ABC (album)

This article is about the Jackson Five album. For the album by the rapper Jin, see ABC (Jin album).

ABC
Studio album by The Jackson 5
Released	May 8, 1970 (1970-05-08)
Recorded	August 1969 – March 1970
Genre	Bubblegum pop, soul, rock
Length	35:45
Label	Motown (MS 709)
Producer	The Corporation
The Jackson 5 chronology
Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 (1969) ABC (1970) Third Album (1970)

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ABC is the second studio album by The Jackson 5, issued on May 8, 1970 on Motown Records. It featured the number-one singles "ABC" and "The Love You Save". Also present on the LP are several notable album tracks, including a cover of Funkadelic's "I'll Bet You", "I Found That Girl" (the only lead song from brother Jermaine – Michael takes most of the leads on the album), and "The Young Folks", originally recorded by the Diana Ross-led version of The Supremes. It peaked at number-four on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart, and at number-one on the Billboard Black Albums chart. It was named number ninety-eight on the VH1 All Time Album Top 100. It remains of one of their most popular efforts selling over 5.7 million copies worldwide.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Love You Save (Recorded March 1970)"	The Corporation	3:01
2.	"One More Chance (Recorded January 1970)"		2:59
3.	"ABC (Recorded December 1969)"	The Corporation	2:56
4.	"2-4-6-8 (Recorded February – March 1970)"	Gloria Jones, Pam Sawyer	2:55
5.	"(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need (Recorded March 1970)" (The Miracles cover)	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland	2:46
6.	"Don't Know Why I Love You (Recorded February 1970)" (Stevie Wonder cover)	Lula Mae Hardaway, Don Hunter, Paul Riser, Stevie Wonder	3:47
7.	"Never Had a Dream Come True (Recorded March 1970)" (Stevie Wonder cover)	Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby	2:58
8.	"True Love Can Be Beautiful (Recorded February 11, 1970)"	Leonard Caston, Jr., Jeanna Jackson, Bobby Taylor	3:24
9.	"La-La (Means I Love You) (Recorded August 1969)" (The Delfonics cover)	Thom Bell, William Hart	2:52
10.	"I'll Bet You (Recorded January – February 1970)" (Theresa Lindsey cover)	George Clinton, Sidney Barnes, Patrick Lindsey	2:26
11.	"I Found That Girl (Recorded January 1970)"	The Corporation	2:57
12.	"The Young Folks (Recorded February 1970)" (The Supremes cover)	George Gordy, Allen Story	2:50

Recording Sessions

August 1969 - March 1970

Other tracks from ABC recording sessions

I Was Made To Love Her

I Hear A Symphony

You Ain't Giving Me What I Want (So I'm Taking It All Back)

We Can Have Fun

Honey Chile

Don't Let Your Baby Catch You

Lavender Blue

A Fool For You

Money Honey

Re-release

In 2001, Motown Records remastered all J5 albums in a "Two Classic Albums/One CD" series (much like they did in the late 1980s). This album was paired up with Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5. The bonus track was an outtake, "Oh, I've Been Blessed," a song also released on the rare 1979 outtakes album Boogie.

An alternate version of the title track appears on the CD "Jackson 5 – I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters" released in 2009.

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1970	Top R&B Albums	1 (12 weeks)
1970	Billboard 200	4

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1970	"ABC"	Billboard Pop Singles	1
	"The Love You Save"

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1970 (U.S.)