Love Songs (Michael Jackson album)
2002 compilation album by Michael Jackson
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Love Songs is a compilation album by American singer and recording artist Michael Jackson, including some with the Jackson 5. It was released on January 15, 2002, by Motown.
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| Released | January 15, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 1969–1974 | |||
| Length | 48:14 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
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Overview
The compilation album contains 14 love songs and ballads Michael Jackson recorded, with the Jackson 5 or solo, during his Motown tenure.[1] It was released by Motown on January 15, 2002.[1]
Love Songs includes the Jackson 5's "Who's Lovin' You", their cover of Ray Charles' "A Fool for You",[2] and a previously unreleased version of their hit "I'll Be There".[1]
The album also includes Michael Jackson's 1971 single "Got to Be There" and further alternate recordings such as the original mix of his "Call on Me"[1] from Farewell My Summer Love (1984; recorded in 1973); the pre-dubbed version of this song was also released on the 1995 reissue of Anthology and on Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection (2009).[3]
Track listing
Tracks 1, 2, 7, 11 and 14 performed by the Jackson 5
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Who's Lovin' You" (single version) | Smokey Robinson | 4:21 |
| 2. | "A Fool for You" | Ray Charles | 4:34 |
| 3. | "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" | Jack Keller, Howard Greenfield | 2:57 |
| 4. | "Got to Be There" | Elliot Willensky | 3:20 |
| 5. | "We're Almost There" | Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr. | 3:42 |
| 6. | "We've Got a Good Thing Going" | The Corporation | 2:59 |
| 7. | "Maybe Tomorrow" (Goin' Back to Indiana Version) | The Corporation | 3:24 |
| 8. | "Call on Me" (original mix) | Fonce Mizell, Larry Mizell | 3:20 |
| 9. | "You Are There" | Sam Brown III, Randy Meitzenheimer, Christine Yarian | 3:22 |
| 10. | "One Day in Your Life" | Sam Brown III, Renée Armand | 4:15 |
| 11. | "If I Don't Love You This Way" | Pam Sawyer, Leon Ware | 3:25 |
| 12. | "Wings of My Love" | The Corporation | 3:17 |
| 13. | "I'll Come Home to You" | Freddie Perren, Christine Yarian | 3:02 |
| 14. | "I'll Be There" (previously unreleased version) | The Corporation | 4:05 |
