Keep On Lovin' Me Honey

"Keep On Lovin' Me Honey" is a 1968 hit written and produced by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson, and issued as a single on Motown Records' Tamla label by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. It was the third release from the duo's You're All I Need album. Billboard described the single as a "potent, driving rocker" that "will put [Gaye and Terrell] rapidly at the top."^[1] Cash Box said that it "blazes its way with terrific rhythmic impact and super-powered vocal splendor."^[2]

"Keep On Lovin' Me Honey"
Single by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
from the album You're All I Need
B-side	"You Ain't Livin' Til You're Lovin'"
Released	July 9, 1968
Recorded	Hitsville USA, Detroit, Michigan; 1967
Genre	R&B, soul
Length	2:34
Label	Tamla T 54173
Songwriter(s)	Nickolas Ashford Valerie Simpson
Producer(s)	Ashford & Simpson
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell singles chronology
"You're All I Need to Get By" (1968) "Keep On Lovin' Me Honey" (1968) "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By" (1969)

Chart performance

Released a few months after the success of "You're All I Need to Get By", the song performed more modestly than that song, but still charted into the Billboard Hot 100's Top 40. "Keep On Lovin' Me Honey" peaked at number twenty-four on the chart, while reaching number eleven on the R&B singles chart.^[3]

Personnel

• All vocals by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
• Written and produced by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
• Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

References

1. "Spotlight Singles" (PDF). Billboard. October 5, 1968. p. 61. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
2. "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. October 5, 1968. p. 18. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 225.