KARAOKE SCENE MAGAZINE ONLINE! - OoRIKoO performs Whats Goin On on Karaoke Showcase - "What's Going On" is a song by American recording artist Marvin Gaye, released in 1971 on the Motown subsidiary Tamla. Originally inspired by a police brutality incident witnessed by Renaldo "Obie" Benson, the song was composed by Benson, Al Cleveland, and Gaye and produced by Gaye himself. The song marked Gaye's departure from the Motown Sound towards more personal material. Later topping the Hot Soul Singles chart for five weeks and crossing over to number two on the Billboard Hot 100, it would sell over two million copies, becoming Gaye's second-most successful Motown song to date. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it the fourth-greatest song of all time
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Date Submitted:  2019-11-02 [Archive Date: 2020-01-31]
Genre:  Motown/Soul
Original Artist:  Marvin Gaye
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Description:  "What's Going On" is a song by American recording artist Marvin Gaye, released in 1971 on the Motown subsidiary Tamla. Originally inspired by a police brutality incident witnessed by Renaldo "Obie" Benson, the song was composed by Benson, Al Cleveland, and Gaye and produced by Gaye himself. The song marked Gaye's departure from the Motown Sound towards more personal material. Later topping the Hot Soul Singles chart for five weeks and crossing over to number two on the Billboard Hot 100, it would sell over two million copies, becoming Gaye's second-most successful Motown song to date. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it the fourth-greatest song of all time
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OoRIKoO performs Whats Goin On on Karaoke Showcase of Karaoke Scene Magazine Online: OoRIKoO performs Whats Goin On on Karaoke Showcase - "What's Going On" is a song by American recording artist Marvin Gaye, released in 1971 on the Motown subsidiary Tamla. Originally inspired by a police brutality incident witnessed by Renaldo "Obie" Benson, the song was composed by Benson, Al Cleveland, and Gaye and produced by Gaye himself. The song marked Gaye's departure from the Motown Sound towards more personal material. Later topping the Hot Soul Singles chart for five weeks and crossing over to number two on the Billboard Hot 100, it would sell over two million copies, becoming Gaye's second-most successful Motown song to date. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it the fourth-greatest song of all time
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