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What's Going On

1971 studio album by Marvin Gaye
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What's Going On

Summary

What's Going On is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.65% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,764 views/month, #392 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • What's Going On's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • What's Going On's genre is soul[4].
  • What's Going On was produced by Marvin Gaye[5].
  • Among the performers on What's Going On was Marvin Gaye[6].
  • What's Going On's record label is recorded as Tamla[7].
  • What's Going On's place of publication is recorded as United States[8].
  • What's Going On is part of Marvin Gaye's albums in chronological order[9].
  • What's Going On's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • What's Going On was distributed by LP record[11].
  • What's Going On was distributed by music streaming[12].
  • What's Going On was distributed by compact disc[13].
  • What's Going On's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Hitsville U.S.A.[14].
  • What's Going On was published on May 21, 1971[15].
  • What's Going On's tracklist is recorded as What's Going On[16].
  • What's Going On's tracklist is recorded as What's Happening Brother[17].
  • What's Going On's tracklist is recorded as Flyin' High[18].
  • What's Going On's tracklist is recorded as Save The Children[19].
  • What's Going On's tracklist is recorded as God Is Love[20].
  • What's Going On's tracklist is recorded as Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)[21].
  • What's Going On's tracklist is recorded as Right On[22].
  • What's Going On's tracklist is recorded as Wholy Holy[23].
  • What's Going On's tracklist is recorded as Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)[24].
  • What's Going On's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "What's Going On"}[25].
  • What's Going On's different from is recorded as What's Going On[26].
  • What's Going On's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2138'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[28]

  • First release date: 1971-05-20[29]

  • Genre(s): motown, orchestral, progressive, progressive soul, psychedelic soul, r&b, smooth soul, soul[30]

  • Community tags: altruistic, am pop, atmospheric, bittersweet, christian, concept album, conscious, environmentalism, existential, funk soul, introspective, longing, lush, male vocalist, medley, mellow, melodic, motown, optimistic, orchestral, pacifism, passionate, peaceful, poetic, political, poverty, progressive, progressive soul, protest, psychedelic soul, r&b, religious, rhythm & blues, rhythmic, sentimental, serious, smooth soul, soft, soothing, soul, soul / r&b, spiritual, suite, uplifting, urban, war, warm[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c1fa4d2c-ec62-37d5-b01d-6df7f8fd2c90[32]

Body

Authorship and Creation

What's Going On was performed by Marvin Gaye[6]. It was produced by Marvin Gaye[5].

Publication

What's Going On was released on May 21, 1971[15]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is soul[4]. It is part of Marvin Gaye's albums in chronological order[9]. Recorded distribution format include LP record[11], music streaming[12], and compact disc[13].

Why It Matters

What's Going On ranks in the top 0.65% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,764 views/month, #392 of 60,676).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Related Entities

compact disc Marvin Gaye United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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