Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye Play Channel
1971 70s soul

Written by Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland, and Marvin Gaye, the opening track from Gaye's 1971 album was inspired by a police brutality incident witnessed by Benson. The song marked Gaye's departure from the Motown Sound toward more personal material.

15M views
4:00 duration
1971 released

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