I Just Can't Stop Loving You
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| "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" | ||
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| Single by Michael Jackson | ||
| from the album Bad | ||
| Released | July 1987 | |
| Format | CD single | |
| Recorded | 1987 | |
| Genre | Pop/R&B | |
| Length | 4:25 | |
| Label | Epic Records | |
| Producer(s) | Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones | |
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| Michael Jackson singles chronology | ||
| "Girl You're So Together" (1984) |
"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (1987) |
"Bad" (1987) |
"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" is a popular ballad by singers Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett. Written and composed by Jackson, it was originally intended to be a duet between Jackson and his woman of choice: either Barbra Streisand or Whitney Houston. Even Aretha Franklin was offered the song, but all three refused. However, songwriter and Quincy Jones protege Garrett, who had written Jackson's memorable "Man in the Mirror", volunteered to sing with Jackson thus giving Garrett her first hit since Dennis Edwards' 1984 hit, "Don't Look Any Further". Garrett is quoted in The Billboard Book of Number One Hits by Fred Bronson that she was unaware she would be singing the song - although she had received a tape of it - until the day of the recording session, when Jones told her to step up to the microphone and sing it with Jackson. The song became the first of five number-one Billboard Hot 100 singles from Jackson's Bad album. It also reached number one on the R&B and Adult Contemporary charts, Jackson's second number-one song on the AC chart (his first, coincidentally, had also been a duet: 1982's "The Girl Is Mine" with Paul McCartney).
Originally, the album version featured a spoken intro backed with a longer version of the opening music. This intro was mixed out on future releases of the album.
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[edit] Charts
"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" was the lead single off of Jackson's much-anticipated Bad album. The single debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at #37, the week of August 8, 1987. The single was the highest debuting single of 1987, and quickly traveled to the top quarter of the Hot 100, advancing to #16 in its second week, and soaring to #1 in its seventh week on the tally, the week of September 19, 1987.
[edit] Track listing
- "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" – 4:23
- "Baby Be Mine" – 4:12
[edit] Mixes
- Album Version – 4:25
- 7" Version – 4:11
- This version replaced the original version on the later releases of Bad
- Spanish Version – 4:06
- French Version – 4:06
[edit] Credits
- Written and composed by Michael Jackson
- Vocal duet with Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett
- Bass: Nathan East
- Drums: N'dugu Chancler
- Guitar: Dan Huff
- Percussion: Paulinho Da Costa
- Piano: John Barnes
- Synclavier: Christopher Currell
- Synthesizers: David Paich and Greg Phillinganes
- Synthesizer programming: Steve Porcaro
- Rhythm arrangement by Quincy Jones
- Synthesizer arrangement by David Paich and Quincy Jones
- Vocal arrangement by Michael Jackson and John Barnes
| Preceded by "La Bamba" by Los Lobos |
UK number one single August 24, 1987 |
Succeeded by "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley |
| Preceded by "La Bamba" by Los Lobos |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single September 19, 1987 |
Succeeded by "Didn't We Almost Have It All" by Whitney Houston |
