Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)

"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)", often shortened to "Inner City Blues", is a song by Marvin Gaye, released as the third and final single, and the climactic song from his 1971 landmark album, What's Going On. Written by Gaye and James Nyx Jr., the song depicts the ghettos and bleak economic situations of inner-city America, and the emotional effects these have on inhabitants.

"Inner City Blues" redirects here. For the albums, see Inner City Blues (Grover Washington, Jr. album) and Inner City Blues: The Music of Marvin Gaye. For the novel, see Inner City Blues (novel).
"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"
Single by Marvin Gaye
from the album What's Going On
B-side"Wholy Holy"
ReleasedSeptember 16, 1971
RecordedMarch 1971
StudioHitsville U.S.A. (Studio A), Detroit
Genre
  • Soul
  • funk
  • psychedelic soul
Length
  • 5:28 (album version)
  • 2:58 (single edit)
Label
  • Tamla
  • T 54209
Songwriter(s)Marvin Gaye & James Nyx Jr.
Producer(s)Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye singles chronology
"Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)"
(1971)		 "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"
(1971)		 "You're the Man"
(1972)
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