Too Busy Thinking About My Baby

About Too Busy Thinking About My Baby

"Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" is a Motown song written by Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong, and Janie Bradford. The song was first recorded by The Temptations as a track on their 1966 album Gettin' Ready. Eddie Kendricks sings lead on the recording, which was produced by Whitfield. Jimmy Ruffin also recorded a version with The Temptations providing background vocals in 1966. It remained unreleased until 1997. Three years later, Motown artist Marvin Gaye recorded a cover version of "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" as a follow-up single to his 1968 hit "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", another Whitfield/Strong composition, which was a trans-atlantic top five hit. Whitfield produced Gaye's version as well, which featured background vocals by The Andantes. The song's lyrics feature the male narrator discussing how he has "no time to discuss weather" or "think about what money can buy", because when he thinks about his woman, "I ain't got time for nothing else". In terms of chart success, "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" was Gaye's second biggest hit of the 1960s, after "I Heard It Through the Grapevine". "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, and remained at the number one position on Billboard's Black Singles Chart for six consecutive weeks, from the weeks of, June 7 until July 12, 1969, with sales close to two million records. The single was the top-selling R&B single of the year, and also reached No. 14 on Billboard’s year-end charts. The tune was the first release from Gaye's 1969 studio album M. P. G.. The single also reached #5 in the UK Singles Chart. more »

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2012

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Uh-huh huh, oh yeah, Oh listen to me people...
I ain't got time to think about money
Or what it can buy
And I ain't got time to sit down and wonder
What makes a birdy fly
And I don't have the time
To think about what makes a flower grow
And I never gave it second thought
Of where the river flows

Background: Too busy thinkin' 'bout my baby
Marvin: And I ain't got time for nothin' else
Oh yeah, now...

I said uh I ain't got time to discuss the weather
Or how long it's gonna' last
And uh I ain't got time
To do no studyin'
Once I get out of class
I tell you I'm just a guy
Who has a one track mind
And when it comes to thinkin' 'bout anything but my baby
I just don't have the time

Background: Too busy thinkin' bout my baby
Marvin: And I ain't got time for nothin' else
Don't you know I'm too busy thinkin' 'bout my baby
And I ain't got time for nothin' else
Background: Oooh-Oooh, Oooh-Oooh
Marvin(during background vocals): Yeah, yeah

music(or the bridge)
Marvin: All the diamonds and pearls
In the world
Could never match her worth
Naw, she's some kinda' wonderful people tell ya'
I've got heaven right here on earth
I'm, just a fella
With a one, one track mind
Background: Oh yeah
And when it comes to thinkin' 'bout anything but my baby...
I just don't have the time

Background: Too busy thinkin' bout my baby
Marvin: Oh, and I ain't got time for nothin' else
You know it
Background and Marvin: Too busy thinkin' 'bout my baby
And I ain't got time for nothin' else

Background: Too busy thinkin' about my baby
Ain't got time for nothin' else, no no
Marvin: Oh yeah
Background: (repeating above to end)
Marvin: Oh...
She's never hard to find
'Cause she's always on my mind

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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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