Ain't That Peculiar
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| "Ain't That Peculiar" | ||
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| Single by Marvin Gaye | ||
| from the album Moods of Marvin Gaye | ||
| Released | September 1965 | |
| Format | 7" single | |
| Recorded | Hitsville, USA, Detroit, Michigan; 1965 | |
| Genre | Soul | |
| Length | 2:57 | |
| Label | Tamla | |
| Writer(s) | William "Smokey" Robinson Marvin Tarplin Ronald White |
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| Producer(s) | William "Smokey" Robinson | |
| Chart positions | ||
| Marvin Gaye singles chronology | ||
| "Pretty Little Baby" (1965) |
"Ain't That Peculiar" (1965) |
"One More Heartache" (1966) |
"Ain't That Peculiar" was a 1965 single by American soul musician Marvin Gaye for the Tamla (Motown) label. The single was produced by Smokey Robinson, and written by Robinson, fellow Miracles member Ronald White and their guitarist 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 number-eight on the US Pop Singles chart becoming one of Gaye's signature 1960s recordings, and was his best-known solo hit before 1968's "I Heard It through the Grapevine".
The song was later covered by several acts, including Japan (on their 1980 Gentlemen Take Polaroids album), The Jackson 5, and KISS. A live recording by Peter Gabriel, made from David Lord's cassette recordings, appears in an issue of The Bristol Recorder.
[edit] Credits
- Lead vocals by Marvin Gaye
- Background vocals by The Andantes: Marlene Barrow, Jackie Hicks and Louvain Demps
- Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers and Marvin Tauplin (guitars)
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