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The Three Degrees

Distant Lover

1975 · via Marvin Gaye

The Three Degrees’ earliest release of “Distant Lover” on file came out in 1975. Gwen Fuqua, Marvin Gaye and Sandra Greene are credited as its writers. The earliest release on file is Marvin Gaye’s, from 1973. Also recorded by Brian McKnight (released 1999), Michael McDonald (released 2003) and Thelma Houston (released 2007), among 101 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Gaye put out "Distant Lover" in 1973 with two co-writers beside him on the credit, and by 1975 The Three Degrees had their own take on it. Hear what the song does in somebody else's hands.

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Credited writers: Gwen Fuqua, Marvin Gaye and Sandra Greene.

Earliest release on file: Marvin Gaye, 1973.

Other recordings on file · first release year

101 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Marvin Gaye recorded "Distant Lover" first, but he shares the writing credit with Sandra Greene and one more writer. Who completes the credit?Gwen Fuqua
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