different musical production labeled as "stepper's music". Released in 2005 as a single, "Let's Get it On (The Producers Mix)" returned the song to the Billboard R&B charts, thirty years after its original release. The re-released version of "Let's Get It On" was certified as a gold single with sales in excess of 500,000 copies in 2005 by the RIAA. In 2004, the song was ranked number 167 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time; in a revised 2012 list, the song was ranked at number 168. In 2008, "Let's Get It On" was ranked #32 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs list. Plagiarism allegations In August 2016, the family of Ed Townsend sued English musician Ed Sheeran over his song "Thinking Out Loud", saying that "the melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic compositions of 'Thinking' are substantially and/or strikingly similar to the drum composition of 'Let's Get It On'." The case was dismissed without prejudice in February 2017. Two years later, in June 2018, Sheeran was again sued on similar grounds, this time for $100 million in damages by Structured Asset Sales, owners of one-third of the copyright to "Let's Get It On". Uses in popular culture In 1993, the song was featured in The Wonder Years, in the sixth-season episode "Hulk Arnold". The song appears in the 1999 film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. The song was referenced in MKTO's "Classic" and Charlie Puth's "Marvin Gaye" (feat. Meghan Trainor). The song was used for Laurel Lightfoot's phone ringtone in the 2020 film Onward. In the 2000 film High Fidelity, the song appears as a cover by fictional band Barry Jive and the Uptown Five (featuring Jack Black). The song is played multiple times throughout The King of Queens Season 2, Episode 7 "Get Away". Cover versions The song was covered by The Power Station on their 1996 album Living in Fear, with lead vocal by Robert Palmer. Charts Weekly charts All-time charts Certifications References Bibliography External links Song lyrics at MTV.com Video of Gaye performing "Let's Get It On" - Dailymotion.com Let's Get It On Lyrics List of cover versions of "Let's Get It On" at SecondHandSongs.com 1973 singles 2005 singles Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Cashbox number-one singles Marvin Gaye songs Songs written by Marvin Gaye Funk ballads Songs written by Ed Townsend Song recordings produced by Marvin Gaye