The Real Meang Behd Marv Gaye's 'What's Gog On'

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• WHAT’S GOG ONMARV GAYETRACK 1 ON WHAT’S GOG ON PRODUCED BYMARV GAYEWHAT’S GOG ON IS AN EXQUISE PLEA FOR PEACE ON EARTH, SUNG BY A MAN AT THE HEIGHT OF CRISIS. IN 1970, MARV GAYE WAS MOTOWN’S TOP MALE VOL STAR, YET HE WAS TRATED… READ MORE JAN. 17, 19711 VIEWER587.9K VIEWS85 CONTRIBUTORSWHAT’S GOG ON LYRICS[INTRO]HEY, HEY-HEYHEY, WHAT'S HAPPEN'?HEY, BROTHER, WHAT'S HAPPEN'?BOY, THIS IS A GROOVY PARTY (HEY, HOW YOU DO'?)MAN, I N DIG YEAH, BROTHER, SOLID, RIGHT ONWHAT'S HAPPEN'?HEY, MAN, WHAT'S HAPPENG?WOOEVERYTHG IS EVERYTHGWE'RE GONNA DO A GET DOWN TODAY, BOY, I'LL TELL YA[VERSE 1]MOTHER, MOTHERTHERE'S TOO MANY OF YOU CRYGBROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHERTHERE'S FAR TOO MANY OF YOU DYGYOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO FD A WAYTO BRG SOME LOVG HERE TODAY, YEAH[VERSE 2]FATHER, FATHERWE DON'T NEED TO LATEYOU SEE, WAR IS NOT THE ANSWERFOR ONLY LOVE N NQUER HATEYOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO FD A WAYTO BRG SOME LOVG HERE TODAY, OH (OH)YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS]PICKET L (SISTER) AND PICKET SIGNS (SISTER)DON'T PUNISH ME (SISTER) WH BTALY (SISTER)TALK TO ME (SISTER), SO YOU N SEE (SISTER)OH, WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)YEAH, WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)OH, WHAT'S GOG ON[POST-CHOS]AH-AH-AH-AH (IN THE MEANTIME, RIGHT ON, BABY)WOO (RIGHT ON, BABY), WOOAH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA, YA-YA-YA-YA-YAWOO (RIGHT ON, BABY, RIGHT ON), WOOAH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YABA-DA-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOOBA-DA-BOO-BOO-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOO-BA-BA-DO[VERSE 3]MOTHER, MOTHEREVERYBODY THKS WE'RE WRONGOH, BUT WHO ARE THEY TO JUDGE SIMPLY 'E OUR HAIR IS LONG?OH, YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO FD A WAYTO BRG SOME UNRSTANDG HERE TODAY, OH-OH[CHOS]PICKET L (BROTHER) AND PICKET SIGNS (BROTHER)DON'T PUNISH ME (BROTHER) WH BTALY (BROTHER)COME ON, TALK TO ME (BROTHER), SO YOU N SEE (BROTHER)OH, WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)YEAH, WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)TELL ME WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)[POST-CHOS]WOO-OOH-OOH-OOH (RIGHT ON, BABY, RIGHT ON)AH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA, YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YAWOO, WOO (RIGHT ON)AH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YABA-DA-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOO-DOOBA-DA-BOO-BOO-BOO-DOO, BA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA[OUTRO]WOO (RIGHT ON, BABY, E ON, RIGHT ON)AH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YAWOO (RIGHT ON)LISTEN, AH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YADA-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOO-DOODA-BOO-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOO49EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
• THE STORY OF... 'WHAT'S GOG ON' BY MARV GAYE
• MARV GAYE’S “WHAT’S GOG ON” LYRICS MEANG
• THE REAL MEANG BEHD MARV GAYE'S 'WHAT'S GOG ON'
• MARV GAYE - WHAT’S GOG ON LYRICS
• MARV GAYE - WHAT'S GOG ON LYRICS
• WHAT’S GOG ON (LIVE 1974)MARV GAYETRACK 12 ON MARV GAYE LIVE! PRODUCED BYMARV GAYEJAN. 4, 19741 VIEWER2 CONTRIBUTORSWHAT’S GOG ON (LIVE 1974) LYRICS[VERSE 1]MOTHER, MOTHERTHERE'S TOO MANY OF YOU CRYGBROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHERTHERE’S FAR TOO MANY OF YOU DYGYOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO FD A WAYTO BRG SOME LOV' HERE TODAYFATHER, FATHERWE DON’T NEED TO LATEWAR IS NOT THE ANSWERFOR ONLY LOVE N NQUER HATEYOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO FD A WAYBRG SOME UNRSTANDG HERE TODAY[CHOS]AH, PICKET L (SISTER), PICKET SIGNS (SISTER)DON'T PUNISH ME (SISTER) WH BTALY (SISTER)TALK TO ME (SISTER), SO YOU N SEE (SISTER)OH, WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON?)WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON?)OH, WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT’S GOG ON?)TELL ME, WHAT’S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON?)OOH, HOO HOO HOO (RIGHT ON, MARV, RIGHT ON)[VERSE 2]MOTHER, MOTHER, EVERYBODY THKS WE’RE WRONG, BABYBUT WHO ARE THEY TO JUDGE BEE OUR HAIR IS LONGYOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO FD A WAYTO BRG SOME UNRSTANDG HERE TODAYYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS]LOOK OUT, PICKET L (BROTHER) AND PICKET SIGNS (BROTHER)DON'T PUNISH ME, BABY (BROTHER) WH BTALY (BROTHER)COME ON, E ON, E ON (BROTHER), TALK TO ME (BROTHER)YOU N SEE WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT’S GOG ON?)YEAH, WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON?)TELL ME WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON?)I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON?)WOO (RIGHT ON, MARV, RIGHT ON)[BRIDGE]HEY NOW, BABY, WHAT'S GOG ONOH BABYWOO, HOO-HOO-HOOOH BABY, TELL ME WHAT'S GOG ONHONEY, WHAT'S GOG ONWHAT'S GOG ON, WHAT'S GOG ON, WHAT'S GOG ON[OUTRO: MARV GAYE, WALLY COX]LADI AND GENTLEMEN, YOU'VE BEEN A MARVELO DIENCETHANK YOU FOR GTHE NEXT TIME I E TO OAKLAND I A'T FOT ABOUT YOUI LOVE YOU SO MUCH, GOODBYEGOD BLS Y'ALLMARV GAYE, MARV GAYEA LEGEND HIS OWN TIMEMARVELO MARV GAYE, LADI AND GENTLEMENMAKG HIS FIRST APPEARANCE HERE THE BAY AREA AFTER FIVE YEARSMARV GAYEONE MORE TIME FOR MARVELO MARV GAYE, LADI AND GENTLEMENEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “WHAT'S GOG ON (LIVE 1974)” BY MARV GAYE?WHEN DID MARV GAYE RELEASE “WHAT'S GOG ON (LIVE 1974)”?WHO WROTE “WHAT'S GOG ON (LIVE 1974)” BY MARV GAYE?MARV GAYE LIVE! (1974)MARV GAYE1. INTRODUCTN (LIVE 1974)2. OVERTURE (LIVE 1974)3. TROUBLE MAN (LIVE 1974)4. FLY’ HIGH (IN THE FRIENDLY SKY) / MERCY MERCY ME (THE ELOGY) (LIVE 1974)5. INNER CY BLU (MAKE ME WANNA HOLLER) (LIVE 1974)6. DISTANT LOVER (LIVE 1974)7. JAN (LIVE 1974)8. KEEP GETT’ IT ON (LIVE 1974)9. FOSSIL MEDLEY: I’LL BE DOGGONE / TRY IT BABY / CAN I GET A WNS / YOU’RE A WONRFUL ONE / STUBBORN KD OF FELLOW / HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU) (LIVE 1974)10. THANKS TO THE ORCHTRA11. LET’S GET IT ON (LIVE 1974)12. WHAT’S GOG ON (LIVE 1974)CREDSPRODUCED BYMARV GAYEWRTEN BYMARV GAYE, RENALDO BENSON & AL CLEVELANDBACKGROUND VOLSCHARL BURRS, WALLY COX, ERIC DOLEN, DWIGHT OWENS & MICHAEL TORRANCECONDUCTORGENE PAGEBASSJAM JAMERSONCONGASJOE CLAYTONDMSED GREENEGUARDAVID T. WALKERKEYBOARDSJOE SAMPLEPERCSNJOHN ARNOLDSAXOPHONEERNIE WATTSTROMBONEGEE BOHANONTMPETPL HUBONENGEERCAL HARRIS & BILL SCHNEEMIXG ENGEERBILL SCHNEEASSISTANT MIXG ENGEERJOHN HENDRICKSONMASTERG ENGEERKEV REEVVLJAM GETZOFF & JACK SHULMANLABELTAMLA RERDS & MOTOWN RERDSRERD ATOAKLAND COLISM (OAKLAND, CA)RELEASE DATEJANUARY 4, 1974WHAT’S GOG ON (LIVE 1974) IS A LIVE VERSN OFWHAT'S GOG ON BY MARV GAYETAGSPOPR&BLIVEMOTOWNSOULSOUL POPEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
• MARV GAYE - WHAT’S GOG ON ALBUM

WHAT’S GOG ONMARV GAYETRACK 1 ON WHAT’S GOG ON PRODUCED BYMARV GAYEWHAT’S GOG ON IS AN EXQUISE PLEA FOR PEACE ON EARTH, SUNG BY A MAN AT THE HEIGHT OF CRISIS. IN 1970, MARV GAYE WAS MOTOWN’S TOP MALE VOL STAR, YET HE WAS TRATED… READ MORE JAN. 17, 19711 VIEWER587.9K VIEWS85 CONTRIBUTORSWHAT’S GOG ON LYRICS[INTRO]HEY, HEY-HEYHEY, WHAT'S HAPPEN'?HEY, BROTHER, WHAT'S HAPPEN'?BOY, THIS IS A GROOVY PARTY (HEY, HOW YOU DO'?)MAN, I N DIG YEAH, BROTHER, SOLID, RIGHT ONWHAT'S HAPPEN'?HEY, MAN, WHAT'S HAPPENG?WOOEVERYTHG IS EVERYTHGWE'RE GONNA DO A GET DOWN TODAY, BOY, I'LL TELL YA[VERSE 1]MOTHER, MOTHERTHERE'S TOO MANY OF YOU CRYGBROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHERTHERE'S FAR TOO MANY OF YOU DYGYOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO FD A WAYTO BRG SOME LOVG HERE TODAY, YEAH[VERSE 2]FATHER, FATHERWE DON'T NEED TO LATEYOU SEE, WAR IS NOT THE ANSWERFOR ONLY LOVE N NQUER HATEYOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO FD A WAYTO BRG SOME LOVG HERE TODAY, OH (OH)YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS]PICKET L (SISTER) AND PICKET SIGNS (SISTER)DON'T PUNISH ME (SISTER) WH BTALY (SISTER)TALK TO ME (SISTER), SO YOU N SEE (SISTER)OH, WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)YEAH, WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)OH, WHAT'S GOG ON[POST-CHOS]AH-AH-AH-AH (IN THE MEANTIME, RIGHT ON, BABY)WOO (RIGHT ON, BABY), WOOAH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA, YA-YA-YA-YA-YAWOO (RIGHT ON, BABY, RIGHT ON), WOOAH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YABA-DA-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOOBA-DA-BOO-BOO-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOO-BA-BA-DO[VERSE 3]MOTHER, MOTHEREVERYBODY THKS WE'RE WRONGOH, BUT WHO ARE THEY TO JUDGE SIMPLY 'E OUR HAIR IS LONG?OH, YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO FD A WAYTO BRG SOME UNRSTANDG HERE TODAY, OH-OH[CHOS]PICKET L (BROTHER) AND PICKET SIGNS (BROTHER)DON'T PUNISH ME (BROTHER) WH BTALY (BROTHER)COME ON, TALK TO ME (BROTHER), SO YOU N SEE (BROTHER)OH, WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)YEAH, WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)TELL ME WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON)[POST-CHOS]WOO-OOH-OOH-OOH (RIGHT ON, BABY, RIGHT ON)AH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA, YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YAWOO, WOO (RIGHT ON)AH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YABA-DA-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOO-DOOBA-DA-BOO-BOO-BOO-DOO, BA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DA[OUTRO]WOO (RIGHT ON, BABY, E ON, RIGHT ON)AH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YAWOO (RIGHT ON)LISTEN, AH-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YA-YADA-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOO-DOODA-BOO-BOO-DOO, BOO-BOO-BOO49EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

Marv Gaye. Wrten by: Aled W Cleveland, Marv P Gaye, Renaldo Benson. Missg lyrics by Marv Gaye?

THE STORY OF... 'WHAT'S GOG ON' BY MARV GAYE

Know any other songs by Marv Gaye? Don't miss Marv Gaye's.

Marv Gaye’s very pellg reason for wantg to rerd the song –. I knew I’d have to fd peace my was gog on durg his time that ma Gaye want to fight for peace?

Gaye’s trospective lyrics discs them of dg abe, poverty, and the Vietnam there an official vio for "What's Gog On"? Who produced “What's Gog On” by Marv Gaye? When did Marv Gaye release “What's Gog On”?

MARV GAYE’S “WHAT’S GOG ON” LYRICS MEANG

Who wrote “What's Gog On” by Marv Gaye? Marv Gaye Lyrics. Wrer(s): Marv Gaye, Marv P Gaye, Aled Cleveland, Renaldo Benson.

'What's Gog On' by Marv Gaye - Smooth. 'What's Gog On' by Marv Gaye. Marv Gaye's prott anthem 'What's Gog On' was a powerful and groundbreakg song at the time of s release 1971, but fast forward 50 years later and is sadly still jt as relevant for the world 2021.

THE REAL MEANG BEHD MARV GAYE'S 'WHAT'S GOG ON'

Wh the huge spark of protts the US and around the world agast racism followg the ath of Gee Floyd a year ago, the subject of police btaly and racial jtice is beg discsed as much today as was back Gaye -wrote 'What's Gog On' about the issu of the time, but ltle did he know that over 30 years after his ath, tragilly still sounds as if uld have been wrten 's the history of one of the most important songs of the 20th century, 50 years on:. The song was -wrten by Renaldo 'Obie' Benson, Al Cleveland, and Marv Gaye, and produced by Gaye song marked Gaye's parture om the Motown Sound of his prev output, towards more personal was the tle track of his album What's Gog On?, released May 1971. Marv Gaye 1970.

'"In 1970, Benson gave the untled song to Marv Gaye, who add a new melody and changed the song and add his own later said Gaye "add some thgs that were more ghetto, more natural, which ma seem like a story than a song... "Gaye lled 'What's Gog On'.

He ially thought the song's would be good for the group The Origals, Benson nvced Gaye to rerd was spired by social jtic mted the US, cludg the 1965 Watts rts.

MARV GAYE - WHAT’S GOG ON LYRICS

'"He was also fluenced by emotnal nversatns shared between him and his brother Frankie, who had returned om three years at the Vietnam War, and his Marv's ath while servg phone nversatns wh Motown boss Berry Gordy, who was on holiday the Bahamas at the time, Gaye told Gordy that he wanted to rerd a prott album, to which Gordy said: "Marv, don't be ridiculo. Marv Gaye - What's Gog On (Official Vio 2019).

Marv Gaye was spired by recent succs of his productns for The Origals, and cid to produce the song brought origal Motown -hoe stud micians such as Jam Jamerson and Eddie Brown, wh micians he reced openg saxophone le, by mician Eli Fontae, was not origally tend for the song.

Once Gaye heard Fontae's riff, he told Fontae to go home. When Fontae protted that he was jt "goofg around", Gaye replied: "you goof off exquisely, thank you.

MARV GAYE - WHAT'S GOG ON LYRICS

"The laid-back atmosphere the stud was helped by nstant marijuana smokg by Gaye and the micians. Jamerson was brought after Gaye saw him playg wh a band at a lol bar. However, the night Jamerson me to rerd the bass l, he uld not s properly his seat and laid on the floor playg his bass Annie Jamerson later said that when he returned home that night, he clared that the song was a "masterpiece" also provid piano and keyboards, and also played a box dm to help alongsi Chet Fort's also ved the Detro Lns players Mel Farr and Lem Barney to the stud and, along wh Gaye and the Funk Brothers, add var vol chatter the background, a mock nversatn.

WHAT’S GOG ON (LIVE 1974)MARV GAYETRACK 12 ON MARV GAYE LIVE! PRODUCED BYMARV GAYEJAN. 4, 19741 VIEWER2 CONTRIBUTORSWHAT’S GOG ON (LIVE 1974) LYRICS[VERSE 1]MOTHER, MOTHERTHERE'S TOO MANY OF YOU CRYGBROTHER, BROTHER, BROTHERTHERE’S FAR TOO MANY OF YOU DYGYOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO FD A WAYTO BRG SOME LOV' HERE TODAYFATHER, FATHERWE DON’T NEED TO LATEWAR IS NOT THE ANSWERFOR ONLY LOVE N NQUER HATEYOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO FD A WAYBRG SOME UNRSTANDG HERE TODAY[CHOS]AH, PICKET L (SISTER), PICKET SIGNS (SISTER)DON'T PUNISH ME (SISTER) WH BTALY (SISTER)TALK TO ME (SISTER), SO YOU N SEE (SISTER)OH, WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON?)WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON?)OH, WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT’S GOG ON?)TELL ME, WHAT’S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON?)OOH, HOO HOO HOO (RIGHT ON, MARV, RIGHT ON)[VERSE 2]MOTHER, MOTHER, EVERYBODY THKS WE’RE WRONG, BABYBUT WHO ARE THEY TO JUDGE BEE OUR HAIR IS LONGYOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO FD A WAYTO BRG SOME UNRSTANDG HERE TODAYYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS]LOOK OUT, PICKET L (BROTHER) AND PICKET SIGNS (BROTHER)DON'T PUNISH ME, BABY (BROTHER) WH BTALY (BROTHER)COME ON, E ON, E ON (BROTHER), TALK TO ME (BROTHER)YOU N SEE WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT’S GOG ON?)YEAH, WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON?)TELL ME WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON?)I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S GOG ON (WHAT'S GOG ON?)WOO (RIGHT ON, MARV, RIGHT ON)[BRIDGE]HEY NOW, BABY, WHAT'S GOG ONOH BABYWOO, HOO-HOO-HOOOH BABY, TELL ME WHAT'S GOG ONHONEY, WHAT'S GOG ONWHAT'S GOG ON, WHAT'S GOG ON, WHAT'S GOG ON[OUTRO: MARV GAYE, WALLY COX]LADI AND GENTLEMEN, YOU'VE BEEN A MARVELO DIENCETHANK YOU FOR GTHE NEXT TIME I E TO OAKLAND I A'T FOT ABOUT YOUI LOVE YOU SO MUCH, GOODBYEGOD BLS Y'ALLMARV GAYE, MARV GAYEA LEGEND HIS OWN TIMEMARVELO MARV GAYE, LADI AND GENTLEMENMAKG HIS FIRST APPEARANCE HERE THE BAY AREA AFTER FIVE YEARSMARV GAYEONE MORE TIME FOR MARVELO MARV GAYE, LADI AND GENTLEMENEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “WHAT'S GOG ON (LIVE 1974)” BY MARV GAYE?WHEN DID MARV GAYE RELEASE “WHAT'S GOG ON (LIVE 1974)”?WHO WROTE “WHAT'S GOG ON (LIVE 1974)” BY MARV GAYE?MARV GAYE LIVE! (1974)MARV GAYE1. INTRODUCTN (LIVE 1974)2. OVERTURE (LIVE 1974)3. TROUBLE MAN (LIVE 1974)4. FLY’ HIGH (IN THE FRIENDLY SKY) / MERCY MERCY ME (THE ELOGY) (LIVE 1974)5. INNER CY BLU (MAKE ME WANNA HOLLER) (LIVE 1974)6. DISTANT LOVER (LIVE 1974)7. JAN (LIVE 1974)8. KEEP GETT’ IT ON (LIVE 1974)9. FOSSIL MEDLEY: I’LL BE DOGGONE / TRY IT BABY / CAN I GET A WNS / YOU’RE A WONRFUL ONE / STUBBORN KD OF FELLOW / HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU) (LIVE 1974)10. THANKS TO THE ORCHTRA11. LET’S GET IT ON (LIVE 1974)12. WHAT’S GOG ON (LIVE 1974)CREDSPRODUCED BYMARV GAYEWRTEN BYMARV GAYE, RENALDO BENSON & AL CLEVELANDBACKGROUND VOLSCHARL BURRS, WALLY COX, ERIC DOLEN, DWIGHT OWENS & MICHAEL TORRANCECONDUCTORGENE PAGEBASSJAM JAMERSONCONGASJOE CLAYTONDMSED GREENEGUARDAVID T. WALKERKEYBOARDSJOE SAMPLEPERCSNJOHN ARNOLDSAXOPHONEERNIE WATTSTROMBONEGEE BOHANONTMPETPL HUBONENGEERCAL HARRIS & BILL SCHNEEMIXG ENGEERBILL SCHNEEASSISTANT MIXG ENGEERJOHN HENDRICKSONMASTERG ENGEERKEV REEVVLJAM GETZOFF & JACK SHULMANLABELTAMLA RERDS & MOTOWN RERDSRERD ATOAKLAND COLISM (OAKLAND, CA)RELEASE DATEJANUARY 4, 1974WHAT’S GOG ON (LIVE 1974) IS A LIVE VERSN OFWHAT'S GOG ON BY MARV GAYETAGSPOPR&BLIVEMOTOWNSOULSOUL POPEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

However, when he heard , Gaye was imprsed wh the double-lead feel that he kept . When Gordy heard the song, he turned down Gaye's requt to release , tellg Gaye he felt was "the worst thg I ever heard my life" rpond to this rejectn by refg to rerd anythg else unls the song would be released, gog on strike until Gordy saw more: The 25 greatt Motown songs, rankedThe song was released whout Gordy's knowledge, and sold over 200, 000 pi wh a eventually beme a huge succs, reachg the top of the charts wh a month, stayg at number-one for five weeks on the Billboard R&B charts. It forced Gordy to allow Gaye to produce his own mic, givg him an ultimatum to plete an album by the end of March, rultg What's Gog On.

Marv Gaye What's Gog On Live 1972.

MARV GAYE - WHAT’S GOG ON ALBUM

“What’s Gog On” is a very powerful polil song performed by the late Amerin sger Marv Gaye. Marv Gaye to the Picture.

After the Four Tops refed rerdg the song, Benson gave to sger Marv Gaye, who went to modify the song the followg two major ways:. Sce the song was untled when was given to Gaye, he also gave the tle, “What’s Gog On”. While Gaye was workg on the song, he was spired by the numero social problems that were then gog on the Uned Stat.

In addn to that, Gaye was spired to wre the lyrics of the song by nversatns he had wh his brother Frankie Gaye regardg Frankie’s tenure the Vietnam War as well as the tragic ath of his that same war. Acrdg to Gaye, he jt uldn’t go on sgg love songs when the world was explodg around him. “What’s Gog On” was wrten by songwrers Renaldo “Obie” Benson, Marv Gaye, and Al Cleveland.