Sexual Healing

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"Sexual Healing" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Marvin Gaye. Co-written by Gaye, Odell Brown and David Ritz, it was the leading single from Gaye's sixteenth studio album, Midnight Love released in October 1982 by Columbia Records. The song was conceived in Ostend, where Gaye had relocated to after spending over a year in London as a tax exile and struggling with his career and personal life. The lyrics were conceived after co-writer and journalist David Ritz discovered sadomasochist drawings in Gaye's Ostend apartment and told Gaye he needed "sexual healing". Gaye convinced Ritz to write lyrics to the song, which the singer later edited and arranged, along with the musical composition with Brown. Gaye's first single since leaving Motown months prior, it produced a comeback for Gaye as the song reached number-one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (then Black Singles chart) in just four weeks, where it stayed for a then record-setting ten weeks, where according to Billboard, it was the fastest rising single to reach number one in five years. A huge crossover hit, it peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1983 and also reached the top ten in seven territorial countries and peaked at number one in Canada and New Zealand. With sales of over four million copies worldwide, it is Gaye's most successful single and his final hit as he would die roughly 18 months after its release in April 1984. It later won Gaye two Grammy Awards and an American Music Award and was ranked the top-selling R&B single of 1983. The song is listed at number 198 on Rolling Stone's list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.