What Goes On (Velvet Underground song)
| "What Goes On" | ||||
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| Single by The Velvet Underground | ||||
| from the album The Velvet Underground | ||||
| B-side | "Jesus" | |||
| Released | March 1969 | |||
| Recorded | November–December 1968 | |||
| Studio | TTG Studios, Hollywood | |||
| Genre | garage rock | |||
| Length | 4:55 | |||
| Label | MGM | |||
| Songwriter(s) | The Velvet Underground | |||
| Producer(s) | The Velvet Underground | |||
| The Velvet Underground singles chronology | ||||
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"What Goes On" is a song by the Velvet Underground. It was the only single released from their third album, The Velvet Underground (1969).
The song was recorded in 1968 at TTG Studios in Hollywood.
A concert performance of the song, with Doug Yule on keyboards, was included on their double live album 1969: The Velvet Underground Live.[1]
Personnel
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- Lou Reed – lead vocals, multi-tracked electric and acoustic guitars (including solo)
- Doug Yule – bass, backing vocals
- Sterling Morrison – multi-tracked electric guitars (including solo)
- Maureen Tucker – drums
Other media
[edit]The "What Goes On" organ riff was used in the Talking Heads song "Once in a Lifetime," featured on their 1980 album Remain in Light.[2]
In 1978, aficionados Mike "MC" Kostek and Phil Milstein started the Velvet Underground Appreciation Society, which collected, cataloged and made available various rarities.[3] They published a fanzine titled "What Goes On", and later on a newsletter titled "What Goes On Jr."[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Unterberger (2009)
- ^ "Once in a Lifetime". The 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century. National Public Radio broadcast. 27 March 2000. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ Zak (1997)
- ^ Le Velours Souterrain
Further reading
[edit]- Le Velours Souterrain, Velvet Underground fanzines
- Unterberger, Richie. White Light/White Heat The Velvet Underground Day By Day ; Jawbone Press; June 1, 2009; ISBN 9781906002220
- Zak, Alban.The Velvet Underground Companion: Four Decades of Commentary; Schirmer Trade Books; November 1, 1997; ISBN 9780028646275
