Time to Get It Together

Marvin Gaye

About Time to Get It Together

"Time to Get It Together" is a 1978 song recorded by Marvin Gaye and issued on Marvin's 1978 album, Here, My Dear. Much like "Everybody Needs Love", "Anger" and "A Funky Space Reincarnation", among others, this song doesn't discuss the demise of Marvin's marriage to Anna Gordy Gaye. Instead the song is a biographical account of the singer's own personal demons as he battled drug abuse, paranoia and depression.

Year:: 2003
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Time time
Jesus said time would heal all wounds
Time time time time
But we have to live right to get the time
Time time time time
Time time time time
Please, time, you got to be a friend of mine

Sometimes I am unable to move
I let temptation get me off of my groove
Sometimes I get it
Sometimes it's hard
To stay with it
But right now, get it, gotta get it, get it
Got to stay with it
Makin' up my mind, yeah
Gonna get it together
Gonna love every day every night till I get it
All right
Pretty good lovin', oh
Get it together
Gonna love every day every night till I get it
All right good lovin', oh
Gonna get it together
Gonna love every day every night till I get it
All right good love
Gonna get it together
Gonna love every day every night till I get it
All right, baby
Gonna get it together
Gonna love every day every night till I get it
All right

(Tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock 
My life's a clock and it's winding down)

I've been racing against time
Trying my best to find my way
Change our world in just one day
Blowin' coke all up my nose
Gettin' in and out my clothes
Foolin' 'round with midnight ho's
But that chapter of life's closed

From the day you're born
Till the day you're in the ground

I've been racing against time
Trying my best to find my way
Change our world in just one day
Blowin' coke all up my nose
Gettin' in and out my clothes
Foolin' 'round with midnight ho's
But that chapter of life's closed

From the day you're born
Till the day you're in the ground

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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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Written by: Marvin P Gaye

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10 facts about this song

Release Information "Time to Get It Together" was a song by Marvin Gaye, released in 1978 as part of an album named "Here, My Dear".
Background The album "Here, My Dear", in which this song is the third track on the first disc, was initially designed to be a tribute to Marvin Gaye's failing marriage with his ex-wife Anna Gordy Gaye.
Lyrics Significance The song is mainly about Gaye's issues at the time, including his divorce proceedings, drug addiction, and the financial difficulties he was experiencing. The song was Gaye's plea to himself to recover from all of this.
Artist Reflection Marvin handles his inner struggles through this song by chronicling his daily struggle to cope up with the challenges while admitting he has to get his life together after all these troubles.
Musical Style The song is rhythmically quite complex, often shifting from a simple 4/4 beat to a syncopated groove. The song is rich with dulcet tones overlaid with Motown's signature soulful feel.
Reception Despite the album's overall poor performance at the time of its release, “Time to Get It Together” was well received by the public due to its raw portrayal of the singer's personal struggles.
Legacy Though not as popular as some of Gaye's other tracks, "Time to Get It Together" has continued to resonate with listeners due to its deeply relatable and life-affirming message.
Charts Performance The song itself did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 or R&B/Hip-Hop songs but its parent album "Here, My Dear" landed on the 26th spot on the Billboard Pop Albums and 4th on the Soul Albums.
Re-releases "Time to Get It Together" was not released as a single but has since been included in various compilations and remastered album versions.
Personal Influence For Gaye, it was also a personal anthem, as the issues depicted in the song were issues he was battling personally.

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