Song
I Want You Back
The Jackson 5
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Song Meaning of I Want You Back by The Jackson 5, and what it is about
The song "I Want You Back" brought Sly Stone and James Brown's futuristic funk groove to Motown. It also made the world aware of Michael Jackson, an 11-year-old Indiana boy.
The three songs "ABC," "The Love You Save," and "I'll Be There" quickly followed on the charts after the five dancing Jackson brothers' unexpected popularity, but none of them could match the boyish fervour of this song.
"I Want You Back" addresses the concept of a lover who realises that he was hasty in leaving his relationship and was originally proposed for Gladys Knight & the Pips and subsequently for Diana Ross as "I Wanna Be Free."
The major lead vocal on "I Want You Back" was rendered by a tween, a then-11-year-old Michael Jackson, which was unique.
Lyrics of I Want You Back by The Jackson 5
Uh-huh huh huhhh.
Let me tell ya now.
Uh-huh.
Mmhhmmm.
When I had you to myself, I didn't want you around.
Those pretty faces always made you stand out in a crowd.
But someone picked you from the bunch, one glance was all it took.
Now it's much too late for me to take a second look.
Oh, baby, give me one more chance
To show you that I love you.
Won't you please let me back in your heart?
Oh, darlin', I was blind to let you go,
(Let you go, baby.)
But now, since I see you in his arms,
I want you back.
Yes, I do now.
I want you back.
Ooh, ooh, baby.
I want you back.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I want you back.
Na, na, na, na.
Trying to live without your love is one long sleepless night.
Let me show you, girl, that I know wrong from right.
Every street you walk on, I leave tear stains on the ground, yeah.
Following the girl I didn't even want around.
Let me tell ya now.
Oh, darling, all I need is one more chance
To show you that I love you.
Won't you please let me back in your heart?
Oh, darlin', I was blind to let you go,
(Let you go, baby.)
But now, since I see you in his arms...
Oh, ha.
Bum, bum, bum, bum.
All I want...
Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum.
All I need...
Bum, bum, bum, bum.
All I want...
Bum, bum, bum, bum.
All I need...
Oh, just one more chance
To show you that I love you.
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby!
I want you back.
Forget what happened then
(I want you back.)
And let me live again!
Oh, darling, I was blind to let you go,
But now, since I see you in his arms,
I want you back.
Spare me of this cause
(I want you back.)
Give me back what I lost!
Oh, darling, I need one more chance—ha—
I'll show you that I love you.
Baby, oh! Baby, oh! Baby, oh!
I want you back!
I want you back!
