500 Greatest Songs of All Time | IELTS, ESP, EAP and CALL | Scoop.it
From www.rollingstone.com - December 14, 2016 5:37 PM
Writers: Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield Producer: Whitfield Released: Oct. '68, Tamla 15 weeks; No. 1
Motown producer Whitfield had a reputation for recording the same song with a number of acts, changing the arrangement each time. This irritated some of the label's artists, but every now and then he would get a golden idea — as happened with Gaye's 1968 version of "Grapevine," which had been a hit the year before for Gladys Knight. Whitfield and co-writer Strong set the track in a slower, more mysterious tempo, and the song — which Gaye initially resisted recording — became the bestselling Motown single of the decade.
Appears on: Every Motown Hit (Motown) 
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