THE JACKSON 5 - I WANT YOU BACK

I WANT YOU BACK

THE JACKSON 5

SONGWRITER: MICHAEL JOE JACKSON & JACKIE JACKSON

COUNTRY: USA

ALBUM: DIANA ROSS PRESENTS THE JAKSON 5

LABEL: MOTOWN RECORDS

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 1969

Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 é o álbum de estreia do conjunto musical norte-americano The Jackson 5, lançado pelo selo Motown em dezembro de 1969.

O Jackson 5 foi a banda que revelaria o futuro "Rei do Pop" Michael Jackson, naquela época um cantor pré-adolescente. Além de Michael, integravam o grupo seus irmãos mais velhos Marlon, Jermaine, Tito e Jackie. Michael Jackson e seus irmãos Jackie, Tito, Jermaine e Marlon se tornaram a grande sensação da gravadora Motown com o lançamento de seu álbum de estreia, apadrinhado pela cantora Diana Ross. Nele, o grupo interpreta canções de Stevie Wonder ("My cherie amour"), Smokey Robinson ("Who's lovin' you"), além de letras compostas pelo quateto de letristas da gravadora, que se intitulavam The Corporation. Mas o grande sucesso do álbum foi "I Want You Back", faixa que se tornou primeiro lugar na parada musical da Billboard Hot 100.

Uh-huh huh huh huh

Let me tell ya now

Uh-huh

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

when love was all it took

Now it's much too late for me to take a second look

Oh baby give me one more chance

(show you that I love you)

Won't you please let me

(back to your heart)

Oh darlin' I was blind to let you go

(let you go baby)

But now since I see you in his arms

(I want you back)

Yes I do now

(I want you back)

Ooh ooh baby

(I want you back)

Ya ya ya ya

(I want you back)

Na na na na

Tryin' to live without your love

Is one long sleepless night

Let me show you girl

That I know wrong from right

Every street you walk on

I leave tearstains on the ground

Following the girl

I didn't even want around

Let me tell you now

Oh baby all I want is one more chance

(show you that I love you)

Won't you please let me

(back to your heart)

Oh darlin' I was blind to let you go

(let you go baby)

But now since I see you in his arms

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All I want

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All I need

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All I want

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All I need

Oh just one more chance

to show you that I love you

baby (6 times)

(I want you back)

Forget what happened then

(I want you back)

Let me live again

Oh baby I was blind to let you go

But now since I see you in his arms

(I want you back)

Spare me of this cause

Gimme back what I lost

Oh baby I need one more chance ha

I tell ya that I love you