![]() When Motown did eventually release it, they didn’t put it out as a single it was an album track on In The Groove. ![]() Marvin Gaye’s version is not as much fun, and Berry Gordy didn’t think it had much commercial potential. Gladys Knight’s recording got to number one on the Billboard R&B Singles chart and number two on the Pop Singles chart, and rightly so, it’s a banger. If you only know Marvin Gaye’s take, you’ll be surprised by how uptempo and gospel-like the Gladys Knight version is. Gladys Knight and the Pips recorded it third, and their version was first to come out. Marvin Gaye recorded his version next, but neither his nor the Miracles’ were released right away. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles recorded it first. Marvin Gaye was not the first Motown artist to record it. Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong wrote the tune in 1966. Nobody wore a glittery tux like Marvin Gaye. My first exposure to Marvin Gaye’s recording of “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” was on the Big Chill soundtrack, which my baby boomer parents kept in heavy rotation.
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