Distant Lover (Filmed in 1979) - Marvin Gaye, "Distant Lover" is the sixth song issued on singer Marvin Gaye's 1973 album, The song topped the charts for 2 weeks. Let's Get It On and the b-side of the second single from that album, "Come Get to This." A live recording was issued as a single in 1974. The live version of the song was Gaye's most successful single during the three-year gap between Let's Get It On and his following 1976 album, I Want You. | Music from our days 60's 70' 80' 90's