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Don’t Know Why I Love YouThe Jackson 5

Released: May 8, 1970

Songwriter: Stevie Wonder Paul Riser Lula Mae Hardaway Don Hunter

Producer: Hal Davis

[Intro]
Oh, sho'nuff baby, baby, baby... ooh, ooh

[Pre-Chorus]
I don't know why I love you
I don't know why I love you
I don't know why I love you but I love you

[Verse 1]
Always treat me like a fool
Kick me when I'm down that's your rule
I don't know why I love you, but I love you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2]
Oh you'll never, you'll never stop your cheatin' ways
With another guy you laughed in my face
Lord how long must I be disgraced
'Cause I love you, oh, baby, baby, baby

[Chorus]
I don't know why I love you
I don't know you and me, baby, oh yeah
I don't know why I love you, but I love you, baby
Oh darling, darling, darling, darling ...

[Verse 3]
You throw my heart down in the dirt
Oh, you make me crawl
On this cold black earth, baby yeah
I never knew, I never knew how much I could hurt
'Til I love you baby, baby, baby, baby, yeah

[Verse 4]
Can't stop, I can't stop crying can't you see
Here I'm pleadin' on my knees
Upon my knees, yeah baby, yeah
Won't you help me, help me please
'Cause I love you, love you, love you, ohh
(Sho'nuff, baby)

[Outro]
I don't know, we don't know, we don't know nothing about it
(I don't know why I love you... Oh! Oh!)
I don't know why I love you baby, baby
(I don't know, I don't know)
I don't know why I love you baby, baby... don't know why though

The Jackson 5

The Jackson 5 were originally formed in 1963 under the name, The Jackson Brothers. The founding members were Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon. Michael would join the group as the lead singer a year later, a move which pushed Jermaine to sing the backing vocals and play the lead guitar.

After participating in a series of talent shows, they entered the professional music scene in 1967, signing with Steeltown Records and releasing ten singles. In 1969, they left Steeltown Records in order to sign with Motown.

In 1975, most of the Jacksons had opted out of recording any more music for Motown, expressing desires to have creative control over their songs, as well as royalties. Learning that they were earning only 2.8% of royalties from Motown, Joe Jackson, the father and manager of the group, began to negotiate a lucrative contract with Epic records, which offered a royalty rate of 20% per record. The deal was completed in June 1975. As Motown owned the name The Jackson 5, the group simply renamed themselves The Jacksons.

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