Marvin’s life after Motown
Marvin Gaye releases his MARCH 2 first single since December 1979’s Ego Tripping Out. Praise is backed with Funk Me, which, the PR blurb says, “has been toned down for release as Marvin did not wish to offend anybody!” Both songs are lifted from his recent In Our Lifetime LP. Sales for both are disappointing, and, having moved from London to Ostend in Belgium, Gaye will soon leave Motown and sign to Columbia/CBS. “I’ve been my own worst enemy over the last 25 years,” he tells Ebony magazine, adding that he plans to retire at 50. “But as much as I’ve tried to fuck up my career, through my attitudes and personality, it doesn’t seem that I’ve lost a lot.”