 
<translate> "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" bụ abụ nke Norman Whitfield na Barrett Strong dere maka Motown Records na 1966. Ihe ndekọ mbụ nke abụ a ga-ewepụta bụ nke Whitfield mepụtara maka Gladys Knight & the Pips ma wepụta ya dị ka otu na Septemba 1967; ọ gara nọmba abụọ na chaatị Billboard.  Zaa ajụjụ a dabere n'akụkụ Akwụkwọ Nsọ ahụ: ònye bụ onye mbụ bụrụ abụ ahụ bụ́ "Esi m n'osisi vaịn nụ ya"? Ọ dị mma. Ka anyị chee echiche. Ihe m na-echeta: <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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