Music & Me

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Music & Me
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Original 1973 cover (The 1990s CD release uses a different font)
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 13, 1973
RecordedMarch 1972 – January 1973
Genre
Length32:09
Label Motown
Producer Hal Davis
Michael Jackson chronology
Ben
(1972)
Music & Me
(1973)
Forever, Michael
(1975)
Singles from Music & Me
  1. "With a Child's Heart"
    Released: May 5, 1973
  2. "Happy"
    Released: July 10, 1973
  3. "Music and Me"
    Released: October 1973
  4. "Doggin' Around"
    Released: 1974 (Netherlands)
  5. "Too Young"
    Released: 1974 (Mexico and Venezuela)
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."With a Child's Heart"
3:34
2."Up Again"
2:47
3."All the Things You Are"2:55
4."Happy" (Love theme from Lady Sings the Blues )3:19
5."Too Young"
3:37
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Doggin' Around"Lena Agree2:52
7."Johnny Raven"Billy Page3:31
8."Euphoria"2:48
9."Morning Glow" Stephen Schwartz 3:36
10."Music and Me"
  • Jerry Marcellino
  • Mel Larson
  • Don Fenceton
  • Mike Cannon
2:35

Notes

Music & Me CD rerelease track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rockin' Robin" Jimmie Thomas 2:30
2."Johnny Raven"Billy Page3:31
3."Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day"
3:19
4."Happy" (Love theme from Lady Sings the Blues)
  • Legrand
  • Robinson
3:19
5."Too Young"
  • Lippman
  • Dee
3:37
6."Up Again"
  • Perren
  • Yarian
2:47
7."With a Child's Heart"
  • Moy
  • Cosby
  • Basemore
3:34
8."Ain't No Sunshine"4:09
9."Euphoria"
  • Ware
  • Hilliard
2:48
10."Morning Glow"Schwartz3:36
11."Music and Me"
  • Marcellino
  • Larson
  • Fenceton
  • Cannon
2:35
12."All the Things You Are, Are Mine"
  • Hammerstein
  • Kern
2:55
13."Cinderella Stay Awhile"
3:11
14."We've Got Forever"
  • David
  • Elliot Willensky
3:12
Total length:45:12

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Music & Me
Chart (1973)Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP) [14] 108
US Billboard 200 [15] 92
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [16] 24
US Cashbox Top Albums [17] 38

Sales

Sales for Music & Me
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States80,000 [18]

References

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