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Written by: Gaye, Odell Brown, David Ritz
Produced by: Gaye
Released: Oct. '82 on Columbia
Charts: 21 weeks
Top spot: No. 3

In April 1982, Gaye was living in exile in Brussels and suffering writer's block. One night, he and biographer David Ritz were discussing pornography (Gaye had a large cache of S&M literature). "I suggested that Marvin needed sexual healing," Ritz wrote. Gaye put the idea to a reggae-style beat by sideman Brown. The result: Gaye's last Top Five hit before his death in 1984.

Appears on: Midnight Love (Columbia)

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