50 Best Songs – The Motown Years: Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5
50 Best Songs – The Motown Years: Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 (also known as 50 Best Songs or The Motown Years) is a 3-disc compilation box set by American singer Michael Jackson, and the group The Jackson 5, released on 2008 by Universal Motown Records celebrating Jackson's 50 birthday. The 50-track album features all of the hits through the Motown years from both the Jackson 5 with “ABC”, “I Want You Back”, “Never Can Say Goodbye” and Michael's solo material including “You've Got A Friend”, “Ben”, “Ain't No Sunshine” and “One Day In Your Life” all of them during their tenure on Motown (1969-1975), with the exception of "Farewell My Summer Love" and "Girl You're So Together", which were released after they left the company (these tracks were released in 1984).[1][2]
Some tracks released here gained some attention during their original release, like "Touch" (originally released in 1973).
Track list
Disc 1 (The Jackson 5)
Disc 2 (The Jackson 5)
| 1. |
"I Want You Back" | The Corporation |
2:58 |
| 2. |
"Dancing Machine" (album version) | Donald Fletcher; Hal Davis; Weldon Dean Parks |
3:29 |
| 3. |
"Sugar Daddy" | Alphonso Mizell; Berry Gordy, Jr.; Deke Richards; Freddie Perren |
2:33 |
| 4. |
"Little Bitty Pretty One" | Robert Byrd |
2:48 |
| 5. |
"Hum Along And Dance" | Barrett Strong; Norman Whitfield |
8:37 |
| 6. |
"Corner of the Sky" | Stephen Schwartz |
3:40 |
| 7. |
"I'm So Happy" | Alphonso Mizell; Berry Gordy, Jr.; Deke Richards; Freddie Perren |
2:48 |
| 8. |
"Get It Together" | Berry Gordy, Jr.; Donald Fletcher; Hal Davis; Jerry Marcellino; Mel Larson |
2:49 |
| 9. |
"Goin' Back to Indiana" | Alphonso Mizell; Berry Gordy, Jr.; Deke Richards; Freddie Perren |
3:32 |
| 10. |
"Skywriter" | Jerry Marcellino; Mel Larson |
3:10 |
| 11. |
"The Love You Save" | The Corporation |
3:01 |
| 12. |
"Mama's Pearl" | The Corporation |
3:09 |
| 13. |
"Touch" (originally from The Supremes) | Frank Wilson; Pamela Sawyer |
3:01 |
| 14. |
"La La (Means I Love You)" | Thom Bell; William Hart |
3:29 |
| 15. |
"It's Great to Be Here" | Alphonso Mizell; Berry Gordy, Jr.; Deke Richards; Freddie Perren |
3:00 |
| 16. |
"Hallelujah Day" | Christine Tarian; Freddie Perren |
2:45 |
| 17. |
"Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" | Haven Gillespie; J. Fred Coots |
2:25 |
Disc 3 (Michael Jackson)
| 1. |
"Farewell My Summer Love" (1984 mix) | Kenny Lewis |
3:46 |
| 2. |
"You've Got A Friend" | Carole King |
4:56 |
| 3. |
"My Girl" (originally from The Temptations) | Ronald White; Smokey Robinson |
3:11 |
| 4. |
"One Day In Your Life" | Brown, Samuel F. III; Renee Armand |
4:20 |
| 5. |
"Just a Little Bit of You" | Brian Holland; Eddie Holland |
3:17 |
| 6. |
"Got to be There" | Elliot Willensky |
3:26 |
| 7. |
"We've Got A Good Thing Going" | The Corporation |
3:05 |
| 8. |
"Rockin' Robin" (originally from Bobby Day) | Leon Rene (under the pseudonym Jimmie Thomas) |
2:35 |
| 9. |
"Ben" (from the film "Ben") | Don Black; Walter Scharf |
2:48 |
| 10. |
"I Wanna Be Where You Are" | Arthur Ross; Leon Ware |
3:00 |
| 11. |
"Girl You're So Together" (1984 mix) | Lewis, Kenneth Melbourne |
3:11 |
| 12. |
"We're Almost There" | Brian Holland; Eddie Holland |
3:47 |
| 13. |
"Wings of My Love" | The Corporation |
3:24 |
| 14. |
"Girl Don't Take Your Love From Me" | Willie Hutch |
3:50 |
| 15. |
"Music and Me" | Donald Fenceton; Jerry Marcellino; Mel Larson; Mike Cannon |
2:40 |
| 16. |
"Ain't No Sunshine" (originally from Bill Withers) | Bill Withers |
4:10 |
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