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"Your Precious Love" | ||||
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Single by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell | ||||
from the album United | ||||
B-side | "Hold Me Oh My Darling" | |||
Released | August 22, 1967 (1967-08-22) | |||
Recorded | Hitsville USA; February 13 & 17; March 23, 1967 | |||
Genre | Soul, pop | |||
Length | 3:07 | |||
Label | Tamla T 54156 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson | |||
Producer(s) | Harvey Fuqua Johnny Bristol | |||
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell singles chronology | ||||
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"Your Precious Love" is a popular song that was a 1967 hit for Motown singers Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. The song was written by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, and produced by Harvey Fuqua and Johnny Bristol. The doo-wop styled recording features background vocals by Fuqua, Gaye, Terrell and Bristol, and instrumentals by The Funk Brothers with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The song peaked at #5 on Billboard Pop Singles chart, #2 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart, and the top 40 on Billboard's Easy Listening survey. The song was later sampled by Gerald Levert on the song, "Your Smile", on his 2002 album, The G Spot.
Billboard described the single as "a soulful blues ballad." Billboard also felt that both "Your Precious Love" and its b-side "Hold Me Oh My Darling" had equal sales potential as the duos previous hit single "Ain't No Mountain High Enough."
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