Can I Get a Witness

"Can I Get a Witness"
Single by Marvin Gaye
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side"I'm Crazy 'bout My Baby"
ReleasedSeptember 20, 1963
RecordedJuly 17, 1963; Hitsville U.S.A.
(Detroit, Michigan)
GenreRhythm and blues, soul, rock and roll
Length2:53
LabelTamla
T 54087
Songwriter(s)Holland–Dozier–Holland
Producer(s)Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier
Marvin Gaye singles chronology
"Pride and Joy"
(1963)
"Can I Get a Witness"
(1963)
"You're a Wonderful One"
(1964)
Official audio
"Can I Get a Witness" on YouTube

"Can I Get a Witness" is a song composed by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland and produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier as a non-album single for American recording vocalist Marvin Gaye, who issued the record on Motown's Tamla imprint in September 1963.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Marvin Gaye - Can I Get A Witness". Discogs.com. 1963. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  2. ^ The Complete Motown Singles Vol 3: 1963 [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records.