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sameAs	Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
title	Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
has language	eng
subject	1969 singles Eels (band) songs 1966 singles 1966 songs Motown singles The Temptations songs Marvin Gaye songs Jimmy Ruffin songs Song recordings produced by Norman Whitfield Songs written by Barrett Strong Songs written by Norman Whitfield Songs written by Janie Bradford
abstract	%22Too Busy Thinking About My Baby%22 is a Motown song written by Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong, and Janie Bradford. The song was first recorded by The Temptations as a track on their 1966 album Gettin' Ready. Eddie Kendricks sings lead on the recording, which was produced by Whitfield. Jimmy Ruffin also recorded a version with The Temptations providing background vocals in 1966. It remained unreleased until 1997.Three years later, Motown artist Marvin Gaye recorded a cover version of %22Too Busy Thinking About My Baby%22 as a follow-up single to his 1968 hit %22I Heard It Through the Grapevine%22, another Whitfield/Strong composition. Whitfield produced Gaye's version as well, which featured background vocals by The Andantes. The song's lyrics feature the male narrator discussing how he has %22no time to discuss weather%22 or %22think about what money can buy%22, because when he thinks about his woman, %22I ain't got time for nothing else%22.In terms of chart success, %22Too Busy Thinking About My Baby%22 was Gaye's second biggest hit of the 1960s, after %22I Heard It Through the Grapevine%22. %22Too Busy Thinking About My Baby%22 peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, and remained at the number one position on Billboard's Black Singles Chart for six consecutive weeks, from the weeks of, June 7 until July 12, 1969, with sales totaling 1.5 million copies. The single was the top-selling R&B single of the year, and was the first release from Gaye's 1969 studio album M.P.G.. The single also reached #5 in the UK Singles Chart.
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schema:datePublished	2007-09-10(xsd:dateTime)
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mo:performer	Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston
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isrc	USMO19582698
producer	Norman Whitfield
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schema:album	The Marvin Gaye Collection
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wsb:record_label	Motown
wsb:recording_description	Hitsville USA ; 1969
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