Songs Similar to I Heard It Through the Grapevine by Marvin Gaye
Album: Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (MP3 Album) · Soul & Jazz · Nostalgic
“I Heard It Through the Grapevine” is a soul & jazz track with pop roots by Marvin Gaye from the album Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (MP3 Album). On SongSimilar it sits in our Soul & Jazz collection and is tagged nostalgic, so the matches below lean toward that same feel (the original runs at about 113 BPM).
The closest match right now is “My Girl” by The Temptations (100% match). The list also pulls in Mary Wells, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, The Supremes and Aretha Franklin — artists whose audiences overlap heavily with Marvin Gaye's. By genre, the list is mostly r&b (14 of 20 tracks), with pop and rock mixed in. Each entry shows its genre and a match score, so you can start with the strongest matches and work outward. Every song links out to YouTube, Spotify and Amazon Music for a quick listen, and the ones marked as links have their own similar-song pages here.
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Data: Last.fm, updated 2026-10-11.
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FAQ about “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”
What songs are similar to I Heard It Through the Grapevine?
On our list, the closest matches are “My Girl” by The Temptations, “My Guy” by Mary Wells and “Let's Get It On” by Marvin Gaye. All 20 songs on this page are ranked by how strongly their listeners overlap with fans of “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” by Marvin Gaye, so the higher a song sits, the closer it is to the original's sound and audience.
Who does I Heard It Through the Grapevine sound like?
Based on listening data, “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” sits closest to The Temptations, Mary Wells, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas and The Supremes. Fans of Marvin Gaye play these artists more than almost anyone else, which usually means a shared sound, era or scene. Start with their tracks in the list above if you want something in the same vein.
Is I Heard It Through the Grapevine Soul & Jazz?
We file “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” by Marvin Gaye under Soul & Jazz, while music stores list its album under Pop. Genre labels are fuzzy, so the similar songs above aren't limited to one genre — they follow what listeners actually pair with the song.
How do you find similar songs to I Heard It Through the Grapevine?
Use the list on this page: it ranks 20 tracks by how often fans of “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” also listen to them. Open any song that has its own page to keep exploring, or enter another track in the similar song finder to start a new list.