This Saturday morning from 8 to noon, 105.7 KOKZ brings you part 2 of the Top 100 Songs of 1977 countdown on American Top 40. It’s where I found today’s pick for the Forgotten 45 at 3:45, from Marvin Gaye “Got To Give It Up”.
The song topped three different Billboard charts in ’77 and was written as a request from Gaye’s album to release a disco song. Marvin wasn’t a fan of the genre, claiming it lacked substance. When he finally did get into the studio to record, he was set on writing a song parodying a disco setting.
It spent a week at #1 on the pop charts, sandwiched between “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac, and the Rocky theme “Gonna Fly Now” and the song inspired a young Michael Jackson who then wrote and recorded “Shake Your Body” and “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” which borrowed some of the same signature sounds.
Check out the Soul Train video of “Got To Give It Up” by Marvin Gaye, today’s Forgotten 45.
