What's Going On

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	What's Going On Written-By – Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson	3:52
2	What's Happening Brother Written-By – James Nyx, Marvin Gaye	2:44
3	Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky) Written-By – Anna Gaye*, Elgie Stover, Marvin Gaye	3:49
4	Save The Children Written-By – Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson	4:03
5	God Is Love Written-By – Anna Gaye*, Elgie Stover, James Nyx, Marvin Gaye	1:41
6	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) Written-By – Marvin Gaye	3:13
7	Right On Written-By – Earl DeRouen, Marvin Gaye	7:31
8	Wholy Holy Written-By – Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson	3:08
9	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) Written-By – Anna Gaye*, Elgie Stover, James Nyx, Marvin Gaye	5:26

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Motown Record Company, L.P.
• Copyright (c) – Motown Record Company, L.P.
• Published By – Jobete Music Co., Inc.
• Published By – Stone Agate Music
• Remastered At – The Mastering Lab

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Angelo Carlisi
• Alto Saxophone, Soloist – Eli Fountain*
• Art Direction – Curtis McNair
• Backing Vocals – Elgie Stover, Lem Barney, Mel Farr, Bobby Rodgers*
• Baritone Saxophone – Tate Houston
• Bass – Bob Babbit*, James Jamerson
• Bass [String] – Max Janowsky
• Bongos, Congas – Earl DeRouen, Eddie Brown*
• Cello – Edward Korkigian, Italo Babini, Thaddeus Marklewicz
• Conductor, Arranged By – David Van DePitte
• Coordinator [Reissue] – Dana Smart
• Drums – Chet Forest
• Engineer [Remastering Consulting] – Lawrence Miles*
• Executive-Producer [Reissue] – Candace Bond
• Flute – Dayna Hartwick, William Perich
• Graphics [Supervison] – Tom Schlesinger
• Guitar – Joe Messina, Robert White
• Harmonium [Celeste] – Johnny Griffith
• Harp – Carole Crosby
• Liner Notes [Essay] – David Ritz
• Management [Tape Archives Manager] – Georgia Ward
• Mixed By – Lawrence Miles*
• Percussion, Tambourine – Jack Ashford
• Photography [Photos From] – American Stock Photography, Cliff Badowski Colection, Motown Archives
• Photography By [Front & Rear Cover] – Hendin*
• Photography By [Montage] – The Gaye And Gordy Family Archives
• Producer – Marvin Gaye
• Recorded By – Art Stewart, James Green, Joe Atkinson, Lawrence Miles*
• Reissue Producer – Amy Herot
• Remastered By – Gavin Lurssen
• Soprano Saxophone – Larry Nozero
• Tenor Saxophone – George Benson
• Tenor Saxophone, Soloist – William Moore*
• Trombone – Carl Raetz
• Trumpet – John Trudell*, Maurice Davis
• Vibraphone, Percussion – Jack Brokensha
• Viola – David Ireland , Edouard Kesner, Meyer Shapiro, Nathan Gordon
• Violin – Alvin Score, Beatriz Budinszky*, Felix Resnick, Gordon Staples, James Waring, Lillian Downs, Richard Margitza, Virginia Halfmann, Zinovi Bistritzky
• Vocals, Piano – Marvin Gaye

Notes

℗ © 1994 Motown Record Company, L.P.

All selections published by and © 1971 Jobete Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP), except "What's Going On", "Save The Children", "Right On" and "Wholy Holy" published by and © 1971 Jobete Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP) / Stone Agate Music (BMI).

This release comes with the jewel case housed in an extra cardboard sleeve and with a 24-page booklet.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 31453-0022-2 7
• Matrix / Runout: 314 530 022-2 01% C

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
TS-310, TS310	Marvin Gaye	What's Going On ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Tamla, Tamla	TS-310, TS310	US	1971
12/24024	Marvin Gaye	Mercy, Mercy Me ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Platinum	12/24024	Germany	1985
LI-60136	Marvin Gaye	What's Going On ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Motown	LI-60136	Spain	1984
R28M-1106	Marvin Gaye	What's Going On ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Motown	R28M-1106	Japan	1987
5300221, 530 022-1	Marvin Gaye	What's Going On ‎(LP, Album, RE, Gat)	Tamla, Tamla	5300221, 530 022-1	US	2012

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