[1] The Paul Young version, from the album No Parlez, is stylistically notable for its use of fretless bass, played by Pino Palladino.
Though a major UK hit that broke Young as a star, the song fared less well on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at No.
According to Young, when he was making the album No Parlez, the label sent him a number of songs that he thought were too complex.
[8] In a retrospective review, AllMusic journalist Dave Thompson wrote that Young's version of the song "left mouths hanging open in awe" and described it as "a beautifully impassioned take on what was, in all fairness, never one of Marvin Gaye's greatest performances.
Cover versions were also made by (among others): Delano Stewart (1970), Cornell Campbell (1975), John Holt (1982), The Nolans (1984), The Temptations (1986, more than 10 years after their recording it), Taylor Hicks (2006), Darren Percival (2012), Boyzone (2014), Imany (2017).