Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (Official Video 2019)

“What’s Going On” (Deluxe Edition/50th Anniversary) Available Now! Listen Here: https://marvingaye.lnk.to/WhatsGoingOnDeluxe ‘What’s Going On Live’ Album Out Now! Listen Here: https://UMe.lnk.to/WhatsGoingOnLiveYD Hitsville: The Making Of Motown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Available Now! Get it here: https://motown.lnk.to/Hitsville For more Marvin Gaye news and merchandise: Marvin Gaye Facebook: https://facebook.com/MarvinGaye Classic Motown Website: https://lnk.to/ClassicMotownWS Classic Motown Store: https://lnk.to/ClassicMotownST Follow Motown on socials: https://www.motownrecords.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/motown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motownrecords/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MotownRecords Follow Classic Motown on socials: https://classic.motown.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/classicmotown Instagram: https://instagram.com/classicmotown Facebook: https://facebook.com/ClassicMotown Director: Savanah Leaf Producers: Danielle Hinde/Danny Lockwood/ Rich Hutchins/ Jason Cole Prod Co: Doomsday Entertainment “We shot ‘What’s Going On' in Detroit and Flint Michigan, we wanted a place that resonates with the song and the history of Motown, while also remaining relevant to the sociopolitical issues in the music video. The music video took four days to shoot, but I travelled to Michigan a couple weeks early to find the right people. It was very important for us to find real people that resonated with the stories, rather than casting actors. We wanted the history of the song and the communities we filmed in to come through in our video. For example, Steve Smith, who plays the blind man in our music video, actually worked for Motown when ‘What’s Going On’ was originally recorded. The church we filmed in was one of the first establishments to set up a water station for the Flint community - they would hand out clean water and raise awareness on the ongoing crisis within the community. In addition to Steve Smith, we had the opportunity to fea