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"Ego Tripping Out" is a 1979 funk-styled dance record released by American soul singer Marvin Gaye, released as a single on the Tamla (Motown) label. The song, written, composed, arranged and produced by Gaye himself, was a self-mockery of the singer's image and lifestyle. Providing a semi-rap at the beginning of the song where he sang "I got the baddest cool/could never be the fool/the ladies wait to get down with me", he later talks about the downside of being in the spotlight as he sang about his crippling drug abuse: "cause the toot and the smoke won't fulfill the need". The song, while not making it to the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, still made the R&B charts, peaking at #17. It would be Marvin's last Top 40 Billboard single at least on the R&B singles chart until 1981's "Praise". ==Personnel== *All vocals by Marvin Gaye *Instrumentation by assorted musicians: * *Guitars by Gordon Banks * *Drums, piano, keyboard and synthesizers by Marvin Gaye * *Saxophones by assorted musicians * *Bass by Frank Blair *1 Single was later included in a 1994 re-release of ''In Our Lifetime'' and a 2007 re-release deluxe edition featured different alternate mixes for the sessions of ''In Our Lifetime'' as well as the original ''Love Man'' single of it. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ego Tripping Out」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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