Marvin Gaye - I Want You 1976

I Want You is a song written by songwriters Leon Ware and Arthur T-Boy Ross and recorded and released as a single by singer Marvin Gaye Released as a single in 1976 on the Tamla label the song introduced a change in musical styles for Gaye who before then had been recording songs with a funk edge Songs such as this gave him a disco audience thanks to Ware who produced the song alongside Gaye The song also stood to be one of Marvin's most popular singles during his later Motown period followed by his sabbatical following the release of 1973's Let's Get It On The song eventually reached number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot Selling Soul Singles chart It also became a disco hit reaching number ten on the Disco Singles Chart alongside After the Dance

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