I CAN YOU FEEL IT
THE JACKSON 5
SONGWRITERS: MICHAEL JOE
JACKSON & JACKIE JACKSON
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ALBUM: TRIUMPH
LABEL: EPIC RECORDS
GENRE: SOUL MUSIC
YEAR: 1980
Triumph is the fourteenth studio
album by the Jacksons, released in 1980 on Epic Records.
It was certified platinum
in the US and peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard 200. The Triumph album sold
three million copies in its original run. Hit singles from the album were
"Lovely One", "Heartbreak Hotel" (which was renamed "This
Place Hotel" to avoid confusion with the Elvis Presley song of the same
name) and "Can You Feel It".
The Jacksons shared lead
vocals and solo spots on some songs, but Michael Jackson, who had recently
released his multi-platinum selling album, Off the Wall, handles most of the
lead vocal and writing duties. Triumph was the Jacksons' first album
to reach number-one on the Billboard R&B Albums chart since Maybe
Tomorrow in 1971. The album sold over two million copies worldwide, and the
Jacksons did not release another studio LP until Victory in 1984. On December 10, 1980, the album
was certified Platinum for the sales of over 1 million copies in the United
States.
In 1977, the Jackson 5
were among a small group of artists eligible to receive the newly minted Madison
Square Garden Gold Ticket Award for selling over 100,000 tickets to their
concerts there. They received the award from Madison Square Garden when they
played there as The Jacksons in 1981. On September 3, 1980, the brothers were
honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as The Jacksons. As the
Jackson 5, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 and
the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999. Two of the band's recordings
("ABC" and "I Want You Back") are among the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll, while the latter track also
included in the Grammy Hall of Fame. On September 8, 2008, the Jacksons were
honored as BMI Icons at the annual BMI Urban Awards.
In 1992, Suzanne de Passe,
Jermaine Jackson, and Jermaine's then common-law wife Margaret Maldonado,
worked with Motown to produce The Jacksons: An American Dream, a five-hour
television miniseries broadcast based on the history of the Jackson family in a
two-part special on ABC.
Influenced by the
Temptations, the Supremes, James Brown, The Teenagers and Sly & the Family
Stone, the group eventually served as the inspiration for several generations
of boy bands, including New Edition, Menudo, New Kids on the Block, NSYNC, the Jonas
Brothers, Backstreet Boys, One Direction, and many more.
The rise of the Jackson 5
in the 1960s and 1970s coincided with the rise of a very similar musical
family, the Osmonds. The Osmonds had risen to fame as regular performers on The
Andy Williams Show; Jay Osmond would later note: "Michael had a unique
sense of humor about him, and told us he was so tired of watching the Osmonds
on The Andy Williams Show. He explained this was something their father
had them do, and Michael joked he became really tired of it!" The song
"One Bad Apple", written by George Jackson, who had the Jackson Five
in mind when he wrote it, was originally presented to Motown Record's Chairman
of the Board Berry Gordy for the group to record, but he turned it down. It was
then presented to MGM Records for the Osmonds. "One Bad Apple", which
the Osmonds recorded in a similar style to the songs of the Jackson 5 at the
time, reached number one and began a string of several hits for the Osmonds. Both
bands followed a similar career trajectory: a string of several hits as a
group, which eventually led to a breakout star (Michael for the Jacksons, Donny
for the Osmonds) becoming a solo artist, a little sister not originally part of
the group also rising to fame (Janet Jackson and Marie Osmond respectively),
and eventual decline as a smaller group in the 1980s. The two groups' members
eventually became friends, despite public perception of a rivalry between the
two and allegations that the Osmonds, White Mormon brothers from Utah, were an
imitation of the black Jackson 5.
Can you feel it,can you feel it,can
you feel it!
If you look around
The whole world's coming together now.
Can you feel it,can you feel it,can you feel it!
Feel it in the air
The wind is taking it everywhere.
Can you feel it,can you feel it, can you feel it!
All the colors of the world should be
Lovin' each other wholeheartedly.
Yes it's alright,take my message to your brother and tell him twice.
Spread the word who tried to teach the man who is hatin' his brother,
When hate won't do
'cause we're all the same
Yes the blood inside of me is inside of you.
Now tell me!
Can you feel it,can you feel it,can you feel it!
Can you see what's going down, you can feel it in your bones
Every breath you take,
Is someone's death in another place.
Every healthy smile,
Is hunger and strife to another child.
But the stars do shine
And promising salvation is near this time.
Can you feel it now,
So brothers and sisters
Shall we know how.
Now tell me!
Can you feel it,tell me can you feel it,can you feel it!
Talk now can you see what's going down open up your mind.
All the children of the world should be
Lovin' each other wholeheartedly
Yes it's alright
Take my message to your brother and tell him twice.
Take the news to the marchin' men
Who are killin' their brothers,when death won't do.
Yes we're all the same
Yes the blood inside my veins is inside of you.
Now tell me!
Can you feel it,can you feel it,can you feel it!
Can you feel it,can you feel it,can you feel it!
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