I Want You Back

"I Want You Back"
"I Want You Back"
	Germany vinyl single
Single by the Jackson 5
from the album Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
B-side	"Who's Lovin You"
Released	October 1969 (US)
Recorded	July–September 1969
Studio	The Sound Factory, West Hollywood
Genre	Pop; soul;
Length	2:59
Label	Motown ; M 1157
Songwriter(s)	The Corporation – (Berry Gordy; Freddie Perren; Alphonso Mizell; Deke Richards);
Producer(s)	The Corporation
The Jackson 5 singles chronology
Audio
	"I Want You Back" on YouTube

"I Want You Back" is the first national single by the Jackson 5.^[3] It was released by Motown in October 1969, and became the first number-one hit for the band on January 31, 1970.^[4] It was performed on the band's first television appearances, on October 18, 1969, on Diana Ross's The Hollywood Palace and on their milestone performance on December 14, 1969, on The Ed Sullivan Show.^[4] I Want you Back has sold over 6 million copies worldwide. ^[5]

The song, along with a B-side remake of "Who's Lovin' You" by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, was the only single to be released from the Jackson 5's first album, Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5. It went to number one on the Soul singles chart for four weeks and held the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the week ending January 31, 1970.^[6]

"I Want You Back" was ranked 104 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.^[7]

^ "History 1969". Thejacksons.com. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
^ ASCAP entry for song Archived May 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine ASCAP, accessed May 28, 2011
^ A Guide To Michael Jackson's Albums, Sha'Linda Jeanine, "first national single"
^ ^a ^b Moskowitz, David V. (November 10, 2015). The 100 Greatest Bands of All Time: A Guide to the Legends Who Rocked the World [2 volumes]: A Guide to the Legends Who Rocked the World. ABC-CLIO. pp. 325–. ISBN 978-1-4408-0340-6.
^ Classic Pop Presents Michael Jackson 2016.
^ Neely, Tim (2000). Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records 1950-1975 2nd Ed. Iola, WI: Krause. ISBN 0-87341-934-0.
^ Cite error: The named reference roll was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] "History 1969". Thejacksons.com. Retrieved December 5, 2015.

[2] ASCAP entry for song Archived May 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine ASCAP, accessed May 28, 2011

[3] A Guide To Michael Jackson's Albums, Sha'Linda Jeanine, "first national single"

[Moskowitz2015-4] Moskowitz, David V. (November 10, 2015). The 100 Greatest Bands of All Time: A Guide to the Legends Who Rocked the World [2 volumes]: A Guide to the Legends Who Rocked the World. ABC-CLIO. pp. 325–. ISBN 978-1-4408-0340-6.

[5] Classic Pop Presents Michael Jackson 2016.

[6] Neely, Tim (2000). Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records 1950-1975 2nd Ed. Iola, WI: Krause. ISBN 0-87341-934-0.

[roll-7] Cite error: The named reference roll was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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