Tracks
Side A
- 11971What's Going On3:53E minor
- 21971What's Happening Brother2:44
- 31971Flyin' High (In The Friendly Sky)3:50
- 41971Save The Children4:03
- 51971God Is Love1:42
- 61971Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)3:14E major
Side B
- 11971Right On7:32A major
- 21971Wholy Holy3:08
- 31971Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)5:28D♯ minor
Sound of What's Going On
What's Going On sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 117 bpm.
Quietest track: Wholy Holy · most energetic: Right On
Across 9 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
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Frequently asked questions
When was What's Going On by Marvin Gaye released?
What's Going On came out in 1971.
How many tracks are on What's Going On?
What's Going On has nine tracks, 36 minutes in total, spread over two vinyl sides.
Which category is What's Going On in?
What's Going On is filed under studio albums. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Marvin Gaye.
Which other albums by Marvin Gaye are in the collection?
The collection holds one more album by Marvin Gaye: Collected (2014).
What do the percentages for the sound of What's Going On mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play What's Going On?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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