| "Pride & Joy" | ||||
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| Single by Marvin Gaye | ||||
| from the album That Stubborn Kinda Fellow | ||||
| B-side | "One of Those Days" | |||
| Released | April 18, 1963 | |||
| Recorded | September 12, 1962; Hitsville, USA; Detroit, Michigan | |||
| Genre | Rhythm and blues, soul | |||
| Length | 2:05 (single version) 2:36 (album version) | |||
| Label | Tamla T-54079 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Norman Whitfield Marvin Gaye[1] William "Mickey" Stevenson | |||
| Producer(s) | William "Mickey" Stevenson | |||
| Marvin Gaye singles chronology | ||||
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"Pride and Joy" is a 1963 single by Marvin Gaye,[1] released on the Tamla label. The single, co-written by William "Mickey" Stevenson, Gaye and Norman Whitfield, and produced by Stevenson, was considered to be a tribute to Gaye's then-girlfriend, Anna Gordy.[2] The album version of the single featured on Gaye's second album, That Stubborn Kinda Fellow is different in parts to the single version presenting a more jazz effect than the gospel-emulated version that became a single. The song was also Gaye's first top ten pop single peaking at number ten on the chart and just missed the top spot of the R&B singles chart peaking at number two. The song also helped continue Gaye's successful hit streak as the singer would score another Top 40 pop hit at the end of that year with "Can I Get a Witness".
- ^ a b Marvin Gaye interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969)
- ^ "Marvin Gaye – Pride and Joy". discogs.com. 18 April 1963. Retrieved 2014-02-15.