ABC (song)

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"ABC"

Single by The Jackson 5
from the album ABC
Released	February 24, 1970 (U.S.)
Format	Vinyl record (7" 45 RPM)
Recorded	Hitsville West, Los Angeles; 1969 - 1970
Genre	Bubblegum pop/Soul
Length	2:59
Label	Motown M 1163
Writer(s)	The Corporation™
Producer(s)	The Corporation™
Chart positions
#1 (U.S., U.S. R&B) #8 (UK)
The Jackson 5 singles chronology
"I Want You Back" (1968)	"ABC" (1970)	"The Love You Save" (1970)

"ABC" is a 1970 number-one hit single recorded by The Jackson 5 for the Motown label. It held the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks, from April 18 to May 2, 1970. According to Motown publicity, the single sold two million copies in its first two and a half weeks of release. It is the second of four Jackson 5 number-ones released in a row (the others are "I Want You Back", "The Love You Save", and "I'll Be There").

Perhaps the most famous of the Jackson 5's songs, "ABC" features Michael and Jermaine Jackson breaking down the game of love so that it's as easy as learning the alphabet ("A-B-C/it's easy as 1-2-3/ah, simple as doh-ray-me/A-B-C/1-2-3/that's how easy love can be").

Like most of the other early Jackson 5 hits, "ABC" was written and produced by The Corporation™, a team comprised of Motown chief Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell, and Deke Richards and recorded in Los Angeles, California, away from the old Motown studio at Hitsville USA in Detroit, Michigan.

"ABC" was the first single from the second Jackson 5 album, ABC, issued with a cover of Diana Ross & the Supremes' "The Young Folks" as the b-side. It is today one of the Jackson 5's signature songs.

The song has also been sampled by Naughty by Nature for their 1991 single "O.P.P.".

1 Credits
2 Appearance in Movies
3 Appearances in computer and video games
4 External link

[edit] Credits

Written and produced by The Corporation™: Berry Gordy, Jr., Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell, and Deke Richards
Lead vocals by Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Tito Jackson, and Jackie Jackson
Background vocals by Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jackie Jackson, and Marlon Jackson
Keyboards by Freddie Perren
Guitar by David T. Walker, Louis Shelton and Don Peake
Bass guitar by Wilton Felder
Drums by Gene Pello

[edit] Appearance in Movies

[edit] Appearances in computer and video games

"ABC" appears as the song for the second secret level in Elite Beat Agents.

Preceded by: "Let It Be" by The Beatles	Billboard Hot 100 number one single April 25, 1970	Succeeded by: "American Woman" / "No Sugar Tonight" by The Guess Who