Kim Weston (December 20, 1939) is an American soul singer, and Motown alumna. In the 1960s, Weston scored hits with the songs "Love Me All the Way" and "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)", and with her duet with Marvin Gaye, "It Takes Two".
"It Takes Two" was a hit single recorded in late 1965 by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston for Motown's Tamla label.
Produced by Weston's then-husband, longtime Gaye collaborator William "Mickey" Stevenson, and co-written by Stevenson and Sylvia Moy, "It Takes Two" centered around a romantic lyric which depicted many things in life (dreams, love, wishes, etc.) being better with two people instead of one. The single became Gaye's most successful duet single to date, later outperformed by Gaye's duets with Tammi Terrell.
Gaye and Weston's duet peaked at #14 on the Billboard Pop charts and #4 on Billboard's Soul Singles chart in January 1967. "It Takes Two" was also Gaye's first major hit in the UK, where it peaked at #16 on the British singles charts in the spring of that same year.
Also in 1967, soul singers Otis Redding and Carla Thomas covered the song for their duet album, King & Queen.
Secret Love
Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
That lived within the heart of me
All too soon my secret love
Became impatient to be free
So I told a friendly star
The way that dreamers often do
Just how wonderful you are
Now, I shout it from the highest hills
Even told the golden daffodils
At last my hearts an open door
My secret love's no secret anymore
You're my secret love
Marvin Gaye's song "Secret Love" is all about a love that a person keeps hidden within themselves, unable to share it with anyone else. This kind of love is something that many people feel, but few are able to express. In the song, the singer reveals that they had such a secret love, but eventually they couldn't keep it hidden any longer. They told a "friendly star" all about how wonderful their love is, and why they are so in love with that person.
The song paints a picture of someone who has been keeping their feelings bottled up for a long time, unable to express them for fear of rejection or ridicule. But finally, they reach a point where they can't hold it in any longer. They shout their love from the "highest hills" and even tell the "golden daffodils" about it. They have opened their hearts and let their secret love out into the open.
Overall, this is a hopeful and uplifting song about the power of love to overcome fear and uncertainty. It shows that even the most hidden and secret emotions can be expressed and shared with others, and that love can bring us together in ways that we never thought possible.
Line by Line Meaning
Once I had a secret love,
I used to have a hidden love in my heart
That lived within the heart of me
This love was deeply ingrained within my heart
All too soon my secret love,
After a while, my hidden love started to become difficult to hide
Became impatient to be free
And it started to yearn to be expressed openly
So I told a friendly star,
To unburden my heart, I confided in a star which appeared friendly to me
The way that dreamers often do
I expressed my emotions in the typical manner of a dreamer who is in love
Just how wonderful you are,
I spoke of your incredible qualities and attributes
And why I'm so in love with you
I explained the reasons that have led me to fall deeply in love with you
Now, I shout it from the highest hills
But now, I no longer hold back my love- I proclaim it from the highest mountain tops
Even told the golden daffodils
I have even shared the news with the natural world, telling it to nature's own golden daffodils
At last my hearts an open door,
My heart is now like an open door, ready to let anyone and everyone know how I feel about you
And my secret love's
It's clear to all and sundry, that my hidden love
No secret anymore
Is no more a secret known only to me.
Lyrics © Royalty Network, Tratore, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Capitol CMG Publishing, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Paul Francis Webster, Sammy Fain
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind