Mercy Mercy Me (The Elogy) by Marv Gaye - Songfacts

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• WHEN MARV GAYE TURNED ENVIRONMENTALIST WH ‘MERCY MERCY ME’COREY IRWCOREY IRWUPDATED: JUNE 11, 2020MOTOWNSHARETWEETWHEN MARV GAYE ADDRSED POLLUTN HIS 1971 SGLE "MERCY MERCY ME," HE BEME ONE OF THE FIRST R&B SGERS TO EVER ADDRS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSU A SONG.THE SGER HAD MA A NAME FOR HIMSELF WH ROMANTIC TUN LIKE "IT TAK TWO," "A'T NO MOUNTA HIGH ENOUGH" AND "A'T NOTHG LIKE THE REAL THG." BUT WH THE 1971 LP WHAT’S GOG ON, HE LVED TO MUCH BROAR TOPICS.PART OF THIS CHANGE N BE ATTRIBUTED TO A TRMATIC EVENT. ON MARCH 16, 1970, JT MONTHS AFTER LLAPSG GAYE’S ARMS, TAMMI TERRELL, THE SGER’S LONGTIME LLABORATOR, DIED AS THE RULT OF A BRA TUMOR. HER ATH SENT SHOCK WAV THROUGH THE EPLY SPIRUAL GAYE, WHO REFED TO TOUR FOR SEVERAL YEARS AFTERWARD.THE SGER IALLY RETREATED OM THE LIMELIGHT TO FOC ON HIS OWN TROSPECTN. WHEN HE EMERGED, HE DID SO WH SOME OF THE EPT SONGS OF HIS VNTED REER. WHAT’S GOG ON SAW THE GAYE TACKLG RACE RELATNS, THE VIETNAM WAR, DG ABE AND, THE SE OF “MERCY MERCY ME,” ENVIRONMENTAL JTICE.LISTEN TO MARV GAYE'S 'MERCY MERCY ME'“I BEGAN TO REEVALUATE MY WHOLE NCEPT OF WHAT I WANTED MY MIC TO SAY," GAYE EXPLAED TO ROLLG STONE. “I REALIZED THAT I HAD TO PUT MY OWN FANTASI BEHD ME IF I WANTED TO WRE SONGS THAT WOULD REACH THE SOULS OF PEOPLE. I WANTED THEM TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WAS HAPPENG THE WORLD."GLOBAL WARMG AND POLLUTN, TOPICS MONPLACE TODAY, WERE NOT BEG DISCSED 1971. SUCH ISSU WERE OCSNALLY BROUGHT UP ROCK OR FOLK SONGS - SUCH AS JONI MCHELL’S “BIG YELLOW TAXI” (1970) OR THE BEACH BOYS “DON’T GO NEAR THE WATER” - BUT WERE EXTREMELY RARE R&B MIC. STILL, SOCIETY WAS SLOWLY BEG MORE AWARE OF THE DAMAGE WAS DOG TO NATURE, AS EVINCED BY THE CREATN OF EARTH DAY 1970.GAYE LOOKED AT THE WORLD, SPECIFILLY THE PREVALENCE OF DTRIALIZATN AND RPORATE GREED, AND SAW A POPULATN THAT HAD LOST S WAY. FROM THE SGER’S PERSPECTIVE, THE QUT FOR THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR HAD TORN FOLLOWERS AWAY OM J. “HIS HOPE IS A BEAN OF LIGHT, AND WH HIM THERE IS NO FEAR, NO ATH,” THE SGER IS QUOTED AS SAYG THE BOOK DIVID SOUL: THE LIFE OF MARV GAYE. “WHEN WE DON’T FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE AND TURN TO EXPLOATN AND GREED, WE STROY OURSELV. THAT’S WHAT ‘MERCY MERCY ME’ IS ABOUT.”THE SONG'S LYRICS TALKED OF POISON WD, RADIATN, DYG ANIMALS AND "OIL WASTED ON THE OCEANS AND UPON OUR SEAS." THE WORDS WERE A FAR CRY OM THE STANDARD MOTOWN TUNE. LABEL HEAD BERRY GORDY WAS OPPOSED TO WHAT’S GOG ON, EMG A POLIL ALBUM “GOG TOO FAR.” HE WAS FORCED TO EAT HIS WORDS WHEN THE TLED TRACK H NO. 2 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART, ON S WAY TO SELLG MORE THAN 2 LN PI.THE LP’S SEND SGLE, OFFICIALLY TLED “MERCY MERCY ME (THE ELOGY),” WAS RELEASED ON JUNE 10, 1971. IT PEAKED AT NO. 4 ON THE CHART, WHILE ALSO SELLG MORE THAN A LN PI. THE TRACK WENT ON TO BEE ONE OF THE MOST REGNIZABLE GAYE’S TALOG, LATER EARNG DUCTN TO THE GRAMMY HALL OF FAME. THE SONG HAS SCE BEEN VERED BY MYRIAD ARTISTS, CLUDG ROBERT PALMER, THE STROK AND BOYZ II MEN. 1971'S BT ROCK ALBUMS
• MERCY, MERCY ME: THE ART, LOV AND DEMONS OF MARV GAYE PAPERBACK – JANUARY 18, 2005
• MARV GAYE - MERCY MERCY ME LYRICS
• MEANG OF “MERCY MERCY ME (THE ELOGY)” BY MARV GAYE
• MERCY MERCY ME (THE ELOGY) (SUPER DUPER REMIX)MARV GAYEPRODUCED BYMARV GAYEAUG. 5, 20221 VIEWER2 CONTRIBUTORSMERCY MERCY ME (THE ELOGY) (SUPER DUPER REMIX) LYRICS[INTRO]OH, MERCY, MERCYOH, MERCY, MERCY ME[VERSE 1]WOAH-OH, OH MERCY, MERCY MEOH, THGS A'T WHAT THEY ED TO BE, NO NOWHERE DID ALL THE BLUE SKI GO?POISON IS THE WD THAT BLOWS OM THE NORTH AND SOUTH AND EAST[VERSE 2]WOAH-OH, OH, MERCY, MERCY MEOH, THGS A’T WHAT THEY ED TO BE, NO NOOIL WASTED ON THE OCEANS AND UPON OUR SEASFISH FULL OF MERCURY, OH[DROP]MERCY, MERCY ME, OH, OH, NO, NO, OH[VERSE 3]OH, MERCY, MERCY MEOH, THGS A'T WHAT THEY ED TO BE, NO, NORADIATN UNRGROUND AND THE SKYANIMALS AND BIRDS WHO LIVE NEARBY ARе DYG[VERSE 4]OH, MERCY, MERCY MEOH, THGS A'T WHAT THеY ED TO BEWHAT ABOUT THIS OVERCROWD LAND?HOW MUCH MORE ABE OM MAN N SHE STAND?YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[DROP]OH, NO, OOHNO, NOMERCY, MERCY MEOH, NO, NOOH, MY, MY, MY, MY, YOU KNOW, EEOH, MERCY, MERCY MEOH, THGS A’T WHAT THEY ED TO BE (USED TO BE), NO, NO[OUTRO]WOAH, OH, MERCY, MERCY MENO, NO, NO-NO, NO, MY, MY, OOH, OOH(OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH)(OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH)(OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH)(OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH)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 “MERCY MERCY ME (THE ELOGY) (SUPER DUPER REMIX)” BY MARV GAYE?WHEN DID MARV GAYE RELEASE “MERCY MERCY ME (THE ELOGY) (SUPER DUPER REMIX)”?WHO WROTE “MERCY MERCY ME (THE ELOGY) (SUPER DUPER REMIX)” BY MARV GAYE?CREDSPRODUCED BYMARV GAYEWRTEN BYMARV GAYEREMIXERSUPER DUPERSTUD PERSONNELSUPER DUPER, JEFF JACKSON & ADAM GROVERPROGRAMMERSUPER DUPERMIXG ENGEERJEFF JACKSONMASTERG ENGEERADAM GROVERRELEASE DATEAUGT 5, 2022MERCY MERCY ME (THE ELOGY) (SUPER DUPER REMIX) IS A REMIX OFMERCY MERCY ME (THE ELOGY) BY MARV GAYETAGSR&BREMIXINDIEINDIE ELECTRONICEXPAND 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
• REMEMBERG MARV GAYE'S INIC 'WHAT'S GOG ON'

WHEN MARV GAYE TURNED ENVIRONMENTALIST WH ‘MERCY MERCY ME’COREY IRWCOREY IRWUPDATED: JUNE 11, 2020MOTOWNSHARETWEETWHEN MARV GAYE ADDRSED POLLUTN HIS 1971 SGLE "MERCY MERCY ME," HE BEME ONE OF THE FIRST R&B SGERS TO EVER ADDRS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSU A SONG.THE SGER HAD MA A NAME FOR HIMSELF WH ROMANTIC TUN LIKE "IT TAK TWO," "A'T NO MOUNTA HIGH ENOUGH" AND "A'T NOTHG LIKE THE REAL THG." BUT WH THE 1971 LP WHAT’S GOG ON, HE LVED TO MUCH BROAR TOPICS.PART OF THIS CHANGE N BE ATTRIBUTED TO A TRMATIC EVENT. ON MARCH 16, 1970, JT MONTHS AFTER LLAPSG GAYE’S ARMS, TAMMI TERRELL, THE SGER’S LONGTIME LLABORATOR, DIED AS THE RULT OF A BRA TUMOR. HER ATH SENT SHOCK WAV THROUGH THE EPLY SPIRUAL GAYE, WHO REFED TO TOUR FOR SEVERAL YEARS AFTERWARD.THE SGER IALLY RETREATED OM THE LIMELIGHT TO FOC ON HIS OWN TROSPECTN. WHEN HE EMERGED, HE DID SO WH SOME OF THE EPT SONGS OF HIS VNTED REER. WHAT’S GOG ON SAW THE GAYE TACKLG RACE RELATNS, THE VIETNAM WAR, DG ABE AND, THE SE OF “MERCY MERCY ME,” ENVIRONMENTAL JTICE.LISTEN TO MARV GAYE'S 'MERCY MERCY ME'“I BEGAN TO REEVALUATE MY WHOLE NCEPT OF WHAT I WANTED MY MIC TO SAY," GAYE EXPLAED TO ROLLG STONE. “I REALIZED THAT I HAD TO PUT MY OWN FANTASI BEHD ME IF I WANTED TO WRE SONGS THAT WOULD REACH THE SOULS OF PEOPLE. I WANTED THEM TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WAS HAPPENG THE WORLD."GLOBAL WARMG AND POLLUTN, TOPICS MONPLACE TODAY, WERE NOT BEG DISCSED 1971. SUCH ISSU WERE OCSNALLY BROUGHT UP ROCK OR FOLK SONGS - SUCH AS JONI MCHELL’S “BIG YELLOW TAXI” (1970) OR THE BEACH BOYS “DON’T GO NEAR THE WATER” - BUT WERE EXTREMELY RARE R&B MIC. STILL, SOCIETY WAS SLOWLY BEG MORE AWARE OF THE DAMAGE WAS DOG TO NATURE, AS EVINCED BY THE CREATN OF EARTH DAY 1970.GAYE LOOKED AT THE WORLD, SPECIFILLY THE PREVALENCE OF DTRIALIZATN AND RPORATE GREED, AND SAW A POPULATN THAT HAD LOST S WAY. FROM THE SGER’S PERSPECTIVE, THE QUT FOR THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR HAD TORN FOLLOWERS AWAY OM J. “HIS HOPE IS A BEAN OF LIGHT, AND WH HIM THERE IS NO FEAR, NO ATH,” THE SGER IS QUOTED AS SAYG THE BOOK DIVID SOUL: THE LIFE OF MARV GAYE. “WHEN WE DON’T FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE AND TURN TO EXPLOATN AND GREED, WE STROY OURSELV. THAT’S WHAT ‘MERCY MERCY ME’ IS ABOUT.”THE SONG'S LYRICS TALKED OF POISON WD, RADIATN, DYG ANIMALS AND "OIL WASTED ON THE OCEANS AND UPON OUR SEAS." THE WORDS WERE A FAR CRY OM THE STANDARD MOTOWN TUNE. LABEL HEAD BERRY GORDY WAS OPPOSED TO WHAT’S GOG ON, EMG A POLIL ALBUM “GOG TOO FAR.” HE WAS FORCED TO EAT HIS WORDS WHEN THE TLED TRACK H NO. 2 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHART, ON S WAY TO SELLG MORE THAN 2 LN PI.THE LP’S SEND SGLE, OFFICIALLY TLED “MERCY MERCY ME (THE ELOGY),” WAS RELEASED ON JUNE 10, 1971. IT PEAKED AT NO. 4 ON THE CHART, WHILE ALSO SELLG MORE THAN A LN PI. THE TRACK WENT ON TO BEE ONE OF THE MOST REGNIZABLE GAYE’S TALOG, LATER EARNG DUCTN TO THE GRAMMY HALL OF FAME. THE SONG HAS SCE BEEN VERED BY MYRIAD ARTISTS, CLUDG ROBERT PALMER, THE STROK AND BOYZ II MEN. 1971'S BT ROCK ALBUMS

Image how mortified Gaye would have been if he had seen what was gog to happen to the environment durg the next 40 years ….

When Marv Gaye addrsed pollutn his 1971 sgle "Mercy Mercy Me, " he beme one of the first R&B sgers to ever addrs environmental issu a sger had ma a name for himself wh romantic tun like "It Tak Two, " "A't No Mounta High Enough" and "A't Nothg Like the Real Thg. On March 16, 1970, jt months after llapsg Gaye’s arms, Tammi Terrell, the sger’s longtime llaborator, died as the rult of a bra tumor. Her ath sent shock wav through the eply spirual Gaye, who refed to tour for several years sger ially retreated om the limelight to foc on his own trospectn.

MERCY, MERCY ME: THE ART, LOV AND DEMONS OF MARV GAYE PAPERBACK – JANUARY 18, 2005

What’s Gog On saw the Gaye tacklg race relatns, the Vietnam War, dg abe and, the se of “Mercy Mercy Me, ” environmental to Marv Gaye's 'Mercy Mercy Me'“I began to reevaluate my whole ncept of what I wanted my mic to say, " Gaye explaed to Rollg Stone.

“His hope is a bean of light, and wh him there is no fear, no ath, ” the sger is quoted as sayg the book Divid Soul: The Life of Marv Gaye.

MARV GAYE - MERCY MERCY ME LYRICS

The track went on to bee one of the most regnizable Gaye’s talog, later earng ductn to the Grammy Hall of Fame. Marv Gaye. Wrten by: Marv Gaye.

Missg lyrics by Marv Gaye? Know any other songs by Marv Gaye? He really knows the ups and downs of Marv Gaye's life.

MEANG OF “MERCY MERCY ME (THE ELOGY)” BY MARV GAYE

Oh that's such a blsg I thk every Marv Gaye fan should get this jt b/c they wanna learn more 'bout this man.

Kelly's admirer of Gaye. Reviewed the Uned Stat on March 6, 2021This book had very ltle about Marv Gaye's thoughts or feelgs or relatnships. If you love Marv Gaye read both books!!!

MERCY MERCY ME (THE ELOGY) (SUPER DUPER REMIX)MARV GAYEPRODUCED BYMARV GAYEAUG. 5, 20221 VIEWER2 CONTRIBUTORSMERCY MERCY ME (THE ELOGY) (SUPER DUPER REMIX) LYRICS[INTRO]OH, MERCY, MERCYOH, MERCY, MERCY ME[VERSE 1]WOAH-OH, OH MERCY, MERCY MEOH, THGS A'T WHAT THEY ED TO BE, NO NOWHERE DID ALL THE BLUE SKI GO?POISON IS THE WD THAT BLOWS OM THE NORTH AND SOUTH AND EAST[VERSE 2]WOAH-OH, OH, MERCY, MERCY MEOH, THGS A’T WHAT THEY ED TO BE, NO NOOIL WASTED ON THE OCEANS AND UPON OUR SEASFISH FULL OF MERCURY, OH[DROP]MERCY, MERCY ME, OH, OH, NO, NO, OH[VERSE 3]OH, MERCY, MERCY MEOH, THGS A'T WHAT THEY ED TO BE, NO, NORADIATN UNRGROUND AND THE SKYANIMALS AND BIRDS WHO LIVE NEARBY ARе DYG[VERSE 4]OH, MERCY, MERCY MEOH, THGS A'T WHAT THеY ED TO BEWHAT ABOUT THIS OVERCROWD LAND?HOW MUCH MORE ABE OM MAN N SHE STAND?YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[DROP]OH, NO, OOHNO, NOMERCY, MERCY MEOH, NO, NOOH, MY, MY, MY, MY, YOU KNOW, EEOH, MERCY, MERCY MEOH, THGS A’T WHAT THEY ED TO BE (USED TO BE), NO, NO[OUTRO]WOAH, OH, MERCY, MERCY MENO, NO, NO-NO, NO, MY, MY, OOH, OOH(OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH)(OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH)(OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH)(OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH, OOH)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 “MERCY MERCY ME (THE ELOGY) (SUPER DUPER REMIX)” BY MARV GAYE?WHEN DID MARV GAYE RELEASE “MERCY MERCY ME (THE ELOGY) (SUPER DUPER REMIX)”?WHO WROTE “MERCY MERCY ME (THE ELOGY) (SUPER DUPER REMIX)” BY MARV GAYE?CREDSPRODUCED BYMARV GAYEWRTEN BYMARV GAYEREMIXERSUPER DUPERSTUD PERSONNELSUPER DUPER, JEFF JACKSON & ADAM GROVERPROGRAMMERSUPER DUPERMIXG ENGEERJEFF JACKSONMASTERG ENGEERADAM GROVERRELEASE DATEAUGT 5, 2022MERCY MERCY ME (THE ELOGY) (SUPER DUPER REMIX) IS A REMIX OFMERCY MERCY ME (THE ELOGY) BY MARV GAYETAGSR&BREMIXINDIEINDIE ELECTRONICEXPAND 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

Creativy like Marv Gaye's om many sourc, pecially when he had so many difficult relatnships, wh women, his fay, and wh himself.

I'd never really nsired Gaye's fluence on R, Kelly, eher, although I'm not sure if I had that I would have nsired at the length that Dyson do, but I do appreciate his willgns to five his subjects. Reviewed the Uned Kgdom on June 23, 2014This book provis trigug reflectns on Marv Gaye's mil evolutn the ntext of the culture which he lived and how impacted his work and how his work impacted culture.

REMEMBERG MARV GAYE'S INIC 'WHAT'S GOG ON'

Was hopg to be more about Marvyn Gaye than Motown. Reviewed the Uned Kgdom on January 11, 2014this book about Marv Gaye was not what I expected the thor went on about R Kelly for far too longand not really about MG arts lov and mons very disappoted wh this to be hont.

Many years before global warmg beme a hot topic, Marv Gaye wrote this song about the environment and how we have an obligatn to re for the Earth.

For his What's Gog On album (1971), Gaye got away om love ballads and explored eper social them, which at first didn't s well wh Motown boss Berry Gordy, who thought the songs wouldn't be marketable. It had to be explaed to Palmer rerd a versn of this song bed wh Gaye's "I Want You" 1991. Marv Gaye Lyrics.

Wrer(s): Marv Gaye.

Marv GayeMarv Gaye. Marv Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), born Marv Pentz Gay, Jr., was an Amerin sger-songwrer and mician whose reer spanned more than two s.

Gaye branched out to secular mic as a teenager, jog the doo-wop group The Marque, after returng om an honorable discharge om the Uned Stat Air Force, before the group was hired by Harvey Fuqua to be Harvey & The Moonglows. Followg the band's separatn 1960, Gaye began workg as a ssn dmmer for the Detro mic label, Anna, before signg wh Motown Rerds 1961, addg an "e" to his s… more ».

M., shar her "signature song, " "Mercy Mercy Me (The Elogy)" by Marv Gaye, which spired her to bee an environmental nsultant. M., and her song, Marv Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me (The Elogy). (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY)")MARVIN GAYE: (Sgg) Woah, oh, mercy, mercy She grew up Mkegon, Mich., alongsi Whe Lake and Lake Michigan.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY)")GAYE: (Sgg) Where did all the blue ski go? (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY)")GAYE: (Sgg) Woah, mercy, mercy You know, he's talkg about air pollutn and overcrowdg and, you know, how much more abe om man n she stand is one of the last l the song.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY)")GAYE: (Sgg) Radiatn unrground and the sky.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY)")GAYE: (Sgg) Oh, oh, I've been dog this kd of cleanup work for 35 years.