Let’s Get It On (album version)
~ Recording by Marvin Gaye
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Let’s Get It On | 4:58 | Marvin Gaye | Greatest Hits Live | Marvin Gaye | Album + Live |
| LaserLight Digital | 32 121 |
| 1.5 | Let’s Get It On | 4:51 | Marvin Gaye | Date Night: Slow Jams | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| engineer: | William McMeekin Art Stewart |
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| producer: | Marvin Gaye Ed Townsend |
| mixer: | Cal Harris |
| bass guitar: | Wilton Felder (on 1973-03-22) |
| bongos and congas: | Eddie “Bongo” Brown (on 1973-03-22) Bobbye Hall (on 1973-03-22) |
| drums (drum set): | Paul Humphrey (jazz, r&b drummer) (on 1973-03-22) |
| guitar family: | Don Peake (on 1973-03-22) Louie Shelton (on 1973-03-22) David T. Walker (on 1973-03-22) Melvin “Wah Wah” Watson (on 1973-03-22) |
| percussion: | Emil Richards (on 1973-03-22) |
| piano: | Marvin Gaye (on 1973-03-22) Marvin Jenkins (on 1973-03-22) Joe Sample (on 1973-03-22) |
| saxophone: | Plas Johnson (on 1973-03-22) Ernie Watts (Ernest James Watts, jazz and blues saxophonist) (on 1973-03-22) |
| vibraphone: | Victor Feldman (jazz musician) (on 1973-03-22) Emil Richards (on 1973-03-22) |
| background vocals and lead vocals: | Marvin Gaye (on 1973-03-22) |
| conductor: | René Hall (on 1973-03-22) |
| recorded at: | Motown Studios - Hitsville West (recording and mastering studios in West Hollywood, CA) in West Hollywood (on 1973-03-22) |
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| has remixes: | Let’s Get It On (single edit) |
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| sampled by: | Can’t Wait to Be With You (LP version) by Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince (American hip hop duo) featuring Christopher Williams (R&B singer) Gin City by SAINT PEPSI feat. Taøers (feat. on SAINT PEPSI’s “Gin City”) (lead vocals) Jellyfish by Ghostface Killah feat. Theodore Unit (Capadonna, Shawn Wigs & Trife (Wu-Tang affiliate, aka Trife)) |
| mash-ups: | Let’s Get It On by Ill Poetic Let’s Get It On (live recording) by Ill Poetic Marvin's Not in Love Parts 1&2 (Marvin Gaye vs. 10cc) by Go Home Productions Marvin's Not in Love, Parts 1, 2, & 3 by Go Home Productions |
| part of: | Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 167) (order: 168) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 264) (order: 264) |
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| recording of: | Let’s Get It On (on 1973-03-22) |
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Related works
Let’s Get It On
| writer: | Marvin Gaye Ed Townsend |
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| publisher: | Cherritown Music Co., Inc. Jobete Music (UK) Ltd. Jobete Music Co., Inc. Jobete Music Ltd Stone Diamond Music Corporation |
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| is the basis for: | Let’s Get It On |
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| arrangements: | Let’s Get It On (Julius Hemphill/World Saxophone Quartet arrangement) |
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