Released: May 23, 1972
Songwriter: Ashford & Simpson Valerie Simpson Nickolas Ashford
Producer: Mel Larson Jerry Marcellino
[Chorus]
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing, no, no
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
(Ain't nothing)
Ain't nothing like the real thing
[Verse 1: Michael + (Jackson 5)]
Ooh, I've got your picture
Hanging on the wall
But it can't see or come to me
When I call your name
(When I call your name)
I realize it's just a picture in a frame
I read your letters
When you're not near
But they don't move me
And they don't groove me
Like when I hear
(When I hear your voice)
Your sweet voice
Whispering in my ear
(In my ear)
[Jermaine]
No other sound is quite the same
As your name
(Quite the same as your name)
Your touch can do half this much
To make me feel better
(So let's stay together)
[Michael]
Ooh, I got memories to look back on
Though they help when you're gone
I'm well aware
(I'm well aware)
Nothing can take the place of your being there
(Being there)
[Chorus]
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
(Ain't nothing)
Ain't nothing like the real thing
Ooh, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
(Ain't nothing)
Ain't nothing like the real thing
Ooh, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing, yeah yeah...
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing, no, no
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
(Ain't nothing)
Ain't nothing like the real thing
[Verse 1: Michael + (Jackson 5)]
Ooh, I've got your picture
Hanging on the wall
But it can't see or come to me
When I call your name
(When I call your name)
I realize it's just a picture in a frame
I read your letters
When you're not near
But they don't move me
And they don't groove me
Like when I hear
(When I hear your voice)
Your sweet voice
Whispering in my ear
(In my ear)
[Jermaine]
No other sound is quite the same
As your name
(Quite the same as your name)
Your touch can do half this much
To make me feel better
(So let's stay together)
[Michael]
Ooh, I got memories to look back on
Though they help when you're gone
I'm well aware
(I'm well aware)
Nothing can take the place of your being there
(Being there)
[Chorus]
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
(Ain't nothing)
Ain't nothing like the real thing
Ooh, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
(Ain't nothing)
Ain't nothing like the real thing
Ooh, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing, yeah yeah...
Children of the Light
- The Love You Save
- Little Bitty Pretty One
- E-Ne-Me-Ne-Mi-Ne-Moe (The Choice Is Yours To Pull)
- Doctor My Eyes
- Lookin’ Through the Windows
- Ready or Not (Here I Come)
- My Cherie Amour
- Don’t Let Your Baby Catch You
- Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
- Children of the Light
- If I Have to Move a Mountain
- Don’t Want to See Tomorrow
- I Can Only Give You Love
- Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing
- Lookin’ Through the Windows (1972)
- Soulsation! (1995)
- Children of the Light (1999)
- Goin’ Back to Indiana / Lookin’ Through the Windows (2001)
- I Want You Back
- ABC
- I’ll Be There
- Who’s Lovin’ You
- The Love You Save
- Never Can Say Goodbye
- Give Love On Christmas Day
- Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
- I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
- Dancing Machine
- All I Do Is Think of You
- Maybe Tomorrow
- One More Chance
- Ben
- Blame It On The Boogie
- My Little Baby
- I Will Find a Way
- Goin’ Back to Indiana
- Don’t Let Your Baby Catch You
- Superstition
- Ask The Lonely
- I Was Made To Love Her
- (I Know) I’m Losing You
- My Cherie Amour