The Motown Years

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The Motown Years
50 Best Songs – The Motown Years Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5.jpg
Box set by
Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2008
GenreR&B, soul
LabelMotown, Universal
ProducerThe Corporation, Fonce Mizell, Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino, Brian Holland, Hal Davis
Michael Jackson chronology
King of Pop
(2008) 		The Motown Years
(2008) 		The Collection
(2009)
The Jackson 5 chronology
Gold
(2005) 		The Motown Years
(2008) 		I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters
(2009)

The Motown Years (also known as The Motown Years 50) is a 3-disc compilation box set by American singer Michael Jackson and the group The Jackson 5, released on 2008 by Universal Music Group celebrating Jackson's 50th 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 in 1984 long after they had left the company.[1][2]

Unlike Motown's previous 1995 4-disc Soulsation! and 2005 2-disc Gold (both of which contain many of the same songs as here), the tracks on this 3-disc set are not ordered chronologically. Also in contrast to Soulsation!, there is no previously unreleased music. The only mildly rare songs included are the b-sides "I'm So Happy" and "Love Song," both of which previously appeared on the 2000 version of Anthology (re-released with the title Gold in 2005), and also the 2001 "Two Classic Albums/One CD" series, as bonus tracks on Maybe Tomorrow and Lookin' Through the Windows.

Track listing[]

Disc 1 (The Jackson 5)[]

Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)First appeared onLength
1."ABC"The Corporation (Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards, Alphonzo Mizell)ABC (1970)3:01
2."Never Can Say Goodbye"Clifton DavisMaybe Tomorrow (1971)3:03
3."Ready or Not (Here I Come)"Thomas Bell; William HartThird Album (1970)2:34
4."Love Song"The Corporation; Christine Yarianb-side of "Lookin' Through the Windows"3:27
5."Forever Came Today"Brian and Eddie Holland; Lamont DozierMoving Violation (1975)6:23
6."The Life of the Party"Clarence Drayton; Hal Davis; Tanny SmithDancing Machine (1974)2:35
7."Doctor My Eyes"Jackson BrowneLookin' Through the Windows (1972)3:11
8."All I Do Is Think Of You"Brian Holland; Michael LovesmithMoving Violation3:13
9."I Am Love" (Pts. 1 & 2)Donald Fenceton; Jerry Marcellino; Mel Larson; Roderick H. RanciferDancing Machine7:26
10."Darling Dear"Allen Story; George Gordy; Rosemary GordyThird Album2:38
11."Maybe Tomorrow"The CorporationMaybe Tomorrow4:48
12."I Found that Girl"The CorporationABC3:10
13."It's Too Late to Change the Time"Leon Ware; Pamela SawyerG.I.T.: Get It Together (1973)4:00
14."Lookin' Through the Windows"Clifton DavisLookin' Through the Windows3:37
15."Who's Lovin' You"Smokey RobinsonDiana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 (1969)3:59
16."Whatever You Got, I Want"Gene Marcellino; Jerry Marcellino; Mel LarsonDancing Machine2:56
17."I'll Be There"Berry Gordy Jr.; Bob West; Hal Davis; Willie HutchThird Album3:59

Disc 2 (The Jackson 5)[]

Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)First appeared onLength
1."I Want You Back"The CorporationDiana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 (1969)2:58
2."Dancing Machine" (album version)Donald Fletcher; Hal Davis; Weldon Dean ParksG.I.T.: Get It Together (1973)3:29
3."Sugar Daddy"The CorporationGreatest Hits (1971)2:33
4."Little Bitty Pretty One"Robert ByrdLookin' Through the Windows (1972)2:48
5."Hum Along and Dance"Barrett Strong; Norman WhitfieldG.I.T.: Get It Together8:37
6."Corner of the Sky"Stephen SchwartzSkywriter (1973)3:40
7."I'm So Happy"The Corporationb-side of "Sugar Daddy"2:48
8."Get It Together"Berry Gordy Jr.; Donald Fletcher; Hal Davis; Jerry Marcellino; Mel LarsonG.I.T.: Get It Together2:49
9."Goin' Back to Indiana"The CorporationThird Album (1970)3:32
10."Skywriter"Jerry Marcellino; Mel LarsonSkywriter3:10
11."The Love You Save"The CorporationABC (1970)3:01
12."Mama's Pearl"The CorporationThird Album3:09
13."Touch" (originally by The Supremes)Frank Wilson; Pamela SawyerSkywriter3:01
14."La-La (Means I Love You)" (long version)Thom Bell; William HartABC3:29
15."It's Great to Be Here"The CorporationMaybe Tomorrow (1971)3:00
16."Hallelujah Day"Christine Tarian; Freddie PerrenSkywriter2:45
17."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"Haven Gillespie; J. Fred CootsJackson 5 Christmas Album (1970)2:25

Disc 3 (Michael Jackson)[]

Disc 3
No.TitleWriter(s)First appeared onLength
1."Farewell My Summer Love" (1984 mix)Kenny LewisFarewell My Summer Love (1984)3:46
2."You've Got a Friend" (originally by James Taylor)Carole KingGot to Be There (1972)4:45
3."My Girl" (originally by The Temptations)Ronald White; Smokey RobinsonBen (1972)3:11
4."One Day In Your Life"Brown, Samuel F. III; Renee ArmandForever, Michael (1975)4:20
5."Just a Little Bit of You"Brian Holland; Eddie HollandForever, Michael3:17
6."Got To Be There"Elliot WillenskyGot To Be There3:26
7."We've Got a Good Thing Going"The CorporationBen3:05
8."Rockin' Robin" (originally by Bobby Day)Leon Rene (using pseudonym Jimmie Thomas)Got To Be There2:35
9."Ben" (from the film "Ben")Don Black; Walter ScharfBen2:48
10."I Wanna Be Where You Are"Arthur Ross; Leon WareGot To Be There3:00
11."Girl You're So Together" (1984 mix)Lewis, Kenneth MelbourneFarewell My Summer Love3:11
12."We're Almost There"Brian Holland; Eddie HollandForever, Michael3:47
13."Wings of My Love"The CorporationGot To Be There3:24
14."Girl Don't Take Your Love From Me"Willie HutchGot To Be There3:50
15."Music and Me"Donald Fenceton; Jerry Marcellino; Mel Larson; Mike CannonMusic & Me (1973)2:40
16."Ain't No Sunshine" (originally by Bill Withers)Bill WithersGot To Be There4:10

Charts[]

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