{{More citations needed|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox song | name = One More Heartache | cover =One More Heartache.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Marvin Gaye | album = Moods of Marvin Gaye | B-side = When I Had Your Love | released = January 31, 1966 | recorded = November 6, 8, & 9 and December 9, 1965; January 8 & 15, 1966 Hitsville USA (Studio A) | studio = | venue = | genre = Soul; pop; rock and roll | length = 2:34 | label = Tamla<br><small>T 54129</small> | writer = Warren Moore <br /> Smokey Robinson <br /> Bobby Rogers <br /> Marv Tarplin <br /> Ronald White | producer = Smokey Robinson | prev_title = Ain't That Peculiar | prev_year = 1965 | next_title = Take This Heart of Mine | next_year = 1966 }}
'''"One More Heartache"''' is a 1966 single recorded by Marvin Gaye for Motown Records' Tamla label. The single was written by the team of The Miracles members Bobby Rogers, Marv Tarplin, Pete Moore, Ronnie White and Smokey Robinson and produced by Robinson. The song was the third release and third consecutive Top 40 single from Gaye's ''Moods of Marvin Gaye'' album, and was produced with a similar sound to his hit "Ain't That Peculiar". "One More Heartache"was a Top 30 Pop hit, peaking at number 29 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and a Top 10 R&B hit, peaking at number four on the US ''Billboard'' R&B chart.<ref>''The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 6: 1966'' [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=225}}</ref>
''Billboard'' described the song as having "a driving, infectious beat and an exciting Gaye vocal."<ref name=bb>{{cite news|newspaper=Billboard|accessdate=2021-03-07|date=February 12, 1966|page=18|title=Spotlight Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1966/BB-1966-02-12.pdf}}</ref> ''Cash Box'' described the single as a "rhythmic, chorus-backed lament about a guy who feels that if his gal hurts him again it will be the straw that breaks the camel’s back."<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=February 12, 1966 |page=20 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1966/CB-1966-02-12.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}</ref> ''Record World'' said it "never lets up on its driving way."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Singles Reviews|magazine=Record World|date=February 19, 1966|page=6|accessdate=2023-07-17|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/60s/66/Record-World-1966-02-19.pdf}}</ref>
==Cover versions== * A cover by the Butterfield Blues Band was released on their album ''The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw'' in 1967. It was on the B side of the single of "Run Out Of Time" that was released as a teaser for the album.
==Credits== *Lead vocals by Marvin Gaye *Background vocals by The Andantes: Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow & Louvain Demps *Guitar by Marv Tarplin *Other instrumentation by The Funk Brothers
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Marvin Gaye}} {{Marvin Gaye singles}}
Category:1966 singles Category:Marvin Gaye songs Category:Songs written by Warren "Pete" Moore Category:Songs written by Bobby Rogers Category:Songs written by Smokey Robinson Category:Songs written by Marv Tarplin Category:Songs written by Ronald White Category:Tamla Records singles Category:Song recordings produced by Smokey Robinson
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