One More Heartache

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{{Infobox song

| name = One More Heartache

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Marvin Gaye

| album = Moods of Marvin Gaye

| B-side = When I Had Your Love

| released = January 31, 1966

| recorded = November 6, 8, & 9 and December 9, 1965; January 8 & 15, 1966 Hitsville USA (Studio A)

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| genre = Soul; pop; rock and roll

| length = 2:34

| label = Tamla
T 54129

| writer = Warren Moore
Smokey Robinson
Bobby Rogers
Marv Tarplin
Ronald White

| producer = Smokey Robinson

| prev_title = Ain't That Peculiar

| prev_year = 1965

| next_title = Take This Heart of Mine

| next_year = 1966

}}

"One More Heartache" is a 1966 single recorded by Marvin Gaye for Motown Records' Tamla label. The single was written by the team of The Miracles members Bobby Rogers, Marv Tarplin, Pete Moore, Ronnie White and Smokey Robinson and produced by Robinson. The song was the third release and third consecutive Top 40 single from Gaye's Moods of Marvin Gaye album, and was produced with a similar sound to his hit "Ain't That Peculiar". "One More Heartache"was a Top 30 Pop hit, peaking at number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100, and a Top 10 R&B hit, peaking at number four on the US Billboard R&B chart.The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 6: 1966 [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=225}}

Billboard described the song as having "a driving, infectious beat and an exciting Gaye vocal."{{cite news|newspaper=Billboard|accessdate=2021-03-07|date=February 12, 1966|page=18|title=Spotlight Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1966/BB-1966-02-12.pdf}} Cash Box described the single as a "rhythmic, chorus-backed lament about a guy who feels that if his gal hurts him again it will be the straw that breaks the camel’s back."{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=February 12, 1966 |page=20 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1966/CB-1966-02-12.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}} Record World said it "never lets up on its driving way."{{cite magazine|title=Singles Reviews|magazine=Record World|date=February 19, 1966|page=6|accessdate=2023-07-17|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/60s/66/Record-World-1966-02-19.pdf}}

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