ABC (song)
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| Single by The Jackson 5 from the album ABC |
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| B-side | "The Young Folks" | ||||
| Released | February 24, 1970 (U.S.) | ||||
| Format | Vinyl record (7" 45 RPM) | ||||
| Recorded | Hitsville West, Los Angeles; 1969–1970 | ||||
| Genre | Bubblegum pop/Soul | ||||
| Length | 2:55 | ||||
| Label | Motown M 1163 |
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| Writer(s) | The Corporation | ||||
| Producer | The Corporation | ||||
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ABC was a 1970 number-one hit song by The Jackson 5. ABC was written with the same design as I Want You Back, and was first heard on American Bandstand in February of 1970. The song also knocked The Beatles song Let It Be out of the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 that same year.
Like most of the other early Jackson 5 hits, ABC was written and produced by The Corporation, a team composed of Motown chief Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell, and Deke Richards and recorded in Los Angeles, California, away from the old Motown studio at Hitsville USA in Detroit, Michigan.
"ABC" was the first single from the second Jackson 5 album, ABC, issued with a cover of Diana Ross & the Supremes' "The Young Folks" as the B-side. It is today one of the Jackson 5's signature songs.
The song has also been sampled by Naughty by Nature for their 1991 single "O.P.P."
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[edit] Credits
- Written and produced by The Corporation: Berry Gordy, Jr., Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell, and Deke Richards
- Lead vocals by Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Tito Jackson, and Jackie Jackson
- Background vocals by Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jackie Jackson, and Marlon Jackson
- Keyboards by Freddie Perren
- Guitar by David T. Walker, Louis Shelton and Don Peake
- Bass guitar by Wilton Felder
- Drums by Gene Pello
[edit] Appearances in other media
[edit] Appearances in films
[edit] Appearances in songs
- In the Justice song "D.A.N.C.E." the lyrics are: "Just easy as ABC "That's how we make it right"
[edit] Appearances in Video Games
- A cover version of "ABC" appears as the song for the second bonus level in Elite Beat Agents for the Nintendo DS.
- "ABC" also appears as a playable song in Boogie for the Wii.
| Preceded by "Let It Be" by The Beatles |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single April 25, 1970–May 2, 1970 |
Succeeded by "American Woman" / "No Sugar Tonight" by The Guess Who |
| Preceded by "Call Me" by Aretha Franklin |
Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single April 4, 1970–April 25, 1970 |
Succeeded by "Turn Back the Hands of Time" by Tyrone Davis |
[edit] External links
- Overview of ABC All the picture sleeves, Song and remixes to listen
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