Jackson 5: The Ultimate Collection

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Jackson 5: The Ultimate Collection
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedAugust 15, 1995
Length74:17
Label Motown
The Jackson 5 chronology
Soulsation!
(1995)
Jackson 5: The Ultimate Collection
(1995)
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Jackson 5
(1999)
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The Very Best of Michael Jackson with the Jackson Five compilation cover
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Jackson 5: The Ultimate Collection is a compilation album released by Motown Records in 1995 featuring the music of The Jackson 5. The collection features selections from the group's Motown discography (recorded between 1969 and 1975), as well as a selection from group members Michael and Jermaine's solo output recorded during that time period, and is meant to serve as a condensed single-disc version of the 4-disc box set Soulsation! (1995). In the United Kingdom, a different track listing was used and was released as The Very Best of Michael Jackson with the Jackson Five, with a September 2001 re-release on Island Records titled The Best of Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5ive - The Motown Years.

Contents

Track listings

Tracks with an asterisk (*) are performed by Michael Jackson. "Daddy's Home" is performed by Jermaine Jackson backed by the Jackson 5.

American
release
Original
UK release
UK 2001
re-release
SongOriginating album
111"I Want You Back" Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
222"ABC" ABC
333"The Love You Save"ABC
444"I'll Be There" Third Album
5"It's Your Thing" Soulsation!
6"Who's Lovin' You?"Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
755"Mama's Pearl"Third Album
866"Never Can Say Goodbye" Maybe Tomorrow
9"Maybe Tomorrow"Maybe Tomorrow
1077"Got to Be There"(*) Got to Be There
11"Sugar Daddy" Greatest Hits
1288"Rockin' Robin"(*)Got to Be There
13"Daddy's Home" Jermaine
141010"Lookin' Through the Windows" Lookin' Through the Windows
15"I Wanna Be Where You Are"(*)Got to Be There
16"Get It Together" G.I.T.: Get It Together
17"Dancing Machine"G.I.T.: Get It Together
18"The Life of the Party" Dancing Machine
19"I Am Love"Dancing Machine
20"Just a Little Bit of You"(*) Forever, Michael
21"It's Your Thing (The J5 In '95 Extended Remix)"
99"Ain't No Sunshine"(*)Got to Be There
1111"Ben"* Ben
1212"Doctor My Eyes"Lookin' Through the Windows
1313"Hallelujah Day" Skywriter
1414"Skywriter"Skywriter
1515"Happy"(*) Music & Me
1617"We're Almost There"(*)Forever, Michael
1716"One Day in Your Life"(*)Forever, Michael
1819"Girl You're So Together"(*) Farewell My Summer Love
1918"Farewell My Summer Love"(*)Farewell My Summer Love
2020"I Want You Back (PWL '88 Remix)"
21"It's Your Thing (The J5 In '95 House Remix)"

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [2] Gold100,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r218588
  2. "British album certifications – Jackson 5 – The Ultimate Collection". British Phonographic Industry.