It Takes Two

It Takes Two may refer to:

Music

  • "It Takes Two" (Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston song)
  • It Takes Two (album), an album by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock
  • "It Takes Two" (Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock song)
  • It Takes Two, an album by SoulSister
  • "It Takes Two", a song from the musical Into the Woods
  • "It Takes Two", a song from the musical Hairspray
  • "It Takes Two" (Katy Perry song)
  • Film

  • It Takes Two (1995 film), a film starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
  • It Takes Two (1988 film), a comedy starring George Newbern
  • It Takes Two (1982 film), a Hong Kong film directed by Karl Maka
  • Television

  • It Takes Two (1982 TV series), an American sitcom starring Richard Crenna and Patty Duke
  • It Takes Two (Australian TV series), an Australian version of the UK celebrity singing series Just the Two of Us
  • It Takes Two (Singaporean TV series), a 2012 Singaporean Chinese-language drama
  • It Takes Two (game show), an American game show
  • Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two, a UK programme, a companion show for Strictly Come Dancing
  • It Takes Two (Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston song)

    "It Takes Two" was a hit single recorded in late 1965 by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston for Motown's Tamla label.

    Produced by Weston's then-husband, longtime Gaye collaborator William "Mickey" Stevenson, and co-written by Stevenson and Sylvia Moy, "It Takes Two" centered on a romantic lyric which depicted many things in life (dreams, love, wishes, etc.) being better with two people instead of one. The single became Gaye's most successful duet single to date, later outperformed by Gaye's duets with Tammi Terrell.

    Gaye and Weston's duet peaked at #14 on the Billboard Pop charts and #4 on Billboard's Soul Singles chart in January 1967. "It Takes Two" was also Gaye's first major hit in the UK, where it peaked at #16 on the British singles charts in the spring of that same year.

    Also in 1967, soul singers Otis Redding and Carla Thomas covered the song for their duet album, King & Queen.

    It was also recorded by Donny and Marie Osmond in 1974. It was from their gold album "I'm Leaving It All Up to You". The song also appeared on The Osmonds album "Around the World Live" in late 1975. Though it was never released as a single, the song was performed live at concerts.

    It Takes Two (Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock song)

    "It Takes Two" is a song by New York Hip house artists Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock that became a top 40 hit single was later certified platinum by the RIAA. Over the years the song has been covered and sampled by various recording artists. As stated by music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine of the All Music Guide, "There are many critics and listeners who claim that Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock's 'It Takes Two' is the greatest hip-hop single ever cut. It's hard to disagree with them."

    Composition and background

    The song samples heavily from Lyn Collins' 1972 song "Think (About It)", using multiple drum breaks, the well known "Yeah! Woo!" sample, as well as the lyric sung by Collins which gives It Takes Two its title. The famous introduction of the song is spoken over a sample of "Space Dust" by The Galactic Force Band (1978).

    Music video

    The music video "It Takes Two" was edited by Peter Lauer and Pam Thomas, who worked in MTV’s promotions department alongside Peter Dougherty, Ted Demme and Mark Pellington.

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    IT TAKES TWO

    by: Chemistry

    Machi no kaze ni tsumetai tsubu ieji o isogu gunshuu ni magirete wa
    Matsu hito ga iru koto no itami jibun no yowasa touji ni kanjiteru
    Kimi ga moshi itsuno toki datte boku no mono naraba
    Tatoe futari kasaneta te o hanasou toshitemo
    Kokoro wa oite iku kara
    Tatoe ima wa onaji toki o kizame nakutemo
    Itsuka mata meguri aeru kara
    Fushi me no utsukushii hito yo hanareta toki mo tokimeki wa yamanai
    Ima wa mada ii dasenakute kaze no uta dake kiki nagasu futari
    Koibito no yobi na wa kimi no tame dake ni aru yo
    Tatoe boku ga shizen hazusu shigusa misetemo
    Kokoro wa kimi o mite iru
    Tatoe ima wa chigau keshiki nagamete itemo
    Kitto mata meguri aeru kara
    (It takes two, you and me) Sadame mo koerareru
    (It takes two, you and me) Kiseki mo Okoru hazu sa
    (It takes two, you and me) Shinji tsuzukereba
    Dakara ima wa hitori de arukou
    Tatoe boku ga kasaneta te o hanasou toshitemo
    Kokoro wa oite iku kara
    Tatoe ima wa chigau keshiki nagamete itemo
    Kitto mata meguri aeru kara
    Tatoe boku ga kasaneta te o hanasou toshitemo
    Kokoro wa oite iku kara
    Tatoe ima wa chigau keshiki nagamete itemo
    Bokutachi wa meguri aeru kara
    Itsuka mata meguri aeru kara
    Dakara ima wa hitori de arukou




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