''Boogie'' is a compilation album of both previously released and unreleased tracks by American band

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. It was released by the

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label on January 16, 1979, after the release of the Jacksons studio album ''

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'' (1978) a month earlier. ''Boogie'' is considered the rarest of all Jackson 5/Jacksons releases, as not many albums were pressed and fewer were sold at the time.

Background and composition

''Boogie'' was available for a limited time from Hip-O Select, to complement Motown's 2001 "2 Albums on 1 CD" re-issue set of the Jackson 5's albums, on which some of these songs were issued as bonus tracks. Although only 5,000 copies were pressed, the album contains the previously unreleased full 15+ minute take of the song "Hum Along and Dance". It was available for purchase on iTunes in 2014, but was since removed.Joyful Jukebox Music / Boogie - iTunes
Two of the tracks on ''Boogie'', "Love's Gone Bad" and "

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", were later featured on Michael Jackson's 1986 compilation album, ''

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''.

Track listing

Personnel

SIDE A on "Love's Gone Bad" * Written and composed: Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr. * Arrangement: David Blumberg * Lead vocals:

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* Background vocals:

* Producer: Hal Davis on "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore" * Written and composed: Laurie Burton and

Pam Sawyer Pamela Joan Sawyer (born 1938) is a British songwriter/lyricist, who started writing songs in the mid-1960s and whose credits as a co-writer at Motown included " Love Child", " If I Were Your Woman", " My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left ...

* Arrangement: James Anthony Carmichael * Lead vocals: Michael Jackson * Background vocals: The Jackson 5 * Producer: Hal Davis on "ABC" * Written and composed: The Corporation * Arrangement: The Corporation * Lead vocals: Michael Jackson,

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and

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* Background vocals: The Jackson 5 * Producer: The Corporation on "I Was Made To Love Her" * Written and composed: Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy and

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* Arrangement: David Blumberg * Lead vocals: Michael Jackson * Background vocals: The Jackson 5 * Producer: Hal Davis on "One Day I'll Marry You" * Written and composed: Pam Sawyer and LaVerne Ware * Arrangement: Gene Page * Lead vocals: Michael Jackson * Background vocals: The Jackson 5 * Producer: Hal Davis SIDE B on "Never Can Say Goodbye" * Written and composed: Clifton Davis * Arrangement: The Corporation, Gene Page and James Carmichael * Lead vocals: Michael Jackson * Background vocals: The Jackson 5 * Producer: Hal Davis on "Oh, I've Been Bless'd" * Written and composed: Lena Manns and Frank Wilson * Lead vocals: Michael Jackson * Background vocals: The Jackson 5 * Producer: Bobby Taylor on "Penny Arcade" * Written and composed: Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino and

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* Lead vocals: Jermaine Jackson and Michael Jackson * Background vocals: The Jackson 5 * Producers: Mel Larson and Jerry Marcellino on "Just Because I Love You" * Written and composed: James W. Alexander and Willie Hutch * Arrangement: James Carmichael * Lead vocals: Jermaine Jackson and Michael Jackson * Background vocals: The Jackson 5 * Producer: Hal Davis on "Dancing Machine" * Written and composed: Hal Davis, Don Fletcher and Dean Parks * Arrangement: Arthur Wright * Bass: William Salter * Keyboards: Joe Sample * Drums: James Gadson * Lead vocals: Michael Jackson and Jermaine Jackson * Background vocals: The Jackson 5 * Producer: Hal Davis

References

External links

''Boogie'' Overview at www.jackson5abc.com

{{Jackson5 1979 compilation albums The Jackson 5 compilation albums Motown compilation albums albums arranged by Gene Page Albums produced by Hal Davis Albums produced by the Corporation (record production team)