You 're All I Need to Get by - wikipedia You 're All I Need to Get by `` You 're All I Need to Get By '' Single by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell from the album You 're All I Need B - side `` Two Can Have a Party '' Released July 9, 1968 Format 7 '' single Recorded 1967, Hitsville USA, Detroit, Michigan Genre Rhythm and blues soul Length 2 : 38 Label Tamla T 54169 Songwriter ( s ) Nickolas Ashford Valerie Simpson Producer ( s ) Ashford & Simpson Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell singles chronology `` Ai n't Nothing Like the Real Thing '' ( 1968 ) `` You 're All I Need to Get By '' ( 1968 ) `` Keep On Lovin ' Me Honey '' ( 1968 ) `` Ai n't Nothing Like the Real Thing '' ( 1968 ) `` You 're All I Need to Get By '' ( 1968 ) `` Keep On Lovin ' Me Honey '' ( 1968 ) `` You 're All I Need to Get By '' is a song recorded by the American R&B / soul duo Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell and released on Motown Records ' Tamla label in 1968. It was the basis for the 1995 single `` I 'll Be There for You / You 're All I Need to Get By '' from Method Man and Mary J. Blige. Contents 1 Overview 2 Personnel 3 Chart history 4 Covers 5 Other allusions to the song 6 References 7 External links Overview Written by real - life couple Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, it became one of the few Motown recordings of the 1960s that was not recorded with the familiar `` Motown sound ''. Instead, `` You 're All I Need to Get By '' had a more soulful and gospel - oriented theme surrounding it, that was influenced by the writers, who also sing background vocals on the recording, sharing vocals in a church choir in New York City. The lead vocals were recorded separately by the two singers and combined during the mixing process, reportedly to cut studio time, and give time for Terrell, who was using a wheelchair, to recover from surgery on the malignant brain tumor that would ultimately cause her death in 1970. The original recording by Gaye and Terrell peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and number - one on Billboard 's Hot R&B / Soul Singles chart for five weeks, becoming one of the longest - running number one R&B hits of 1968 and the most successful duet recording of Marvin Gaye 's entire career. Given its global appeal, it also reached # 19 on the British singles charts in late 1968, staying there for nineteen weeks. Personnel All lead vocals by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell Background vocals by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson Produced by Ashford & Simpson Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers Chart history Chart ( 1968 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart 7 U.S. Billboard R&B Singles Chart UK Singles Chart 19 Covers This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2017 ) Dionne Warwick recorded this song in 1969 for the album Soulful and Diana Ross recorded it for her 1970 album, Diana Ross. Ashford and Simpson produced Ross ' version as well. Aretha Franklin recorded this song for her 1971 compilation album, Aretha 's Greatest Hits. It peaked at # 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and # 3 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. The Angels released a version in 1974 as the B - side of the single `` Papa 's Side Of The Bed ''. Tony Orlando & Dawn 's version became the third to reach the U.S. Top 40, peaking at # 34 in 1975. They also reached # 13 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams recorded the song for their duet album That 's What Friends Are For. It peaked at # 47 on the Billboard Hot 100, # 10 on the Hot Soul Singles Chart, # 16 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and # 45 on the UK Singles Chart. Gloria Gaynor recorded a disco version for Gloria Gaynor 's Park Avenue Sound. Natalie Appleton and Bootsy Collins recorded this song in 2000 and it features on the soundtrack of the movie Honest directed by Dave Stewart. Michael McDonald recorded this song for his second album of Motown covers, 2004 's Motown Two. In 2007, The James Taylor Quartet recorded instrumental version for the album `` Do n't Mess with Mr. T : James Taylor Quartet Plays Motown '' Kidda uses a line of this song for his 2008 single `` Under The Sun ''. D.C. rapper Wale samples this in the song `` The Remake of a Remake ( All I Need ) '' off of his critically acclaimed `` Mixtape About Nothing, '' with singer Tawiah singing the female vocals. My Morning Jacket performed the song during their New Year 's Eve concert at Madison Square Garden on December 31, 2008, with Nicole Atkins appearing as a guest vocalist to sing the female part. Actresses Telma Hopkins and Valarie Pettiford performed the song together in an episode of UPN 's Half and Half. Gladys Knight `` Empress of Soul '' also performed, '' You 're All I Need to Get By '' A rendition of the tune by husband - and - wife duo Kenny Lattimore and Chanté Moore serves as the theme song for the BET reality series The Family Crews. In 2012, Christine Anu covered the song on her album, Rewind : The Aretha Franklin Songbook. The song has been covered on the BET commercial in 2012 with the new slogan We Got You was shown from the retrospective moments. Jacob Artist and Melissa Benoist sang this song on Season 4 of ' Glee ' for the Valentine 's Day episode ' I Do. ' Irene Grandi and Stefano Bollani sang a piano and vocal cover during the fourth Episode of the musical show `` L'importante è avere un piano '' on the Italian TV channel Rai 1, on 12 December 2016. Other allusions to the song This song and its 1995 interpolation of it by Method Man and Mary J. Blige on their single, `` I 'll Be There for You / You 're All I Need to Get By '', were referenced in `` All I Need '' by Jay - Z when he says : `` And all... I... need is a chick to hold a jammy like / Meth and Mary, like, Marvin and Tammi '' Late rapper The Notorious B.I.G. sampled a portion of it for his song `` My Downfall '' on his Life After Death album. On the first season of American Idol, winner Kelly Clarkson sang this song during Motown week and Jasmine Trias also sang it on the third season. On the sixth season finale, American Idol Winner Jordin Sparks sang it as a duet with second - season winner Ruben Studdard. Seventh season American Idol runner - up David Archuleta performed this song on Star Search final. Eighth season contestant Von Smith performed it in the third week of semifinals. In addition, Jacob Lusk sang this song also during Motown week of Idol 's tenth season. References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 225. Jump up ^ `` Adult Contemporary Music Chart ''. Billboard. 1975 - 10 - 18. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 02. Jump up ^ Billboard Adult Contemporary, August 19, 1978 External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Marvin Gaye Studio albums The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye ( 1961 ) That Stubborn Kinda Fellow ( 1962 ) When I 'm Alone I Cry ( 1964 ) Hello Broadway ( 1964 ) How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You ( 1965 ) A Tribute to the Great Nat `` King '' Cole ( 1965 ) Moods of Marvin Gaye ( 1966 ) In the Groove / I Heard It Through the Grapevine ! ( 1968 ) M.P.G. ( 1969 ) That 's the Way Love Is ( 1970 ) What 's Going On ( 1971 ) Trouble Man ( 1972 ) Let 's Get It On ( 1973 ) I Want You ( 1976 ) Here, My Dear ( 1978 ) In Our Lifetime ( 1981 ) Midnight Love ( 1982 ) Posthumous albums Dream of a Lifetime ( 1985 ) Romantically Yours ( 1986 ) Vulnerable ( 1997 ) Duet albums Together ( with Mary Wells, 1964 ) Take Two ( with Kim Weston, 1966 ) United ( with Tammi Terrell, 1967 ) You 're All I Need ( with Tammi Terrell, 1968 ) Easy ( with Tammi Terrell, 1969 ) Diana & Marvin ( with Diana Ross, 1973 ) Compilations Greatest Hits ( 1964 ) Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 ( 1967 ) Marvin Gaye and His Girls ( 1969 ) Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell 's Greatest Hits ( 1970 ) Super Hits ( 1970 ) Anthology ( 1974 ) Marvin Gaye 's Greatest Hits ( 1976 ) Motown Remembers Marvin Gaye : Never Before Released Masters ( 1986 ) The Marvin Gaye Collection ( 1990 ) The Norman Whitfield Sessions ( 1994 ) Love Starved Heart : Rare and Unreleased ( 1994 ) The Very Best of Marvin Gaye ( 1994 ) The Master ( 1961 -- 1984 ) ( 1995 ) Marvin Gaye : The Love Songs ( 2000 ) The Complete Duets ( 2001 ) The Very Best of Marvin Gaye ( 2001 ) Live albums Marvin Gaye Recorded Live on Stage ( 1963 ) Marvin Gaye Live ! ( 1974 ) Live at the London Palladium ( 1977 ) Marvin Gaye at the Copa ( 2005 ) Video albums Greatest Hits Live ( Live in Holland 1976 ) ( 2000 ) Live In Montreux 1980 ( 2003 ) The Real Thing : In Performance ( 1964 -- 1981 ) ( 2006 ) Live In Belgium 1981 ( 2006 ) US / UK Top Ten singles `` Pride and Joy '' `` How Sweet It Is ( To Be Loved by You ) '' `` I 'll Be Doggone '' `` Ai n't That Peculiar '' `` Your Precious Love '' `` If I Could Build My Whole World Around You '' `` Ai n't Nothing Like the Real Thing '' `` You 're All I Need to Get By '' `` I Heard It Through the Grapevine '' `` Too Busy Thinking About My Baby '' `` That 's the Way Love Is '' `` Abraham, Martin and John '' `` The Onion Song '' `` What 's Going On '' `` Mercy Mercy Me ( The Ecology ) '' `` Inner City Blues ( Make Me Wanna Holler ) '' `` Trouble Man '' `` Let 's Get It On '' `` You Are Everything '' `` Got to Give It Up '' `` Sexual Healing '' Family Marvin Gay Sr. ( father ) Alberta Gay ( mother ) Anna Gordy Gaye ( first wife ) Denise Gordy ( son 's birth mother ) Nona Gaye ( daughter ) Frankie Gaye ( brother ) Gordon Banks ( brother - in - law ) Related topics Discography Songs Albums Songs by Marvin Gaye Albums produced by Marvin Gaye Songs in memory Songs produced by Marvin Gaye Personal life Death Tributes Harvey Fuqua Tammi Terrell Leon Ware Marvin 's Room Marvin Is 60 : A Tribute Album Book Category Portal Marvin Gaye singles discography 1960s : ( Tamla ) 1961 `` Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide '' 1962 `` Sandman '' `` Soldier 's Plea '' `` Stubborn Kind of Fellow '' `` Hitch Hike '' 1963 `` Pride and Joy '' `` Can I Get a Witness '' 1964 `` You 're a Wonderful One '' `` Once Upon a Time '' `` What 's the Matter with You Baby '' `` Try It Baby '' `` Baby Do n't You Do It '' `` What Good Am I Without You '' `` How Sweet It Is ( To Be Loved by You ) '' 1965 `` I 'll Be Doggone '' `` Pretty Little Baby '' `` Ai n't That Peculiar '' 1966 `` One More Heartache '' `` Take This Heart of Mine '' `` Little Darling ( I Need You ) '' `` It Takes Two '' 1967 `` Ai n't No Mountain High Enough '' `` Your Unchanging Love '' `` Your Precious Love '' `` You '' `` If I Could Build My Whole World Around You '' / `` If This World Were Mine '' 1968 `` Ai n't Nothing Like the Real Thing '' `` You 're All I Need to Get By '' `` Chained '' `` Keep On Lovin ' Me Honey '' `` You Ai n't Livin ' till You 're Lovin ' '' `` His Eye Is on the Sparrow '' `` I Heard It Through the Grapevine '' 1969 `` Good Lovin ' Ai n't Easy to Come By '' `` Too Busy Thinking About My Baby '' `` That 's the Way Love Is '' `` Abraham, Martin and John '' `` What You Gave Me '' `` How Can I Forget '' 1970s : ( Tamla ) 1970 `` Gonna Give Her All the Love I 've Got '' `` The Onion Song '' `` California Soul '' `` The End of Our Road '' 1971 `` What 's Going On '' `` Mercy Mercy Me ( The Ecology ) '' `` Inner City Blues ( Make Me Wanna Holler ) '' `` Save the Children '' 1972 `` You 're the Man '' `` Trouble Man '' `` I Want to Come Home for Christmas '' 1973 `` Let 's Get It On '' `` You 're a Special Part of Me '' `` Stop, Look, Listen ( To Your Heart ) '' `` Come Get to This '' `` You Sure Love to Ball '' `` My Mistake ( Was to Love You ) '' `` Do n't Knock My Love '' `` You Are Everything '' `` Distant Lover '' 1976 `` I Want You '' `` After the Dance '' `` Since I Had You '' 1977 `` Got to Give It Up '' 1978 `` Pops, We Love You ( A Tribute to Father ) '' 1979 `` A Funky Space Reincarnation '' `` Anger '' `` Ego Tripping Out '' 1980s : ( Tamla / Columbia ) 1981 `` Praise '' `` Heavy Love Affair '' 1982 `` Sexual Healing '' `` My Love Is Waiting '' `` ' Til Tomorrow '' `` Joy '' Posthumous 1985 `` Sanctified Lady '' `` It 's Madness '' `` Just Like '' 1986 `` The World Is Rated X '' 1991 `` My Last Chance '' `` Lucky, Lucky Me '' 1995 `` This Love Starved Heart Of Mine ( It 's Killing Me ) '' `` Music '' 2005 `` Let 's Get It On ( The M.P.G. Groove Remix ) '' 2015 `` Where Are We Going '' Book Category Portal Aretha Franklin Studio albums Columbia Aretha ( 1961 ) The Electrifying Aretha Franklin ( 1962 ) The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin ( 1962 ) Laughing on the Outside ( 1963 ) Unforgettable : A Tribute to Dinah Washington ( 1964 ) Runnin ' Out of Fools ( 1964 ) Yeah ! ! ! ( 1965 ) Soul Sister ( 1966 ) Take It Like You Give It ( 1967 ) Take a Look ( 1967 ) Soft and Beautiful ( 1969 ) Atlantic I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You ( 1967 ) Aretha Arrives ( 1967 ) Lady Soul ( 1968 ) Aretha Now ( 1968 ) Soul ' 69 ( 1969 ) This Girl 's in Love with You ( 1970 ) Spirit in the Dark ( 1970 ) Young, Gifted and Black ( 1972 ) Hey Now Hey ( The Other Side of the Sky ) ( 1973 ) Let Me in Your Life ( 1974 ) With Everything I Feel in Me ( 1974 ) You ( 1975 ) Sparkle ( 1976 ) Sweet Passion ( 1977 ) Almighty Fire ( 1978 ) La Diva ( 1979 ) Arista Aretha ( 1980 ) Love All the Hurt Away ( 1981 ) Jump to It ( 1982 ) Get It Right ( 1983 ) Who 's Zoomin ' Who ? ( 1985 ) Aretha ( 1986 ) Through the Storm ( 1989 ) What You See Is What You Sweat ( 1991 ) A Rose Is Still a Rose ( 1998 ) So Damn Happy ( 2003 ) Other Songs of Faith ( 1956 ) This Christmas, Aretha ( 2008 ) Aretha : A Woman Falling Out of Love ( 2011 ) Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics ( 2014 ) Live albums Aretha in Paris ( 1968 ) Aretha Live at Fillmore West ( 1971 ) Amazing Grace ( 1972 ) One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism ( 1987 ) Oh Me Oh My : Aretha Live in Philly, 1972 ( 2007 ) Compilation albums Aretha 's Gold ( 1969 ) Aretha 's Greatest Hits ( 1971 ) The Best of Aretha Franklin ( 1973 ) Aretha Sings the Blues ( 1980 ) 30 Greatest Hits ( 1985 ) Greatest Hits : 1980 -- 1994 ( 1994 ) The Very Best of Aretha Franklin, Vol. 1 ( 1994 ) The Early Years ( 1997 ) Greatest Hits ( 1998 ) Aretha 's Best ( 2001 ) Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul ( 2007 ) Jewels in the Crown : All - Star Duets with the Queen ( 2007 ) A Deeper Love : The Best of Aretha Franklin ( 2009 ) The Great American Songbook ( 2011 ) Knew You Were Waiting : The Best of Aretha Franklin ( 1980 - 1998 ) ( 2012 ) Box sets Queen of Soul : The Atlantic Recordings ( 1992 / 2014 ) Take A Look : Aretha Franklin Complete on Columbia ( 2011 ) Singles `` Precious Lord ( Part 1 ) '' ( 1959 ) `` Today I Sing the Blues '' ( 1960 ) `` Wo n't Be Long '' ( 1960 ) `` Rock - a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody '' ( 1961 ) `` Operation Heartbreak '' ( 1961 ) `` I Surrender, Dear '' ( 1962 ) `` Try a Little Tenderness '' ( 1962 ) `` Say It Is n't So '' ( 1963 ) `` Skylark '' ( 1963 ) `` The Christmas Song ( Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire ) '' ( 1964 ) `` One Step Ahead '' ( 1965 ) `` You Made Me Love You '' ( 1965 ) `` Mockingbird '' ( 1967 ) `` I Never Loved a Man ( The Way I Love You ) '' ( 1967 ) `` Respect '' ( 1967 ) `` Baby I Love You '' ( 1967 ) `` ( You Make Me Feel Like ) A Natural Woman '' ( 1967 ) `` Do Right Woman, Do Right Man '' `` Chain of Fools '' ( 1967 ) `` ( I Ca n't Get No ) Satisfaction '' ( 1968 ) `` ( Sweet Sweet Baby ) Since You 've Been Gone '' ( 1968 ) `` Think '' ( 1968 ) `` You Send Me '' ( 1968 ) `` The House That Jack Built '' ( 1968 ) `` I Say a Little Prayer '' ( 1968 ) `` See Saw '' ( 1968 ) `` My Song '' ( 1968 ) `` The Weight '' ( 1969 ) `` Tracks of My Tears '' ( 1969 ) `` I Ca n't See Myself Leaving You '' ( 1969 ) `` Gentle on My Mind '' ( 1969 ) `` Share Your Love with Me '' ( 1969 ) `` Eleanor Rigby '' ( 1969 ) `` Call Me '' ( 1970 ) `` Son of a Preacher Man '' ( 1970 ) `` Spirit in the Dark '' ( 1970 ) `` The Thrill Is Gone '' ( 1970 ) `` Do n't Play That Song '' ( 1970 ) `` Border Song ( Holy Moses ) '' ( 1970 ) `` You 're All I Need to Get By '' ( 1971 ) `` Bridge over Troubled Water '' ( 1971 ) `` Spanish Harlem '' ( 1971 ) `` Rock Steady '' ( 1971 ) `` Day Dreaming '' ( 1972 ) `` Wholy Holy '' ( 1972 ) `` Angel '' ( 1973 ) `` Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do ) '' ( 1973 ) `` I 'm in Love '' ( 1974 ) `` Ai n't Nothing Like the Real Thing '' ( 1974 ) `` Something He Can Feel '' ( 1976 ) `` Break It to Me Gently '' ( 1977 ) `` What a Fool Believes '' ( 1981 ) `` It 's My Turn '' ( 1981 ) `` Jump to It '' ( 1982 ) `` Get It Right '' ( 1983 ) `` Freeway of Love '' ( 1985 ) `` Who 's Zoomin ' Who '' ( 1985 ) `` Sisters Are Doin ' It for Themselves '' ( 1985 ) `` Jumpin ' Jack Flash '' ( 1986 ) `` Jimmy Lee '' ( 1986 ) `` I Knew You Were Waiting ( For Me ) '' ( 1987 ) `` Oh Happy Day '' ( 1988 ) `` Gimme Your Love '' ( 1989 ) `` It Is n't, It Was n't, It Ai n't Never Gonna Be '' ( 1989 ) `` Everyday People '' ( 1991 ) `` Someday We 'll All Be Free '' ( 1992 ) `` A Deeper Love '' ( 1993 ) `` A Rose Is Still a Rose '' ( 1998 ) `` Here We Go Again '' ( 1998 ) `` Put You Up on Game '' ( 2007 ) `` Angels We Have Heard on High '' ( 2009 ) `` Rolling in the Deep ( The Aretha Version ) '' ( 2014 ) Related topics Discography Awards and nominations `` Wood Beez ( Pray Like Aretha Franklin ) '' ( by Scritti Politti ) Book Deniece Williams Studio albums This Is Niecy ( 1976 ) Song Bird ( 1977 ) When Love Comes Calling ( 1979 ) My Melody ( 1981 ) Niecy ( 1982 ) I 'm So Proud ( 1983 ) Let 's Hear It for the Boy ( 1984 ) Hot On the Trail ( 1986 ) Water Under the Bridge ( 1987 ) As Good As It Gets ( 1988 ) Love Solves It All ( 1996 ) This Is My Song ( 1998 ) Love, Niecy Style ( 2007 ) Other albums That 's What Friends Are For ( 1978 ) Singles `` Free '' ( 1976 ) `` I 've Got the Next Dance '' ( 1979 ) `` Silly '' ( 1981 ) `` It 's Gonna Take a Miracle '' ( 1982 ) `` Let 's Hear It for the Boy '' ( 1984 ) `` Next Love '' ( 1984 ) `` Black Butterfly '' ( 1984 ) Duet singles `` Too Much, Too Little, Too Late '' ( 1978 ) `` You 're All I Need to Get By '' ( 1978 ) `` Love Wo n't Let Me Wait '' ( 1984 ) Related topics Deniece Williams discography Johnny Mathis Family Ties Book : Deniece Williams Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You%27re_All_I_Need_to_Get_By&oldid=813421228 '' Categories : 1968 singles Marvin Gaye songs Tammi Terrell songs Aretha Franklin songs Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - 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Question: who sings you're all i need to get by
Answer: Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell