That’s the problem with co-written stuff. Not that it matters, really. But I’m most curious about things that came primarily from Michael!
On all of The Jacksons albums, there's only 2 songs that Mike wrote by himself which are
Blues Away (
The Jacksons) &
Heartbreak Hotel (
Triumph). On the first 2 albums at CBS Records (
The Jacksons,
Goin' Places), the majority of the songs are written by Gamble & Huff and their other staff writers. On those, there are 4 songs written by the brothers (
Blues Away,
Style Of Life,
Different Kind Of Lady,
Do What You Wanna). Mike is involved with writing all 4. On
Destiny,
Triumph, &
Victory the only non-Jackson brother written song is
Blame It On The Boogie, which was originally released by a British singer named Mick Jackson, who is not related.
On
Destiny &
Triumph, Mike has writing credits on all songs except
Your Ways,
Time Waits For No One,
Wondering Who, &
Blame It On The Boogie. On
Victory, Mike co-writes
State Of Shock,
Be Not Always, & The Hurt. But
The Hurt is sung by Randy. The only involvement Mike has on the
2300 Jackson Street album is singing on the title track. All of the siblings sing on it (and some of their children) except LaToya, but Marlon does not appear in the music video. That is written by Tito, Randy, Jermaine, & Jackie with Teddy Riley.
Not counting
Victory, Mike has the majority of the lead vocals, no matter who wrote the song. A few have a co-lead by the other brothers, mostly a line or 2. The only song sung entirely by someone else is Jackie on
Wondering Who, and even on that Mike does ad-libs at the end. There is an alternate version of
Wondering Who, that is not officially released, where Mike has some other lines. It's on Youtube. There is also a different mix of
Different Kind Of Lady which is on the picture disc version of
Goin' Places.
