Gaye, Marvin - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing Lyrics
Ooooh baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing, no no
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing
Oh honey
I've got your picture hangin' on the wall
But it can't see or come to me when I call your name
I realize it's just a picture in a frame
Ooooo, I read your letters you're not here
But they don't move me
And they don't groove me like when I hear
Your sweet voice whispering in my ear
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing
I play my game, a fantasy
I pretend but I know in reality
I need the shelter of your arms to comfort me
No other sound is quite the same as your name
No touch can do half as much to make me feel better
So let's stay together
Oh, I got some memories to look back on
Though they help me when you're gone
I'm well aware nothing can take the place of your being there
So glad we got the real thing baby
So glad we got the real thing
Oh honey
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
No darling
Ain't nothing like the real thing
Talk to me
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing
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Gaye, Marvin Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing Comments
Powerful
Pop perfection in a 2m16sec pop song.
2020 BABE💙
oh man!!! motown classics NEVER get old! i don't care who it is: jackson 5, marvin gaye, the supremes, temptations...every motown classic is still solid!!!
WE BROUGHT IT!! 2020! WOOOO
❤️💙❤️💙
💖🖤
Another great who never graced us with a book 📖 the first chapter was amazing 😉 wish we got to read the rest .... tammi Marvin I’m here 2020 ❤️
TUCK FRUMP!!! > >> GO BERNIE GOGOGOGOGO!!!!!!!!! >>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>>>
SHEER GREATNESS OF LEGENDARY SUPERHUMAN TALENT ~ FOREVER!
December 2019? And forever!
Love the harmonies, the swirling background vocals and that beat. Miss those days.
Tammy and MARVIN.💔💔💔💔💖💖💖💖💖
I have a “Real Thing” with my Man,
I’m listening to this December 19 this is propa music lurve it beats all this new shite
My boyfriend chas and I can sing this song together
GOALS❤❤❤❤❤
Me. Love these songs. Takes me back to my childhood and teens.
Music went downhill to say the least. This is sonic LOVE.
I FEEL LIKE DANCING TO NIGHT WHERE IS THE OLDIE BUT GOODIE DANCE AT
AINT NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING = MOWTOUN = GRAET BARRY GORDY
duet magic. motown classics
ain't nothing like a funky beat
Good music
These people knew how to sing music love music
Perfectly sung by u both Marvin & Tammi..R.I.P
There's a definite vast difference of song writing & singing,, from back in the an day and performing then in today's song writers and singers,,
Thank you Marvin and Tammi for this beautiful music!
Who would thumbs down this song. Wtf
She had passed around one year before I found out -- thanks to Jet! Lord, have mercy!
TRUE TALENT!! NUFF SAID!!
Real nice jam!
@Jacobite, drumroll COMPLETE!
@Princess Virtuouslite
read this too
@Jacobite. I see where the misunderstanding happened, now I need you to TRUST me, LEAVE ALL LETTERS ALONE!!
@Princess Virtuouslite
Okay!
@Jacobite, Great!! Now we are singing the same song!
Thank heaven for these recordings -
This is so true, ain't nothing like a love of your own, and when you have that, you have to know that the both of you are blessed.
I don’t listen to Marvin & Tammy often, but when I do...so do my neighbors..
Motown sound from two of it's great singers!.. the Best
BERNIE SANDERS 2020 - EXCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES!
+ Sean Street
HELL NO TO BERNIE SANDERS IN 2020- NO EXCEPTIONS!
@ALIENDNA14 = bootlicker for trump
@ALIENDNA14 whatever dumbass!
Nothing like the real thing.
MOTORCITY'S FINEST THE 2 LATE
AND GREAT MARVIN GAYE &
TAMMI TERRELL
Tammi had such a good voice with an old soul and passed away so young rest in Paradise
the opening is the doorway to a smile every time .
Smokey Robinson is King of Motown
Diana Ross is Queen of Motown
Marvin Gaye is Prince of Motown
Tammi Terrell is The Princess of Motown
That's Beyonce!!
Those two angels are singing up in heaven, but it was heaven down here to hear those two beautiful souls sing together...
Definitely one of the best vocal performances ever put on wax. Talk about using your voice as an instrument - both of them were so expressive; no autotune, just pure talent and emotion.
They both had beautiful voices!
Beautiful lyrics so romantic
WHY DID THE GOVERNMENT SECRETLY BUY ..ALL.. RECORD COMPANIES AND DELIBERATELY TURN ALL TOP 40 IN CRAP, THE WORST..THE BETTER. BECAUSE MUSIC LIKE THIS WAS INCREASING THE POPULATION TOO FAST.
This is quality music
According to what I've read, her mother barred everyone from Motown at her funeral, bar Marvin. He got into such a deep depression after her death, that he turned to drugs and alcohol to get over it. Such a gifted soul and gone way, way too soon. The same for the beautiful Marvin.
he never recovered god bless them Tammis mum did the right thing
Attitude adjustment 101..REAL DEAL..LOL
Memories of days gone by - Viet Nam War - CHANGE!!!
Still loving them in 2019!!!!
Excellent song to enjoy.Oui.
💕💙💕💙💕❤💋Its A Beautiful Day on Father's Day 6.16.19😘😘💕😭💙🙏🙏🙏🙏🎼🎤🎵
We need such awesome duets like this in our time. Two beautiful, talented people :)
There musical chemistry was the real thing
They don't make music like this anymore. I don't care what some say. It was better back then.
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell: The REAL thing. Vocal harmony personified!
Tammi Terrell had a beautiful voice. gone way to soon.
Playing bass underneath singers, James Jamerson is the greatest....
Needed a flashback to some good music,this did it.
Rest In Peace.
In Loving Memories of:
Marvin Gaye (1939-1984).
Tammi Terrell (1945-1970).
"Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing"
#8, 1968.
marvin and diana were close marv &tammi the best of the rest
100. PERCENT GENUINE,
NOW THIS IS "THE REAL DEAL"
Marvin loved Tammi both gone to early.
Love them Brilliant
Just came from Motown 60, Tori did a great job. RIP to these 2 beautiful souls
Gone way before their time..❤
I wish I had an old school good girl
This song is great, for crying over lost ones.
ive listened to countless covers and remakes of this song, and there really is nothing like the real thing. its like this song was truly sent from another dimension.
Beautiful
Beautiful I’m so glad I have old school parents
RIP Tammi . Literally I just discovered her and this song today .
They had the real thing..Rest in Heaven.😘😘😘❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
What a song!
Genius Genuis
Ain't nothing like the real thing. Talk to me. Pretty song
Took me 45 years to find it and yep
Ain't NOTHIN' like it!
A Black Wolf brought me here ;-)
I'm here because of Amtrac the DJ
THAT MAID, NURSE, POLITICIAN, PASTOR, PROPHETESS, STAR ETC, FAMILY JEALOUS AND HATE ME. THIS IS ME, THE REAL THING. HI #10, NO MISTAKE, ME AND ONLY ME.
NOT SOMEONE LOOKING LIKE FLO, JUJU, TOY OR ANYA. THEM AND ONLY THEM. JEALOUS, HATERS, COVETOUS PEOPLE.
At the height of their power and beauty!
It was in Beautiful Lakeland Fla., 7th grade, 8th grade, around there... at The Rec Center... Great Soul Music filling that old "Rec Center", kids playing cards, some shooting pool, or outside playing horseshoe...yeah... while listening to Marvin and Tammy... it was summertime in Lakeland... Childhood... was good...
You just put everybody's experience and memories in yours, no matter where we're from! That's good stuff you just did right there, my Friend. What a way to say a thing! 10 thumbs up!
“Ain’t nothing like the real thing babe” ♥️♥️
Classic
Perhaps I feel too much, care too much for my own good.
Spoke with two amazing women today and I was so inspired...yet I lay here for minutes and more minutes in perpetual stillness needing to at least talk to a good lovin' man because that's how I'm put together... Some women can do without but I'm incomplete without him
'#MyCorrectChange' #MyRealThang
(sigh in yet another disappointing moment on top of moments - the stuff heart ailments are made of from a perfect heart not being able to stand one more minute of emptiness.) 💔🥀
Classic, old ole school
RIP TAMMY and Marvin.. Also RIP Nick Ashford who co- wrote this song with his wife, SIMPSON.. They wrote alot of hit songs from the 70’s for Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Kahn, etc, etc.. They wrote , Aint no mountain high enough .. they also wrote, Im every woman, among many many others.. Check out one of THEIR hit songs, Solid as a Rock.. They also sang and recorded songs together.. They had many albums of own!
We had the real thing Tom Lewis 1946-2016
Best duet to ever wear a pair of shoes
perfect
Who is listening to this in 2019?? Great music
Me!!!! Great memories I grew up with this!!!
soon to be 2020...
me and im listening from Singapore
Takes me back to the very day and moment! What a powerful feeling, to be transported back in time like this! great, powerful, beautiful song! Like it was yesterday! May they both rest in peace.
I saw an interview with Marvin Gaye, he said Tammi's death was really hard on him and it took a long time to get back to performing! There love was so great! Both RIP
Love this music nothing compares too Motown Oldies