| Original Copy of 'Sexual Healing' | |
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Origin |
Marvin Gaye |
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Type |
Vinyl Recording |
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Effects |
Increases sexual inclinations |
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Downsides |
Decreases sexual endurance |
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Activation |
Playing |
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Collected by |
Warehouse 13 |
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Section |
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Date of Collection |
August 15, 2023 |
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Origin[]
"Sexual Healing" is a song recorded by American singer Marvin Gaye from his seventeenth and final studio album, Midnight Love (1982). It was his first single since his exit from his long-term record label Motown earlier in the year, following the release of the In Our Lifetime (1981) album the previous year. It peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 (Gaye's final top 10 hit) and is listed at number 198 on Rolling Stone's list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. "Sexual Healing" is written and composed in the key of E-flat major and is set in time signature of 4/4 with a tempo of 94 beats per minute.
At the end of the tour, two of Gaye's musicians, Gordon Banks and Odell Brown, had decided to stay in Ostend. Gaye was still working on the track when reviewer for Rolling Stone arrived, despite rules that no music critic would be allowed to talk to the singer. The story has been disputed on how the lyrics to "Sexual Healing" were devised. Ritz claims that Gaye had been viewing sadomasochism comic books and advised Gaye he needed "sexual healing". When Ritz explained to Gaye what that meant, Gaye told him to "write a poem" while Gaye came up with the melody. Though Gaye himself acknowledged Ritz for coming up with the song title, Ritz sued Gaye for $15 million for partial credit. Though Ritz was eventually credited after settling with Gaye's estate following his death, his case was dropped due to insufficient evidence in 1983.
Effects[]
Makes the user feel sexual urges more strongly or with greater recurrence, even if medically deficient in that ‘department’. Decreases the duration of any activity however, usually limiting any form to around 3-4 minutes like different cover lengths of the song.