How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)

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"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" is a classic soul song, originally recorded by Marvin Gaye in 1964, that became widely known to later audiences through James Taylor’s popular 1975 cover version.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs How Sweet It Is ⓘ
artist Marvin Gaye ⓘ
associatedAct The Funk Brothers ⓘ
belongsToTradition Motown sound ⓘ
linked to: Motown
chartingRegion Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasCoverVersion How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) (James Taylor version) ⓘ
hasHook repeated line "How sweet it is to be loved by you" ⓘ
hasKey major key (commonly performed in G major in cover versions) ⓘ
hasNotableCover How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) (James Taylor single) ⓘ
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) (Junior Walker & the All Stars version) ⓘ
hasTitle How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) ⓘ
includedIn Marvin Gaye singles discography ⓘ
influenced James Taylor’s 1975 cover version ⓘ
lyricsBy Eddie Holland ⓘ
musicalEra 1960s soul ⓘ
musicBy Brian Holland ⓘ
Lamont Dozier ⓘ
notableCoverArtist James Taylor ⓘ
Junior Walker & the All Stars ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalReleaseDate 1964-11-21 ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1964 ⓘ
partOf Motown catalog ⓘ
performedBy Marvin Gaye ⓘ
performer Marvin Gaye ⓘ
producer Holland–Dozier–Holland ⓘ
recordedAt Hitsville U.S.A. studio ⓘ
linked to: Motown Studio A
recordedBy Marvin Gaye ⓘ
recordLabel Motown ⓘ
Tamla ⓘ
Tamla Records ⓘ
linked to: Motown
songwriter Brian Holland ⓘ
Eddie Holland ⓘ
Lamont Dozier ⓘ
tempo medium tempo ⓘ
theme romantic love ⓘ
vocalGenre male lead vocal ⓘ
vocalType lead vocal by Marvin Gaye ⓘ
writer Holland–Dozier–Holland ⓘ

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James Taylor → notableWork → How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) ⓘ
Marvin Gaye → notableWork → How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) ⓘ
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) → hasCoverVersion → How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) (James Taylor version) ⓘ
linked to: How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) → hasNotableCover → How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) (James Taylor single) ⓘ
linked to: How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) → hasNotableCover → How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) (Junior Walker & the All Stars version) ⓘ
linked to: How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) → hasTitle → How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) ⓘ
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) → alsoKnownAs → How Sweet It Is ⓘ
linked to: How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
Marvin Gaye → notableWork → How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) ⓘ
subject linked to: Prince of Motown
Holland–Dozier–Holland → notableWork → How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) ⓘ
Brian Holland → notableWork → How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) ⓘ
Marvin Gaye → notableWork → How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) ⓘ
subject linked to: Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.
Lamont Dozier → notableWork → How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) ⓘ
Eddie Holland → notableWork → How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) ⓘ
It's Time → hasPart → How Sweet It Is ⓘ
subject linked to: album "It's Time"
linked to: How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
Legion of Mary → performerOf → “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)” ⓘ
linked to: How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
Jerry Garcia Band → notableSong → How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) ⓘ
Jr. Walker & the All Stars → notableWork → How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) ⓘ
Greatest Hits → hasPart → How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) ⓘ
Marvin Gaye singles discography → includes → single "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" ⓘ
linked to: How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)