Written in 1967 by the Motown hit-making team of Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, the song had already been recorded by The Miracles, The Isley Brothers and Gaye himself before Gladys Knight ...

Barrett Strong, a pivotal figure in the history ... into that sound and we were first to really capture it. "Of the songs I've written, I'd say that Grapevine and Papa Was A Rolling Stone are ...