It Takes Two (Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston song)

"It Takes Two" is a hit single recorded in late 1965 by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston for Motown's Tamla label.

"It Takes Two"
Single by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston
from the album Take Two
B-side"It's Got to Be a Miracle"
ReleasedDecember 4, 1966[1]
RecordedNovember 27 & December 6, 1965, and March 2, 1966, Detroit, Michigan
GenrePop
Length3:00
LabelTamla
Songwriter(s)William "Mickey" Stevenson
Sylvia Moy
Producer(s)William "Mickey" Stevenson
Henry Cosby

Produced by Weston's then-husband, longtime Gaye collaborator William "Mickey" Stevenson, and co-written by Stevenson and Sylvia Moy, "It Takes Two" centered on a romantic lyric that depicted many things in life (dreams, love, wishes, etc.) being better with two people instead of one. The single became Gaye's most successful duet single to date, later outperformed by Gaye's duets with Tammi Terrell.

Gaye and Weston's duet peaked at #14 on the Billboard Pop charts and #4 on Billboard′s Soul Singles chart in January 1967. "It Takes Two" was also Gaye's first major hit in the UK, where it peaked at #16 on the British singles charts in the spring of that same year.[2][3]

Cash Box said the single is a "rhythmic, infectious romancer that superbly matches the two fine voices."[4]

The song was played over the closing credits of the 1995 film It Takes Two and 2002 TV adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson novel Double Act.

Personnel

Charts
Chart (1966-67) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[5] 45
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] 14
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] 13
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 16
UK R&B (Record Mirror)[9] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 14
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[11] 4
US Cashbox Top 100[12] 43

Rod Stewart and Tina Turner version
"It Takes Two"
Single by Rod Stewart and Tina Turner
from the album Vagabond Heart
B-side"Hot Legs" (Live)
ReleasedNovember 1990
Recorded1990
GenrePop rock, rock and roll
Length4:13
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)William "Mickey" Stevenson, Sylvia Moy
Producer(s)Bernard Edwards
Rod Stewart singles chronology
I Don't Want To Talk About It
(1990)		 "It Takes Two" (Duet with Tina Turner)
(1990)		 Rhythm of My Heart
(1991)
Tina Turner singles chronology
Be Tender with Me Baby
(1990)		 "It Takes Two" (Duet with Rod Stewart)
(1990)		 Nutbush City Limits (The 90's Version)
(1991)

British singer Rod Stewart and American singer Tina Turner released a cover of "It Takes Two" in 1990, which was also featured in a television advertising campaign for Pepsi. It was the lead single from Stewart's album Vagabond Heart, produced by Bernard Edwards. The duet was a European hit, peaking at number one in Denmark. It also reached number five in the UK and was a Top 10 single in several European countries. The song later appeared on both artists' greatest hits albums: Turner's Simply the Best (1991), and Stewart's The Very Best of Rod Stewart (2001).

Versions and remixes
  • Album version – 4:13
  • Extended Remix – 4:51

Charts

Other cover versions

References
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