What’s Going On

Tracklist

• 1
  What's Going On
  3:53
  4.2 ★
• 2
  What's Happening Brother
  2:43
  4.2 ★
• 3
  Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky)
  3:49
  4.2 ★
• 4
  Save the Children
  4:03
  4.2 ★
• 5
  God Is Love
  1:41
  4.2 ★
• 6
  Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
  3:16
  4.7 ★
• 7
  Right On
  7:32
  4.2 ★
• 8
  Wholy Holy
  3:07
  4.5 ★
• 9
  Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
  5:33
  4.4 ★
• 10
  God Is Love
  2:49
• 11
  Sad Tomorrows
  2:22

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Release credits

• David Van dePitte
  arranger [6, 9], conductor [1-9]
• Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  instrument [1]
• Lawrence Miles
  mix [1-2, 2-4, 4-5, 5-6, 6-8, 8-9]
• Lem Barney
  background vocals [1]
• Marvin Gaye
  background vocals [1, 6], lead vocals [1, 6], mellotron [6], percussion [1], piano [1, 6], producer [1-9], vocal [4]
• Mel Farr
  background vocals [1]
• Paul Riser
  arranger [11]
• The Andantes
  background vocals [6]
• The Funk Brothers
  instrument [1, 6]
• Wild Bill Moore
  solo [6], tenor saxophone [6]

Issues

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  What’s Going On

  12" Vinyl
  20 May 1971
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  What’s Going On

  2x 12" Vinyl
  1971
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  What’s Going On

  12" Vinyl
  1971
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  What’s Going On

  12" Vinyl (Quadraphonic)
  1975
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  What's Going On

  12" Vinyl
  April 1984
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  What’s Going On

  CD
  1986
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  What’s Going On

  12" Vinyl
  1988
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  What’s Going On

  CD
  1990
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  What’s Going On

  CD (pink/blue CD)
  1993
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  What’s Going On

  CD (black/gold CD)
  1993
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  What’s Going On

  CD
  7 June 1994
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  What’s Going On

  CD (club edition)
  1994
• W
  What’s Going On

  CD
  7 April 1998
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  What’s Going On

  CD
  7 April 1998
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  What’s Going On

  CD
  5 August 1998
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  What’s Going On

  CD
  1998
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  What’s Going On

  CD (made in Germany by PMDC)
  1998
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  What’s Going On

  CD (UML)
  1998
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  What’s Going On

  CD (made in Germany by Universal M&L)
  1999
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  2x CD (deluxe edition)
  27 February 2001
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  What’s Going On

  2x CD (deluxe edition)
  2002
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  What’s Going On

  CD
  2002
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  What’s Going On

  CD
  2002
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  What’s Going On

  CD
  14 January 2003
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  What’s Going On

  CD
  14 January 2003
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  Digital Media
  2003
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  12" Vinyl
  1 February 2008
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  Hybrid SACD (CD layer), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels)
  30 December 2008
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  What’s Going On

  2x SHM-CD (deluxe edition)
  9 April 2009
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  What’s Going On

  2x CD (deluxe edition)
  25 October 2010
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  What’s Going On

  12" Vinyl, 2x CD (40th anniversary deluxe edition)
  17 May 2011
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  What’s Going On

  12" Vinyl, 2x CD (40th anniversary edition)
  27 June 2011
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  What's Going On

  CD
  2011
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  What’s Going On

  CD
  2011
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  What’s Going On

  Digital Media
  12 May 2012
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  What’s Going On

  CD
  25 February 2013
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  What’s Going On

  SHM-CD (mini‐LP)
  25 September 2013
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  Blu-ray
  4 October 2013
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  Digital Media (192kHz / 24bit)
  22 February 2014
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  What’s Going On

  12" Vinyl
  26 May 2016
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  What’s Going On

  HQCD (2018 MQA x UHQCD)
  20 June 2018
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  What’s Going On

  2x 12" Vinyl
  11 January 2019
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  Digital Media
  13 November 2020
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  What’s Going On

  Digital Media (Apple Digital Master)
  13 November 2020
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  What’s Going On

  Digital Media (deluxe edition 50th anniversary)
  22 January 2021
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  What’s Going On: The Detroit Mix

  Digital Media
  22 January 2021
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  What’s Going On

  2x 12" Vinyl
  1 April 2022
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  What’s Going On

  12" Vinyl
  24 January 2025
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