<P> `` Let 's Get It On '' is a song and hit single by soul musician Marvin Gaye , released June 15 , 1973 , on Motown - subsidiary label Tamla Records . The song was recorded on March 22 , 1973 , at Hitsville West in Los Angeles , California . The song features romantic and sexual lyricism and funk instrumentation by The Funk Brothers . The title track of Gaye 's landmark 1973 album of the same name , it was written by Marvin Gaye and producer Ed Townsend . `` Let 's Get It On '' became Gaye 's most successful single for Motown and one of his most well - known songs . With the help of the song 's sexually explicit content , `` Let 's Get It On '' helped give Gaye a reputation as a sex icon during its initial popularity . </P>
<P> `` Let 's Get It On '' is a song and hit single by soul musician Marvin Gaye , released June 15 , 1973 , on Motown - subsidiary label Tamla Records . The song was recorded on March 22 , 1973 , at Hitsville West in Los Angeles , California . The song features romantic and sexual lyricism and funk instrumentation by The Funk Brothers . The title track of Gaye 's landmark 1973 album of the same name , it was written by Marvin Gaye and producer Ed Townsend . `` Let 's Get It On '' became Gaye 's most successful single for Motown and one of his most well - known songs . With the help of the song 's sexually explicit content , `` Let 's Get It On '' helped give Gaye a reputation as a sex icon during its initial popularity . </P>
who sings the song lets get it on
who sings the song lets get it on
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye