Jermaine (1980 album)

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Jermaine
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 10, 1980
Recorded1980
Genre Funk, soul
Length42:32
Label Motown
Producer Jermaine Jackson
Berry Gordy
Suzee Ikeda
Jermaine Jackson chronology
Let's Get Serious
(1980)
Jermaine
(1980)
I Like Your Style
(1981)

Jermaine is the seventh studio album by Jermaine Jackson, his second album in 1980. Fresh off the success of Let's Get Serious , Motown released this album in Fall 1980. Charting on the R&B albums chart at 17 with two singles ("You Like Me Don't You" and "Little Girl (Don't You Worry)") charting top 20 on the R&B singles chart, respectively. Also included is a cover of Tyrone Davis's "Can I Change My Mind". Also included as a musician on this album is family friend John McClain, who would later become one of the executives of the estate of Jermaine's brother, Michael Jackson.

Contents

Track listing

Side A
  1. "The Pieces Fit" (Jermaine Jackson, Paul Jackson, Jr., Angelo Bond) 5:22
  2. "You Like Me Don't You" (Jermaine Jackson) 5:00
  3. "Little Girl Don't You Worry" (Jermaine Jackson, Paul Jackson, Jr.) 4:48
  4. "All Because of You" (Jermaine Jackson, Angelo Bond) 4:43
  5. "You've Changed (Interlude)" (Jermaine Jackson) 1:52
Side B
  1. "First You Laugh, Then You Cry" (Jermaine Jackson, Chris Clark) 4:52
  2. "I Miss You So" (Jimmie Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) 2:46
  3. "Can I Change My Mind" (Barry Despenza, Carl Wolfolk) 3:30
  4. "Beautiful Morning" (Jermaine Jackson, Hazel G. Jackson, Eddie Fluellen) 5:14

Personnel

Technical

Charts

YearAlbumChart positions [1]
US US
R&B
1981 Jermaine 4417

Singles

YearSingleChart positions [2]
US US
R&B
1981"You Like Me Don't You"5013
"Little Girl (Don't You Worry) "17

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References

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  2. "Jermaine Jackson US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-11.