Use in Television and Other Media
The original version of the song was featured on a 1982 advert for Talbot cars on British television.
Detroit television station WJBK-TV, which broadcasts on Channel 2, used a reworked version of the song with revised lyrics called "It Takes 2" as part of its on-air imaging in the early 1990s. The new version was sung again by Kim Weston and Marvin Gaye's brother Frankie.
Tower of Power, a funk/soul band has also covered the song.
Jennie Garth and Derek Hough performed the jive to a version of this song, on season 5 of Dancing With The Stars.
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