I Want You Back

Momentum

This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.

Why it's 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. [1] 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. [2] 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. [3]

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

• Covered Cal Tjadersource
• Sampled by DJ Nerd42, Linkin Hearts (Linkin Park vs Kingdom Hearts)source
• Sampled by DJ Nerd42, Linkin Hearts (Linkin Park vs Kingdom Hearts)source
• Sampled by Girl Talk, This Is the Remixsource
• Sampled by Girl Talk, This Is the Remixsource
• Covered Graham Parker & The Rumoursource
• Covered Harold Mabernsource
• Sampled by Jay‐Z, Izzo (H.O.V.A.)source
• Sampled by Jay‐Z, Izzo (H.O.V.A.)source
• Covered KT Tunstallsource
• Sampled by Lil’ Romeo, My Babysource
• Sampled by Lil’ Romeo, My Babysource
• Covered Michael Jacksonsource
• Covered MIKAsource
• Remixed by Neil Cicierega, Pokémonsource
• Remixed by Neil Cicierega, Pokémonsource
• Covered Princesource
• Covered Sheryl Crowsource
• Written by The Corporationsource
• Remixed by The Jackson 5, I Want You Backsource
• Remixed by The Jackson 5, I Want You Backsource
• Remixed by The Jacksons, i want u back (jackson 5 ehiorobootleg)source
• Remixed by The Jacksons, i want u back (jackson 5 ehiorobootleg)source
• Covered The Jacksonssource
• Covered The John Butler Triosource
• Sampled by The Notorious B.I.G., One More Chancesource
• Sampled by The Notorious B.I.G., One More Chancesource
• Sampled by will.i.am, Fantasticsource
• Sampled by will.i.am, Fantasticsource
• Covered 三浦大知source
• Covered 絢香source

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. Singaporesg · deezer2026-07-202026-10-27#828#14
   #82
3. Japanjp · deezer shazam2026-07-202026-08-29#342#34
   #34
4. Israelil · deezer2026-07-212026-10-19#555#55
   #55
5. United Arab Emiratesae · deezer2026-07-272026-09-17#884#45
   #88
6. Thailandth · deezer2026-07-282026-07-28#891#89
   —
7. Romaniaro · deezer2026-08-032026-08-03#921#92
   —
8. Jordanjo · deezer2026-08-052026-10-03#297#8
   #29
9. Senegalsn · deezer2026-08-052026-09-02#722#72
   #72
10. Show all 17 markets

City pickups

City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.

1. us 1 city · best #44 detroit

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Editions

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