the Funk Brothers on the documentary, Standing in the Shadows of Motown, in 2002. The performance resulted in a win at the 45th annual Grammy awards for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance. U2 performed a version of the song on their release Spotify Singles, in 2017, as a promotion for their just released album, Songs of Experience. See also List of anti-war songs References External links Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On": Songs We Love at NPR List of cover versions of "What's Going On" at SecondHandSongs.com 1970 songs 1971 singles 1987 singles 1989 singles 1994 singles 2001 singles Anti-war songs A Perfect Circle songs Cashbox number-one singles Charity singles Charity singles following the September 11 attacks Christina Aguilera songs Civil rights movement in popular culture Columbia Records singles Cyndi Lauper songs Darren Hayes songs Destiny's Child songs Epic Records singles Eve (rapper) songs Funk ballads Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance Gwen Stefani songs Lil' Kim songs Marvin Gaye songs Motown singles Music videos directed by Andy Morahan Music videos directed by Jake Scott (director) Nas songs Nelly Furtado songs Protest songs Sean Combs songs Songs against racism and xenophobia Songs of the Vietnam War Songs written by Al Cleveland Songs written by Marvin Gaye Songs written by Renaldo Benson Soul ballads Song recordings produced by Marvin Gaye Song recordings produced by Steve Levine Tamla Records singles Virgin Records singles