The song "What's Going On?" was jointly credited to Benson, Gaye, and Alfred Cleveland, a veteran Motown songwriter (he had written "I Second That Emotion" with Smokey Robinson, who had a hit with it with the Miracles). It was a top 10 hit on both the pop and R&B charts in 1971. Gaye wrote the majority of the tracks on the album that resulted from the single's success, either alone or with others.
The song "What's Going On?" was jointly credited to Benson, Gaye, and Alfred Cleveland, a veteran Motown songwriter (he had written "I Second That Emotion" with Smokey Robinson, who had a hit with it with the Miracles). It was a top 10 hit on both the pop and R&B charts in 1971. Gaye wrote the majority of the tracks on the album that resulted from the single's success, either alone or with others.