypical in that...

Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” Lyrics Meaning

“What’s Going On” is a very powerful political song performed by the late American singer Marvin Gaye. The lyrics of the song are inspired by violence and police brutality in America. One of the...