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“Got to Give It Up” is a funk/disco song by American recording artist Marvin Gaye. Written by the singer and produced by Art Stewart, it was recorded in three studio dates in 1976 with a final mixing in early 1977. The song, a response to Gaye’s label Motown pushing for the singer to record commercially accessible dance music to fit the music industry’s embrace of dance rhythms, was released in March 1977. It was an instant success, landing at number-one on three different Billboard charts and helping its parent album, Gaye’s live album, Live at the London Palladium, sell more than two-million copies. The song held the number one position on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for one week, from June 18 - 25, 1977. It replaced “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac, and was replaced by... Read on...