"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).
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.Unterberger (2009)
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.
In 1978, aficionados Mike "MC" Kostek and Phil Milstein started the Velvet Underground Appreciation Society, which collected, cataloged and made available various rarities.Zak (1997) They published a fanzine titled "What Goes On", and later on a newsletter titled "What Goes On Jr."Le Velours Souterrain
References
Further reading Le Velours Souterrain, Velvet Underground fanzines Unterberger, Richie. White Light/White Heat The Velvet Underground Day By Day ; Jawbone Press; June 1, 2009; Zak, Alban.The Velvet Underground Companion: Four Decades of Commentary; Schirmer Trade Books; November 1, 1997;