50 Best Songs – The Motown Years: Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 (also known as 50 Best Songs or The Motown Years) is a 3-disc compilation box set by American singer Michael Jackson, and the group The Jackson 5, released on 2008 by Universal Motown Records celebrating Jackson's 50 birthday. The 50-track album features all of the hits through the Motown years from both the Jackson 5 with "ABC", "I Want You Back", "Never Can Say Goodbye" and Michael's solo material including "You've Got a Friend", "Ben", "Ain't No Sunshine" and "One Day in Your Life", all of them during their tenure on Motown (1969–1975), with the exception of "Farewell My Summer Love" and "Girl You're So Together", which were released after they left the company (these tracks were released in 1984).[1][2]
Some tracks released here gained some attention during their original release, like "Touch" (originally released in 1973).
Track listing
Disc 2 (The Jackson 5)
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| 1. | "I Want You Back" | The Corporation | 2:58 |
| 2. | "Dancing Machine" (album version) | Donald Fletcher; Hal Davis; Weldon Dean Parks | 3:29 |
| 3. | "Sugar Daddy" | Alphonso Mizell; Berry Gordy, Jr.; Deke Richards; Freddie Perren | 2:33 |
| 4. | "Little Bitty Pretty One" | Robert Byrd | 2:48 |
| 5. | "Hum Along and Dance" | Barrett Strong; Norman Whitfield | 8:37 |
| 6. | "Corner of the Sky" | Stephen Schwartz | 3:40 |
| 7. | "I'm So Happy" | Alphonso Mizell; Berry Gordy, Jr.; Deke Richards; Freddie Perren | 2:48 |
| 8. | "Get It Together" | Berry Gordy, Jr.; Donald Fletcher; Hal Davis; Jerry Marcellino; Mel Larson | 2:49 |
| 9. | "Goin' Back to Indiana" | Alphonso Mizell; Berry Gordy, Jr.; Deke Richards; Freddie Perren | 3:32 |
| 10. | "Skywriter" | Jerry Marcellino; Mel Larson | 3:10 |
| 11. | "The Love You Save" | The Corporation | 3:01 |
| 12. | "Mama's Pearl" | The Corporation | 3:09 |
| 13. | "Touch" (originally from The Supremes) | Frank Wilson; Pamela Sawyer | 3:01 |
| 14. | "La La (Means I Love You)" | Thom Bell; William Hart | 3:29 |
| 15. | "It's Great to Be Here" | Alphonso Mizell; Berry Gordy, Jr.; Deke Richards; Freddie Perren | 3:00 |
| 16. | "Hallelujah Day" | Christine Tarian; Freddie Perren | 2:45 |
| 17. | "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" | Haven Gillespie; J. Fred Coots | 2:25 |
Disc 3 (Michael Jackson)
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| 1. | "Farewell My Summer Love" (1984 mix) | Kenny Lewis | 3:46 |
| 2. | "You've Got A Friend" | Carole King | 4:56 |
| 3. | "My Girl" (originally from The Temptations) | Ronald White; Smokey Robinson | 3:11 |
| 4. | "One Day In Your Life" | Brown, Samuel F. III; Renee Armand | 4:20 |
| 5. | "Just a Little Bit of You" | Brian Holland; Eddie Holland | 3:17 |
| 6. | "Got to be There" | Elliot Willensky | 3:26 |
| 7. | "We've Got A Good Thing Going" | The Corporation | 3:05 |
| 8. | "Rockin' Robin" (originally from Bobby Day) | Leon Rene (under the pseudonym Jimmie Thomas) | 2:35 |
| 9. | "Ben" (from the film "Ben") | Don Black; Walter Scharf | 2:48 |
| 10. | "I Wanna Be Where You Are" | Arthur Ross; Leon Ware | 3:00 |
| 11. | "Girl You're So Together" (1984 mix) | Lewis, Kenneth Melbourne | 3:11 |
| 12. | "We're Almost There" | Brian Holland; Eddie Holland | 3:47 |
| 13. | "Wings of My Love" | The Corporation | 3:24 |
| 14. | "Girl Don't Take Your Love From Me" | Willie Hutch | 3:50 |
| 15. | "Music and Me" | Donald Fenceton; Jerry Marcellino; Mel Larson; Mike Cannon | 2:40 |
| 16. | "Ain't No Sunshine" (originally from Bill Withers) | Bill Withers | 4:10 |
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