[1] In the album, he "poured his emotions into songs agonisingly documenting their relationship's rise and fall.
As if offering confessional testimony to his wife, Gaye airs his side of the story of how his ill-fated marriage to the sister of his record label boss Berry Gordy collapsed.
But no matter how optimistic he seemed, he always reflected back on his marriage to Anna and how at one point, she called the cops on him for a domestic dispute.
The title is not spoken until the final verse, when Marvin croons in his trademark falsetto about where did the love go in their relationship.
However, it did have near melodic consistencies, such as "Memories of the things we did/Some we're proud of, some we hid".."If you loved me with all of your heart/You'd never take a million dollars to part".