Signature
key confidence high · relative F minor · tempo confidence medium · double-time 196.3 · low end 26% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-12 · how accurate
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Lineage
- CoveredCal Tjadersource
- Sampled byDJ Nerd42, Linkin Hearts (Linkin Park vs Kingdom Hearts)source
- Sampled byDJ Nerd42, Linkin Hearts (Linkin Park vs Kingdom Hearts)source
- Sampled byGirl Talk, This Is the Remixsource
- Sampled byGirl Talk, This Is the Remixsource
- CoveredGraham Parker & The Rumoursource
- CoveredHarold Mabernsource
- Sampled byJay‐Z, Izzo (H.O.V.A.)source
- Sampled byJay‐Z, Izzo (H.O.V.A.)source
- CoveredKT Tunstallsource
- Sampled byLil’ Romeo, My Babysource
- Sampled byLil’ Romeo, My Babysource
- CoveredMichael Jacksonsource
- CoveredMIKAsource
- Remixed byNeil Cicierega, Pokémonsource
- Remixed byNeil Cicierega, Pokémonsource
- CoveredPrincesource
- CoveredSheryl Crowsource
- Written byThe Corporationsource
- Remixed byThe Jackson 5, I Want You Backsource
- Remixed byThe Jackson 5, I Want You Backsource
- Remixed byThe Jacksons, i want u back (jackson 5 ehiorobootleg)source
- Remixed byThe Jacksons, i want u back (jackson 5 ehiorobootleg)source
- CoveredThe Jacksonssource
- CoveredThe John Butler Triosource
- Sampled byThe Notorious B.I.G., One More Chancesource
- Sampled byThe Notorious B.I.G., One More Chancesource
- Sampled bywill.i.am, Fantasticsource
- Sampled bywill.i.am, Fantasticsource
- Covered三浦大知source
- Covered絢香source
Why it is here
- The song was Motown's first release by The Corporation—Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Alphonso Mizell, and Deke Richards—and the first Jackson 5 single, featuring an 11-year-old Michael Jackson on lead vocal. source
- It became the Jackson 5's first number-one hit and was performed live on their milestone December 14, 1969 appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. source
- It has since been sampled over 90 times by hip-hop artists including Jay-Z and The Notorious B.I.G., and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. source
The full ledger entry: every chart it has been on, where it is live now.