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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75/100  | 10/25/2025 05:13 |  NJ | | 87/100 |
85/100 | 09/08/2025 03:11 |  ExTeaSea | | 86/100 |
75/100 | 07/21/2025 02:58 | brent13 | | 85/100 |
80/100 | 07/19/2025 00:08 | FelipeBoorkes | | 94/100 |
70/100 | 06/15/2025 17:23 | machiaj | | 74/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.0/100, a mean average of 81.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.5.
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AAL2014 10/02/2021 13:28
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.
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neilgee 09/12/2015 17:00
Very hippy '67 type lyrics which may have been corny by '71 but MG sounds so sincere that he gets away with it.
Anti 05/14/2014 17:09
Great song.
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