The Jackson 5

Released: June 20, 1970

Songwriter: Stevie Wonder Lula Mae Hardaway Don Hunter Paul Riser

Producer: The Corporation

[Chorus: Michael Jackson]
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, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
I don't know why I love you
I don't know, you and me, baby
Oh, I don't know why I love you
But I love you, oh baby, baby, baby

[Verse 1: Michael Jackson]
You throw my heart down in the dirt
Oh, you make me crawl
On cold black earth, baby, yeah
I never knew, I never knew how much love could hurt
'Til I loved you, baby, baby, baby, baby, yeah

[Chorus: Michael Jackson]
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, baby, baby, baby, baby, yeah

[Verse 2: Michael Jackson]
I can't stop, can't stop crying, can't you see?
Here I'm pleading 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
Ooh, sure know, baby

[Bridge: Michael Jackson]
I don't know, you don't know
We don't know nothin' about it, hey, yeah
I don't know, I don't know, baby, 'bout it
I don't know, no, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
I don't know, I don't know
I don't know nothin' about it
I don't know, I don't nothin' about it
I don't know

[Outro: The Jackson 5 & Michael Jackson]
I don't know why I love you, baby, baby
I don't know why I love you
You don't know, no, I don't know, no no, yeah yeah
I don't know why I love you, baby, baby
I don't know why I love you
You don't know, no, I don't know, no no, yeah yeah
I don't know why I love you
I don't know, you don't know, we don't know nothin' about it
Baby
I can't do nothin' about it, hey
Baby
I don't know why I love you
I don't know, I don't know nothin' about it
I don't know, no no no no no, baby, ooh yeah yeah
I don't know why I love you
I don't know, you don't know, we don't know nothin' about it
I can't do nothin' about it, ooh
I don't know why I love you
I don't know, I don't know nothin' about it
I don't know why I love you
I don't know, you don't know
Baby, baby
I don't know why I love you
Thank you very much, thank you

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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