I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Momentum

This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.

Why it's here

Whitfield had Marvin Gaye sing in a higher key than his normal range, mixed in overdubbed vocals from the Andantes and the Funk Brothers, and added a string arrangement by Paul Riser and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, giving the recording its dense, layered sound. [1] The Gaye recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 for "historical, artistic and significant" value, and Rolling Stone placed it at number 80 on its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list in 2004. [2] It topped the Billboard Pop Singles chart for seven weeks from December 1968 to January 1969, simultaneously held number one on the R&B chart, and became the biggest-selling single on the Motown label up to that point. [3]

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

• Covered Average White Bandsource
• Written by Barrett Strongsource
• Covered Barrett Strongsource
• Covered Billy Braggsource
• Covered Bob Mintzersource
• Covered Creedence Clearwater Revivalsource
• Covered Elton John & Ray Coopersource
• Covered Elton Johnsource
• Covered Gladys Knight & the Pipssource
• Covered Joe Cockersource
• Remixed by Marvin Gaye, Grapevine (Autograf remix)source
• Written by Norman Whitfieldsource
• Covered Peter Gabrielsource
• Sampled by Sean Finn, Grapevine (extended mix)source
• Covered The London Symphony Orchestrasource
• Covered The Radiatorssource

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. Singaporesg · deezer2026-07-202026-07-20#641#64
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3. Kenyake · deezer2026-08-082026-08-08#501#50
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4. Jamaicajm · deezer2026-10-242026-10-24#671#67
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