Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)

About Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)

"Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" was the second single from Marvin Gaye's 1971 album, What's Going On. Following the breakthrough of the title track's success, the song, written solely by Gaye, became one of his most poignant anthems of sorrow regarding the environment. Led by Gaye playing piano, strings conducted by Paul Riser, multi-tracking vocals from Gaye, the instrumentals provided by The Funk Brothers and a leading sax solo by Wild Bill Moore .

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About this song

Credited to

Marvin Gaye

Album

Lunch · Track 5 of 20

Released

August 23, 2019

Duration

3:16

On Last.fm

822,358 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: Lunch