The follow-up single , " Mercy Mercy Me ( The Ecology ) " , peaked at number-four on the Hot 100 , and also went number-one on the R&B chart . The third , and final , single , " Inner City Blues ( Make Me Wan na Holler ) " , peaked at number-nine on the Hot 100 , while also rising to number-one on the R&B chart , thus making Gaye the first male solo artist to place three top ten singles on the Hot 100 off one album , as well as the first artist to place three singles at number-one on any '' Billboard '' chart ( in this case , R&B ) , off one single album . The album had a modest commercial reception in countries such as Canada and the United Kingdom ; " Save the Children " reached number 41 on the latter country 's singles chart , while the album reached number 56 twenty-five years after its original release . In 1984 , the album re-entered the '' Billboard '' 200 following Gaye 's untimely death . In 1994 , the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in the United States for sales of half a million copies after it was issued on CD . On July 22 , 2013 . Via Soundscan it has since sold in excess of 1.6 million copies , furthermore , the album was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for shipments of 300,000 albums
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Death of Marvin Gaye
What's Going On (Marvin Gaye album)