This video is about Marvin Gaye - LIVE The Midnight Special 1974. This video concludes with an interview with Marvin and his father.
When Let's Get It On was issued, the song was released as the b-side to Marvin's hit, "Come Get to This". The song was later immortalized in a live version issued on his Marvin Gaye Live! album from 1974 in which Marvin builds up the song from a slowed-up version of his Trouble Man instrumental, "Theme from Trouble Man". After a small introduction, Marvin begins to sing the song, leading female audience members who attended his live show at the Oakland Coliseum to scream in delight. The song would become a show-stopper in later concerts from then on until Marvin's final concert tour in 1983. Allmusic called it a "steamy version... complete with wailing female fans." The live version of the song was so popular Motown issued that version as a single in June where it peaked at #28 on the pop singles chart and #12 on the R&B singles chart in September 1974.
Legacy, covers and samples
The 1974 live version of "Distant Lover" has been regarded as one of the greatest live performances of all time. Its studio version has been covered by the likes of artists such as Betty Wright, who recorded it as a posthumous duet with Gaye on her 1994 album, B-Attitudes. Kanye West sampled the song on his track, "Spaceship" off his 2003 debut album, The College Dropout. Renée Geyer covered the song on her 2007 album Dedicated. Travis Scott sampled the 1974 live version of the Marvin Gaye song in the track "Backyard", from his album Days Before Rodeo.
Personnel[edit]
1970 versions (Head Title)
• Lead and background vocals by Marvin Gaye
• Spoken vocals by Elgie Stover and Denise Gordy
• Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
• Produced by Marvin Gaye
1973 version
• All vocals by Marvin Gaye
• Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
• Arranged by Gene Page
• Produced by Marvin Gaye
1974 version
• Lead vocals by Marvin Gaye
• Background vocals by Eric Dolen, Charles Burns, Dwight Owens, Michael Torrance & Wally Cox
• Instrumentation:
◦ Ed Green: drums
◦ James Jamerson: bass
◦ David T. Walker: guitar
◦ Ray Parker: guitar
◦ Joe Sample: keyboard
◦ John Arnold: percussion
◦ Joe Clayton: congas
◦ Paul Hubinon: trumpet
◦ George Bonhanon: trombone
◦ Ernie Watts: sax
◦ William Green: sax
◦ James Getzoff: violin
◦ Jack Shulman: violin
• Arranged by Gene Page
• Produced by Marvin Gaye
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