It Takes Two (Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston song) "Billboard" Pop charts and #4 on "Billboard"′s Soul Singles chart in January 1967. "It Takes Two" was also Gaye's first major hit in the UK, where it peaked at #16 on the British singles charts in the spring of that same year. In 1990 "It Takes Two" was covered by Rod Stewart and Tina Turner and featured in a television advertising campaign for Pepsi. It was released as the lead single from Stewart's album "Vagabond Heart", produced by Bernard Edwards and released in late 1990. The duet was a European hit, peaking at #5 in the UK, and becoming a
Ike & Tina Turner arena tour, later captured on a televised performance of "Get Back" and "Hot Legs". In December, the Rolling Stones had Turner opened for them on their arena tour of the States. Another successful run of shows at the Ritz, as well as a recommendation by David Bowie, Tina was given a solo contract with Capitol Records. Following the successful release of her cover of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together", Tina signed a three-album deal with the label, demanding her to release the first album in less than two months, resulting in what "Ebony" magazine later called "an amazing comeback".. Tina