A Funky Space Reincarnation

Recorded in 1978 for Here, My Dear at Marvin’s Room in Los Angeles, with Marvin Gaye as the central creative force and Art Stewart handling engineering and mixing. The song was cut as part of Gaye’s self-produced divorce-era album sessions. Issued on the 1978 album Here, My Dear and later circulated as a single, the track stood out for its space-age lyric, glossy groove, and clear debt to disco and Parliament-Funkadelic-style funk. Contemporary coverage treated it as one of the album’s notable cuts. The song remained one of the best-remembered tracks from Here, My Dear and reached a wider audience when it was used in a Dior J’adore campaign starring Charlize Theron. Its ongoing presence in later performance and pop-culture references kept it visible beyond its original release era.