<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> <P> "Let's Get It On" is a song and hit single by soul musician Marvin Gaye, released June 15, 1973, on Motown - subsidiary label Tamla Records . The song was recorded on March 22, 1973, at Hitsville West in Los Angeles, California . The song features romantic and sexual lyricism and funk instrumentation by The Funk Brothers . The title track of Gaye's landmark 1973 album of the same name, it was written by Marvin Gaye and producer Ed Townsend . "Let's Get It On" became Gaye's most successful single for Motown and one of his most well - known songs . With the help of the song's sexually explicit content, "Let's Get It On" helped give Gaye a reputation as a sex icon during its initial popularity . </P> <P> Co-written with producer Ed Townsend, "Let's Get It On" was Gaye's plea for sexual liberation . When originally conceived by Townsend, who was released from a rehab facility for alcoholism, it was written with a religious theme . Gaye confidante Kenneth Stover changed some of the words around as a political song and Gaye recorded the version as it was written, but Townsend protested that the song wasn't a politically conscious song but a song dedicated to love and sex . Gaye and Townsend then collaborated on new lyrics and using the original backing tracks as recorded, Gaye transformed the song into an emotional centerpiece . The album version of "Let's Get It On" features soulful and emotional singing by Gaye that is backed by multi-tracked background vocals, also provided by Gaye, along with the song's signature, and most notable, funky guitar arrangements . In an article for Rolling Stone magazine, music critic Jon Landau wrote of the song: </P>

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