Sexual Healing

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"Sexual Healing" is a 1982 soul and R&B song by Marvin Gaye, widely regarded as one of his signature hits and a classic of modern pop music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Midnight Love
artist Marvin Gaye
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance
bSide Sexual Healing self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sexual Healing (Instrumental)
chartPosition number 1 on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart
number 1 on the Canadian Singles Chart
number 1 on the UK Singles Chart
number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100
composer Marvin Gaye
Odell Brown
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describedAs classic of modern pop music
one of Marvin Gaye's signature hits
format 12-inch single
7-inch single
genre R&B
funk
quiet storm
soul
hasCoverVersionBy Hot 8 Brass Band
Kate Bush
surface form: Kate Bush (live performance)

Maxi Priest
Soul Asylum
hasMusicVideo true
includedInList Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
isSignatureSongOf Marvin Gaye
language English
length 3:59
lyricist David Ritz
Marvin Gaye
partOf Midnight Love
performer Marvin Gaye
producer Marvin Gaye
Odell Brown
recordingDate 1982
recordLabel CBS Records
Columbia Records
releaseDate 1982-09-30
tempo mid-tempo
theme healing through love
romantic intimacy
sexuality
usesInstrument bass guitar
drum machine
electric piano
synthesizer
vocalist Marvin Gaye

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Marvin Gaye notableWork Sexual Healing
Roland TR-808 drum machine featuredOn Sexual Healing
subject surface form: Roland TR-808
this entity surface form: "Sexual Healing"
Prince of Motown notableWork Sexual Healing
subject surface form: Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. notableWork Sexual Healing
subject surface form: Marvin Gaye
Sexual Healing bSide Sexual Healing self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sexual Healing (Instrumental)
Midnight Love mainSingle Sexual Healing
Midnight Love track Sexual Healing
808 usedInWork Sexual Healing
subject surface form: Roland TR-808