''Goin' Back to Indiana'' is a

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, taken from their September 16, 1971 ABC TV special of the same name. It is the Jackson 5's sixth album overall, and was released on September 29, 1971. The album went on to sell over 2.6 million copies worldwide. The ''Goin' Back to Indiana'' television special featured comedians

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and Tommy Smothers, singers

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, football players Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier and Ben Davidson, and basketball stars

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, and

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. It also featured tracks recorded by the Jackson 5 during their May 29 "homecoming" concert at the Coliseum in

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, hence the show title.

Track listing

I Want You Back "I Want You Back" is the first national single by the Jackson 5. It was released by Motown on October 7, 1969, and became the first number-one hit for the band on January 31, 1970. It was performed on the band's first television appearances, on ...

" ( The Corporation) – 4:14 #" Maybe Tomorrow" (The Corporation) – 4:15 #"The Day Basketball Was Saved" (Bill Angelos, Buz Kohan, Dick DeBenedictis) – 7:59 #"

Stand! ''Stand!'' is the fourth album by soul/funk band Sly and the Family Stone, released on May 3, 1969. Written and produced by lead singer and multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone, ''Stand!'' is considered an artistic high-point of the band's career. R ...

" ( Sylvester Stewart) – 4:15 #" I Want to Take You Higher" (Sylvester Stewart) – 2:13 #" Feelin' Alright" (originally by

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) – 4:12 #Medley: " Walk On" (this version originally by

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) / "

The Love You Save "The Love You Save" is a song recorded by the Jackson 5 for Motown Records. It was released as a single on May 13, 1970, and held the number-one spot on the soul singles chart in the US for six weeks and the number-one position on the ''Billboard ...

" (The Corporation) – 4:57 #"Goin' Back to Indiana" (The Corporation) – 4:47 In 1974, ''Goin' Back to Indiana'' was reissued by

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as ''Stand''. This reissue was a partial version of the full album. The same year, Pickwick also reissued the full soundtrack as ''Jackson 5''. In 2001, Motown remastered all Jackson 5 albums in a "Two Classic Albums/One CD" series (much like they did in the late 1980s). This album was paired with '' Lookin' Through the Windows'' (1972). The bonus tracks were "Love Song" and a live performance of "

Who's Lovin' You "Who's Lovin' You" is a Motown soul song, written in 1960 by William "Smokey" Robinson. The song has been recorded by many different artists including The Miracles, who recorded the 1960 original version, The Temptations, The Supremes, Terence T ...

", which first appeared on the soundtrack of the 1992 TV movie '' The Jacksons: An American Dream''.

Full setlist

The TV special and soundtrack consists of multiple in-studio live performances, skits and half of the Jackson 5's concert in Indiana on May 29, 1971. The other half of the live show was omitted, and some songs were also edited upon the release. Over the years, a couple of tracks from the concert have been released (such as "

" and " Mama's Pearl"), but there has not been any official release of their full show from that evening. The setlist was as follows: #"

" ( Sylvester Stewart) #" I Want to Take You Higher" (Sylvester Stewart) #"

" ( The Corporation) #" ABC" (The Corporation) #" Feelin' Alright" (

) #"Who's Lovin' You" ( William "Smokey" Robinson Jr.) #"Mama's Pearl" (The Corporation) #"I Found That Girl" (The Corporation) #" Never Can Say Goodbye" (

Clifton Davis Clifton Duncan Davis (born October 4, 1945) is an American actor, singer, songwriter, minister, and author. Davis wrote The Jackson 5's No. 2 hit "Never Can Say Goodbye" in 1971. He has numerous Broadway credits, including ''Hello, Dolly! (mus ...

) #"Walk On" ( Suzanne de Passe, The Jackson 5) #"

" (The Corporation) #"Goin' Back to Indiana" (The Corporation)

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References

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* {{Authority control Albums produced by Berry Gordy 1971 live albums 1971 soundtrack albums Television soundtracks Motown soundtracks Motown live albums The Jackson 5 soundtracks