What S Going On Song

25 years of my life and still i m trying to get up that great big hill of hope for a destination i realized quickly when i knew i should that the world was made up of this brotherhood of man.

What s going on song. 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. The narrative established by the songs is told from the point of view of a vietnam veteran returning to his home country to witness hatred suffering and injustice. In 1970 marvin gaye was motown s top male vocal star yet he was frustrated by the. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube.

What s going on is a concept album with most of its songs segueing into the next and has been categorized as a song cycle. What s going on is a song by american recording artist marvin gaye released in 1971 on the motown subsidiary tamla. 3 perry revealed on behind the music that she hated david tickle s reworked version with different lyrics intended to be used for their album. The song was titled what s up despite the phrase not appearing in its lyrics to avoid confusion with the marvin gaye song what s going on.

With what s going on gaye meditated on what had happened to the american dream of the past as it related to urban decay. In 1994 dj miko covered the song with. What s going on is an exquisite plea for peace on earth sung by a man at the height of crisis. Linda perry talked to rolling stone and said that she heavily disliked the song s production.

Lyrics to what s up by 4 non blondes. What s going on is not only marvin gaye s masterpiece it s the most important and passionate record to come out of soul music delivered by one of its finest voices a man finally free to speak his mind and so move from r b sex symbol to true recording artist. The title was chosen to avoid confusion with marvin gaye s 1971 song what s going on.