Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
1971 · Tamla T 54209 F · Detroit, Michigan
- Artist
- Marvin Gaye
- Title
- Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
- Release
- Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) / Wholy Holy
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- Tamla # T 54209 F
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Songwriter
- Marvin Gaye, James Nyx, Jr.
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · R&B
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
"send that boy off to die". Also poverty, inflation, crime, police violence. Shorter version than album
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs
"send that boy off to die". Also poverty, inflation, crime, police violence. Shorter version than album Motown
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Tamla T 54209F, © 1971, matrix 905M10; "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" (M. Gaye, J. Nyx), Jobete Music Co. Inc., BMI, time 2:58; produced by Marvin Gaye, arranged by David Van DePitte; "In Album T 310 'What's Going On'"; "A trademark of Motown Record Corp. © 1971". [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born 2 April 1939, Washington, DC, USA. Died 1 April 1984, Los Angeles, California, USA
Themes
In collections
Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs