Midnight Love

Midnight Love
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1, 1982 (1982-11-01)
RecordedOctober 1981 – August 1982
Studio
Genre
Length39:30
LabelColumbia
ProducerMarvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye chronology
In Our Lifetime
(1981)
Midnight Love
(1982)
Dream of a Lifetime
(1985)
Singles from Midnight Love
  1. "Sexual Healing"
    Released: October 1982
  2. "My Love Is Waiting"
    Released: December 1982 (UK)
  3. "'Til Tomorrow"
    Released: February 1983 (US)
  4. "Rockin' After Midnight"
    Released: 1983 (EU)
  5. "Joy"
    Released: March 1983 (UK)

Midnight Love is the seventeenth studio album by Marvin Gaye and the final album to be released during his lifetime. He signed with the label Columbia in March 1982 following his exit from Motown.

The disc was certified triple platinum in the United States. It was an immediate international success selling over six million records worldwide. It was nominated for a 1984 Grammy for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, spawning the two-time Grammy Award-winning hit "Sexual Healing". It was ranked number 37 on the Rolling Stone list of the best albums of the 1980s decade[1] and the NME named the album as its Album of the Year in 1982.[2]

  1. ^ "100 Best Albums of the Eighties: Marvin Gaye, Midnight Love". RollingStone.com. November 16, 1989. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  2. ^ "Albums and Tracks of the Year". NME. 2016. Archived from the original on October 28, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.