What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Released on Tamla Motown, also I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Got to Be There (Michael Jackson) and I Wanna Be Where You Are (Michael Jackson)
Recorded at Hitsville, also I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Who’s Lovin’ You (The Jacksons) and I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (Four Tops)
Part of What’s Going On, also Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler), Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) and God Is Love
Written by Al Cleveland, also I Second That Emotion (The Miracles), Save the Children and Wholy Holy
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
39 other songs on fono were recorded at Hitsville, by The Supremes and The Temptations and others
Lawrence Miles mixed 3 of Marvin Gaye’s top 10 songs
Marvin Gaye wrote 90 songs on fono
Marvin Gaye produced 24 songs on fono
Credits
All 13 credits
- Written by
- Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye and Renaldo Benson
- Produced by
- Marvin Gaye
- Performed by
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Lem Barney, Marvin Gaye, Mel Farr and The Funk Brothers
- Mixed by
- Lawrence Miles
- Part of
- What’s Going On
- Recorded at
- Hitsville
- Released on
- Tamla Motown
- Written by
- Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye and Renaldo Benson
- Produced by
- Marvin Gaye
- Performed by
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Lem Barney, Marvin Gaye, Mel Farr and The Funk Brothers
- Mixed by
- Lawrence Miles
- Part of
- What’s Going On
- Recorded at
- Hitsville
- Released on
- Tamla Motown
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Al Cleveland
Same mixer: Lawrence Miles
Same writer: Renaldo Benson
Same label: Tamla Motown
Same mixer: Lawrence Miles
Same writer: Renaldo Benson
Same label: Tamla Motown
Same studio: Hitsville
Elsewhere
Sources (14)
Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.
1MusicBrainz What’s Going On was performed by Detroit Symphony Orchestra
What’s Going On was performed by Detroit Symphony Orchestra
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz What’s Going On was performed by Lem Barney
What’s Going On was performed by Lem Barney
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz What’s Going On was performed by Marvin Gaye
What’s Going On was performed by Marvin Gaye
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz What’s Going On was performed by Mel Farr
What’s Going On was performed by Mel Farr
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz What’s Going On was performed by The Funk Brothers
What’s Going On was performed by The Funk Brothers
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz What’s Going On was produced by Marvin Gaye
What’s Going On was produced by Marvin Gaye
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz What’s Going On was written by Al Cleveland
What’s Going On was written by Al Cleveland
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz What’s Going On was written by Marvin Gaye
What’s Going On was written by Marvin Gaye
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz What’s Going On was written by Renaldo Benson
What’s Going On was written by Renaldo Benson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz What’s Going On is part of the release What’s Going On
What’s Going On is part of the release What’s Going On
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz What’s Going On was recorded at Hitsville
What’s Going On was recorded at Hitsville
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Tamla Motown is the label of the song What’s Going On
Tamla Motown is the label of the song What’s Going On
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz What’s Going On was mixed by Lawrence Miles
What’s Going On was mixed by Lawrence Miles
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz What’s Going On was released on 1971-05-20
What’s Going On was released on 1971-05-20
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026