SONG & HIT DETAILS
Artist Name: THE JACKSON 5
Song Author: (Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell and Deke Richards)
Year Recorded: 1969
SONG PROFILE
ABC (song)
Single by The Jackson 5 from the album ABC
B-side “The Young Folks”
Released February 24, 1970 (U.S.)
Format Vinyl record (7″ 45 RPM)
Recorded The Sound Factory, Los Angeles; December 1969
Genre Bubblegum pop, soul
Length 2:55
Label Motown
M 1163
Writer(s) The Corporation (Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell and Deke Richards)
Producer The Corporation
“ABC” is a 1970 number-one hit song by The Jackson 5. “ABC” was written with the same design as “I Want You Back”, and was first heard on American Bandstand (on the ABC network) in February 1970. “ABC” knocked The Beatles’ song “Let It Be” out of the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970. “ABC” was also number one on the soul singles chart for four weeks.
“ABC” was the first single from the second Jackson 5 album, ABC. It is considered one of the Jackson 5’s signature songs. It is one of the shortest titles to hit #1, and it is the first song alphabetically in the list of #1 hits of the Billboard Hot 100.