You Ain't Livin' till You're Lovin'

"You Ain't Livin' till You're Lovin'" is a 1968 single released on the Tamla-Motown label by Motown vocal duo Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.[1]

"You Ain't Livin' till You're Lovin'"
Single by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
from the album You're All I Need
Released1968 (1968)
GenreSoul
LabelTamla-Motown
Songwriter(s)Ashford, Simpson
Producer(s)Ashford & Simpson
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell singles chronology
"Keep On Lovin' Me Honey"
(1968)
"You Ain't Livin' till You're Lovin'"
(1968)
"Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By"
(1969)

The song gave the duo a boost in the UK where the single was released.[citation needed] Motown's stateside headquarters issued the song as the b-side to the hit "Keep On Lovin' Me Honey". The song eventually reached the top thirty on the UK Top 50 peaking at number twenty-one.[1]

It was the fourth and final release from the duo's best-selling album You're All I Need, and was later covered by Diana Ross and the Supremes and The Marvelettes.

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  1. ^ a b Strong, Martin C. (1998). The Great Rock Discography. Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 294. ISBN 0-86241-827-5.