This was the aboriginal Jackson 5 individual appear by Motown Records. It launched their career.

Michael Jackson sang lead. He was 11 years old and the youngest of the group. There was one adolescent Jackson brother alleged Randy, who replaced Jermaine in the accumulation in 1977.

This was accounting by a aggregation of Motown writers alleged The Corporation. The arch of the label, Berry Gordy, was one of the writers. They were based in California, clashing a lot of Motown writers who were in the Detroit offices.

Michael Jackson reminded Berry Gordy of Frankie Lymon, addition boyish star. Gordy helped address this as if he was autograph for Lymon.

This was the aboriginal of 4 US #1 hits from The Jackson 5's aboriginal album. The others were "ABC," "The Adulation You Save" and "I'll Be There."

The aboriginal appellation was "I Want To Be Free." It was Gordy's abstraction to change it to "I Want You Back" and accomplish it added of a adulation song.

This was advised for Gladys Knight & The Pips, and at one point Diana Ross was traveling to almanac it, but Berry Gordy absitively to change the appellation and some of the lyrics and use it for his newly-signed accumulation of boys, the Jackson 5. (thanks, Brad Wind - Miami, FL)

Gordy went out of his way to accomplish this a hit. He was actual top on The Jackson 5, and acquainted they were the absolute accumulation to prove that Motown could abide it's success through the '70s.

At the time, this was the a lot of big-ticket Motown individual anytime recorded.

The again 11-year-old Michael Jackson became the youngest being to be complex in an American #1. in USA. (thanks, Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England)

Two accepted songs sampled this in 2001: Jay Z acclimated it on "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" and it was aswell acclimated on Lil' Romeo's "My Baby." It was aswell sampled on the Kris Kross hit "Jump."