ABC (The Jackson 5 song)

This article is about the Jackson Five song. For alphabet songs, see Alphabet song. For other songs, see ABC song (disambiguation).
"ABC"
Single by The Jackson 5
from the album ABC
B-side "The Young Folks"
Released February 24, 1970
Format Vinyl record (7" 45 RPM)
Genre Soul, R&B, bubblegum pop
Length 2:55
Label Motown
M 1163
Writer(s) The Corporation (Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell and Deke Richards)[1]
Producer(s) The Corporation
The Jackson 5 singles chronology
"I Want You Back"
(1969)		 "ABC"
(1970)		 "The Love You Save"
(1970)
"ABC"
The Jackson 5's "ABC" from ABC
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"ABC" is a 1970 number-one hit by the Jackson 5. First aired on American Bandstand on the ABC network) on February 21, 1970. It was released on February 24."ABC" knocked The Beatles' Let It Be off the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970, and was number one on the soul singles chart for four weeks. It was written with the same design as their first 1970 hit 'I Want You Back'. ABC was performed on the American Bandstand (21st February, 1970), Ed Sullivan Show (10th May, 1970), The Groovy Show (10th June, 1970), Flip Wilson Show (4th November, 1971), Save the Children Benefit Concert (September, 1972), The Jackson 5 Show (5th November, 1972), Royal Variety Show (5th November, 1972), One More Time (10th January, 1974), Sandy In Disneyland (10th April, 1974) and The Jacksons TV Series (7th July, 1976).

It is considered one of the band's signature songs. It is one of the shortest titles to hit #1, and is the first alphabetically in a list of #1 its on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]

50 Cent told NME that the song was the first he remembered hearing: "I've always loved MJ, so I guess it was probably a good place to start music: right here, with the ABCs."[3]

Charts

Chart (1970-1971, 2009) Peak
position
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[4] 24
UK Singles Chart 8
US Billboard Hot 100 1
Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 43
Irish Singles Chart 38
UK Singles Chart 50

Personnel

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits. Billboard Books. p. 272.
  3. ↑ Haynes, Gavin (October 1, 2015). "Soundtrack of my life". NME: 48.
  4. ↑ Archived August 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.

External links

Preceded by
"Let It Be" by The Beatles		 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
April 25, 1970 (two weeks) 		Succeeded by
"American Woman" / "No Sugar Tonight" by The Guess Who
Preceded by
"Call Me" by Aretha Franklin		 Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one single
April 4, 1970 (four weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Turn Back the Hands of Time" by Tyrone Davis
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