How Did Motown Become Political? “What’s Going On,” Marvin Gaye, The TuneSmith Series Q - The Doctor of Digital™ GMick Smith, PhD

On the 50th anniversary of the release the song caused friction within the Motown label because of its political context. Berry Gordy didn’t like the song at all and thought that Marvin was committing career suicide. Behind his back the song was released and it went on to sell worldwide two million copies.Time to answer a quick 4-question survey? Click to answer; thank you!https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1pfdA_6_7YzUnyolusOJy0lJeU0gNm07HIOMFyM2YCT4/editIf you like the Podcast please do three simple things for me: rate, subscribe, and write a review. Thank you!Amazon Associate ID is thedoctorofdi-20