I'll Be Doggone

"I'll Be Doggone" is a 1965 song recorded by American soul singer Marvin Gaye and released on the Tamla label. The song talks about how a man tells his woman that he'll be "doggone" about simple things but if she did him wrong that he'd be "long gone".

"I'll Be Doggone"
Single by Marvin Gaye
from the album Moods of Marvin Gaye
B-side"Forever"
ReleasedFebruary 26, 1965
Format7" single
RecordedJanuary 21, 23 & 29, 1965 Hitsville, USA (Studio A), Detroit, Michigan
GenreSoul
Length2:50
LabelTamla
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)William "Smokey" Robinson
Marvin Gaye singles chronology
"How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)"
(1964)		 "I'll Be Doggone"
(1965)		 "Pretty Little Baby"
(1965)

It became his first million-selling record and his first number-one single on the R&B chart, staying there for two weeks, and was the first song Gaye recorded with Smokey Robinson as one of the songwriters of the record. The song was co-written by Robinson's fellow Miracles members Pete Moore and Marv Tarplin.The Miracles also sang background on this recording,along with Motown's long-standing female back-up group, The Andantes,and Miracle Marv Tarplin played lead guitar. "I'll Be Doggone" gave Marvin his third top-ten pop hit, where it peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, with that number matched by his follow-up record, "Ain't That Peculiar".[1]

Personnel

Cover versions

See also
  • List of number-one R&B singles of 1965 (U.S.)

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 225.
  2. Oermann, Robert K. (February 25, 2014). "[Updated] Lifenotes: Penny DeHaven Passes". MusicRow. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
  3. "AllMusic Review". allmusic. Retrieved 1 February 2017.

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