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3 unusual facts about You're the Man


You're the Man

A third version of this song, later issued on the deluxe edition issue of Let's Get It On, has Gaye singing in tenor as the lead, and offered up an opinion that "maybe we should have a lady president", probably a reaction from the news of Shirley Chisholm running for president that year.

Composed primarily on the basis of the 1972 presidential election, the song was supposedly the first release from Gaye's next album, You're the Man, but the song's modest success forced Gaye to shelve the album in protest.

"You're the Man" is a song composed by singer Marvin Gaye and songwriter Kenneth Stover and released on the Motown subsidiary, Tamla, in the summer of 1972.



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