That's the Way Love Is (Isley Brothers song)

The single was later covered in a 1969 hit version by Marvin Gaye. It was his third consecutive million-selling solo hit after "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" written by Whitfield and Barrett Strong. Whitfield took the up-tempo Isley Brothers record, and turned it into a slowed-down psychedelic soul opus. Like "Grapevine", Gaye delivers the song in an emotionally wrought fashion, approaching a preacher-like tone through which he tells a woman to "forget" her lover now that the lover has gone off to someone else. ==Chart performance==

The song peaked at #7 on the Billboard pop singles chart and held the #2 spot for five weeks on the soul singles chart in October 1969 (it was held off by The Temptations' "I Can't Get Next To You"), eventually selling a million copies. ==Personnel==

;Isley Brothers version • Lead vocals by Ronald Isley • Background vocals by O'Kelly Isley Jr., Rudolph Isley and The Andantes: Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow and Louvain Demps • Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers ;Marvin Gaye version • Lead Vocals by Marvin Gaye • Background Vocals by The Andantes: Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow and Louvain Demps • Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers ;Temptations version • Lead vocals by Dennis Edwards and Paul Williams • Background vocals by Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, and Otis Williams • Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers ;The Commitments version • Lead vocals by Imelda Quirke (Angeline Ball) • Background vocals by Natalie Murphy (Maria Doyle) and Bernie McGloughlin (Bronagh Gallagher) • Instrumentation by The Commitments ==Charts==