The Story Of Marv Gaye's 'What's Gog On' : NPR

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• CHANGE WHAT YOU CANMARV GAYETRACK 8 ON IN THE GROOVE/I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE PRODUCED BYJOHNNY BRISTOL & HARVEY FUQUA19671 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORCHANGE WHAT YOU CAN LYRICS[VERSE 1]OOH, THE GIRL I LOVE WALKED OUT ON MELEAVG HER LOVE FLOWG STRONGOH, MY HEART WOULD LIKE TO RRY ONBUT SHE SAID HER FEELG FOR ME WAS GONEI TRIED TO FD THE WORDS TO SAY TO MAKE HER STAY[CHOS]BUT SHE SAID SHE ULDN'T STAND FOR ANOTHER DAYSO THE ONLY THG THAT'S LEFT FOR ME TO SAYOH, CHANGE WHAT YOU NBUT WHEN YOU N'T LEAVE ALONEHAVE THE SENSE TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO[VERSE 2]I KNOW THE GIRL IS ON HER WAYTAKG THE LOVE I NEED SO BADOH, THE LOVE I GUSED I'D NEVER HAVESO WHAT'S THE E OF STG AROUND AND FEELG SADI MT RPECT THE FACT SHE WON'T BE BACK MY WAY[CHOS]CSE SHE SAID SHE ULDN'T STAND FOR ANOTHER DAYSO THE ONLY THG THAT'S LEFT FOR ME TO SAYOH, CHANGE WHAT YOU NBUT WHEN YOU N'T LEAVE ALONEHAVE THE SENSE TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWOYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[BRIDGE]I S AROUND MISERYOVER A LOVE THAT DON'T BELONG TO MEI DID EVERYTHG I ULD TO MAKE HER STAY[CHOS]BUT SHE SAID SHE ULDN'T STAND FOR ANOTHER DAYSO THE ONLY THG THAT'S LEFT FOR ME TO SAYOH, CHANGE , BABYOH, CHANGE IF YOU WANT TOYOU GOT TO CHANGE, ALRIGHTOH, CHANGE , HONEYHONEY, YOU N CHANGE EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “CHANGE WHAT YOU CAN” BY MARV GAYE?WHEN DID MARV GAYE RELEASE “CHANGE WHAT YOU CAN”?WHO WROTE “CHANGE WHAT YOU CAN” BY MARV GAYE?IN THE GROOVE/I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE (1968)MARV GAYE1. YOU2. TEAR IT ON DOWN3. CHAED4. I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE5. AT LAST (I FOUND A LOVE)6. SOME KD OF WONRFUL7. LOVG YOU IS SWEETER THAN EVER8. CHANGE WHAT YOU CAN9. IT’S LOVE I NEED10. EVERY NOW AND THEN11. YOU’RE WHAT’S HAPPENG (IN THE WORLD TODAY)12. THERE GO MY BABYEXPAND CREDSPRODUCED BYJOHNNY BRISTOL & HARVEY FUQUAWRTEN BYMARV GAYE, HARVEY FUQUA & ELGIE STOVERRELEASE DATE1967TAGSPOPR&BSOULMOTOWNEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
• 50 YEARS AFTER MARV GAYE ASKED, ‘WHAT’S GOG ON?’ AMERI STILL SEARCHG FOR AN ANSWER
• THE STORY OF MARV GAYE'S 'WHAT'S GOG ON'
• 50 THGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MARV GAYE'S WHAT'S GOG ON

CHANGE WHAT YOU CANMARV GAYETRACK 8 ON IN THE GROOVE/I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE PRODUCED BYJOHNNY BRISTOL & HARVEY FUQUA19671 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORCHANGE WHAT YOU CAN LYRICS[VERSE 1]OOH, THE GIRL I LOVE WALKED OUT ON MELEAVG HER LOVE FLOWG STRONGOH, MY HEART WOULD LIKE TO RRY ONBUT SHE SAID HER FEELG FOR ME WAS GONEI TRIED TO FD THE WORDS TO SAY TO MAKE HER STAY[CHOS]BUT SHE SAID SHE ULDN'T STAND FOR ANOTHER DAYSO THE ONLY THG THAT'S LEFT FOR ME TO SAYOH, CHANGE WHAT YOU NBUT WHEN YOU N'T LEAVE ALONEHAVE THE SENSE TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO[VERSE 2]I KNOW THE GIRL IS ON HER WAYTAKG THE LOVE I NEED SO BADOH, THE LOVE I GUSED I'D NEVER HAVESO WHAT'S THE E OF STG AROUND AND FEELG SADI MT RPECT THE FACT SHE WON'T BE BACK MY WAY[CHOS]CSE SHE SAID SHE ULDN'T STAND FOR ANOTHER DAYSO THE ONLY THG THAT'S LEFT FOR ME TO SAYOH, CHANGE WHAT YOU NBUT WHEN YOU N'T LEAVE ALONEHAVE THE SENSE TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWOYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[BRIDGE]I S AROUND MISERYOVER A LOVE THAT DON'T BELONG TO MEI DID EVERYTHG I ULD TO MAKE HER STAY[CHOS]BUT SHE SAID SHE ULDN'T STAND FOR ANOTHER DAYSO THE ONLY THG THAT'S LEFT FOR ME TO SAYOH, CHANGE , BABYOH, CHANGE IF YOU WANT TOYOU GOT TO CHANGE, ALRIGHTOH, CHANGE , HONEYHONEY, YOU N CHANGE EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “CHANGE WHAT YOU CAN” BY MARV GAYE?WHEN DID MARV GAYE RELEASE “CHANGE WHAT YOU CAN”?WHO WROTE “CHANGE WHAT YOU CAN” BY MARV GAYE?IN THE GROOVE/I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE (1968)MARV GAYE1. YOU2. TEAR IT ON DOWN3. CHAED4. I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVE5. AT LAST (I FOUND A LOVE)6. SOME KD OF WONRFUL7. LOVG YOU IS SWEETER THAN EVER8. CHANGE WHAT YOU CAN9. IT’S LOVE I NEED10. EVERY NOW AND THEN11. YOU’RE WHAT’S HAPPENG (IN THE WORLD TODAY)12. THERE GO MY BABYEXPAND CREDSPRODUCED BYJOHNNY BRISTOL & HARVEY FUQUAWRTEN BYMARV GAYE, HARVEY FUQUA & ELGIE STOVERRELEASE DATE1967TAGSPOPR&BSOULMOTOWNEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

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50 YEARS AFTER MARV GAYE ASKED, ‘WHAT’S GOG ON?’ AMERI STILL SEARCHG FOR AN ANSWER

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THE STORY OF MARV GAYE'S 'WHAT'S GOG ON'

As a child, mician Devon Gilfillian remembers his father, a profsnal weddg sger, harmonizg wh Marv Gaye’s inic “What’s Gog On” album their livg room.

50 THGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MARV GAYE'S WHAT'S GOG ON

In a recent terview for a new CNN documentary about Gaye’s work, tled “What’s Gog On: Marv Gaye’s Anthem for the Ag, ” the Grammy-nomated artist and activist relled redisverg the album jt before headg to a prott Nashville last summer. ” Marv Gaye bgrapher, David Rz, told CNN for the same project. ” Sheila E., who toured wh Marv Gaye 1982-83, says the film.

Gilfillian scrib Gaye’s mic as a subtle sctn. And he’s grateful to Gaye for potg the way.

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The central theme of "What's Gog On" and the album of the same name me om Marv Gaye's own life. When his brother Frankie returned om Vietnam, Gaye noticed that his outlook had changed.

Gaye didn't shout, didn't mand anythg. In 1970, Gaye found himself at several crossroads. His album beme an ternnected sue, a gallery of songs reflectg the state of the unn as Gaye saw , om neglected ghettos to the thrivg muny church, to the abed environment.

" The label sat on for months, until Gaye threatened he'd never rerd there aga. Gaye relished the visibily, but hr knew that the real triumph was the way he transformed vexg social problems to an implorg emotnal appeal. It has been updated for the celebratn of s May 21, Marv Gaye's album What's Gog On will turn 50.

Gaye was never able to celebrate this tone; he was killed by his father a day before his 45th birthday. Wh progrs, 100 years we'll look back on the rerd as an album that broke down barriers and beme the blueprt on how to live harmonly wh each other and our, though, let's take a closer look at the makg of Gaye's masterpiece as the album reach s mid-life surround by a world still crisis. Here are 50 thgs you may not know about Gaye's What's Gog On.

The boss at Motown thought Gaye was jeopardizg his reer wh this albumIn the fall of 1970, Gaye was so exced about the prott album he had md — and the song "What's Gog On" that he'd jt fished — that he tracked down the head of Motown Rerds, Berry Gordy, who was on vatn the Bahamas, to tell him the ia.

Wh "What's Gog On" wag the wgs, Gaye refed to rerd another note for the pany until released the song. Dperate for work om Gaye, Balk spoke to qualy ntrol behd the boss's back. Prr to What's Gog On, the pany's biggt succs had also been by Gaye: "I Heard Through the Grapeve.

Bettg on 30 days of What's Gog OnAfter Gordy had been proven wrong about the succs of the sgle "What's Gog On, " he drove to Gaye's hoe to ask for the full album.

This irked Gaye, bee Gordy had actively tried to stop the song om beg Gordy knew that one sure-fire way to get mic out of Gaye was to make a bet wh the sger. So the two men bet an undisclosed amount on whether Gaye uld liver a full album to Motown jt 30 days. Gaye flew across the untry to fulfil an actg mment, all the while nstantly addg to the songs, even until the last moments before the fal mix.

He livered the album jt unr the wire — 30 days om start to fish, wng the bet wh Gaye fished rerdg What's Gog On 30 days. (Marv Gaye/Facebook)5. 'What's Gog On' almost beme a song for vol group the OrigalsIn mid-1970, after workg on the song wh lyricist Al Cleveland, Benson fally had a chance to play for Gaye after trackg him down on a golf urse.

Gaye loved the song but didn't hear for himself — he wanted to cut the track wh a vol group he was producg lled the Origals. But Benson refed to give Gaye the song unls he sang . He was so nvced Gaye was the man for the song that Benson offered up a percentage of the songwrg cred to Gaye.