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"Got To Be There"
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Single by Michael Jackson
from the album Got to Be There
B-side(s)"Maria"
ReleasedOctober 7,1971
Format7" single
RecordedSummer 1971
GenreSoul/pop
Length3:22
LabelMotown Records
Writer(s)Elliot Willensky
Producer(s)Hal Davis
Peak chart positions
  • #4 (US)
  • #2 (US R&B)
  • #5 (UK)
Michael Jackson singles chronology


"Got to be There"
(1971)		"Rockin' Robin"
(1972)


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"Got To Be There" is a 1971 single released by Michael Jackson on the Motown label. It was the singer's first solo single following his successful tenure as the lead singer of The Jackson 5. Michael's solo career began in earnest after the success of Donny Osmond's solo recordings including "Sweet and Innocent". The single, written by Greg Willensky and produced by longtime Jackson 5 producer Hal Davis, was a success reaching number four on the US pop singles chart, number two on the US black singles chart and reaching number five on the UK pop singles chart and helping to establish Jackson as a solo act while still with his brothers.

Credits

  • Lead and background vocals by Michael Jackson
  • Additional background vocals by assorted singers
  • Instrumentation by assorted Los Angeles musicians

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Got to Be There: "Got to Be There" • "Rockin' Robin" • "I Wanna Be Where You Are" • "Ain't No Sunshine"
Ben: "Ben"
Music and Me: "With a Child's Heart" • "Music and Me" • "Happy"
Forever, Michael: "We're Almost There" • "Just a Little Bit of You"
The Wiz: "Ease on Down the Road" (w/Diana Ross) • "You Can't Win (Pt. 1)" • "A Brand New Day" (w/Diana Ross)
Off the Wall: "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" • "Rock With You" • "Off the Wall" • "She's out of My Life" • "Girlfriend"
One Day in Your Life: "One Day in Your Life"
Thriller: "The Girl Is Mine" (w/Paul McCartney) • "Billie Jean" • "Beat It" • "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
"Human Nature" • "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" • "Thriller"
Farewell My Summer Love: "Farewell My Summer Love" / "Girl You're So Together"
Bad: "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (w/Siedah Garrett) • "Bad" • "The Way You Make Me Feel" • "Man in the Mirror"
"Dirty Diana" • "Another Part of Me" • "Smooth Criminal" • "Leave Me Alone" • "Liberian Girl"
Dangerous: "Black or White" • "Remember the Time" • "In the Closet" • "Jam" • "Who Is It"
"Give In to Me" • "Heal the World" • "Will You Be There" • "Gone Too Soon"
HIStory: "Scream/Childhood" • "You Are Not Alone" • "Earth Song" • "They Don't Care About Us" • "Stranger in Moscow"
: "Blood on the Dance Floor" • "HIStory/Ghosts"
Invincible: "You Rock My World" • "Cry" • "Butterflies"
Number Ones: "One More Chance"
Other collaborations: "Somebody's Watching Me" (w/Rockwell) • "Say Say Say" (w/Paul McCartney) • "Get It" (w/ Stevie Wonder) • "Why" (w/ 3T)
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Got to Be There was the solo debut album by then-adolescent Michael Jackson, released on Motown Records, released on September 1971.
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B-side(s) "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone"
Released 1972
Format 7" single
Recorded Hitsville West, Los Angeles, California
Genre Bubblegum pop/soul
Length 2:50
Label Motown
Writer(s) Roger Thomas

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Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958), commonly known as MJ[1] as well as "The King of Pop",[2] is an American musician, entertainer, and pop icon whose successful career and controversial personal life have been a part of pop culture for
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Birth name Donald Clark Osmond
Born November 9 1957 (1957--) (age 51)
Ogden, Utah

Years active 1961-present


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Got to Be There
(1971) Ben
(1972)

Got to Be There was the solo debut album by then-adolescent Michael Jackson, released on Motown Records, released on September 1971.
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B-side(s) "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone"
Released 1972
Format 7" single
Recorded Hitsville West, Los Angeles, California
Genre Bubblegum pop/soul
Length 2:50
Label Motown
Writer(s) Roger Thomas

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Released 1972
Format 7" single
Recorded Hitsville West, Los Angeles, California
Genre Soul
Length 3:16
Label Motown
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Writer(s) Leon Ware
Arthur "T-Boy" Ross
Producer(s) Hal Davis
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B-side(s) "Harlem"
Released September, 1971
Format 7" Record
Genre Soul, R&B
Label Sussex Records
Writer(s) Bill Withers
Producer(s) Booker T. Jones
Peak chart positions
  • #3 U.S. Pop
  • #6 U.S.

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Ben
(1972) A Collection Of Michael Jackson's Oldies
(1972)

Ben was the second full-length solo album by teenage pop-soul music phenomenon Michael Jackson.
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Released 1972
Recorded 1972
Genre Pop-Rock/R&B
Label Motown
Writer(s) Don Black and Walter Scharf
Producer(s) The Corporation™: Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell, Deke Richards and Berry Gordy, Jr
Peak chart positions

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    Music and Me
    (1973) Forever, Michael
    (1975)

    Music and Me was the third solo release by pop singer Michael Jackson.

    At this point, Jackson was one of the few artists who had success as a member of a popular singing group and as a
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    A-side(s) "With a Child's Heart"
    B-side(s) "Morning Glow"
    Released 1973
    Format 7", 12"
    Recorded 1971
    Genre Pop
    Label Motown Records
    Writer(s) Basemore / Henry Cosby / Sylvia Moy
    Producer(s)
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    Forever, Michael
    (1975) The Best of Michael Jackson
    (1975)

    Forever, Michael was the fourth album in American pop and R&B singer Michael Jackson's solo career and was Jackson's final contractural studio album as a soloist in Motown Records.
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