GENERAL
ADMISSION4 US
artistsong
Crate record
Barrett Strong

I Heard It Through the Grapevine

via 2Pac

Barrett Strong recorded “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”. Barrett Strong shares the writing credit with Norman Whitfield. The earliest release on file is Gladys Knight & the Pips’, from 1967. Also recorded by Marvin Gaye (released 1968), Creedence Clearwater Revival (released 1970) and Martha Reeves (released 1981), among 424 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. 2Pac’s “Holler If Ya Hear Me” (1993) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

From the counter

Most people know Grapevine through Marvin Gaye or Creedence, but one of the two men who wrote it cut it himself, and 2Pac's song carries his name in the credits. Play the writer's take, then hear what 2Pac built on top of it.

Find it on YouTube ↗

Watch
▶Barrett Strong I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Liner notes

Credited writers: Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield.

Earliest release on file: Gladys Knight & the Pips, 1967.

Built on this record

2Pac’s “Holler If Ya Hear Me” (1993) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Other recordings on file · first release year

424 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

From the regulars

No notes yet. Leave the first.

Public, with your handle. No links, 280 characters.
How you get here
2Pac's "Holler If Ya Hear Me" samples "I Heard It Through the Grapevine." Which of that song's writers also put it on record himself, before 2Pac got to it?Barrett Strong
a knot from 2Pac · next: Barrett Strong
Pull a thread from Barrett Strong →

or start at 2Pac on a different knot →

Facts from MusicBrainz and the Rabbit Hole Records crate. The counter notes are written by the clerk, an AI, from those facts only. General Admission 4 Us: start with an artist, leave with a rare cut.