Home / Music / Marvin Gaye's What's Going On came out May 1971 on Tamla (Motown)Music linernotes album music marvin-gayeMarvin Gaye's What's Going On came out May 1971 on Tamla (Motown)What’s Going On was released on 21 May 1971 on Tamla Records, a Motown subsidiary label. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesBerry Gordy gave Leon Ware's songs to Marvin GayeMarvin Gaye's I Want You cover adapts Ernie Barnes' The Sugar ShackI Want You marked Marvin Gaye's shift toward light-disco funk.Don Peake played the wah-wah guitar line on Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get It On.'Sexual Healing led Midnight Love and became Marvin Gaye's biggest hitExploreDonald Byrd recorded Ethiopian Knights in two days at A&MThe Rolling Stones recorded Exile on Main St, in a French villa basementGodspeed You! Black Emperor recorded F♯ A♯ ∞ at Hotel2TangoMariza's Fado em Mim was recorded at Pé de Vento in PortugalFaust IV was recorded at Virgin's residential country manorPrevious MCA released Bobby Brown's Don't Be Cruel in 1988Next Marvin Gaye produced What's Going On himself — his first album as sole producer.
