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Got to Give It Up is a Disco act. Their sound grew out of Johnnie Taylor and Michael Jackson. Those roots explain a lot about how Got to Give It Up arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Michael Jackson, Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams, T.I. and Aaliyah, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 8 connections around Got to Give It Up, reaching back through Johnnie Taylor and forward to Michael Jackson. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Got to Give It Up" is a song by American singer-songwriter Marvin Gaye. Written by the singer and produced by Art Stewart as a response to a request from Gaye's record label that he perform disco music, it was released in March 1977.
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Got to Give It Up grew out of Johnnie Taylor and Michael Jackson, went on to shape Michael Jackson, Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.I.. 8 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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