Save The Children (track)
by Marvin Gaye
Year: 1971
From the album What's Going On (track #4)
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Save The Children appears on the following album(s) by Marvin Gaye:
- What's Going On (track #4) (this album) (1971)
- The Master (1961-1984) (track #56) (compilation) (1995)
- Anthology (track #38) (compilation) (1974)
- What's Going On Live (track #8) (2019)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 09/11/2026 10:34 | Vasco | 8,740 | 77/100 |
| ! | 09/11/2026 01:12 | stareaterogni0n | 6,752 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/03/2026 09:43 | Siromynian | 20,192 | 71/100 |
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AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/02/2021 13:28 | #274578
This was the divisive track on this record for a long time for me, and while the melodrama is strong with the spoken word back and forth, the way this track builds and builds until it sounds like a 40 foot wave of symphonic majesty with Marvin leading the choir is absolutely masterful. I finally “got it” and the pay off is grand.
neilgee 09/12/2015 17:00 | #149587
Very hippy '67 type lyrics which may have been corny by '71 but MG sounds so sincere that he gets away with it.
There are few songs that I actively dislike - this is one of them. The words and the voice over. Terrible.
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