My Last Chance
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"My Last Chance" was a posthumous R&B hit for music icon Marvin Gaye
in 1991. Released as a single from Gaye's The Marvin Gaye Collection
, the song was originally recorded by Gaye between the years 1970 and 1972. It provided the basis for Marvin's penned ballad for The Miracles
(now without founder Smokey Robinson
), "I Love You Secretly". The song was never released until it was featured on the collection where it got massive airplay on R&B radio eventually reaching #16 on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. The song was Gaye's third posthumous hit since his April 1, 1984 death at the hands of his minister
father and was the highest-charted single for Gaye since 1985's "Sanctified Lady".
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....
in 1991. Released as a single from Gaye's The Marvin Gaye Collection
The Marvin Gaye Collection
The Marvin Gaye Collection is a boxset released by Motown Records in 1990. The boxset, divided into four categories, features thirty-four unreleased songs, including the sessions from 1979's The Ballads ....
, the song was originally recorded by Gaye between the years 1970 and 1972. It provided the basis for Marvin's penned ballad for The Miracles
The Miracles
The Miracles are an American rhythm and blues group from Detroit, Michigan, notable as the first successful group act for Berry Gordy's Motown Record Corporation . Their single "Shop Around" was Motown's first million-selling hit record, and the group went on to become one of Motown's signature...
(now without founder Smokey Robinson
Smokey Robinson
William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy...
), "I Love You Secretly". The song was never released until it was featured on the collection where it got massive airplay on R&B radio eventually reaching #16 on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. The song was Gaye's third posthumous hit since his April 1, 1984 death at the hands of his minister
Minister of religion
In Christian churches, a minister is someone who is authorized by a church or religious organization to perform functions such as teaching of beliefs; leading services such as weddings, baptisms or funerals; or otherwise providing spiritual guidance to the community...
father and was the highest-charted single for Gaye since 1985's "Sanctified Lady".
Personnel
- All vocals by Marvin GayeMarvin GayeMarvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....
- Instrumentation by The Funk BrothersThe Funk BrothersThe Funk Brothers was the nickname of Detroit, Michigan, session musicians who performed the backing to most Motown Records recordings from 1959 until the company moved to Los Angeles in 1972...