Song · Marvin Gaye
“I Want You” by Marvin Gaye
Released 1976
“I Want You” by Marvin Gaye appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2009 and 2025. It was first released in 1976. Its best result is #246 on the WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009).
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Marvin Gaye made "I Want You" the title song of his 14th studio album in 1976, and it marks a real change of style for him. He didn't write this one: Leon Ware and Arthur "T-Boy" Ross did, with Ware supplying the lyric and producing, and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson handled the arrangement. Ware got a share of the credit for the single's success, too.
What Gaye brings is that smoldering voice, and the record pulled him onto the dance floor, winning him a disco audience and climbing to number ten on the disco chart alongside "After the Dance". It also topped the Hot Selling Soul Singles chart and reached 15 on the Hot 100, one of the most popular singles of his later Motown years, after the break he took once Let's Get It On was out in 1973.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 246 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2025 | 670 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
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