You Got What It Takes

"You Got What It Takes" is a 1959 single by Marv Johnson. In the US it reached #2 on the Black Singles chart, and #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 early in 1960.[2][3] In the UK Singles Chart it reached a high of #5. The original recording of "You Got What It Takes" was by Bobby Parker on Vee-Jay 279 in 1958. Parker claims to have written the song, and his name is on the 1958 recording, but later versions credit Berry Gordy, Gwen Gordy, Billy Davis, and sometimes Marv Johnson.[4]

"You Got What It Takes"
Single by Marv Johnson
from the album Marvelous Marv Johnson
B-side"Don't Leave Me"
Released1959
Recorded1959
LabelUnited Artists
Songwriter(s)Tyran Carlo, Gwen Fuqua, Berry Gordy Jr., Marv Johnson[1]
Marv Johnson singles chronology
"I'm Coming Home"
(1959)
"You Got What It Takes"
(1959)
"I Love the Way You Love"
(1960)

Other recordings

References

  1. AllMusic song review
  2. AllMusic chart history
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research.
  4. Songfacts: "You Got What It Takes". Retrieved 3 November 2013


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