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Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing

1968 single by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
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Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing

Summary

Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (204 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing's genre is country music[4].
  • Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing's genre is pop music[5].
  • Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing followed I'm in Love[6].
  • Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing followed If This World Were Mine[7].
  • Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing followed If I Could Build My Whole World Around You[8].
  • Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing was followed by You're All I Need to Get By[9].
  • Among the performers on Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing was Marvin Gaye[10].
  • Among the performers on Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing was Tammi Terrell[11].
  • Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing's record label is recorded as Motown[12].
  • Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing was published on March 28, 1968[14].
  • Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing's single taken from the album or EP is recorded as You're All I Need[15].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[16]

  • Genre(s): ballad, jazz, pop, soul jazz[17]

  • Community tags: ballad, jazz, pop, soul jazz[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d03c985b-c197-363b-b7ee-dbb792e6bb7f[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Marvin Gaye[10] and Tammi Terrell[11].

Publication

Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing was released on March 28, 1968[14]. Genres include country music[4] and pop music[5].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Predecessors include I'm in Love[6], If This World Were Mine[7], and If I Could Build My Whole World Around You[8]. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing was followed by You're All I Need to Get By[9].

Why It Matters

Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (204 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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