Keep Gettin' It On

About Keep Gettin' It On

"Keep Gettin' It On", or "Let's Get It On, Pt. 2", was a sequel of the title track on Marvin Gaye's 1973 album, Let's Get It On. The song was seen as a continuation of the title track from the album. It was the final composition and production between Gaye and Townsend on the first half of the album. The song featured some political overtones with Gaye lamenting, "won't you rather make love, sugar, as opposed to war?" The basis of this song was recorded as a challenge by Townsend to Gaye. During his vocal sessions, Gaye had a habit of "punching in" parts of a song in order to achieve the perfect vocal take. Townsend, being from the old school of recording, wasn't used to having a performer record a song bit by bit and teased Gaye about it, telling him, "Marvin you couldn't sing a song all the way through if your life depended on it." According to Townsend, Gaye took up the challenge, removing his shirt and singing the entire take "for 40 minutes straight!" Gaye performed this song only twice in his life, including a lip sync version on Soul Train and on his 1974 live album, Marvin Gaye Live!. more »

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1974

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Yeah,want to talk
Talk about gettin' it on
(Keep gettin'it on, keep gettin' it on)
Early in the morning, talk about gettin' it on
(Keep gettin' it on, keep gettin' it on)

You want to have, some good lovin' and plenty good times oh yeah
Don't just talk about it, everybody starts gettin' it on
(Keep gettin' it on, keep gettin' it on)

Oooh, would you rather make love children?
As opposed to war
Don't you want to love somebody, think about it people
Makes you feel sooooo good, come on
Oh don't you want somebody, think about it people
Yeah, you got the good decision
Come on

God trynna tell the people to come on and get it on
(Get it on , got to get it on)
(Get it on, got to get it on)
Oooh, get it on, get it on, let's get it on

You won't be so lonesome, you'll get it on

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Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., was an American singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned more than two decades. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., he was the son of a storefront minister of a local Pentecostal church sect and grew up singing gospel in church revivals as a young child. Gaye branched out into secular music as a teenager, joining the doo-wop group The Marquees, after returning from an honorable discharge from the United States Air Force, before the group was hired by Harvey Fuqua to be Harvey & The Moonglows. Following the band's separation in 1960, Gaye began working as a session drummer for the Detroit music label, Anna, before signing with Motown Records in 1961, adding an "e" to his s… more »

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