| "You're the Man" | ||||
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| Single by Marvin Gaye | ||||
| from the album You're the Man | ||||
| Released | 1972 | |||
| Recorded | Spring 1972, Hitsville West, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Funk | |||
| Length | 5:48 | |||
| Label | Tamla T 54221F | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Marvin Gaye, Kenneth Stover | |||
| Producer(s) | Marvin Gaye | |||
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"You're the Man" is a song composed by singer Marvin Gaye and songwriter Kenneth Stover and released on the Motown subsidiary, Tamla, in the summer of 1972. Composed primarily on the basis of the 1972 presidential election, the song was supposedly the first release from Gaye's next album, You're the Man, but the song's modest success forced Gaye to shelve the album in protest.