You're All I Need to Get By

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"You're All I Need to Get By" is a classic 1968 soul duet, most famously performed by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, celebrated as one of Motown’s defining love songs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
associatedWith Motown sound
late 1960s soul music
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresInstrument background vocals
bass guitar
drums
piano
strings
follows Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing NERFINISHED
If I Could Build My Whole World Around You NERFINISHED
genre R&B
soul
hasCanonicalVersion Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell recording
hasCoverVersionBy Aretha Franklin NERFINISHED
Method Man and Mary J. Blige (interpolated in "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By") NERFINISHED
Tony Orlando and Dawn NERFINISHED
hasCriticalReputation classic soul standard
hasEra 1960s
hasInfluenced contemporary R&B love songs
later soul duets
hasLyricsTheme devotion
emotional support
romantic love
hasMusicalStyle ballad
duet
hasVocalType male–female duet
isFrequentlyIncludedIn Motown compilation albums
isFrequentlyPerformedAs wedding song
isOneOf Motown classics NERFINISHED
defining Marvin Gaye duets
defining Tammi Terrell duets
language English
notableFor being a classic Motown love song
vocal interplay between Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
originallyReleasedAs single by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
partOf Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell discography NERFINISHED
performer Marvin Gaye NERFINISHED
Tammi Terrell NERFINISHED
producer Nickolas Ashford NERFINISHED
Valerie Simpson NERFINISHED
recordedBy Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell NERFINISHED
recordLabel Motown
Tamla NERFINISHED
releaseYear 1968
writer Nickolas Ashford NERFINISHED
Valerie Simpson NERFINISHED

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Nickolas Ashford notableWork You're All I Need to Get By
Tammi Terrell notableWork You're All I Need to Get By
song "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By" basedOn You're All I Need to Get By
subject surface form: "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By"
this entity surface form: "You're All I Need to Get By"
Valerie Simpson notableWork You're All I Need to Get By