What's Happening Brother (track)
by Marvin Gaye
Year: 1971
From the album What's Going On (track #2)
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What's Happening Brother appears on the following album(s) by Marvin Gaye:
- What's Going On (track #2) (this album) (1971)
- What's Going On Live (track #6) (2019)
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| ! | 4 days ago | plasmicmist | 7,009 | 90/100 |
| ! | 5 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | 27,218 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/01/2025 20:07 |  corenfro | 2,835 | 68/100 |
| ! | 10/25/2025 05:12 |  NJ | 991 | 87/100 |
| ! | 10/11/2025 16:42 | gmessian | 1,400 | 55/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 86.0/100, a mean average of 86.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.4.
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neilgee 09/12/2015 16:53 | #149586
May get a bit lost in the wake of the opening track or be considered WGO part two by some listeners, but I think it's a marvelous song in it's own right with Marvin's voice sincerely questioning...
Anti 05/14/2014 17:07 | #111785
Blends perfectly into the record.
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