4 STORIES
1968 · 60S
DETROIT, USA
It sounds like a song about a cheating lover, but its real subject is the humiliation of being the last to know. Marvin Gaye turned a hit hi…
1971 · 70S
The most famous protest song in soul history isn't angry. It is a worried, tender conversation with a family and a country, sparked by a rio…
1971 · 70S
WASHINGTON DC, USA
— In 1971, Marvin Gaye walked into Hitsville U.S.A. and dismantled the Motown hit factory from the inside. "What's Going On" was never suppo…
1973 · 70S
The most famous seduction song ever recorded reportedly began life as a song about spiritual recovery and getting on with living, and Marvin…