Ain't That Peculiar
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| Single by Marvin Gaye | ||||
| from the album Moods of Marvin Gaye | ||||
| B-side | "She's Got to Be Real" | |||
| Released | September 14, 1965 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Recorded | Hitsville, USA, Detroit, Michigan; May 5 & 12, 1965 | |||
| Genre | Soul, pop, R&B | |||
| Length | 2:50 | |||
| Label | Tamla | |||
| Writer(s) | Pete Moore, William "Smokey" Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Marv Tarplin | |||
| Producer(s) | Smokey Robinson | |||
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"Ain't That Peculiar" is a 1965 song recorded by American soul musician Marvin Gaye for the Tamla (Motown) label. The single was produced by Smokey Robinson, and written by Robinson, and fellow Miracles members Bobby Rogers, Pete Moore, and Marv Tarplin. "Ain't That Peculiar" features Gaye, with The Andantes on backing vocals, singing about the torment of a painful relationship.
The single was Gaye's second U.S. million seller successfully duplicating its predecessor "I'll Be Doggone", from earlier in 1965 by topping Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart in the fall of 1965, peaking at #8 on the US Pop Singles chart.[1] It became one of Gaye's signature 1960s recordings, and was his best-known solo hit before 1968's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine".
Cover versions
- A cover by New Grass Revival peaked at number 53 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1986.[2]
- A cover by the English group, Japan was included on their 1980 album Gentlemen Take Polaroids. It was later issued as a B-side to their 1982 hit "Nightporter".
- Washington, DC-based Hip Hop producer and MC, Oddisee, remixed the song for his Odd Renditions Vol. 001 EP from 2012. The remix features various samples of Marvin Gaye's original vocal track, only, re-mixed with new melody and rhythm tracks.
°A cover version appeared on John Waite's 1985 "Mask of Smiles" album.
Personnel
- Lead vocals by Marvin Gaye
- Background vocals by The Andantes: Marlene Barrow, Jackie Hicks and Louvain Demps
- Drums by Uriel Jones[3]
- Guitar by Marv Tarplin
- Other instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
References
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- ↑ Motown drummer Uriel Jones dies in Michigan Reuters 25 March 2009
External links
| Preceded by
"Rescue Me" by Fontella Bass
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Billboard Hot R&B Singles number-one single November 27, 1965 |
Succeeded by "I Got You (I Feel Good)" by James Brown and The Famous Flames |
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