# The best Marvin Gaye songs

From sixties Motown to What's Going On: the Marvin Gaye songs fans and lists choose most.

- 201 votes · 13 items
- May 2, 2024 · alejandra.cdmx
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## Top 13

1. **What's Going On** (25 · ▲27 ▼2) — 1971. The protest song that changed soul music.
2. **Ain't No Mountain High Enough** (21 · ▲22 ▼1) — 1967. The duet with Tammi Terrell everyone knows.
3. **Let's Get It On** (18 · ▲19 ▼1) — 1973. Motown's most successful release up to then.
4. **I Heard It Through the Grapevine** (16 · ▲16 ▼0) — 1968. Number one on the Hot 100.
5. **Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)** (11 · ▲14 ▼3) — 1971. An environmental song ahead of its time.
6. **Trouble Man** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — 1972. From the soundtrack of the film of the same name.
7. **How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)** (7 · ▲11 ▼4) — 1964. By Holland-Dozier-Holland.
8. **Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing** (7 · ▲11 ▼4) — 1968. Another duet with Tammi Terrell.
9. **Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)** (7 · ▲10 ▼3) — 1971. The closer of What's Going On.
10. **Got to Give It Up** (7 · ▲10 ▼3) — 1977. Party funk.
11. **Sexual Healing** (6 · ▲9 ▼3) — 1982. His comeback with a drum machine.
12. **Can I Get a Witness** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — 1963. One of his first hits.
13. **I Want You** (4 · ▲7 ▼3) — 1976. A sensual R&B hit.

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