 
<translate> "Na ji shi ta hanyar Grapevine" wani waƙa ne da Norman Whitfield da Barrett Strong suka rubuta don Motown Records a shekarar 1966. Whitfield ne ya samar da waƙar farko da aka saki don Gladys Knight & the Pips kuma aka sake shi a matsayin guda a watan Satumbar 1967; ya tafi lamba biyu a cikin jadawalin Billboard.  Amsa wannan tambaya bisa ga nassi: wanene mawaki na asali na na ji shi ta hanyar inabi? Ya yi kyau. Bari mu yi tunani. Ra'ayina na sani: <eng> "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is a song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for Motown Records in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for Gladys Knight & the Pips and released as a single in September 1967; it went to number two in the Billboard chart.

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