Released: November 11, 1981
Songwriter: Berry Gordy Fonce Mizell Freddie Perren Deke Richards Clifton Davis Elliot Willensky
Producer: The Jacksons
[Spoken Intro: Ed Sullivan]
From Gary, Indiana, here is the youthful Jackson 5
Opening with a medley of their hits that have sold over a million
Each hit
I Want You Back
[Verse 1: Michael Jackson]
When I had you to myself, I didn't want you around
Those pretty faces always made you stand out in a crowd
But someone picked you from the bunch, one glance was all it took
Now it's much too late for me to take a second look
[Chorus: Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5]
Oh, baby, give me one more chance
(To show you that I love you)
Won't you please let me (back in your heart)?
Oh, darlin', I was blind to let you go
(Let you go, baby)
But now, since I see you in his arms, uh-huh
[Bridge: The Jackson 5]
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
[Interlude: Michael Jackson]
Hey, stop the film please
The next song we gotta do is something from the new album
Never Can Say Goodbye
[Randy Jackson & Michael Jackson]
Never can say goodbye
No, no, no, no, I
Randy, what are you doing?
Great song, Mike
The next song we gotta do is something from the new album
Hold on, hold on
Got to Be There
[Randy Jackson & Michael Jackson]
Got to be there, got to be there
In the morning
When she says hello...remember that one?
Randy, why are you singing this old stuff?
Why?
We're supposed to do some of the new songs in this show
In this spot right here
Come on, Mike
Mike, they wanna hear "I Want You Back," "ABC," "The Love You Save," "Dancing Machine," "Daddy's Home," "Sugar Daddy"
Do you wanna hear the old stuff?
How about "I'll Be There"?
See, Mike
Do you wanna hear the old stuff?
You wanna hear the old stuff?
Do you wanna hear it?
Let me say one thing, I wanna say one thing, I wanna say one thing:
Number one, I don't wanna do the old stuff 'cause it's old, okay?
Number two, the choreography is old
The costumes we wore back then were old
I wanna do some of the new stuff
Do you care about that?
Tell him, do you care?
Do you care?
They don't care about that, Mike
They don't care
Okay, I'll tell you what
What, what, what
I'll do the old stuff for you, okay? I'll do it for you
But, wait, wait, wait, I'm doing it for you
I'm not doing it for them, I'm doing it for you
Thanks a lot, that's real nice
But if we do the old stuff, you have to do my favorite medley
What's your favorite medley? Tell me, I don't know
You'll see
From Gary, Indiana, here is the youthful Jackson 5
Opening with a medley of their hits that have sold over a million
Each hit
I Want You Back
[Verse 1: Michael Jackson]
When I had you to myself, I didn't want you around
Those pretty faces always made you stand out in a crowd
But someone picked you from the bunch, one glance was all it took
Now it's much too late for me to take a second look
[Chorus: Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5]
Oh, baby, give me one more chance
(To show you that I love you)
Won't you please let me (back in your heart)?
Oh, darlin', I was blind to let you go
(Let you go, baby)
But now, since I see you in his arms, uh-huh
[Bridge: The Jackson 5]
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
[Interlude: Michael Jackson]
Hey, stop the film please
The next song we gotta do is something from the new album
Never Can Say Goodbye
[Randy Jackson & Michael Jackson]
Never can say goodbye
No, no, no, no, I
Randy, what are you doing?
Great song, Mike
The next song we gotta do is something from the new album
Hold on, hold on
Got to Be There
[Randy Jackson & Michael Jackson]
Got to be there, got to be there
In the morning
When she says hello...remember that one?
Randy, why are you singing this old stuff?
Why?
We're supposed to do some of the new songs in this show
In this spot right here
Come on, Mike
Mike, they wanna hear "I Want You Back," "ABC," "The Love You Save," "Dancing Machine," "Daddy's Home," "Sugar Daddy"
Do you wanna hear the old stuff?
How about "I'll Be There"?
See, Mike
Do you wanna hear the old stuff?
You wanna hear the old stuff?
Do you wanna hear it?
Let me say one thing, I wanna say one thing, I wanna say one thing:
Number one, I don't wanna do the old stuff 'cause it's old, okay?
Number two, the choreography is old
The costumes we wore back then were old
I wanna do some of the new stuff
Do you care about that?
Tell him, do you care?
Do you care?
They don't care about that, Mike
They don't care
Okay, I'll tell you what
What, what, what
I'll do the old stuff for you, okay? I'll do it for you
But, wait, wait, wait, I'm doing it for you
I'm not doing it for them, I'm doing it for you
Thanks a lot, that's real nice
But if we do the old stuff, you have to do my favorite medley
What's your favorite medley? Tell me, I don't know
You'll see
more tracks from the album
The Jacksons Live!
- Workin’ Day And Night (Live)
- Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) (Live)
- Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough (Live)
- Lovely One (Live)
- Rock With You (Live)
- I’ll Be There (Live)
- Movie And Rap, Including Excerpts Of: I Want You Back / Never Can Say Goodbye / Got To Be There (Liv
- She’s Out Of My Life (Live)
- This Place Hotel (Live)
- Off The Wall (Live)
- Things I Do For You (Live)
- Opening / Can You Feel It (Live)
- Ben (Live)
- Medley: I Want You Back / ABC / The Love You Save (Live)
From the album
- The Jacksons Live! (1981)
The Jacksons popular songs
- Blame It on the Boogie
- This Place Hotel (a.k.a. Heartbreak Hotel)
- Can You Feel It
- Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
- Torture
- State of Shock
- Push Me Away
- Lovely One
- Wondering Who
- The Hurt
- Wait
- Music’s Takin’ Over
- Good Times
- Your Ways
- Enjoy Yourself
- Time Waits For No One
- Goin’ Places
- Dreamer
- If You’d Only Believe
- Give It Up
- Harley
- Be Not Always
- Living Together
- Heaven Knows I Love You, Girl