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{{Short description|1982 single by Marvin Gaye}}
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{{Infobox song
| name       = Sexual Healing
| cover      = Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing 7-inch single.JPG
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Marvin Gaye]]
| album      = [[Midnight Love]]
| B-side     = "Sexual Healing" (instrumental version)
| released   = October 9, 1982
| recorded   =
| studio     = Studio Katy, [[Ohain, Belgium|Ohain]], Belgium
| venue      =
| genre      = 
*[[R&B music|R&B]]
*[[post-disco]]
*[[soul music|soul]]
*[[funk]]
| length     = *{{Duration|m=3|s=59}} (album version)
*4:05 (single version)
*4:39 (alternate vocal)
| label      = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]/[[Sony Music Entertainment|CBS Records]]
| writer     = {{hlist|Marvin Gaye|[[Odell Brown]]|[[David Ritz]]}}
| producer   = Marvin Gaye
| prev_title = [[Heavy Love Affair]]
| prev_year  = 1981
| next_title = [[My Love Is Waiting]]
| next_year  = 1983
| misc       = {{Audio sample
 | type = single
 | file = Sexual Healing sample.ogg
}}
}}

"'''Sexual Healing'''" is a song recorded by American singer [[Marvin Gaye]] from his seventeenth and final studio album, ''[[Midnight Love]]'' (1982). It was his first single since his exit from his long-term record label [[Motown]] earlier in the year, following the release of the ''[[In Our Lifetime (Marvin Gaye album)|In Our Lifetime]]'' (1981) album the previous year. It peaked at No. 3 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] (Gaye's final top 10 hit) and is listed at number 198 on ''[[Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone's]]'' list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time]].<ref name="GS">{{cite magazine|title= The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time |magazine= [[Rolling Stone]] |date= September 15, 2021 |access-date= September 20, 2021 |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/}}</ref> "Sexual Healing" is written and composed in the [[Key (music)|key]] of [[E-flat major]] and is set in [[time signature]] of 4/4 with a [[tempo]] of 94 [[beats per minute]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye – Digital Sheet Music |publisher= [[EMI Music Publishing]] |via= Musicnotes.com |date= May 19, 2008 |access-date= June 30, 2021 |url= https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0065445}}</ref>

==Background==
In the winter of 1981, [[Marvin Gaye]] had relocated to [[Ostend|Ostend, Belgium]], following the end of a European tour amid problems with the [[Internal Revenue Service]] and the end of his second marriage. Struggling with [[depression (mood)|depression]] and [[Cocaine dependence|cocaine addiction]], Gaye had agreed to move to Ostend on the advice of longtime resident [[Freddy Cousaert]]. While in Ostend, Gaye began to curb his drug use and recover from his depression, partaking in Ostend's beaches. Gaye also began cutting ties with his longtime recording label, [[Motown]], following the release of ''[[In Our Lifetime (Marvin Gaye album)|In Our Lifetime]]'', an album he did not consider finished. He said that he would never record with Motown again, and accused it of betraying his creativity.{{sfn|Ritz|1991|p=280}}

While still with Motown, Gaye had received offers from labels including [[I.R.S. Records]], [[Arista Records]] and [[Elektra Records]]; afterward, he sought to make a deal with [[Sony Music|CBS Records]] after they offered him a contract.{{sfn|Gaye|2003|p=137}} CBS agreed to sign him and help clear his financial debt, and spent a year negotiating. In the meantime, Gaye needed spending money, so Cousaert set him up with a month-long England tour between June 13 and July 1, 1981. The tour was called "A Heavy Love Affair Tour 1981", named after his song "[[Heavy Love Affair]]", from ''In Our Lifetime''.{{sfn|Gaye|2003|p=138}} After returning to Belgium that July, Gaye performed two shows at Ostend's Casino Kursaal on July 3 and 4, 1981.{{sfn|Gaye|2003|p=139}}

==Production==
At the end of the tour, two of Gaye's musicians, [[Gordon Banks (musician)|Gordon Banks]] and [[Odell Brown]], had decided to stay in Ostend as Gaye had been planning on new musical material after being exposed to [[reggae]] music while in England.<ref name="BTL">{{cite AV media|title= Marvin Gaye: Behind the Legend |year= 2000}}</ref> With Brown and Banks, Gaye created and composed an [[instrumental]] track that featured reggae overtones, recorded in October 1981.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} Gaye used a [[Roland TR-808]] drum machine to create the percussion; he was drawn to the instrument because he could use it to create music without other musicians or producers.<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Chris |last= Norris |title= The 808 heard round the world |magazine= [[The New Yorker]] |date= 13 August 2015 |access-date= 21 February 2022 |url= http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-808-heard-round-the-world }}</ref>

Gaye was still working on the track when [[David Ritz]], then a reviewer for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', arrived at Ostend to locate Gaye, despite Gaye's and Couseart's rules that no music critic would be allowed to talk to the singer.<ref name="BTL"/>{{sfn|Gaye|2003|p=143}} The story has been disputed on how the lyrics to "Sexual Healing" were devised. Ritz claims that Gaye had been viewing [[sadomasochism]] [[comic book]]s and advised Gaye he needed "sexual healing".<ref name="BTL"/><ref name="DR" /> When Ritz explained to Gaye what that meant, Gaye told him to "write a poem" while Gaye came up with the melody.<ref name="BTL"/><ref name="DR">{{cite web|title= David Ritz: The First Time I Wrote a Song |publisher= [[SoundCloud]] |series= First Time Last Time podcast by Ben Adair |access-date= April 27, 2016 |url= https://soundcloud.com/1stlasttime/david-ritz-the-first-time-i-wrote-a-song}}</ref> However, Gaye's closest friends dispute this.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

In an interview with ''[[HUMO]]'' in 1994, Cousaert claimed the only songwriters were Gaye and Brown and stated Ritz's contribution was the title.<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Patrick |last= De Witte |title= Marvin Gaye: van ellende naar Oostende |magazine= HUMO |date= March 14, 1994 |access-date= May 5, 2016 |url= http://www.humo.be/humo-dossiers/21844/marvin-gaye-van-ellende-naar-oostende |language= nl}}</ref> In [[Frankie Gaye]]'s memoirs, ''My Brother, Marvin'', the singer's brother claimed Ritz had told him, "not only are you sexy, your music is healing," inspiring Gaye to write the lyrics himself.{{sfn|Gaye|2003|pp=144}} Gordon Banks told ''[[The Atlantic]]'' in 2012 that the conversation between Gaye and Ritz had nothing to do with Marvin's S&M collection but because Gaye had been intrigued by [[Amsterdam]]'s red light district, to which Ritz replied that Gaye needed sexual healing but said he had nothing to do with the creation of the song.<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Chris |last= Williams |title= 'The Man Was a Genius': Tales from Making Marvin Gaye's Final Album |magazine= [[The Atlantic]] |date= October 1, 2012 |access-date= June 4, 2013 |url= https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/10/2Fthe-man-was-a-genius-tales-from-making-marvin-gayes-final-album/263028}}</ref> Odell Brown stated he never met Ritz and assumed Ritz was just there for an interview for ''Rolling Stone''.<ref name="BTL"/> Though Gaye himself acknowledged Ritz for coming up with the song title, Ritz sued Gaye for $15 million for partial credit.{{sfn|Gaye|2003|p=145}} Though Ritz was eventually credited after settling with Gaye's estate following his death, his case was dropped due to insufficient evidence in 1983.{{sfn|Gaye|2003|p=145}}

==Composition==
"Sexual Healing" has been described as a [[post-disco]],<ref>{{cite web|first= Gary |last= Suarez |title= Drake, The Weeknd, and the Battle for Marvin Gaye's Mantle |website= [[Consequence of Sound]] |date= October 1, 2013 |access-date= May 5, 2016 |url= http://consequenceofsound.net/aux-out/drake-the-weeknd-and-the-battle-for-marvin-gayes-mantle/}}</ref> [[Soul music|soul]]<ref>{{cite web|title= Get the groove of Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing |publisher= [[MusicRadar]] |date= February 16, 2012 |access-date= May 5, 2016 |url= http://www.musicradar.com/tuition/tech/get-the-groove-of-marvin-gayes-sexual-healing-530149}}</ref> and [[funk]] song.<ref>{{cite book|first= Bill |last= Friskics-Warren |year= 2005 |title= I'll Take You There: Pop Music and the Urge for Transcendence |page= [https://archive.org/details/illtakeyoutherep0000fris/page/51 51] |chapter= Chapter 2: Sexual Healing, or Somethin' Like Sanctified |publisher= [[Continuum International Publishing Group|Continuum]] |isbn= 0-82641700-0 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/illtakeyoutherep0000fris}}</ref> It begins with a deep [[bass drum]] followed by "tinny" [[clapping|handclaps]], "ticky" [[snare drum|snare]], and "tishy" [[hi-hat]]s generated by a [[Roland TR-808]] drum machine.<ref>{{cite web|first= Jason |last= Anderson |title= Slaves to the rhythm |date= November 28, 2008 |publisher= [[CBC.ca]] |url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/slaves-to-the-rhythm-1.771508 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090607095222/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2008/11/27/f-history-of-the-808.html |archive-date= June 7, 2009}}</ref> The first vocal sounds are of whispers, recorded by singer [[Harvey Fuqua]], an early mentor of Gaye who assisted him in production of the song and its parent album, ''[[Midnight Love]]''. Fuqua whispers, "Get up" and "Wake up" four times respectively before the sounds of a rhythmic [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]]. Afterwards, Gaye sings an ad-lib before the first verse.

As Gaye sings the verses, background vocals (provided by Gaye and Gordon Banks) are heard singing, "heal me, my darlin'," while Gaye sings the lyrics. During the chorus, sounds of a harmonious [[synthesizer]] are heard before Gaye reaches a vocal bridge, that is led by Gaye and Gordon Banks providing a [[rhythm guitar]] solo. In the album version of the song, Fuqua's whispers are repeated in the middle of the song, in the single version, however, Gaye takes Fuqua's place, singing in part of Fuqua's words adding more lyrics before returning to the verse. Another bridge follows after the second repeat of the chorus. In different versions of the song, Gaye had added extra lyrics to the second bridge as showcased on the song's demo tape and on an alternate version of the song. Gaye eventually cut part of the lyrics off.

In the album version, Gaye and Banks' background vocals immediately come after the second bridge ends, but in the single version, Gaye repeats the vamp he had sung at the ending of the first bridge, this time with Fuqua's whispers added. The song ends with Gaye repeating the chorus line. As it fades out, Gaye can be heard singing, "please don't procrastinate, it's not good to masturbate."<ref>{{cite web|title= Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing |website= SongMeanings |date= 8 November 2011 |access-date= June 4, 2013 |url= http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/51470/}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
In his review of ''Midnight Love'' for ''Rolling Stone'', [[Dave Marsh]] described "Sexual Healing" as a track that was "sort of a polemic for the power of rampant humping."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Dave |last= Marsh |title= Marvin Gaye – Midnight Love |magazine= Rolling Stone |date= January 20, 1983 |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/midnight-love-19830120 |archive-date= November 3, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121103181213/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/midnight-love-19830120}}</ref> ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' described it as "the plaintively [[blue balls|blue-balled model]] for basically every [[slow jam]]" since its release.<ref name="Blender">{{cite magazine|title= The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born: Number 1 |magazine= [[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |date= October 2005}}</ref> An [[AllMusic]] reviewer stated Gaye had "concocted a pioneering percussive sound that was balladic in taste but stimulating in feel."<ref>{{cite web|first= Craig |last= Lytle |title= Marvin Gaye – Midnight Love |publisher= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= June 4, 2013 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/midnight-love-mw0000189980}}</ref> In its end-year lists of 1982, ''Rolling Stone'',<ref>{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line --> |title=1982 Music Awards|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|page=16|date=March 3, 1983|issue=390}}</ref> ''[[NME]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line --> |title=Vinyl Finals 1982|url=https://www.nme.com/features/1982-2-1045396|magazine=[[NME]]|location=London|page=29|date=December 25, 1982|access-date=July 24, 2024}}</ref> and ''[[The Village Voice]]''<ref name="1982 poll">{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres82.php |title=The 1982 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll |work=[[The Village Voice]] |date=February 22, 1983 |access-date=February 13, 2013 |author=Christgau, Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |archive-date=July 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709105939/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres82.php |url-status=live }}</ref> listed it as one of the "songs of the year" with the latter two ranking it at number two. ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' described it as "America's hottest pop-culture turn-on" since [[Olivia Newton-John]]'s single "[[Physical (Olivia Newton-John song)|Physical]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|first= David |last= Ritz |title= The Last Days of Marvin Gaye |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= July 1985 |volume= 40 |issue= 7 |page= 96 |issn= 0012-9011 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=FtkDAAAAMBAJ&q=%22physical%22&pg=PA96}}</ref>

"Sexual Healing" won several music industry awards. At the [[25th Annual Grammy Awards|1983 Grammy Awards]], the song won Gaye two Grammys, including [[Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance|Best Male R&B Vocal Performance]] and [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance|Best R&B Instrumental Performance]].<ref name="awards"/> Gaye's performance of the song later made it into the compilation album, ''Grammy's Greatest Moments Volume I'', in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|title= Grammy's Greatest Moments, Volume 1: Various Artists |publisher= [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] |access-date= November 21, 2011 |url= https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002IXZ/}}</ref> The [[American Music Award]]s recognized the track for Favorite Soul/R&B Single. "Sexual Healing" sold over two million units in its standard 45 RPM single format and was certified [[RIAA certification|platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]]. The [[music download|digital sales]] of "Sexual Healing" reached 500,000 [[download]]s and was certified as a gold single in 2005. Also issued as a [[truetone|mastertone]], this format was certified platinum in 2007.

==Personnel==
Credits sourced from [[The Atlantic]], Electronic Sound, and the original album liner notes<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/10/the-man-was-a-genius-tales-from-making-marvin-gayes-final-album/263028/|title='The Man Was a Genius': Tales from Making Marvin Gaye's Final Album|website=[[The Atlantic]]|date=October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.electronicsound.co.uk/time-machine/marvin-gaye-sexual-healing/|title=Marvin Gaye 'Sexual Healing'|website=electronicsound.co.uk|date=October 2022}}</ref>

*[[Marvin Gaye]] - lead and backing vocals, [[Roland Jupiter-8]] synthesizers, [[Rhodes piano|Fender Rhodes electric piano]], [[Hammond organ]], [[Roland TR-808]] programming, finger cymbals
*[[Gordon Banks (musician)|Gordon Banks]] - electric guitars, backing vocals
*[[Harvey Fuqua]] - backing vocals

==Chart performance==
"Sexual Healing" reached number one on [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|''Billboard''{{'}}s Hot R&B Singles]] chart, staying at the top spot for ten weeks. The success was similar on the [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] where it peaked at number three, becoming his 18th and last top 10 hit. This peak at three made Gaye the second artist in the history of the Hot 100 chart (after [[Aretha Franklin]]) to have hit songs peak at each position from one to ten on the chart. The song also was a success on ''Billboard''{{'}}s other component charts, reaching number 12 on the [[Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]] chart and number 34 on the [[Hot Adult Contemporary]] chart. The song reached number one on Canada's ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' chart.

It also peaked at number four on the [[UK Singles Chart]] and Australia's [[Kent Music Report]]. On Belgium's [[Ultratop|Ultratop 50]] chart, the song reached number two. It also reached number one on [[New Zealand]]'s RIANZ chart, where it stayed at the top spot for six weeks. It reached number three on the [[Dutch Top 40]] in the [[Netherlands]] and also reached number seven on the [[Irish Singles Chart]] in [[Ireland]]. In other countries, success was more modest: West Germany's [[GfK Entertainment Charts|Media Control Charts]], Switzerland's [[Sverigetopplistan|Swedish Singles Chart]], and Italy's [[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|Italian Singles Chart]], where it reached numbers 23, 17, and 37. It ultimately sold over four million worldwide.

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1982–1983)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite web|title= Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – CHART POSITIONS PRE 1989 |publisher= Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien |access-date= May 5, 2016 |url= http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=21533&pages= |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131020025459/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=21533&pages= |archive-date= October 20, 2013}}</ref>
|align="center"|4
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|2|artist=Marvin Gaye|song=Sexual Healing|access-date=June 3, 2013}}
|-
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|1|chartid=6213|access-date=June 3, 2013}}
|-
|Finland ([[Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite book|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=87|first=Timo|last=Pennanen|year=2021|title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021|section=Marvin Gaye|page=87|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|access-date=June 25, 2022|language=fi}}</ref>
|align="center"|12
|-
|France ([[Institut français d'opinion publique|IFOP]])<ref>{{cite web|title= Le Détail par Artiste |website= InfoDisc |id= Select "Marvin Gaye" from the artist drop-down menu |access-date= May 5, 2016 |url= http://www.infodisc.fr/Tubes_Artistes_G.php |language= fr}}</ref>
|align="center"|17
|-
{{single chart|Ireland2|7|song=Sexual Healing|access-date=May 5, 2016}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|3|year=1982|week=50|access-date=June 3, 2013}}
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{{single chart|Dutch100|3|artist=Marvin Gaye|song=Sexual Healing|access-date=June 3, 2013}}
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Marvin Gaye|song=Sexual Healing|access-date=June 3, 2013}}
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|17|artist=Marvin Gaye|song=Sexual Healing|refname=SMG17|access-date=June 3, 2013}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|4|date=19821114|access-date=June 3, 2013}}
|-
|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="awards">{{cite web|title= Midnight Love – Awards |publisher= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= June 3, 2013 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/midnight-love-mw0000189980/awards}}</ref>
|align="center"|3
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|US [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="awards"/>
|align="center"|34
|-
|US [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Hot Black Singles]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="awards"/>
|align="center"|1
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|US [[Hot Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="awards"/>
|align="center"|12
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|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>{{cite magazine|title= CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending JANUARY 22, 1983 |magazine= [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19830122.html |archive-date= September 11, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120911042501/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19830122.html}}</ref>
|align="center"|5
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{{single chart|West Germany|23|artist=Marvin Gaye|song=Sexual Healing|songid=7643|access-date=June 3, 2013}}
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!Year
!Chart 
!Rank
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|2011
{{single chart|France|74|artist=Marvin Gaye|song=Sexual Healing|access-date=May 5, 2016}}
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|2012
{{single chart|France|187|artist=Marvin Gaye|song=Sexual Healing|access-date=May 5, 2016}}
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|2013
{{single chart|France|73|artist=Marvin Gaye|song=Sexual Healing|access-date=May 5, 2016}}
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|2014
{{single chart|France|90|artist=Marvin Gaye|song=Sexual Healing|access-date=May 5, 2016}}
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|2015
{{single chart|France|68|artist=Marvin Gaye|song=Sexual Healing|access-date=May 5, 2016}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1982)
!Rank
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|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|title= Jaaroverzichten – Single 1982 |publisher= [[Single Top 100]]. Hung Medien |access-date= May 5, 2016 |url= http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1982&cat=s |language= nl}}</ref>
|align="center"|55
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|US ''Cash Box''<ref>{{cite magazine|title= The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1982 |magazine= [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1982YESP.html |archive-date= September 21, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120921090617/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1982YESP.html}}</ref>
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{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1983)
!Rank
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|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="aus83">{{cite web |url=https://i.imgur.com/860ttad.jpg |title=Kent Music Report – National Top 100 Singles for 1983 |publisher=[[Kent Music Report]] |via=Imgur.com |access-date=January 22, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s |publisher= Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien |url= http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 |access-date= May 5, 2016 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134948/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 |archive-date= October 6, 2014}}</ref>
|align="center"|31
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|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|title= Jaaroverzichten 1983 |publisher= [[Ultratop]]. Hung Medien |access-date= May 5, 2016 |url= http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1982 |language= nl}}</ref>
|align="center"|72
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|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= The Top Singles of 1983 |magazine= [[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |volume= 39 |issue= 17 |date= December 24, 1983 |access-date= May 5, 2016 |url= http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6699&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6699.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6699}}</ref>
|align="center"|12
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|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<ref>{{cite web|title= End of Year Charts 1983 |publisher= Recorded Music New Zealand |access-date= May 5, 2016 |url= https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1983-12-31}}</ref>
|align="center"|20
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|title= Top 100 Hits for 1983 |website= The Longbored Surfer |access-date= May 5, 2016 |url= http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1983}}</ref>
|align="center"|32
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|US Hot Black Singles (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – 1983 |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=Hot%20R&B%2FHip-Hop%20Songs&g=Year-end%20Singles&year=1983 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090618165040/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=Hot%2BR&B%2FHip-Hop%2BSongs&g=Year-end%2BSingles&year=1983 |archive-date= June 18, 2009}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
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|US ''Cash Box''<ref>{{cite magazine|title= The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1983 |magazine= [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1983YESP.html |archive-date= September 11, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120911042042/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1983YESP.html}}</ref>
|align="center"|49
|}
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==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=Marvin Gaye|title=Sexual Healing|relyear=1982|certyear=2015|certmonth=10|type=single|award=Gold|access-date=December 24, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Marvin Gaye|title=Sexual Healing|relyear=1982|certyear=1983|type=single|award=Gold|access-date=March 1, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Marvin Gaye|title=Sexual Healing|relyear=1982|certyear=2020|type=single|award=Platinum|id=8928|access-date=October 5, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Marvin Gaye|title=Sexual Healing|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=1982|certyear=2023|access-date=February 19, 2023}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Marvin Gaye|title=Sexual Healing|relyear=1982|certyear=2024|type=single|award=Platinum|accessdate=January 12, 2024}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Marvin Gaye|title=Sexual Healing|relyear=2003|certyear=2007|type=single|award=Platinum|digital=true|note=Mastertone|access-date=July 20, 2021}}
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==Soul Asylum version==
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{{Infobox song
| name       = Sexual Healing
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Soul Asylum]]
| album      = [[No Alternative]]
| released   = 1993
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      =
| length     = {{Duration|m=4|s=45}}
| label      = [[Arista Records|Arista]]
| writer     = *[[Marvin Gaye]]
*[[Odell Brown]]
*[[David Ritz]]
| producer   =
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title =
| next_year  = 
}}

"Sexual Healing" was covered in 1993 by Minneapolis [[rock music|rock]] band [[Soul Asylum]] for the charity compilation ''[[No Alternative]]''. Despite not being promoted as a single, the song managed to peak at number ten on the U.S. [[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock Tracks]]. It was included in the compilation ''[[Playlist: The Very Best of Soul Asylum]]''.

===Charts===
{|class="wikitable"
!Chart (1993)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|10|artist=Soul Asylum|access-date=May 5, 2016}}
|}

==Max-A-Million version==
In 1995, American musical group [[Max-A-Million]] covered "Sexual Healing". Their version peaked at number 60 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], number five in Australia, number four in New Zealand and number one on the Canadian ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' [[Canadian dance chart|Dance]] chart.

===Charts===
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====Weekly charts====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1995–1996)
!Peak<br>position
|-
{{single chart|Australia|5|artist=Max-A-Million|song=Sexual Healing|access-date=May 5, 2016}}
|-
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|76|chartid=2926|access-date=May 5, 2016|refname=CanadaMax-A-Million}}
|-
{{single chart|Canadadance|1|chartid=2894|access-date=May 5, 2016}}
|-
{{single chart|Germany|59|artist=Max-A-Million|song=Sexual Healing|songid=20233|access-date=May 5, 2016}}
|-
|Iceland ([[Íslenski listinn|Íslenski Listinn Topp 40]])<ref>{{cite news|title= Íslenski Listinn Nr. 142 |newspaper= [[DV (newspaper)|Dagblaðið Vísir]] |page= 26 |date= November 4, 1995 |access-date= October 3, 2020 |url= https://timarit.is/page/2933047?iabr=on#page/n25/mode/2up |language= is}}</ref>
|align="center"|25
|-
{{single chart|New Zealand|4|artist=Max-A-Million|song=Sexual Healing|access-date=May 5, 2016}}
|-
|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Billboard Hot 100 |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= December 16, 1995 |access-date= June 3, 2025 |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1995-12-16/}}</ref>
|align="center"|60
|-
|US [[Rhythmic (chart)|Top 40/Rhythm-Crossover]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Rhythmic Airplay |magazine= Billboard |date= November 25, 1995 |access-date= June 3, 2025 |url= https://www.billboard.com/charts/rhythmic-40/1995-11-25/ |url-access= subscription}}</ref>
|align="center"|11
|-
|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]''<ref>{{cite magazine|title= CASH BOX Top 100 Pop Singles – Week ending DECEMBER 30, 1995 |magazine= [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/90s_files/19951230.html |archive-date= October 10, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121010232641/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/90s_files/19951230.html}}</ref>
|align="center"|53
|}
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====Year-end charts====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1996)
!Position
|-
|Australia (ARIA)<ref name="ausyemax">{{cite web|title= ARIA Top 50 Singles for 1996 |publisher= [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] |access-date= November 18, 2019 |url= https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1996/singles-chart}}</ref>
|align="center"|17
|-
|Canada Dance/Urban (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|title= Year End Dance ~ Top 50 |magazine= RPM |via= Library and Archives Canada |volume= 64 |issue= 18 |date= December 16, 1996 |access-date= May 5, 2016 |url= http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9738&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9738.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9738}}</ref>
|align="center"|23
|}
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===Certifications===
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1995|certyear=1996|certref=<ref name="ausyemax"/>|access-date=November 18, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Max A Million|title=Sexual Healing|award=Gold|relyear=1995|id=1995-12-22|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|certyear=1995}}
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==Sarah Connor version==
{{more citations needed|section|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox song
| name       = Sexual Healing
| cover      = sexualhealing2.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Sarah Connor (singer)|Sarah Connor]] featuring [[Ne-Yo]]
| album      = [[Soulicious (Sarah Connor album)|Soulicious]]
| B-side     = Get It Right
| released   = 2007
| recorded   =
| studio     = Saal 4, Berlin
| venue      =
| genre      =
| length     = {{Duration|m=4|s=10}}
| label      = [[Universal Music Group|X-Cell]]
| writer     = *[[Marvin Gaye]]
*[[Odell Brown]]
*[[David Ritz]]
| producer   = *Kay D.
*Rob Tyger
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title =
| next_year  =
| misc       = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[Sarah Connor (singer)|Sarah Connor]]
 | type       = single
 | prev_title = [[The Impossible Dream (The Quest)#Sarah Connor version|The Impossible Dream (The Quest)]]
 | prev_year  = 2007
 | title      = Sexual Healing
 | year       = 2007
 | next_title = [[Under My Skin (Sarah Connor song)|Under My Skin]]
 | next_year  = 2008
}}
{{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[Ne-Yo]]
 | type       = single
 | prev_title = [[Because of You (Ne-Yo song)|Because of You]]
 | prev_year  = 2007
 | title      = Sexual Healing
 | year       = 2007
 | next_title = [[Hate That I Love You]]
 | next_year  = 2007}}
}}
In 2007, the song was covered by German singer [[Sarah Connor (singer)|Sarah Connor]] for her studio album of covers, ''[[Soulicious (Sarah Connor album)|Soulicious]]'' (2007). A re-recorded version featuring American singer [[Ne-Yo]] was released as the album's second [[Single (music)|single]] in 2007. On the same album, Connor performed a posthumous duet with Gaye entitled "[[Your Precious Love]]".

The song's music video is placed in the story of the 1986 erotic drama film ''[[9½ Weeks]]'', featuring representative scenes from the film, e.g. the well-known ice scene, Connor being fed by a Ne-Yo [[doppelgänger]] and her homemade striptease. Apart from the original film, this video is one of the few visual works that repeat the proem to the sex scene on the stairs in the rain. Ne-Yo was not available the day the music video was shot, so a doppelgänger was used. Connor stated that she was slightly drunk during the shoot of the video.<ref>''VIVA Live!'' episode aired on [[Viva (TV station)|VIVA]]; June 6, 2007 at 3 PM.</ref>

===Track listing===
;European CD single
#"Sexual Healing" {{small|(Video Version featuring Ne-Yo)}} – 3:52
#"Sexual Healing" {{small|(Original Radio Edit)}} – 3:51

;European CD maxi single
#"Sexual Healing" {{small|(Video Version featuring Ne-Yo)}} – 3:52
#"Sexual Healing" {{small|(Original Radio Edit)}} – 3:51
#"Get It Right" – 4:20
#"Sexual Healing" {{small|(Video featuring Ne-Yo)}} – 4:04
#Online Access: Making of "Sexual Healing"

===Charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (2007)
!Peak<br>position
|-
{{single chart|Austria|45|artist=Sarah Connor feat. Ne-Yo|song=Sexual Healing|access-date=May 5, 2016}}
|-
|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100 Singles]])<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Sarah Connor Album & Song Chart History – European Hot 100 |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date= November 10, 2009 |url= {{BillboardURLbyName|artist=sarah connor|chart=European Hot 100}}}}</ref>
|align="center"|44
|-
{{single chart|Germany|11|artist=Sarah Connor feat. Ne-Yo|song=Sexual Healing|songid=327340|access-date=May 5, 2016}}
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|41|artist=Sarah Connor feat. Ne-Yo|song=Sexual Healing|access-date=May 5, 2016}}
|}

==Kygo remix==
{{Infobox song
| name       = Sexual Healing (Kygo Remix)
| cover      = Marvin Gaye and Kygo Sexual Healing cover.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = remix single
| artist     = [[Marvin Gaye]] and [[Kygo]]
| album      =
| EP         =
| written    =
| published  =
| released   = {{Start date|2015|04|27}}
| recorded   = 2013
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = Tropical house
| length     = {{Duration|m=6|s=08}}
| label      = *[[Ultra Music|Ultra]]
*[[Sony Music|Sony]]
| writer     = *[[Marvin Gaye]]
*[[Odell Brown]]
*[[David Ritz]]
| composer   =
| lyricist   =
| producer   = Kygo
| chronology = [[Kygo]] singles
| prev_title = [[Stole the Show]]
| prev_year  = 2015
| title      =
| next_title = [[Nothing Left (Kygo song)|Nothing Left]]
| next_year  = 2015
}}

Norwegian DJ and record producer [[Kygo]] released a remix of "Sexual Healing" on [[SoundCloud]] on 21 November 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title= Kygo: Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing (Kygo Remix) |publisher= SoundCloud |access-date= August 3, 2015 |url= https://soundcloud.com/kygo/marvin-gaye-sexual-healing}}</ref> It was watched millions of times on YouTube.<ref>{{cite web|author= Rob |title= Kygo releases remix Marvin Gaye Sexual Healing |work= Eurofied |date= April 30, 2015 |access-date= August 3, 2015 |url= http://eurofied.com/2015/04/30/kygo-releases-remix-marvin-gayes-sexual-healing/}}</ref>

The track was released as a single on April 27, 2015 by [[Ultra Music]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Sexual Healing (Kygo Remix) – Single |date= 21 November 2013 |publisher= [[iTunes]] |access-date= August 3, 2015 |url= https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sexual-healing-kygo-remix/id984321218|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151227115642/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sexual-healing-kygo-remix/id984321218|url-status= dead|archive-date= December 27, 2015}}</ref> The remix would later appear on the special-edition 12-inch single issued on [[Record Store Day]] 2018.

===Charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (2015)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
{{single chart|Flanders Tip|17|artist=Marvin Gaye|song=Sexual Healing (Kygo remix)|access-date=May 5, 2016}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|75|artist=Marvin Gaye|song=Sexual Healing (Kygo remix)|access-date=August 3, 2015|refname=DutchKygo}}
|-
{{single chart|Norway|23|artist=Marvin Gaye|song=Sexual Healing (Kygo remix)|access-date=August 3, 2015}}
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|57|artist=Marvin Gaye|song=Sexual Healing (Kygo remix)|refname=SMG57|access-date=August 3, 2015}}
|}

==Other covers==
Singer [[Michael Bolton]] covered the song for his 1999 album, ''[[Timeless: The Classics Vol. 2]]''. His version peaked at number 28 on the US [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] chart<ref>{{cite web|title= Michael Bolton – Awards |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= May 5, 2016 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/michael-bolton-mn0000387720/awards}}</ref> and at number 48 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Adult Contemporary Tracks |magazine=RPM |volume=70 |issue=13 |date=January 31, 2000 |access-date=May 5, 2016 |url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9715&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9715.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9715}}</ref>

[[Kate Bush]] and [[Davy Spillane]]'s version of 'Sexual Healing' appeared as a non-album bonus track on her ''[[King of the Mountain (Kate Bush song)|King of the Mountain]]'' [[single (music)|single]] in 2005.

In 2005, the [[Hot 8 Brass Band]] included a cover of the song on their album ''[[Rock with the Hot 8]]'' (later re-released on the Tru Thoughts label, in 2007). This version of the song also features prominently in the movie ''[[Chef (2014 film)|Chef]],'' with the title character (played by [[Jon Favreau]]) and his sous-chef (played by [[John Leguizamo]]) singing along.

==Remixes, samplings and interpolations==
In 2001, "Sexual Healing" is interpolated by Joe on the song [[Let's Stay Home Tonight (song)|Let's Stay Home Tonight]]".<ref name="hall">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2hEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=joe+lets+stay+home+tonight+marvin&pg=PA43|access-date=Dec 10, 2022|publisher=[[billboard.com]]|last=Hall|first=Rashaun|title=Billboard - November 3rd, 2001|date=3 November 2001 }}</ref>

In 2005, "Sexual Healing" was sampled by Japanese singer-songwriter [[Miliyah Kato]] in her song "[[Dear Lonely Girl]]".<ref>{{cite web|title= 3rdシングル『ロンリーガール』リリース！ 16歳・新世代ディーバを直撃INTERVIEW |work= Tokyo Head Line Web |url= http://www.tokyoheadline.com:80/vol197/inter02.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= April 4, 2005 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050404122453/http://www.tokyoheadline.com/vol197/inter02.html |language= ja}}</ref> The song charted at number 15 on the [[Oricon]] Singles Chart.<ref>{{cite web|title= ディア ロンリーガール: 加藤ミリヤ |publisher= [[Oricon]] |access-date= December 11, 2017 |url= https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/343371/products/587446/1/ |language= ja}}</ref>

In 2007, this song was remixed by [[Freemasons (band)|Alibi]] vs. Rockefeller with a [[music video]] featuring three female dancers dressed as nurses (Lauren Ridealgh, Bayley Darling, and Stephanie Fitzpatrick). It charted at number 16 on the Finnish Singles Chart<ref>{{cite web|title= Alibi vs. RockeFeller – Sexual Healing |publisher= Finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien |access-date= May 5, 2016 |url= http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Alibi+vs%2E+RockeFeller&titel=Sexual+Healing&cat=s}}</ref> and at number 34 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref>{{cite web|title= Alibi vs Rockefeller |publisher= [[Official Charts Company]] |access-date= July 1, 2012 |url= http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/2385/alibi%20vs%20rockefeller/}}</ref>

In 2017, R&B singer, Miguel, used a sampled portion & interpolations of "Sexual Healing" in the song, "Pineapple Skies", from his 2017 studio album, "War & Leisure".

==Legacy==
In 2003, ''Rolling Stone'' listed "Sexual Healing" at number 231 on its list of the [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title= The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (1–500) |magazine= Rolling Stone |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/3 |archive-date= August 20, 2006 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060820114511/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/3}}</ref> In the follow-up 2011 list, it dropped two places to number 233.<ref name="n233">{{cite magazine |title=500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 233 – Marvin Gaye, 'Sexual Healing' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/marvin-gaye-sexual-healing-20110527 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=July 5, 2012}}</ref> In the 2021 list, it was ranked at number 198.<ref name="GS" /> Frequently included in best-of lists, the song ranked number 45 on ''Blender'''s list of their "Top 500 Songs Since You Were Born".<ref name="Blender"/> It also ranked in several rock lists in Norway, Spain, the UK and the United States.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}} It was also inducted to the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as one of the [[500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

==See also==
*[[List of number-one R&B singles of 1982 (U.S.)]]
*[[List of number-one singles of 1983 (Canada)]]
*[[List of number-one singles from the 1980s (New Zealand)]]
*[[List of RPM number-one dance singles of 1996]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|last=Gaye|first=Frankie|title=Marvin Gaye, My Brother|publisher=Backbeat Books|year=2003|isbn=0-87930-742-0|url=https://archive.org/details/marvingayemybrot00fran}}
*{{cite book|last=Ritz|first=David|title=Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye|publisher=Cambridge, Mass: [[Da Capo Press]]|year=1991|isbn=0-306-81191-X}}

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