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I Heard It Through the Grapevine. " I Heard It Through the Grapevine " is a song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for Motown Records in 1966. [2] The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for Gladys Knight & the Pips and released as a single in September 1967.

Released: October 30, 1968: Recorded: February 3, 8, 13, 15, and April 10, 1967: Studio: ... "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a 1967 song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for Motown Records. It was first recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips. That version went to number 2 in the United States, number 3 in Canada and number 47 ...

Marvin Gaye's version was included on his 1968 album In The Groove (later re-titled I Heard It Through The Grapevine). After E. Rodney Jones, the Chicago disc jockey at WVON, started playing it on the air, Berry Gordy reconsidered and released Gaye's version as a single, which became even more popular and known as the definitive version of the ...