Ain't Nothing like the Real Thing

Ain't Nothing like the Real Thing singolo discografico
lato anteriore del disco fonografico americano
Artista	Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell
Pubblicazione	28 marzo 1968
Durata	2:12
Album di provenienza	You're All I Need
Genere	Soul Pop
Etichetta	Tamla
Produttore	Ashford & Simpson
Registrazione	1968
Formati	Vinile
Marvin Gaye - cronologia
Singolo precedente If I Could Build My Whole World Around You (1967) Singolo successivo You're All I Need to Get By (1968)

Ain't Nothing like the Real Thing è un brano musicale scritto da Ashford & Simpson e registrato da Marvin Gaye e Tammi Terrell per la Tamla nel 1968. Il brano ebbe un ragguardevole successo, raggiungendo la posizione numero otto della Billboard Hot 100 e la numero uno della Billboard Hot Soul Singles, e diventando il primo singolo al numero uno del duo Gaye/Terrell. Il brano in seguito divenne oggetto di numerose cover.

Tracce

LATO A

Ain't Nothing like the Real Thing

LATO B

Little Ole Boy, Little Ole Girl

Classifiche

Classifica (1968)	Posizione più alta
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[1]	8
U.S. R&B Chart^[1]	1
Regno Unito^[2]	34

Versione di Aretha Franklin

Ain't Nothing like the Real Thing singolo discografico
Artista	Aretha Franklin
Pubblicazione	1974
Durata	3:48
Album di provenienza	Let Me in Your Life
Genere	Soul
Etichetta	Atlantic
Produttore	Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin, Aretha Franklin^[3]
Registrazione	1974
Formati	Vinile
Note	Miglior interpretazione vocale R&B femminile 1975
Aretha Franklin - cronologia
Singolo precedente I'm in Love (1974) Singolo successivo Without Love (1974)

Nel 1974, Aretha Franklin registrò Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing, e pubblicò il singolo sulla scia del successo del precedente Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do), entrambi estratti dall'album Let Me in Your Life.

Tracce

LATO A

Ain't Nothing like the Real Thing

LATO B

Eight Days on the Road

Classifiche

Classifica (1974)	Posizione più alta
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[4]	46
U.S. R&B Chart^[4]	6

Altre versioni

1969 Diana Ross and the Supremes con i The Temptations per l'album Together.
1970 The Supremes con i The Four Tops per l'album The Magnificent 7.
1972 The Jackson 5 per l'album Lookin' Through the Windows.
1976 Donny & Marie Osmond per l'album New Season.
1993 Elton John e Marcella Detroit (#24 UK) per l'album di Elton John Duets.

Ain't Nothing like the Real Thing singolo discografico
Artista	Elton John, Marcella Detroit
Pubblicazione	2 maggio 1994
Durata	3:21
Album di provenienza	Duets
Genere	Pop
Etichetta	Rocket Records, MCA Records (Stati Uniti/Canada)
Produttore	Chris Thomas
Elton John - cronologia
Singolo precedente Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1994) Singolo successivo Can You Feel the Love Tonight (1994)

1994 Gladys Knight e Vince Gill
2003 Michael McDonald per l'album Motown.
2007 Boyz II Men per l'album Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA.
2008 Justin Timberlake e Beyoncé Knowles dal vivo.
2008 Tammin Sursok e Michael Graziadei per la soap opera Febbre d'amore.

Note

^ ^a ^b Allmusic.com
^ UK Top 40 Database
^ Italiancharts
^ ^a ^b Allmusic.com

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V · D · M Marvin Gaye
Album solista	The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye (1961) · That Stubborn Kinda Fellow (1962) · When I'm Alone I Cry (1964) · Hello Broadway (1964) · How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You (1965) · A Tribute to the Great Nat "King" Cole (1965) · Moods of Marvin Gaye (1966) · In the Groove/I Heard It Through the Grapevine! (1968) · M.P.G. (1969) · That's the Way Love Is (1970) · What's Going On (1971) · Trouble Man (1972) · Let's Get It On (1973) · I Want You (1976) · Here, My Dear (1978) · In Our Lifetime (1981) · Midnight Love (1982)
Album in duetto	Together (con Mary Wells, 1964) · Take Two (con Kim Weston, 1966) · United (con Tammi Terrell, 1967) · You're All I Need (con Tammi Terrell, 1968) · Easy (con Tammi Terrell, 1969) · Diana & Marvin (con Diana Ross, 1973)
Album postumi	Dream of a Lifetime (1985) · Romantically Yours (1985) · Vulnerable (1997) · You're the Man (2019)
Compilation	Greatest Hits (1964) · Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1967) · Marvin Gaye and His Girls (1969) · Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's Greatest Hits (1970) · Super Hits (1970) · Anthology (1974) · Marvin Gaye's Greatest Hits (1976) · Motown Remembers Marvin Gaye: Never Before Released Masters (1986) · The Marvin Gaye Collection (1990) · The Norman Whitfield Sessions (1994) · Love Starved Heart: Rare and Unreleased (1994) · The Very Best of Marvin Gaye (1994) · The Master (1961–1984) (1995) · Marvin Gaye: The Love Songs (2000) · The Complete Duets (2001) · The Very Best of Marvin Gaye (2001)
Live	Marvin Gaye Recorded Live on Stage (1963) · Marvin Gaye Live! (1974) · Live at the London Palladium (1977) · Marvin Gaye at the Copa (2005) · What's Going On Live (2019)
Singoli (selezione)	Pride and Joy · How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) · I'll Be Doggone · Ain't That Peculiar · It Takes Two · Your Precious Love · Ain't No Mountain High Enough · If I Could Build My Whole World Around You · Ain't Nothing like the Real Thing · You're All I Need to Get By · I Heard It Through the Grapevine · Too Busy Thinking About My Baby · That's the Way Love Is · Abraham, Martin and John · The Onion Song · What's Going On · Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) · Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) · Trouble Man · Let's Get It On · You Are Everything · Got to Give It Up · Sexual Healing
Videografia	Greatest Hits Live (Live in Holland 1976) (2000) · Live in Montreux 1980 (2003) · The Real Thing: In Performance (1964–1981) (2006) · Live in Belgium 1981 (2006)
Voci correlate	Tammi Terrell · Berry Gordy · Anna Gordy · Marvin Gay Sr. · Motown Records · Mary Wells · Diana Ross

V · D · M Singoli di Elton John
Anni 1960-70	I've Been Loving You/Here's to the Next Time (1968) · Lady Samantha/All Across the Havens (1969) · It's Me That You Need (1969) · Border Song (1970) · Rock n Roll Madonna (1970) · From Denver to L.A. (1970) · Take Me to the Pilot (1970) · Your Song (1970) · Friends (1971) · Levon (1971) · Tiny Dancer (1972) · Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) (1972) · Honky Cat (1972) · Crocodile Rock (1972) · Daniel (1973) · Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting (1973) · Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) · Step Into Christmas (1973) · Candle in the Wind (1974) · Bennie and the Jets (1974) · Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me (1974) · The Bitch Is Back (1974) · Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (1974) · Philadelphia Freedom (1975) · Someone Saved My Life Tonight (1975) · Island Girl (1975) · Grow Some Funk of Your Own (1976) · I Feel like a Bullet (in the Gun of Robert Ford) (1976) · Pinball Wizard/Harmony (1976) · Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1976) · Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word (1976) · Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance!) (1977) · Crazy Water (1977) · The Goaldigger Song (1977) · Ego (1978) · Part-Time Love (1978) · Song for Guy (1978) · Are You Ready for Love (1979) · Mama Can't Buy You Love (1979) · Victim of Love (1979) · Johnny B. Goode (1979)
Anni 1980	Little Jeannie (1980) · Sartorial Eloquence (Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?) (1980) · Dear God (1980) · Nobody Wins (1981) · Just like Belgium (1981) · Chloe (1981) · Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) (1982) · Blue Eyes (1982) · Ball and Chain (1982) · Princess (1982) · All Quiet on the Western Front (1982) · I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues (1983) · I'm Still Standing (1983) · Kiss the Bride (1983) · Cold as Christmas (in the Middle of the Year) (1983) · Sad Songs (Say So Much) (1984) · Passengers (1984) · Who Wears These Shoes? (1984) · In Neon (1984) · Breaking Hearts (Ain't What It Used to Be) (1984) · Act of War (1985) · Nikita (1985) · Wrap Her Up (1985) · That's What Friends Are For (1985) · Cry to Heaven (1986) · Heartache All Over the World (1986) · Slow Rivers (1986) · Your Song (1987) · Candle in the Wind (1987) · Take Me to the Pilot (1988) · I Don't Wanna Go on with You like That (1988) · Town of Plenty (1988) · A Word in Spanish (1988) · Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Part Two) (1988) · Healing Hands (1989) · Sacrifice (1989)
Anni 1990	Club at the End of the Street (1990) · Sacrifice / Healing Hands (1990) · You Gotta Love Someone (1990) · Easier to Walk Away (1990) · Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me (1991) · The One (1992) · Runaway Train (1992) · The Last Song (1992) · Simple Life (1993) · True Love (1993) · Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1994) · Ain't Nothing like the Real Thing (1994) · Can You Feel the Love Tonight (1994) · Circle of Life (1994) · Believe (1995) · Made in England (1995) · Blessed (1995) · Please (1996) · You Can Make History (Young Again) (1996) · Live like Horses (1996) · Something About the Way You Look Tonight / Candle in the Wind 1997 (1997) · Recover Your Soul (1998) · If the River Can Bend (1998) · Written in the Stars (1999) · A Step Too Far (1999)
Anni 2000-20	Someday Out of the Blue (2000) · Friends Never Say Goodbye (2000) · I Want Love (2001) · This Train Don't Stop There Anymore (2002) · Original Sin (2002) · Your Song (2002) · Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word (2002) · Are You Ready for Love (2003) · The Heart of Every Girl (2003) · All That I'm Allowed (I'm Thankful) (2004) · Turn the Lights Out When You Leave (2005) · Answer in the Sky (2005) · Electricity (2005) · The Bridge (2006) · Tinderbox (2006) · Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) (2007) · Step Into Christmas (2007) · If It Wasn't for Bad (2010) · Eight Hundred Dollar Shoes (2010) · Hey Ahab (2010) · Sad (2012) · Home Again (2013) · Mexican Vacation (Kids in the Candlelight) (2013) · Looking Up (2015) · Wonderful Crazy Night (2015) · (I'm Gonna) Love Me Again (2019) · Cold Heart (Pnau Remix) (2021) · Merry Christmas (2021)
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