What Goes On (Velvet Underground song)
1969 single by The Velvet Underground
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"What Goes On" is a song by the Velvet Underground. It was the only single released from their third studio album, The Velvet Underground (1969).
| "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 | ||||
| Length | 4:55 | |||
| Label | MGM | |||
| Songwriter | Lou Reed | |||
| Producer | The Velvet Underground | |||
| The Velvet Underground singles chronology | ||||
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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.[3]
Personnel
- Lou Reed – lead vocals, multi-tracked electric and acoustic guitars (including solo)
- Doug Yule – bass, organ, backing vocals
- Sterling Morrison – multi-tracked electric guitars (including solo)
- Maureen Tucker – drums
Other media
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.[4]
In 1978, aficionados Mike "MC" Kostek and Phil Milstein started the Velvet Underground Appreciation Society, which collected, cataloged and made available various rarities.[5] They published a fanzine titled "What Goes On", and later on a newsletter titled "What Goes On Jr."[6]