I Just Can't Stop Loving You

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"I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
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Single by Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett
from the album Bad
ReleasedJuly 20, 1987
RecordedMay 1987 [1]
Genre
Length
  • 4:25 (album version)
  • 4:17 (7" w/ spoken intro)
  • 4:12 (7" w/o spoken intro)
Label
Songwriter(s) Michael Jackson
Producer(s)
Michael Jackson singles chronology
"Girl You're So Together"
(1984)
"I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
(1987)
"Bad"
(1987)
Audio sample
"I Just Can't Stop Loving You"

"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" is a 1987 duet ballad by American singers Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett, and was released as the first single on July 20, 1987, by Epic Records from his seventh album, Bad . The song was written by Jackson, and co-produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones. The presence of Garrett on the track was a last-minute decision by Jackson and Jones, after Jackson's first two choices for the duet both decided against participating. Garrett, a protégé of Jones's who co-wrote another song on Bad, "Man in the Mirror", did not know that she would be singing the song until the day of the recording session. It became her first hit since Dennis Edwards' 1984 song "Don't Look Any Further". Garrett remains known primarily for her work with Jackson to this day.

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"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, R&B Singles and Adult Contemporary charts, making it the first in a string of 5 number-one singles from Bad. It was Jackson's second number-one song on the Adult Contemporary chart after "The Girl Is Mine" with Paul McCartney. [2] "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" was released without an accompanying music video. Jackson and Garrett later recorded "Todo Mi Amor Eres Tú" (loosely translated to "All My Love Is You"), a Spanish-language version of the song, with lyrics translated by Rubén Blades, and "Je Ne Veux Pas La Fin De Nous" (loosely translated to "I Don't Want The End Of Us"), a French-language version, with translation by Christine "Coco" Decroix. All three versions are featured on the 2012 reissue album Bad 25 . The original English-language version was re-released as a single in 2012, as part of the Bad 25 release.

Background, writing and recording

For the duet ballad "I Just Can't Stop Loving You," Michael Jackson wanted to share vocals with Barbra Streisand or Whitney Houston. Streisand passed on the invitation because she had concerns about their large age difference (16 years), and thought the song's lyrics would be unbelievable for her and Jackson to sing together. [3] Houston’s label, Arista Records, thought that, if she performed on the song, it might detract from the promotion of her sophomore album, Whitney . Ultimately, a different singer duetted with Jackson on “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You:” Siedah Garrett. Interestingly, Garrett co-wrote another one of Jackson’s ballads called “Man in the Mirror” and performed backing vocals on it. [4] Garrett had previously duetted on former Temptations member Dennis Edwards' "Don't Look Any Further." Garrett first came to the attention of producer Quincy Jones after auditioning for and winning a spot in the group Deco. She later signed as a recording artist with Jones' Warner Bros.-distributed Qwest Records. [4] The singer was constantly sent song demos including one for "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", though she didn't know that the demo was a song written and sung by Jackson. While reporting for a recording session, Garrett thought that she was summoned to do overdubs for a song she'd co-written titled "Man in the Mirror." Instead she was surprised to learn that she'd been chosen to sing a duet with Jackson. [4]

The original album version of the song opened with Jackson cooing a spoken part backed by a longer version of the synth intro. According to Jackson, he recorded that part of the song while lying in bed. The intro went, in part, "I just want to lay next to you for a while. You look so beautiful tonight... A lot of people misunderstand me. That's because they don't know me at all. I just want to touch you and hold you..." [5] This intro was mixed out on the 7" single, on future releases of Bad and on most compilation albums. An alternate version of the single, featuring the original mastered album version mix with the spoken word intro for "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" backed by the album outtake "Don't Be Messin' 'Round", was released in select Walmart stores in 2012 to mark the release of Bad 25 .

Sheet music for "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" sets the key of C major (C Mixolydian) with a tempo of 100 beats per minute. [6] To some, it was reminiscent of Jackson's Motown classic "Got to Be There." [4]

Critical reception

Richard Cromelin from the Los Angeles Times was negative with the song, and particularly the spoken word opening, writing: "The soliloquy is meant to be revealing, tender and vulnerable, but with his quivering timbre and the haunting music behind, it comes off a little creepy, like Norman Bates gearing up for "Psycho IV'." [5] Davitt Sigerson from Rolling Stone wrote a review about the song, commenting:

"Churls may bemoan 'I Just Can't Stop Loving You,' Jackson's duet with the often indistinguishable Siedah Garrett, as a second unworthy entry. Without descending to musical McCarthyism and questioning the honor of anyone who can fault a record with both finger snaps and timpani, it need only be asked, Who, having heard the song at least twice, can fail to remember that chorus?" [7]

Chart performance

"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" was the lead single from Jackson's much-anticipated Bad album. The single debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at #37, the week of August 8, 1987. The single was the highest debuting single of 1987, and quickly traveled to the top quarter of the Hot 100, advancing to #16 in its second week, and soaring to #1 in its seventh week on the tally, the week of September 19, 1987.

Despite the success, the duet had a relatively short chart run and fell out of the top 40 just five weeks after topping the chart, spending a total of 11 weeks in the top 40, out of a total of 14 weeks on the Hot 100. This was perhaps due to the quick release of the album title track as the second single (it debuted on the Hot 100 at #40 in the same week that "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" hit number one). Billboard ranked it as #43 on the year-end Hot 100 chart for 1987.

The track spent three weeks at number one on Billboard's Adult Contemporary singles chart, becoming the second and last Michael Jackson single to top that chart.

In the United Kingdom, the song peaked at the top of the UK Singles Chart on August 9, 1987—for the week ending date August 15, 1987—and remained at the top for two consecutive weeks until it was dethroned by "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" became Britain's 30th best-selling song of 1987.

In his autobiography, Moonwalk , Jackson stated the song was not written with someone in mind, but that he had been thinking of someone when singing the song live.

Live performances

Jackson performed the song on his Bad world tour (1987–1989) with backing singer Sheryl Crow, and on his Dangerous World Tour (1992–1993) with Siedah Garrett. He also performed the song at the Royal Concert in Brunei in July 1996 with Marva Hicks. Live versions of the song are available on the DVDs Live at Wembley July 16, 1988 and Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour . The song would always abruptly stop starting from the Bad tour's 2nd leg to transition to She's Out of My Life.

Jackson would have performed it on This Is It with Judith Hill, but the concert series was canceled due to his sudden death. However, this is a featured song in the movie Michael Jackson's This Is It . As a tribute to Jackson, Hill recorded and released a "sequel" to the song, entitled "I Will Always Be Missing You".

Releases

  1. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (7" version) – 4:12
  1. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (with spoken intro) – 4:17
  2. "Baby Be Mine" – 4:20
  1. "Todo Mi Amor Eres Tu" – 4:06
  2. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (7" version) – 4:12
  1. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (7" version) – 4:12
  2. "Baby Be Mine" – 4:20

Mixes

  1. Album version / Original album mix* – 4:25
  2. 7" version – 4:12 *This version replaced the original version on the later releases of Bad
  3. "Todo mi amor eres tú" Spanish version – 4:06 (which means "You Are All My Love")
  4. "Je ne veux pas la fin de nous" French version – 4:06 (which means "I Don't Want the End of Us")
  5. Live version from Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour
  6. Live version from Live at Wembley July 16, 1988 , included in the deluxe edition of Bad 25 – 4:25
  7. Live version from Yokohama Stadium, included on the Wembley DVD
  8. "You Are Not Alone"/"I Just Can't Stop Loving You," remix included on Immortal – 6:08

Personnel

2012 reissue

"I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
Single by Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett
from the album Bad 25
B-side
ReleasedJune 1, 2012
RecordedMay 1987
Length4:25
Label Epic
Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett singles chronology
"Immortal Megamix: Can You Feel It/Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough/Billie Jean/Black or White (Immortal Version)"
(2011)
"I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
(2012)
"Bad (Afrojack Remix) [DJ Buddha Edit]"
(2012)

On June 5, 2012, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Jackson's Bad album (on which "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" appears), the single was re-released to Walmart stores in the United States, but was denied a digital release. [8] The single included the original 1987 edit of "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", which included the spoken word intro that was removed from current versions of the Bad album, as well as "Don't Be Messin' 'Round", an untouched demo that was recorded for the album in 1986. On Billboard's Hot Singles Sales Chart, which ranks the best-selling physical singles of the week, "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" debuted at no. 1 with 5,000 copies sold. This gave Jackson his first no. 1 single on a Billboard chart since 2003, when "One More Chance" spent three weeks atop the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles Sales Chart. [9] [10] The vinyl single was released in USA on June 26, 2012. [11]

Track listing

  1. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (album version) – 4:25
  2. "Don't Be Messin' 'Round" (demo) – 4:19
  1. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (with spoken intro) – 4:17
  2. "Baby Be Mine" – 4:20

Release history

CountryDateFormat
GermanyJune 1, 2012 [13] CD single
FranceJune 4, 2012 [14]
United StatesJune 5, 2012
JapanJune 6, 2012 [15]
AustriaJune 8, 2012 [16]
United KingdomJune 12, 2012 [17]

Covers

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [59] Gold40,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [60] Silver464,000 [61]
United States (RIAA) [62] Gold1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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