You're All I Need to Get By

"You're All I Need to Get By"
Single by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
from the album You're All I Need
B-side "Two Can Have a Party"
Released July 9, 1968
Format 7" single
Recorded 1967, Hitsville USA, Detroit, Michigan
Genre
Length 2:38
Label Tamla
T 54169
Writer(s) Nickolas Ashford
Valerie Simpson
Producer(s) Ashford & Simpson
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell singles chronology
"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
(1968)		 "You're All I Need to Get By"
(1968)		 "Keep On Lovin' Me Honey"
(1968)

"You're All I Need to Get By" is a song recorded by the American R&B/soul duo Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell and released on Motown Records' Tamla label in 1968. It was the basis for the 1995 single "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By" from Method Man and Mary J. Blige.

Overview

Written by real-life couple Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, it became one of the few Motown recordings of the 1960s that was not recorded with the familiar "Motown sound". Instead, "You're All I Need to Get By" had a more soulful and gospel-oriented theme surrounding it, that was influenced by the writers, who also sing background vocals on the recording, sharing vocals in a church choir in New York City. The lead vocals were recorded separately by the two singers and combined during the mixing process, reportedly to cut studio time, and give time for Terrell, who was using a wheelchair, to recover from surgery on the malignant brain tumor that would ultimately cause her death in 1970.

The original recording by Gaye and Terrell peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and number-one on Billboard's Hot R&B/Soul Singles chart for five weeks,[1] becoming one of the longest-running number one R&B hits of 1968 and the most successful duet recording of Marvin Gaye's entire career. Given its global appeal, it also reached #19 on the British singles charts in late 1968, staying there for nineteen weeks.

Personnel

Chart history

Chart Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart 7
U.S. Billboard R&B Singles Chart 1
UK Singles Chart 19

Covers

Dionne Warwick recorded this song in 1969 for the album Soulful and Diana Ross recorded it for her 1970 album, Diana Ross. Ashford and Simpson produced Ross' version as well.

Aretha Franklin recorded this song for her 1971 compilation album, Aretha's Greatest Hits. It peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

The Angels released a version in 1974 as the B-side of the single "Papa's Side Of The Bed".

Tony Orlando & Dawn's version became the third to reach the U.S. Top 40, peaking at #34 in 1975. They also reached #13 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[2]

Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams recorded the song for their duet album That's What Friends Are For. It peaked at #47 on the Billboard Hot 100, #10 on the Hot Soul Singles Chart, and #45 on the UK Singles Chart. Gloria Gaynor recorded a disco version for Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound.

Natalie Appleton and Bootsy Collins recorded this song in 2000 and it features on the soundtrack of the movie Honest directed by Dave Stewart.

Michael McDonald recorded this song for his second album of Motown covers, 2004's Motown Two.

Kidda uses a line of this song for his 2008 single "Under The Sun".

D.C. rapper Wale samples this in the song "The Remake of a Remake (All I Need)" off of his critically acclaimed "Mixtape About Nothing," with singer Tawiah singing the female vocals.

My Morning Jacket performed the song during their New Year's Eve concert at Madison Square Garden on December 31, 2008, with Nicole Atkins appearing as a guest vocalist to sing the female part.

Actresses Telma Hopkins and Valarie Pettiford performed the song together in an episode of UPN's Half and Half.

Gladys Knight "Empress of Soul" also performed," You're All I Need to Get By"

A rendition of the tune by husband-and-wife duo Kenny Lattimore and Chanté Moore serves as the theme song for the BET reality series The Family Crews.

In 2012, Christine Anu covered the song on her album, Rewind: The Aretha Franklin Songbook.

The song has been covered on the BET commercial in 2012 with the new slogan We Got You was shown from the retrospective moments.

Jacob Artist and Melissa Benoist sang this song on Season 4 of 'Glee' for the Valentine's Day episode 'I Do.'

Other allusions to the song

This song and its 1995 interpolation of it by Method Man and Mary J. Blige on their single, "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By", were referenced in "All I Need" by Jay-Z when he says: "And all...I...need is a chick to hold a jammy like/Meth and Mary, like, Marvin and Tammi"

Late rapper The Notorious B.I.G. sampled a portion of it for his song "My Downfall" on his Life After Death album.

On the first season of American Idol, winner Kelly Clarkson sang this song during Motown week and Jasmine Trias also sang it on the third season. On the sixth season finale, American Idol Winner Jordin Sparks sang it as a duet with second-season winner Ruben Studdard. Seventh season American Idol runner-up David Archuleta performed this song on Star Search final. Eighth season contestant Von Smith performed it in the third week of semifinals. In addition, Jacob Lusk sang this song also during Motown week of Idol's tenth season.

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 225.
  2. ↑ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart". Billboard. 1975-10-18. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
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