Too Busy Thinking About My Baby

~ Recording by Marvin Gaye

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:57Marvin GayeM.P.G.Marvin GayeAlbum
  • US1969-04-30
TamlaTS292
1.9Too Busy Thinking About My Baby3:00Marvin GayeMarvin Gaye Super HitsMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
TamlaTS300
3.3Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:54Marvin GayeAnthologyMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
MotownM9-791A3
1.9Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:54Marvin GayeMarvin Gaye Super HitsMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
  • US1982-12-01
Motown5301ML
1.7Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:59Marvin GayeNight LifeMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
1.6Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:59Marvin GayeCompact Command Performances: 15 Greatest HitsMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
1.6Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:59Marvin GayeCompact Command Performances: 15 Greatest HitsMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
TamlaTCD06069TD
1.6Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:59Marvin GayeCompact Command Performances: 15 Greatest HitsMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
1.3Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:59Marvin GayeGreatest HitsMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)STAR 2234
1.3Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:59Marvin GayeMotown LegendsMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
1.5Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:59Marvin GayeThe Good-Feeling Music of the Big Chill Generation, Volume 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
MotownMCD06161MD
2.7Too Busy Thinkin’ About My Baby2:59Marvin GayeAnthologyMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Motown374 630 791-2
1.14Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:55Marvin GayeTrouble Man / M. P. G.Marvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Motown, Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only)ZD72500
1.14Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:57Marvin GayeTrouble Man / M.P.G.Marvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Tamla, MotownTCD08036TD, TCDO8036TD
1.9Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:59Marvin GayeSmokey Robinson’s Greatest Hits / The Best of Marvin GayeSmokey Robinson / Marvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Silver Eagle RecordsSED-10533A
1.3Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:57Marvin Gaye18 Greatest HitsMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
MotownWD72645
1.13Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:57Marvin GayeLove SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)TCD 2331
1.13Too Busy Thinking About My Baby?:??Marvin GayeLove SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)STAR 2331
1.13Too Busy Thinking About My Baby?:??Marvin GayeLove SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)STAC 2331
1.14Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:55Marvin GayeMotown Hits of Gold, Volume 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
MotownWD72403
1.6Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:55Marvin GayeMotown In Motion: 20 Classic Motown Dance HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum
K‐tel (International budget record label)NCD 3410
1.19Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:59Marvin Gaye1969: The Beat Goes OnVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life Music2CLR-12
1.11Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:56Marvin GayeThe Marvin Gaye CollectionMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
MotownMOTD4-6311
1.4Too Busy Thinking 'bout My Baby2:54Marvin GayeLove SongsMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)TCD 2427
1.15Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:57Marvin GayeMissing You - The Best OfMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. see annotation)PD 74592
1.9Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:59Marvin GayeSoul CollectionMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
ZD 72697
1.11Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:56Marvin GayeThe Marvin Gaye CollectionMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Motown3746363112
1.7Too Busy Thinking ’bout My Baby2:54Marvin GayeThe Motown CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)TCD 2375
6.10Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:56Marvin Gaye25 Years of Great Original Hits: The Motown StoryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s DigestRDCD 231-236
1.7Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:59Marvin GayeEvery Great Motown Hit of Marvin GayeMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Motown3746360582
1.14Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:59Marvin GayeRhythm & Blues: 1969Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Special Products, Time–Life MusicOPCD-2661, RHD-13
1.12Too Busy Thinking ’Bout My Baby2:55Marvin GayeSoulreflectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)845 334-1
1.9Too Busy Thinking About My Baby3:00Marvin GayeMarvin Gaye Super HitsMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
  • US1992-02-10
Motown
1.7Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:59Marvin GayeGreat Songs and PerformancesMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Motown
1.3Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:56Marvin GayeMotown's Greatest HitsMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Motown530 012-2
2.3Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:55Marvin GayeThat Loving Feeling, Volume VIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1993-08-20
Dino EntertainmentDINCD64
1.9Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:57Marvin GayeDe Pre Historie 1969, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. see annotation)74321 16225 2
1.1Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:57Marvin GayeM.P.G.Marvin GayeAlbum
Motown3746351252
1.7Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:59Marvin GayeNight LifeMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)5500722
1.8Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:56Marvin GayeThe Very Best of Marvin GayeMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1994-03-29
Motown530 292-2
2.6Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:55Marvin GayeMotown: The Ultimate Hits CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1994-10-21
Motown530 465-2
1.17Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:59Marvin GayeThe Norman Whitfield SessionsMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Motown31453-0355-2
1.8Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:56Marvin GayeThe Very Best of Marvin GayeMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Motown, Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)530 292 - 2
1.8Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:56Marvin GayeThe Very Best of Marvin GayeMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
MotownPOCT-1544
1.26Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:57Marvin GayeAnthologyMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-08-22
Motown
1.5Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:59Marvin GayeMotown Year by Year: The Sound of Young America, 1969Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-08-29
Motown314530525-2
1.26Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:57Marvin GayeThe Best of Marvin GayeMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Motown31453-0529-2
1.26Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:59Marvin GayeThe Best of Marvin GayeMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Motown31453-0529-2
2.19Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:57Marvin GayeThe Master 1961–1984Marvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Motown31453 0492 2
1.26Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:57Marvin GayeAnthologyMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-09-03
Universal Music Special MarketsB0008017-02
2.5Too Busy Thinking 'Bout My Baby2:57Mardi GrasClassic Pop SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint)01.10405
1.2Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:55Marvin GayeMarvin Gaye (Master Series, black, collage)Marvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Motown510 652-2
1.14Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:58Marvin GayeSolid Gold Soul 1969Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Special Products, Time–Life MusicOPCD-2661A, R838-04
1.6Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:56Marvin GayeMotown Chartbusters, Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1997-11-10
Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)554 147-2
1.7Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:57Marvin GayeA Smile Like YoursVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Elektra Entertainment (renamed from Elektra 1989–2004; revived as Elektra 2009-06-01)62093-2
2.11Too Busy Thinking 'Bout My Baby2:55Marvin GayeThe Best Sixties Album in the World... Ever! IVVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-01-19
Circa Records (imprint of Circa Records Ltd., UK), Virgin TV7243 8 46362 2 7, VTDCD 215
2.13Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:57Marvin Gaye40 All Time Soul ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)565 433-2
2.15Too Busy Thinking ’Bout My Baby2:57Marvin GayeReady Steady Go! The Sixties Sound of MotownVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)530 865-2
2.12Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:55Marvin GayeDancing in the StreetVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-02-22
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)549 510-2, 549 511-2
1.8Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:56Marvin GayeThe Very Best of Marvin GayeMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-06-18
Motown530 292-2
1.9Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:58Marvin Gaye20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Volume 1: The '60sMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-08-31
Motown
1.9Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:58Marvin Gaye20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Volume 1: The '60sMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-08-31
Motown012 153 363-2
1.9Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:58Marvin Gaye20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Volume 1: The '60sMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1999-08-31
Motown
1.5Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:57Marvin GayeA música do século, volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Editora CarasSEC-0004
1.15Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:53Marvin GayeThe Love SongsMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2000-01-31
Motown, Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)545 470-2
1.9Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:58Marvin GayeEvery Great Motown Hit of Marvin GayeMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Motown314 549 517-2
1.9Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:55Marvin GayeLove From MotownVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.14Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:53Marvin GayeThe Love SongsMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Motown, Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)545 470-2
1.16Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:58Marvin GayeThe Classic Rhythm + Blues Collection: 1966-1969Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-05-22
Time–Life MusicM18730 3145605502
1.17Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:58Marvin GayeThe Very Best of Marvin GayeMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-07-17
Motown, UTV Records440 014 367-2
3.24Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:56Marvin GayeTamla Motown GoldVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2001-11-18
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)016301-2
1.10Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:59Marvin GayeLegends of SoulMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicR616-02
1.5Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:58Marvin GayeSingers and Songwriters: 1969-1972Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Special Markets, Time–Life Music314556905-2, 314556906-2, 314556907-2, R812-16
1.17Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:58Marvin GayeThe Very Best of Marvin GayeMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Motown, BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)440 014 367-2, 440 014 368-2, D240912
1.17Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:58Marvin GayeThe Very Best of Marvin GayeMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Motown, Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited), UTV Records014 367-2
1.10Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:57Marvin GayeThe Very Best of Marvin GayeMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)20048
2.12Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:56Marvin GayeLes légendes de la soulBarry White / Marvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
2.12Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:54Marvin GayeLes Légendes de La SoulBarry White / Marvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Universal Licensing Music (U.L.M)069 724-2
2.1Too Busy Thinking About My Baby?:??Marvin GayeThe Ultimate CollectionMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
  • NL2003-12-15
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)
2.1Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:55Marvin GayeThe Ultimate CollectionMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
  • NL2003-12-15
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)
2.13Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:52Marvin GayeLjuva 60‐tal Del 2 1964–1969Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • SE2003-12-17
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)COL 513870 2
1.1Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:55Marvin GayeSounds of the Sixties: 1969 Still SwingingVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL SCC/16
2.1Too Busy Thinking About My Baby?:??Marvin GayeThe Ultimate CollectionMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
  • -2003
1.13Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:55Marvin GayeThe Love CollectionMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2004-10-19
Madacy Records
1.3Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:57Marvin Gaye60s Soul SessionsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sessions (sublabel of Union Square Music)SESHDCD223
1.16Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:57Marvin GayeThe Magic of MotownVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BBC Music982 327-1
2.19Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:57Marvin GayeThe Master 1961-1984Marvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only)981-973-5
1.17Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:58Marvin GayeGoldMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-01-11
MotownB0003119-02
1.17Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:58Marvin GayeGoldMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Motown0602498632253, 9863225
2.9Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:58Marvin GayeDancing in the Streets: Motown’s Greatest HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2005-10-31
1.8Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:56Marvin GayeThe Very Best of Marvin GayeMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Motown0602498312483
1.5Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:55Marvin GayeMotown Chart Hits, Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-03-27
Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)
1.14Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:57Marvin GayeTrue MotownVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-10-02
Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)984 262-1
1.3Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:51Marvin GayeTrue SoulVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-10-02
Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)984 274-2
1.25Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:57Marvin GayeMotown: The Ultimate CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-10-16
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)984 414-7
1.26Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:55Marvin GayeAnthologyMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Special MarketsB0008017-02
Promotion
1.7Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:51Marvin GayeMastermix Classic Cuts 98: Early SoulVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985)CC 098
1.4Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:56Marvin Gaye60s Summer HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum
Daily Express (British newspaper)DEX60sCD01
(unknown)
1.12Too Busy Thinking ’Bout My Baby2:55Marvin GayeSoulreflectionVarious Artists
Knight Records (UK compilations/reissues, division of Castle Music)845 334-2
1.7Too Busy Thinking About My Baby2:59Marvin GayeNight LifeMarvin GayeAlbum + Compilation
Karussell530 124-2

Relationships

phonographic copyright (℗) by:Motown Record Corporation (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1969)
mash-ups:Too Busy Thinking About the Angry Mob by Go Home Productions
recording of:Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
Too Busy Thinking About My Baby (cover)

Too Busy Thinking About My Baby

writer:Janie Bradford
Barrett Strong
Norman Whitfield
publisher:Stone Agate Music