"What's Up?" ranks number 94 on VH1's 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders and ranks 86 on the MuchMore The Top 100 One Hit Wonders. The recording received considerable airplay success. It reached number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and went gold, but peaked higher in many other countries.
The title is not in the lyrics. The chorus refrain is "What's Going On," but that's the name of a 1971 Marvin Gaye R&B classic, so they always called the song "What's Up." The song got a lot of play on MTV, which was still playing videos at the time. The clip helped the album sell over 6 million copies.
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