"You've Got a Friend" is a Grammy Award winning song from 1971. The song, written by Carole King, was included in her album Tapestry of 1971, but was made famous by James Taylor's cover version the same year.

MJ later include this song in his debut solo album.

Lyrics

When you're down and trubled
And you need some love and care
And nothin', no nothin' is goin' right
Just close your eyes and think of me
And soon I'll be there to brighten up
Yeah, even your darkest night
You just call out my name
And you know, wherever I am
I'll come a-runnin'
To see you again

[Chorus:]
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there, yeah I will
You've got a friend

When the sky above you
Grows dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind
He begins to blow
Here's what you do baby
Keep your head together
And call my name out loud
And soon you'll hear me
Knockin' at your door
Oh yes I will, yes I will
You just call out my name
And you know, wherever I am
I'll come a-runnin'
To see you again

[Chorus]

Ain't it good to know
That you've got a friend
People can be so cold
They'll hurt you and desert you
And take your soul if you let them
Oh, don't let them

[Chorus:]
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there, yes I will

You've got a friend, yes you do
You've got a friend, yes you do
Right till the end, for you
Ain't it good to know

Listen to the song :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLPjBC0LMOQ&feature=related

"Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" is a 1967 number-one hit single recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. The second single from the Supremes' album The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland, it was written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland.

Michael Jackson later covered "Love Is Here, and Now You're Gone" for his solo debut album, Got to Be There. On the 45 versions, it was the B-side of his number two smash, "Rockin' Robin".

Lyrics
Love is here
And oh my darling, now you're gone
Love is here
And oh my darling, now you're gone
You persuaded me to love you
And I did
But instead of tendeness
I found heartache instead
Into your arms I fell
So unaware of the lonelyness
Thar was waiting there

[Spoken:]
You closed the door to your heart, girl
And you turned the key
Locked your love away from me

Love is here
And oh my darling, now you're gone
You made me love you
And oh my darling, now you're gone
You said loving you
Would make life beautiful
With each passing day
But as soon as love came
Into my heart
You turned and you walked
Just walked away

[Spoken:]
You stripped me of my dreams
You gave me faith, then you took my hope
Look at me now

Look at me
See what loving has done to me
Look at my face
See how cryin' has left its trace
After you made me all your own
Then you left me all alone
You made your words sound so sweet
Knowing that your love I couldn't keep

[Spoken:]
My heart cries out for your tuch
But baby, you're not there
And the lonely cry fades in the air

Love is here
And oh my darling, now you're gone
Love is here
And oh my darling, now you're gone
You made me love you

Oh oh my darling, now you're gone
Talking 'bout love, love, love, love,
Ooh ooh my darling, now you're gone

Listen to it : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt8OyH6zX1M

written by Leon René under the pseudonym Jimmie Thomas and recorded by Bobby Day in 1958. It was Day's only hit single, becoming a No. 2 Billboard Hot 100 hit.

Michael Jackson version

"Rockin' Robin"
Single by Michael Jackson
from the album Got to Be There
B-side	Love Is Here & Now Your Gone
Released	February 17, 1972
Format	7" single
Recorded	1971
Genre	Pop, R&B
Length	2:31
Label	Motown
Writer(s)	Leon Rene
Producer	Hal Davis, Willie Hutch
Certification	Gold
Michael Jackson singles chronology
"Got to Be There" (1971) "Rockin' Robin" (1972) "I Wanna Be Where You Are" (1972)

Michael Jackson recorded and released a cover version of "Rockin' Robin" in 1972, which was taken from his 1971 first solo album titled "Got to Be There". It was the biggest hit from the album, peaking at #2 on the Pop Charts and Black Singles Charts.

Chart performance

Chart (1958)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	2
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	1
Chart (1972)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	2
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	2

• 1958: Bobby Day
• 1972: Michael Jackson

Certifications

Version	Country	Certification	Sales
1972	United States	Gold	500,000

Source : wikipedia


Lyrics (www.sing365.com)

He rocks in the tree tops all day long
Hoppin' and a-boppin' and singing his song
All the little birdies on Jaybird Street
Love to hear the robin go tweet tweet tweet

[Chorus:]
Rockin' robin, rock rock
Rockin' robin'
Blow rockin' robin
'Cause we're really gonna rock tonight

Every little swallow, every chick-a-dee
Every little bird in the tall oak tree
The wise old owl, the big black crow
Flappin' their wings singing go bird go

[Chorus]

Pretty little raven at the bird-band stand
Told them how to do the bop and it was grand
They started going steady and bless my soul
He out-bopped the buzzard and the oriol

He rocks in the tree tops all day long
Hoppin' and a-boppin' and singing his song
All the little birdies on Jaybird Street
Love to hear the robin go tweet tweet tweet


YOU CAN LISTEN AND WATCH :

1. MJ with J5 live : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4VCUbL7jsc
2. MJ live on tv : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEGmLMZVLdM

written by L. Brown, Linda Glover, George Gordy, Allen Story


Lyrics  (www.sing365.com)



Maria hey hey Maria
Maria don't you hear me calling Maria
Maria girl you know you were the only one
Hey hey Maria
Maria don't you miss me just a little
Maria after all you were the only one
Come on back to me Maria
Maria come on back to me girl
Hey hey Maria
Maria it's been long so long
Maria since you've been gone
Hey hey Maria
Maria don't you need me just a little
Maria 'cause honest girl you were the only one
Come on back to me Maria
Oh come on back to me girl

Written by Willie Hutch


Lyrics


Oooh
Foolish of me, I couldn't see
The forest for the trees
You've been so true
I've been so cruel to you
Oh, girl please don't leave me

[Chorus:]
If you stay I'll find a way
To erase the past
Baby don't leave me
Girl don't take your love from me
Oh girl

What can I say to make you stay
Baby, don't leave me
You've been so kind



Listen to the song : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkUtVzcPkXk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTWaU15taTo

now watch young MJ perform live :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFL_gYXE6Rk

read all the stuff later.. watch this other jackson 5 live performance! i wanna be where you are song no 3.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGkYkifyFIA&feature=related

and remember SWV? yeah they also sang this song..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OPFAuWyqv0

now by the FUgees : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M4jCmzqvQA  

and the famous Marvin Gaye(Alternate take) :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sLjW8CqDLU

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Lyrics

Can it be I stayed away too long
Did I leave your mind when I was gone
It's not my thing trying to get back
But this time let me tell you where I'm at
You don't have to worry 'cause I'm coming
Back to where I should have always stayed
And now I've heard the maybe to your story
And it's enough love for me to stay

Can it be I stayed away too long
Did I leave your mind when I was gone
It's not my thing trying to get back
But this time let me tell you where I'm at

[Chorus:]
I wanna, wanna be where you are
Anywhere you are
I wanna, wanna be where you are
Everywhere you are

[Bridge:]
Please don't close the door to our future
There's so many things we haven't tried
I could love you better than I used to
And give you all the love I have inside

[Chorus:]
I wanna, wanna be where you are
Any, any, anywhere you are
I wanna, wanna be where you are
I gotta be where you are

Covers

• While the versions of Hutch's and Weaver's followed the original, the Fugees' version was completely different save for the choruses sung by Lauryn Hill while Marvin's was more of an instrumental except for Marvin singing the title and dedicating the track to his then-girlfriend Janis Hunter and his children Marvin III (referred as "little Marvin" on the record), Nona and Frankie Christian. The alternate instrumental, later issued on a deluxe edition re-release of Marvin's I Want You album, was a funk-styled instrumental that featured Marvin's background vocals harmonizing throughout the track, which was also produced by Ware.

• Jose Feliciano, on his first album for Motown Records, produced by Berry Gordy, covered the song in English and then re-recorded it in 1982 on his next LP at Motown in Spanish (the title became "Ahora Si Quiero Amar").

• There is an interpolation of the song in Grand Puba's 1995 hit "I Like It (I Wanna Be Where You Are)" from the album 2000.

• Chris Brown's "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" sampled the song on his 2005 eponymous debut album.

• Hutch's version was sampled by singer Mary J. Blige for her song, "You Can't Hide from Luv" from her The Breakthrough album.

• Jennifer Lopez sampled the song in her song "Gotta Be There", which is included in her 2007 album Brave.

• MURS sampled the song for "Can It Be (Half A Million Dollars And 18 Months Later)" on his 2008 album Murs For President.

• In 1978, Latin jazz flutist Dave Valentin covered an instrumental version of the song on his debut album Legends, which was also the debut release of the then-new GRP Records label (a subsidiary of Arista Records).

• Beyoncé covered the song for her live CD/DVD I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas.

• 50 Cent freestyled over the instrumental and left Jackson's vocals, the song can be found on 50's mixtape Forever King.

Song Credits

Michael Jackson version

• Lead vocals by Michael Jackson
• Hollers by Leon Ware and Arthur Ross
• Instrumentation by assorted Los Angeles musicians
• Produced by Hal Davis

Charts

Chart (1972)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	16
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	2
U.S. Billboard Cash Box	7
Turkey Top 20 Chart	87

"Ain't No Sunshine" is a song by Bill Withers from his 1971 album Just As I Am, produced by Booker T. Jones. The record featured musicians Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass and Al Jackson, Jr. on drums. The song was released as a single in September of 1971, becoming a breakthrough hit for Withers, reaching number six on the U.S. R&B chart and number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
"When thirty-one-year-old Withers recorded "Sunshine," his first chart hit, he was still working at a factory making toilet seats for 747s."

The song has also been covered by many other artists including MJ!

"Ain't No Sunshine"
Single by Michael Jackson
from the album Got to Be There
B-side	"I Wanna Be Where You Are"
Released	July 1972 (UK only)
Format	7" single
Recorded	1971 Hitsville West, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Soul, Psychedelic soul
Length	4:09
Label	Motown M1202F
Writer(s)	Bill Withers
Producer	Hal Davis
Michael Jackson singles chronology
"I Wanna Be Where You Are" (1972) "Ain't No Sunshine" (1972) "Ben" (1972)

Lyrics

You ever want something
that you know you shouldn't have
The more you know you shouldn't have it,
The more you want it
And then one day you get it,
It's so good too
But it's just like my girl
When she's around me
I just feel so good, so good
But right now I just feel cold, so cold
Right down to my bones
'Cause ooh...
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
It's not warm when she's away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And she's always gone too long
Anytime she goes away

Wonder this time where she's gone
Wonder if she's gone to stay
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime she goes away

I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, know, know, know, know,
I know, I know,
Hey I ought to leave
I ought to leave her alone
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
Only darkness every day
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime she goes away



Listen to this song on youtube :

1. Michael's version  -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm4Yo-7aMv4&feature=related

2. By the Original singer Bill Withers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIdIqbv7SPo

Album information

Reception 

Track listing

Written by Berry Gordy

Lyrics


Just because you know I love you so much
Don't be afraid to tell me you're sad
Because you lost his love
Though your love is not for me
I don't wanna see you in mysery, so come on, baby come on

[Refrain]
You can cry on my shoulder...
You can cry on my shoulder
And bring all your troubles to me
All your troubles to me

Big girls ain't supposed to cry,
If you do I'll understand,
Maybe I can show you how you can win his love again
It may seem strange I know
But it's just that I love you
So come on, baby come on

[Refrain]
You can cry on my shoulder
You can cry on my shoulder
And bring all your troubles to me.
All your troubles to me




Listen to the song on youtube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2hYMHg2Hko

Written by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White


Lyrics

I've got sunshine
On a cloudy day
When it's cold outside
I've got the month of May
I guess you'd say
What can make me feel this way?
My girl
(My girl, my girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl
(My girl)







What can make me feel this way?
My girl
(My girl, my girl)
Talkin' 'bout my girl
(My girl)


Listen to MJ's version  on this link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru_UXSQNGsc&feature=related

Written by Bea Verdi, Christine Yarian.

Lyrics 

[Refrain]
Maybe you and I can't do great things
We may not change the world in one day
But we still can change some things today...
In our small way

Empty words are not enough
Where there's hurt we'll be a crush
When there's thirst we'll fill each other's cup
Because we care we love enough to share

[Refrain]
Maybe you and I can't do great things
We may not change the world in one day
But we still can change some things today...
In our small way

In despair we'll be the hope
And the prayer that frees the soul
We'll be there to share each lonely road
Because we love, I know
We care enough


[Refrain]
Maybe you and I can't do great things
We may not change the world in one day
But we still can change some things today...
In our small way

Just a little time is all it takes
What a difference just a smile can make, you'll see
Love is all we need

[Refrain]
Maybe you and I can't do great things
We may not change the world in one day
But we still can change some things today...
In our small way

Watch in youtube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUp4fyzGQIc

written by Allen Levinsky, Arthur Stokes, Dana Meyers, Floyd Weatherspoon

 
Lyrics

I had my eyes on you 3 long years.
when no one else wanted you I took you in
and held your near

but then you drifted away

after you said you always stay
how could you be so mean and untrue
he didn't want you until he seen
what my love did for you
yeah

Chorus:
oh baby
What goes around comes around
i knew he soon be gone
yeah baby
he put you down now your the clown
and you want me to come back home

yeah yeah yeah

i've been in a love affair 3 long years
remember how i use to care when you
were down i dried your tears
who'd think you so cruel
i let you treat me so cruel
this is the moment i feel for you
do you think your plan is through
i don't think i can trust you.

Chorus:
oh baby
What goes around comes around
i knew he soon be gone
yeah baby
he put you down now your the clown
and you want me to come back home

yeah yeah yeah

Chorus:
What goes around comes around
he put you down now your the clown

what goes around yeah
comes around yeah

Refrain:
I had my eyes on you 3 long years
when no one else wanted you I took you in
and held your near

yeah

Chorus:
yeah yeah baby
What goes around comes around
i knew he soon be gone
no no baby
he put you down now your the clown
and you want me to come back home

yeah yeah yeah

Chorus:
What goes around comes around
he put you down now your the clown

yeah
don't you know
don't you know

yeah yeah baby

 LIsten to the song : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyjmfDlp9yI

Lyrics


Everybody's somebody's fool
The world is the biggest school
As you live, you learn though a torch will burn
Everybody's somebody's fool

You go through life making fools of others
Pretending you're giving them love
But remember sister or brother
You all have to answer to the one up above

It's beautiful to watch love begin
But oh so sad when it ends
As you go through life remember this rule
Everybody's somebody's fool

It's beautiful to watch love begin
But oh so sad when it ends
As you go through life remember this rule
Everybody's somebody's fool

Listen to it : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mENG8y-Z1cE

written by Alphonso Mizell, Berry Gordy Jr., Deke Richards and Freddie Perren also known as the Corporation.

Lyrics 

(Ooh) Hey my girl
She does something to my chemistry
And when I'm close I'm sure
I raise her temperature
'bout three degrees

Everyday, yeah
In every way she
Makes my motor purr
And I reciprocate
My life I dedicate to lovin' her

So we've got a good thing going
A real good thing going yeah
That girl and me
And I don't have to ask
Cause I know it's
Gonna last eternally

(Now let me tell you what we got)

Understanding
Whenever handing any alibis
Instead of what you do
Where you been or what's the use
We're making nice

You see we've got a good thing going
A real good thing going yeah
That girl and me
And she don't have to ask
Cause she know it's
Gonna last eternally

Said we got a
Good good good good good
thing going yeah yeah
That girl and me
And we don't have to ask
Cause we know it's
Gonna last internally

[Ad-libs]

LIsten to it on youtube :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm2mvkMTI1g&feature=related

Written by Thom Bell and Linda Creed. 


years after, Stevie Wonder , David Sandborn and friends , and Chantae Cann had sung this song on different occasions.

Lyrics

People...
('Round and 'round and around...)
People make the world go 'round
('Round and 'round and around...)

Teachers on strike, no more school today
They want more money but the board won't pay
People
Everybody's talkin' 'bout ecology
The air's so polluted that it's hard to breathe
People

Rrefrain
But that's what makes the world go round
The ups and downs a carousel
Changing people's heads around
Go underground young men...
People make the world go round...

Old folks judge you by the clothes you wear
They'd swear you're a hippy if you have long hair
Young politicians fight for poverty
While people still cry for equality

Refrain
But that's what makes the world go round
The ups and downs a carousel
Changing people's heads around
Go underground young men...
People make the world go round...

(Instrumental)

Refrain
But that's what makes the world go round
The ups and downs a carousel
Changing people's heads around
Go underground young men...
People make the world go round...


listen to this song : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmBxLxKpTUo

Written by Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino

Lyrics


Love is like a circus and a carnival is beautiful to see
Love can turn your mind around like ferris wheels and spinning carosels

You'll be a part of the world of make believe
Flying high like a man on a trapeze

Oh, everyday is a holiday
Get your tickets right away
Love, love, love
Is the Greatest Show on Earth

The fantasy you see is like a child again through rainbow colored eyes
Step right up its circus time and get your moneys worth of love today

You'll be a part of the world of make believe
Flying high like a man on a trapeze

Everyday is a holiday
Get your tickets right away
Love, love, yea
Is the Greatest Show on Earth

Everyday is a holiday
Get your tickets right away
Love, love, love
Is the Greatest Show on Earth

Love, love, love
Is the greatest show on earth (yea e yea)
Love, love, yea
Is the greatest show on earth
Love, love, yea

Listen to the song via this link :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOis1e3wu8k

Single by Michael Jackson
from the album Ben
Released	July 12, 1972
Format	CD single
Recorded	1971
Genre	Pop, soul, pop rock/R&B, soft rock
Length	2:48
Label	Motown
Writer(s)	Don Black and Walter Scharf
Producer	The Corporation: Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell, Deke Richards and Berry Gordy, Jr
Michael Jackson singles chronology
"Ain't No Sunshine" (1972) "Ben" (1972) "With a Child's Heart" (1973)

Background

Music details

Charts

Chart (1972)	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report	1
UK Singles Chart	7
US Billboard Hot 100	1
Chart (2009)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	14
Irish Singles Chart	24
UK Singles Chart	46
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs	75

Cultural references

• Kipp Lennon, who performed the singing part of Michael Jackson's character on The Simpsons sang "Ben" to Homer Simpson in the episode "Stark Raving Dad" replacing the name "Ben" with "Homer".
• American singer Amanda Seyfried sang the song as a fourteen year old to the President of the United States as a birthday present for him.
• Pearl Jam makes a reference to the song "Ben" on their 1993 album Vs. on the song "Rats", with the line "Ben, the two of us need look no more" repeated several times at the end the track.^{[citation needed]}
• Boyzone covered the song on their album A Different Beat.
• The song was featured in the TV movie Wedding Wars, sung by John Stamos' character at the wedding of his brother, Ben.
• The song was sung by 9 year old autistic boy David Militello on the third season of America's Got Talent.
• The song was covered in 2003 by Crispin Glover, for the remake of Willard.
• "Ben" was featured on the 2nd single of Japanese singer, Stephanie, entitled because of you.
• The song was spoofed in the television show The Wayans Bros. when it was sung by Marlon Wayans about his rat named "Rufus".
• The song was covered in 1990 from Silvy Melody at the Vlaamse showbiz TV Show De Kinderacademie.
• Ray Quinn sang "Ben" on the third series of The X Factor, during Motown week in 2006. Two years later, Eoghan Quigg would perform the same number as part of Michael Jackson week; this version is now featured on Quigg's self-titled album.
• Billy Gilman performed the song at the Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special in 2001
• In 2007, Connie Talbot released a version on her debut album, Over The Rainbow.
• In the season 3, episode 05 of Will & Grace called Grace 0, Jack 2000, the Will's character sings a part of the song to Grace when she broke up with Ben Doucette, played by Gregory Hines.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ben
Studio album by Michael Jackson
Released	August 4, 1972
Recorded	1971–1972
Genre	R&B, soul, Jazz
Length	31:31
Label	Motown
Producer	Hal Davis
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Rolling Stone link
Michael Jackson chronology
Got to Be There (1972) Ben (1972) Music & Me (1973) Singles from Ben "Ben" Released: July 12, 1972
Alternative cover
Second pressing after it was discovered the "rat cover" (above) could scare children from buying the album.

Background

Track listing

Notes

• "We've Got A Good Thing Going" was previously issued as the b-side to "I Wanna Be Where You Are."
• "In Our Small Way" was also issued on Jackson's previous album "Got to Be There."