What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye

Appears On

• The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick: The Soundtrack(2017)
• Motown 50 Certified Original No.1 Hits: A Motown Anniversary Collection(1983)
• BBC Radio 2: More Songs of the Century0
• Soul Collection(1990)
• 100 Motown Classics(2007)
• Le canzoni del cuore: I settanta(2007)
• Magic Soul(1996)
• Hits Revival(1987)
• Motown 50: Yesterday, Today, Forever(2008)
• The ’70s: Original NBC Motion Picture Soundtrack(2000)
• Motown 40 Forever(1998)
• 101 Motown Anthems(2017)
• De zwarte lijst, Volume 1(2012)
• The Love Songs(2000)
• A Change Is Gonna Come: 40 Songs of Freedom!(2009)
• Now! 25 Top Hits of the 1970’s(2014)
• Motown: The Hits Collection, Volume 2(1995)
• Motown: The Classic Years(2000)
• Icon 2(2010)
• The Best Album Tracks... Ever!(2005)
• Marvin Is 60: A Tribute Album(1999)
• Oor - Het Album - 30 Jaar Popmuziek(2001)
• My Generation - The Soundtrack of Our Lives: The 70s, Part One(2006)
• The Ultimate Collection(2003)
• ’70s Soul Gold(2006)
• Artist’s Choice: Sheryl Crow(2003)
• The Ultimate Soul Collection(1995)
• Le canzoni del secolo, Volume 6(2000)
• The Motown Story(1998)
• Easy(2001)
• The Love Songs(2000)
• 25 #1 Hits From 25 Years(1985)
• Time of the Season(2007)
• Motown: The Complete No. 1’s(2008)
• Grandes mitos(2000)
• 70s Memories(2022)
• Les légendes de la soul(2002)
• Revolutions: Records and Rebels 1966–1970(2018)
• Songs Everyone Knows(2020)
• Now Presents Classic Soul(2023)
• Hit History, Volume 17: 1971(1991)
• ’70s Gold(2006)
• The Motown Story(2016)
• Monica Zetterlund väljer sina jazzfavoriter(2001)
• Dinner Party Summer(2020)
• Greatest Hits(2007)
• Années 70(2007)
• Peace Love & Music(1996)
• Don’t Think, Feel!(2008)
• HUMOTOWN 1(2009)
• Les Années 70 : C’était mieux avant(2016)
• Capital Gold Soul Classics(2004)
• The Best 70s Album in the World… Ever!(2019)
• The Rolling Stone Collection: 25 Years of Essential Rock(1993)
• NOW That’s What I Call 70s(2014)
• CD 6 Pack: Compiled From the Charts of Billboard Magazine(1992)
• Solid Gold Soul 1971(1996)
• Dance Music Chronicle ~History of Dance Music(2001)
• Smooth Soul Classics(2001)
• 1000 Days 1000 Songs(2016)
• Anthology(1974)
• 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 2: The ’70s(2000)
• Motown Anthems(2012)
• Hitsville: The Making of Motown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack From the Showtime Documentary Film(2019)
• Flower Power: The Music of the Love Generation(2007)
• Now That's What I Call Motown(2009)
• The 70s(2003)
• Vietnam: Songs From the Divided House(2001)
• Now That’s What I Call Classic Soul(2017)
• M80 Radio: Los éxitos de los 70, 80 y 90(2005)
• Motown 25(2013)
• Motown: The Musical: The Classic Songs That Inspired the Musical!(2012)
• Greatest Hits(1983)
• Soul 70’s Collection, Volume 1(2005)
• Marvin Gaye’s Greatest Hits(1976)
• Steal This Record: A Collection of Songs of Protest(2004)
• S.O.U.L. 2(2011)
• Absolute Radio Presents Through the Decades(2021)
• Soul for Dinner(2002)
• The Best 60s & 70s Soul Album in the World... Ever!(2023)
• BBC Radio 6 Music’s Alternative Jukebox(2014)
• Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: The Collection(2012)
• Legends of Soul(2001)
• Motown Greatest Hits(2003)
• The Soul Story, Volume 4(2006)
• NOW That’s What I Call the 70s(2025)
• Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music(2005)
• Simply the Best Singers(2004)
• Motown Classics: Gold(2005)
• Favorites(2008)
• A música do século, volume 3(1999)
• Inner City Blues: The Music of Marvin Gaye(1995)
• Soul Legends(2006)
• Motown Millenium(1999)
• Motown 50 Fanthology(2009)
• Top Hits Of The 60's (Greatest Hits)0
• The Ultimate Grammy Box: From the Recording Academy’s Collection of Award Winning Music(1999)
• Music of the Millennium II(2001)
• Best of Motown, Volume 1(2004)
• Radio 10 Top 4000: 2020(2020)
• Funked! Volume 1(2001)
• The Marvin Gaye Collection(1990)
• The Very Best of Marvin Gaye(1994)
• Tour of Duty: Top 100(2008)
• That’s Soul: Think(2010)
• Can I Get a Witness(2006)
• Sampler Gold(2006)
• Love Marvin: The Greatest Love Songs of Marvin Gaye(2010)
• Summer of Peace(2015)
• Absolute Soul(2010)
• Classic Songs of the Motown Era, Volume 1(1997)
• Best Of(2014)
• Soul Legends(2006)
• What’s Going On(2004)
• Smokey Robinson’s Greatest Hits / The Best of Marvin Gaye(1987)
• The Complete Motown Singles, Volume 11A: 1971(2008)
• The Complete Collection(2008)
• Seventies Music(2019)
• Motown Greatest Hits(2019)
• Singers and Songwriters Collection(2003)
• Number 1's(2007)
• Flower Power: Born to Be Wild(2007)
• 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Motown 1970s, Volume 2(2001)
• Compact Command Performances: 15 Greatest Hits(1983)
• Les 50 Plus Belles Chansons(2007)
• RTL SuperStars(2002)
• Top 2000 editie 2013(2013)
• The Best of Marvin Gaye(1995)
• That’s Soul: The Most Legendary Soul Artists(2002)
• Sunday Love: 10 Classic Feel Good Love Songs(2004)
• Ultimate Seventies: 1971(2003)
• Legends: Marvin Gaye (Daily Mirror)(2007)
• Sounds of the Seventies: 70s Gold(1998)
• The Big Chill: More Songs From the Original Soundtrack(1984)
• Motown Classics: The Soul of a Nation(2003)
• Volume Three: 1971–1981(2016)
• De tijdloze(2024)
• Platinum Stacks(2007)
• Rock & Pop Hi Res CD Sampler(2018)
• What's Going On: Best(2004)
• Stars of the 70s(2020)
• Silence is Golden(2014)
• Motown Gold: The 1970s(2007)
• Black Is Beautiful, Volume 1: Black and Proud(2009)
• BBC Radio 2’s Tracks of My Years With Ken Bruce(2015)
• I Heard It Through the Grapevine(1997)
• Gooische Vrouwen(2011)
• Het allerbeste uit Radio 1 Classics 1000 2017(2017)
• Essential 70s(2003)
• Singers and Songwriters: 1970-1971(2000)
• Body & Soul: Legends of Soul(2005)
• Roots of Rhythm: Say It Loud(1999)
• 80 From the 70s(2013)
• Soul Classics(2004)
• Soul Train: The Dance Years 1971(2000)
• Motown 1’s(2004)
• Classic Motown(2015)
• M80: Los éxitos de los 70(2005)
• The Marvin Gaye Collection(2003)
• Black 1 (Soul, The Beginning)(2005)
• Heartbeat: Moments(2001)
• Sounds of the Seventies: 1971(1989)
• 35 soulklassiker 1970-75(1993)
• A Collection of Great Music(2007)
• Now That’s What I Call HMV Singer & Song(2024)
• Motown, Soul & Great Rock n' Roll: Motown(2003)
• Collected(2014)
• The Singer, the Song(2011)
• What’s Going On(1971)
• The Motown Legend(1990)
• V&A: Records & Rebels(2016)
• Seventies Top 100(2007)
• 100 Hits Papa Was a Rolling Stone(2004)
• Les 100 Plus Belles Chansons MOTOWN(2006)
• Pottery Barn: PB Soul(1999)
• Classic Marvin Gaye(2000)
• Icon(2010)
• Med Hjartet På Rette Staden (Musikk Fra Tv-serien)(2006)
• Joe Top 2000, Volume 8(2016)
• Pure Soul Power(2001)
• Motown Essentials(2009)
• Funky Mix(2021)
• Every Great Motown Hit of Marvin Gaye(1991)
• The Nation’s Favourite Motown Songs(2014)
• Entertainment Weekly: The Greatest Hits 1971(2000)
• 70s Mix(2019)
• Die ultimative Chart Show: Die erfolgreichsten Lieblings-Hits der Stars(2010)
• Motown Classics(2006)
• Great Songs and Performances(1992)
• Shouting From the Streets: Songs of Protest(2007)
• Chilled R&B: Smooth Classics(2012)
• The Ultimate Easy Album(2005)
• Rhythm & Blues: 1971(1991)
• Say It Loud! A Celebration of Black Music in America(2001)
• 100 Essential Motown on 5 CDs(2006)
• A Motown Legend(2008)
• Coleção Grandes Sucessos Millennium Gold “Discotheque Vol.II”(2000)
• Under the Influence: UB40(2007)
• The Big Chill(1983)
• Dancing in the Streets: Motown’s Greatest Hits(2005)
• Steve Wright's Sunday Love Songs, Volume 2(2001)
• The Greatest Hits of Classic R&B(2008)
• Shades of Soul(1996)
• Popclassics & Rarities: Het beste uit de Arbeidsvitaminen: Top 100(1998)
• Gold: Greatest Hits(2004)
• Verrukkelijke Popclassics(2002)
• Let’s Get It On(1998)
• Playlist Plus(2008)
• Absolute Soul Classics(2006)
• Billy Connolly’s ‐ Route 66(2011)
• Just the Hits: 70’s(2022)
• I Heart 70s(2019)
• Motown Top 100 Allertijden(2006)
• Groovin: 16 Essential Groovy Tracks(1995)
• Anthology(1995)
• What’s Going On(1983)
• NOW 100 Hits: 70s(2020)
• Motown: The Ultimate Collection(2006)
• Motown Greatest Hits(2020)
• Radio Hits(2006)
• Time 100: The Music of Our Lives 1960-1980(1999)
• What’s Going On / Let’s Get It On(1986)
• Motown Great Americian Grooves0
• The Love Collection(2006)
• Radio 1 Classics, Volume 1(2010)
• The Master 1961–1984(1995)
• Missing You: The Best Of(1990)
• Summer in the City 2(1993)
• Classic(2008)
• 1970’s R&B Classics(1999)
• What's Going On / The End of Our Road(1973)
• The Very Best of Marvin Gaye(2001)
• The Very Best of Marvin Gaye(1994)
• ’70s Gold(2006)
• The Master 1961–1984(2004)
• Big Boys Lullabies(2012)

Writers & Composers

• Marvin Gaye(composer)

Composition

Recording of What’s Going On

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• What's Goin' Onby Charles McPherson
• What’s Going On (instrumental)by Cyndi Lauper
• What’s Going On (live)by Marvin Gaye
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• What’s Going On (stripped version)by Marvin Gaye
• What's Going On (London version)by U2
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