What's Going On

E296103
concept album studio album

"What's Going On" is Marvin Gaye's landmark 1971 soul album renowned for its socially conscious themes, lush production, and status as one of the greatest records in popular music history.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
What's Going On canonical 6
What’s Going On 5
What's Going On (song) 2

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concept album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
arranger David Van De Pitte ⓘ
artist Marvin Gaye ⓘ
catalogNumber Tamla ⓘ
surface form: Tamla TS310
chronologicallyFollows That’s the Way Love Is ⓘ
chronologicallyPrecedes Trouble Man ⓘ
composer Al Cleveland ⓘ
Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Renaldo "Obie" Benson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception universal acclaim ⓘ
describedAs one of the greatest albums of all time ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
progressive soul ⓘ
psychedelic soul ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasCoverArt Marvin Gaye in raincoat portrait ⓘ
hasPart Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky) ⓘ
God Is Love ⓘ
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) ⓘ
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) ⓘ
Right On (soundtrack work) ⓘ
surface form: Right On

Save the Children ⓘ
What's Going On self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: What's Going On (song)

What's Happening Brother ⓘ
Wholy Holy ⓘ
includedIn Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ⓘ
influenced later soul and R&B concept albums ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 35 minutes ⓘ
mainTheme Vietnam War ⓘ
environmentalism ⓘ
police brutality ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ
notableFor continuous song cycle structure ⓘ
lush orchestral production ⓘ
socially conscious lyrics ⓘ
performer Marvin Gaye ⓘ
producer Al Cleveland ⓘ
David Van De Pitte ⓘ
Marvin Gaye ⓘ
Steve Smith ⓘ
recordedAt Motown Studio A ⓘ
surface form: Hitsville U.S.A. studio
recordedIn Detroit ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
recordLabel Motown ⓘ
Tamla ⓘ
releaseDate 1971-05-21 ⓘ
yearOfRelease 1971 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marvin Gaye → notableWork → What's Going On ⓘ
Marvin Gaye → album → What's Going On ⓘ
Soul 2 → hasPart → What's Going On ⓘ
this entity surface form: What’s Going On
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll → includesWork → What's Going On ⓘ
this entity surface form: "What’s Going On"
Motown: The Musical → featuresSong → What's Going On ⓘ
Prince of Motown → notableWork → What's Going On ⓘ
subject surface form: Marvin Gaye
this entity surface form: What’s Going On (album)
Prince of Motown → notableWork → What's Going On ⓘ
subject surface form: Marvin Gaye
this entity surface form: What’s Going On (song)
Renaldo "Obie" Benson → notableWork → What's Going On ⓘ
this entity surface form: What’s Going On
Renaldo "Obie" Benson → coWriterOf → What's Going On ⓘ
this entity surface form: What’s Going On
Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. → notableWork → What's Going On ⓘ
subject surface form: Marvin Gaye
What's Going On → hasPart → What's Going On self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: What's Going On (song)
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) → partOfAlbum → What's Going On ⓘ
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) → album → What's Going On ⓘ
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) → precededBy → What's Going On ⓘ
this entity surface form: What's Going On (song)
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) → album → What's Going On ⓘ
this entity surface form: What’s Going On
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) → partOf → What's Going On ⓘ
this entity surface form: What’s Going On
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) → hasParentWork → What's Going On ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marvin Gaye’s concept album What’s Going On
album "U87" → followedBy → What's Going On ⓘ
subject surface form: U87
this entity surface form: What’s Going On...? (album)