It Takes Two (song)

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"It Takes Two" was a hit single recorded in late-1966 by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston for Motown's Tamla label.

Produced by Weston's husband, longtime Gaye collaborator William "Mickey" Stevenson, and co-written by Stevenson and Sylvia Moy, "It Takes Two" centered around a romantic lyric which depicted many things in life (dreams, love, wishes, etc.) being better with two people instead of one. The single became Gaye's most successful duet single to date, later outperformed by Gaye's duets with Tammi Terrell.

Gaye and Weston's duet peaked at #14 on the Billboard Pop charts and #4 on Billboard's Soul Singles chart in January of 1967. "It Takes Two" was also Gaye's first major hit in the UK, where it peaked at #16 on the British singles charts in the spring of that same year.

Also in 1967, soul singers Otis Redding and Carla Thomas covered the song for their duet album, King & Queen.

In 1990 "It Takes Two" was covered by Tina Turner & Rod Stewart and was a hit peaking in the UK charts at #5 appearing on both artists Greatest Hits packages.

Billie Piper also made a cover version of the song in late 1998 as B-Side to her third single "She Wants You".