What's the Matter With You Baby

About What's the Matter With You Baby

"What's the Matter with You Baby" is a 1964 single released by Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells on the Motown label. Released as a double A-side single alongside "Once Upon a Time", the song gave Gaye and Wells another charted smash. The song, written by William "Mickey" Stevenson, Clarence Paul, and Barney Ales and produced by Stevenson, has Gaye and Wells going back and forth with Gaye apologizing to Wells for leaving her behind for someone else begging Wells to give him one more chance. At first, Wells says taking Gaye back would "hurt (her) pride" and that she cannot let him take her out for the night but after Gaye pleads for Wells to come back to him, Wells relents but still passes on him taking her out for the night. The song begins and ends with the two harmonizing together. It peaked at number nineteen on the U. S. Pop Singles chart when released. more »

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1993

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What's the matter with you, baby, what's the matter?
What did I do wrong?
Do you really wanna know?
I wanna know, what's the matter with you, baby?
You know that you done me wrong
Sorry, didn't mean no harm
Oh, baby
Let me take you out tonight
Make every little thing all right

You know you told me there would never be another
And you know you lied
When you lied, you hurt me, baby
When I left and I went away
I didn't know how much I loved you until today
Oh baby, leavin' me wasn't right
And now you wanna take me out tonight

Mary, won't you let me get on your good side?
If I did that, Marvin, it would hurt my pride
Hey, let me make it up to you if I can
I can't do it, don't you understand?

Mm-hmm, hmm, hmm, what's the matter with you, baby, what's the matter?
I told you that you done me wrong
Well, can you forgive me, maybe please forgive me?
I'll try, but it's gonna take some time
Hurry up, hurry up, before I lose my mind
I've got a feelin' everything is gonna work all right
But you can't take me out tonight

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Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., was an American singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned more than two decades. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., he was the son of a storefront minister of a local Pentecostal church sect and grew up singing gospel in church revivals as a young child. Gaye branched out into secular music as a teenager, joining the doo-wop group The Marquees, after returning from an honorable discharge from the United States Air Force, before the group was hired by Harvey Fuqua to be Harvey & The Moonglows. Following the band's separation in 1960, Gaye began working as a session drummer for the Detroit music label, Anna, before signing with Motown Records in 1961, adding an "e" to his s… more »

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