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"How Can I Forget"
"How Can I Forget"
Single by Marvin Gaye
from the album That's the Way Love Is
B-side	"Gonna Give Her All the Love I've Got"
Released	December 16, 1969
Recorded	Hitsville USA; 1969
Genre	Soul, funk, psychedelic soul
Length	1:55
Label	Tamla; T 54190
Songwriter(s)	Norman Whitfield ; Barrett Strong
Producer(s)	Norman Whitfield
Marvin Gaye singles chronology

"How Can I Forget"
"How Can I Forget"
Single by The Temptations
A-side	"Please Return Your Love to Me"
Released	July 16, 1968
Recorded	Hitsville USA; June 29, 1968
Genre	Soul
Length	1:48
Label	Gordy; G 7074
Songwriter(s)	Norman Whitfield ; Barrett Strong
Producer(s)	Norman Whitfield
The Temptations singles chronology

"How Can I Forget" was originally recorded as a love ballad by Motown group The Temptations in 1968^[1]^[2] and was re-recorded in a psychedelic soul/funk styling by fellow Motown artist, Marvin Gaye in 1969.^[3] His version, released on Motown's first subsidiary, Tamla, became a modest hit that almost reached the Top 40 of the pop charts while peaking at number-eighteen on the Hot Selling Soul Singles chart in 1970.^[4] Marvin's recording was featured on his That's the Way Love Is album. The song is also notable for being (at the time) one of the shortest recordings for both The Tempts and for Gaye; recorded when most songs are over three minutes, its length is just under two.

Personnel

The Temptations' version

Lead vocals by Paul Williams
Background vocals by Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, and Otis Williams
Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

Marvin Gaye's version

Lead (and additional) background vocals by Marvin Gaye
Background vocals by The Originals: Freddie Gorman, Walter Gaines, Henry Dixon and C.P. Spencer
Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
Produced by Norman Whitfield

References

^ The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 8: 1968 [liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records
^ Williams, Otis and Romanowski, Patricia (1988, updated 2002). Temptations. Lanham, MD: Cooper Square. ISBN 0-8154-1218-5.
^ The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 9: 1969 [liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 225.

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[1] The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 8: 1968 [liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records

[2] Williams, Otis and Romanowski, Patricia (1988, updated 2002). Temptations. Lanham, MD: Cooper Square. ISBN 0-8154-1218-5.

[3] The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 9: 1969 [liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records

[4] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 225.

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How Can I Forget

Personnel

The Temptations' version

Marvin Gaye's version

References

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