<Table> <Tr> <Td> "We Don't Have to Be Over 21 (To Fall in Love)" (Steeltown 1968) </Td> <Td> "I Want You Back" (1969) </Td> <Td> "ABC" (1970) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "We Don't Have to Be Over 21 (To Fall in Love)" (Steeltown 1968) </Td> <Td> "I Want You Back" (1969) </Td> <Td> "ABC" (1970) </Td> </Tr> <P> "I Want You Back" is a 1969 song by the Jackson 5 which became a number - one hit for the band and the Motown label in early 1970 . The song, along with a B - side cover of "Who's Lovin' You" by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, was the only single used in the Jackson 5's first album, Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 . It went to number one on the Soul singles chart for four weeks and held the number - one position on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the week ending January 31, 1970 . "I Want You Back" was ranked 121st on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time . </P> <P> Originally considered for Gladys Knight & the Pips and later for Diana Ross, as "I Wanna Be Free", "I Want You Back" explores the theme of a lover who decides that he was too hasty in dropping his partner . An unusual aspect about "I Want You Back" was that its main lead vocal was performed by a tween, Michael Jackson . </P>

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