Marvin Gaye - I Want You

I Want You was released in 1976 and was his first recorded studio material released in three years and marked a change in direction for Gaye, leaving his trademark Motown soul for funky, light-disco soul. Much of Gaye's music encompassed spirituality, sexuality, and vulnerability.
Originally conceived by Motown songwriter Leon Ware and his songwriting partner "T-Boy" Ross, it was originally intended to be included in Ware's Musical Massage album. When Ware, who was also signed to the label as a solo artist, presented the rough draft of his album to Berry Gordy, he was appreciative of the songs, including a rough version of  I Want You. But after hearing it, he convinced Ware to give some of the songs to Marvin, who was coming off the release of his acclaimed 1973 record, Let's Get It On, his final duet recording with Diana Ross, a commercially successful live album and was finishing a US tour at the time. Marvin, who called himself a perfectionist, had struggled with creating a follow-up album to Let's Get It On, so when Ware played Gaye the rough draft of I Want You, Marvin, then inspired by his relationship with his 19 year old girlfriend Janis Hunter, was motivated to record a convincing performance of the song, which was about a man trying to convince a wayward lover that he wanted the woman to love him as deeply as he loved her.
Purportedly recorded at Marvin's Room, the singer's new recording studio in Los Angeles, Marvin also reportedly recorded the song while lying on his back of his sofa according to Ware, who said that he couldn't see Gaye at first, but then discovered a laid-back Marvin delivering the song in his trademark tenor vocals.