| What You Gave Me | |
| Cover: | What_You_Gave_Me_-_Marvin_Gaye_and_Tammi_Terrell.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell |
| Album: | Easy |
| Released: | November 1969 |
| B-Side: | "How You Gonna Keep It (After You Get It)" |
| Recorded: | 1968–1969, Hitsville USA |
| Genre: | Soul |
| Length: | 2:38 |
| Label: | Tamla |
| Producer: | Ashford & Simpson |
| Prev Title: | That's the Way Love Is |
| Prev Year: | 1968 |
| Next Title: | How Can I Forget/Gonna Give Her All the Love I've Got |
| Next Year: | 1970 |
| What You Gave Me | |
| Cover: | What_You_Gave_Me_-_Diana_Ross.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Diana Ross |
| Album: | Ross |
| Released: | 1978 |
| Genre: | Soul, Disco |
| Label: | Motown Records |
| Producer: | Hal Davis |
| Prev Title: | Lovin', Livin' and Givin' |
| Prev Year: | 1978 |
| Next Title: | Ease On Down The Road |
| Next Year: | 1978 |
"What You Gave Me" is a hit duet written and produced by Ashford & Simpson and issued as a single originally by the vocal duo of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell in 1969 on the Tamla label.
Recorded in the final throes of the Gaye-Terrell duet recordings, the song became the second single from their album, Easy. As with much of the album, there is debate over who sang with Gaye: Terrell, who was undergoing treatment for brain cancer, or the track's co-writer and co-producer, Valerie Simpson.
While Gaye later insisted that Simpson stood in for Terrell, Simpson has maintained that Terrell took part in the recordings. Whatever the case, the song gave the duo a modest charting, peaking at number forty-nine pop and number six R&B.<ref>Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn
. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 225.
Cash Box described it as a "finely honed vocal collaboration."[1]
| Chart (1969-70) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] | 49 |
| U.S. Billboard R&B | 6 |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100 | 47 |
David Ruffin also recorded the song for his 1969 album Feelin' Good. It was revived years later as a club hit by Diana Ross in 1978. Her version peaked at #86 on the R&B charts.