Back غوت تو بي ذير Arabic Got to Be There Azerbaijani Got to Be There (Michael Jackson) BS Got to Be There Czech Got to Be There German Got to Be There Greek Got to Be There Spanish باید آنجا باشم (آلبوم) Persian Got to Be There Finnish Got to Be There (album) French
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| Released | January 24, 1972 | |||
| Recorded | June–November 1971[1] | |||
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| Length | 35:45 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
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Got to Be There is the debut solo studio album by American singer Michael Jackson, released by Motown on January 24, 1972,[4] four weeks after the Jackson 5's Greatest Hits (1971). It includes the song of the same name, which was released on October 7, 1971, as Jackson's debut solo single.
On August 2, 2013, the album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 500,000 copies. The album was later remastered and reissued in 2009 as part of the 3-disc compilation Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection.
- ^ Lecocq, Richard; Allard, François (2018). "Bad". Michael Jackson All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track. London, England: Cassell. ISBN 9781788400572.
- ^ Bernadette McNulty (26 June 2009). "Michael Jackson's music: the solo albums". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
Motown chief Berry Gordy pushed Jackson's first solo album firmly into the mould of his label's sound: lush, harmonious, optimistic, innocent pop
- ^ Chery, Carl: XXL: Michael Jackson Special Collectors Edition, page 100. American Press.
- ^ Don't Forget the Motor City