| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | For Once in My Life | Stevie Wonder | 4.1 | 2:50 |
| 2 | Ain’t No Mountain High Enough | Diana Ross | 4.15 | 3:36 |
| 3 | Help Me Make It Through the Night | Gladys Knight and the Pips | | 3:27 |
| 4 | Standing in the Shadows of Love | Four Tops | 5 | 2:41 |
| 5 | When You’re Young and in Love | The Marvelettes | | 2:40 |
| 6 | Nothing in This World Like My Baby | The Originals | | 2:54 |
| 7 | I’ve Passed This Way Before | Jimmy Ruffin | | 2:46 |
| 8 | Behind a Painted Smile | The Isley Brothers | | 2:51 |
| 9 | What’s Going On- producer:
- Marvin Gaye
- mixer:
- Lawrence Miles (on 1971-05-06)
- instruments:
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra (on 1971-05-06) and The Funk Brothers (on 1971-05-06)
- percussion [box drum], piano and lead vocals:
- Marvin Gaye (on 1971-05-06)
- background vocals:
- Lem Barney (on 1971-05-06), Mel Farr (on 1971-05-06) and Marvin Gaye (on 1971-05-06)
- conductor:
- David Van dePitte (on 1971-05-06)
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Motown Records (in 1971)
- recorded at:
- Hitsville in Detroit, Michigan, United States (on 1971-05-06)
- part of:
- Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (number: 4), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 4), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 6), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 102) and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock
- recording of:
- What’s Going On (on 1971-05-06)
- lyricist and composer:
- Renaldo Benson, Al Cleveland and Marvin Gaye
- publisher:
- EMI Songs Australia, FCG Music, Jobete Music Co., Inc., MG III Music, NMG Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd. and Stone Agate Music Corp.
- sub-publisher:
- イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
| Marvin Gaye | 4.25 | 3:56 |
| 10 | Does Your Mama Know About Me | Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers | | 2:54 |
| 11 | Your Love Grows More Precious Everyday | The Contours | | 3:04 |
| 12 | Gotta See Jane | R. Dean Taylor | | 3:09 |
| 13 | Nowhere to Run | Martha Reeves & the Vandellas | 4.65 | 3:00 |
| 14 | Hoping the Pause Is Helping the Cause | The Miracles | | 3:10 |
| 15 | Every Time I See You, I Go Wild | J. J. Barnes | | 2:59 |
| 16 | If I Were a Carpenter | Four Tops | | 2:52 |
| 17 | Heaven Must Have Sent You | The Elgins | 2 | 2:34 |
| 18 | Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me | Gladys Knight and the Pips | 4 | 2:56 |
| 19 | Guess I’ll Always Love You | The Isley Brothers | | 2:40 |
| 20 | It Takes Two | Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston | 5 | 2:58 |