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| "Keep On Lovin' Me Honey" | ||||
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| Single by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell | ||||
| from the album You're All I Need | ||||
| B-side | "You Ain't Livin' Til You're Lovin'" | |||
| Released | July 9, 1968 | |||
| Recorded | Hitsville USA, Detroit, Michigan; 1967 | |||
| Genre | R&B, soul | |||
| Length | 2:34 | |||
| Label | Tamla T 54173 | |||
| Songwriters | Nickolas Ashford Valerie Simpson | |||
| Producer | Ashford & Simpson | |||
| Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell singles chronology | ||||
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| Marvin Gaye singles chronology | ||||
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| Tammi Terrell singles chronology | ||||
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"Keep On Lovin' Me Honey" is a 1968 hit written and produced by Nickolas Ashford &Valerie Simpson,and issued as a single on Motown Records' Tamla label by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. It was the third release from the duo's You're All I Need album. Billboard described the single as a "potent,driving rocker" that "will put [Gaye and Terrell] rapidly at the top." [1] Cash Box said that it "blazes its way with terrific rhythmic impact and super-powered vocal splendor." [2]
Released a few months after the success of "You're All I Need to Get By",the song performed more modestly than that song,but still charted into the Billboard Hot 100's Top 40. "Keep On Lovin' Me Honey" peaked at number twenty-four on the chart,while reaching number eleven on the R&B singles chart. [3]