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Farewell My Summer Love (song)

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"Farewell My Summer Love" is a song recorded by Michael Jackson in 1973. Written by Keni St. Lewis, it was later released in 1984 as a single from the compilation album Farewell My Summer Love due to the commercial interest that generated from the sales of Jackson's hit 1982 album Thriller.

B-side"Call on Me" (album version)
ReleasedMay 1984[1]
RecordedSeptember 4–11, 1973[1]
  • 1984 (overdubs)
StudioMotown Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California)[1]
Quick facts Single by Michael Jackson, from the album ...
"Farewell My Summer Love"
Single by Michael Jackson
from the album Farewell My Summer Love
B-side"Call on Me" (album version)
ReleasedMay 1984[1]
RecordedSeptember 4–11, 1973[1]
  • 1984 (overdubs)
StudioMotown Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California)[1]
Genre
Length4:21 (album version)
3:41 (single version)
3:38 (original 1973 mix)
LabelMotown
SongwriterKeni St. Lewis[1]
Producers
Michael Jackson singles chronology
"Thriller"
(1983)
"Farewell My Summer Love"
(1984)
"Girl You're So Together"
(1984)
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It hit No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart and was a Top 40 Pop and R&B and Top 20 Adult Contemporary hit in the U.S.

Reception

Cash Box said that "all the vibrancy of the now legendary Jackson vocal style is present on this single."[3]

Charts

Weekly charts

More information Chart (1984), Peak position ...
Weekly chart performance for "Farewell My Summer Love"
Chart (1984) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4]68
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[5] 23
UK Singles (Official Charts)[6]7
US Billboard Hot 100[7]38
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[8] 20
US Cash Box Top 100[9] 34
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Year-end charts

More information Chart (1984), Position ...
Year-end chart performance for "Farewell My Summer Love"
Chart (1984) Position
UK Singles (Gallup)[10] 74
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