Los Angeles 03/08/1973 Berry Gordy, Hal Davis, Don Fletcher, Jerry Marcellino & Mel Larson
Jobete Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP)
Lead Vocals : Michael Jackson
Produced by Hal Davis
Executive Producer : Berry Gordy
Arranged by Arthur Wright
Classé n°2 au Hit R&B et n°28 au Hit Pop aux USA.
45 tours "Get It Together" Limited Promo USA
DJ 45 Motown 1277
1973
même titre sur les 2 faces
45 tours "Get It Together" Allemand
Motown 1C 006-94 741
Face A : Get It Together 2'47
Face B : Touch 3'00
45 tours "Get It Together" Belge
Motown 5 C006 94741
Face A : Get It Together 2'47
Face B : Touch 3'00
45 tours "Get It Together" Espagnol
Motown SN-20.843
Face A : Get It Together 2'47
Face B : Touch 3'00
45 tours "Get It Together" Italien
Motown TSM NP 64173
Face A : Get It Together 2'47
Face B : Touch 3'00
45 tours "Get It Together" Japonais
Motown JET-2217
Face A : Get It Together 2'47
Face B : Touch 3'00
45 tours "Get It Together" Anglais
Issu du coffret 7 Inch Singles J5 "A Retrospective featuring 14 songs"
Face A : Dancing Machine 2'29
Face B : Get It Together 2'47
Les Paroles :
You better get it together
Or leave it alone
If you don’t want my lovin'
I'll be gone
Get up, get up, get up
(1er verse)
Get up off your high horse girl
Think what you're doin', doin'
Get up off your high horse girl
Think what you're doin', doin'
(2nd verse)
(I'm spinnin' around)
I'm spinnin' around
On your merry-go-round
You got me dizzy, dizzy, dizzy, dizzy, dizzy
(chorus)
Get it together
Or leave it alone
If you don’t want my lovin'
I'll be gone
Now, Now baby
Chorus
Repeat 1er verse
I can’t stand all this confusion
All this shuckin' and jivin'
Keeps Puttin' me down, down, down
Chorus
Think girl, what you're doin'
Throwin' this heart of mine all away
Oh,think girl, you know I love ya
To keep a love like mine is hard this day
B. Gordy - H. Davis - D. Fletcher - J. Marcellino - M. Larson Arrangé par David Blumberg - Produit par Hal Davis
Les paroles :
Girl don’t you say, Girl don’t you make
Girl don’t you make
Make me cry, Make me cry
You had my life
In the palm of your hand
Why you threw it away
I’ll never ever understand
You took away the best part
The best part of me
You took away, you
How cruel could you be
You’re just another heartache
I’ve got to learn to take
You’re just another habbit
I have to learn to break
Am I alone again
Am I alone again
Am I alone, alone, alone
Don’t say goodbye again, Don’t say goodbye again, Don’t make me cry, cry, cry
Don’t say goodbye again, Don’t say goodbye again, Don’t make me cry, cry, cry, again
Again, again
The more I try the more you hurt me
Why
Tell me why, Tell me why
I can take an aspirin
For a bad headache
But what pill for loneliness can I take
I can seal to you
Just like cellophane
But I need you, baby
Like a star needs fame
You’re not another habbit
I have to learn to break
Let’s try to patch it up
Before it’s too late
I’m in love with you
I’m in love with you
I’m in love, in love, in love
Don’t say goodbye again, Don’t say goodbye again
Don’t make me cry, cry, cry, Don’t say goodbye again, Don’t say goodbye again, Don’t make me cry, cry, cry, again
The more I try the more you hurt me
Why
Tell me why
Tell me why
B. Holland - L. Dozier - E. Holland Produit par Hal Davis
Les paroles :
Through the mirror of my mind, time after time
i see reflections of you and me
(Reflections of)
the way life used to be
(reflections of)
the love you took from me, oh, I'm all alone now
no love to sheild me, trapped in a world
that's a distorted reality, Happinessyou took from me
and left me all alone, with only memories
Through the mirror of my imnd, through these tears that i'm crying
reflects a hurt i can't control
(Cause although you're gone)
i keep holding on
(to the happy times)
oh, when you were mine
(All the love)
all the love that i've wasted
(all the tears)
all the tears that i've tasted, all in vain
Through the hollow of my tears, i see a dream that's lost
from the hurt girl, that you have caused
Everywhere i turn, seems like everything i see
reflects the love that used to be
(Reflections)
the love you took from me
(Reflections)
in you i put all my faith and trust
(Reflections)
right before my eyes my world has turned to dust
(Reflections)
the way life use to be
(Reflections)
the love you took from me
Norman Whitfield - Barrett Strong Produit par Hal Davis - Arrangé par James Carmichael
Les paroles :
Get up! Get on up!
Lets get down, down, down, down, down
Ain't no words to this song
You just dance and hum along
I said there ain't no words to this song
You just dance and hum along
Now dance!
Lets get down, down, down, down, down, down, Lets get down, down, down, down, down, down
Lets get down, down, down, down, down, down, Lets get down, down, down, down, down, down
Play it organ!
Lets get down, down, down, down, down, down (way down)
Lets get down, down, down, down, down, down (now listen!)
Ain't no words to this song
You just dance and hum along
I said there ain't no words to this song
Let me see you get it!
Play it Tito!
Ain't no words to this song
Ain't no words? Ain't no words? What you mean?
Like I said, we didn't have time to write none!
I said there ain't no words to this song
What we gon' do?
You just dance and hum along
So sista get it!
Play it Jermaine!
Lets get down, down, down, down, down, down, Lets get down, down, down, down, down, down
Lets get down, down, down, down, down, down, Lets get down, down, down, down, down, down
Hum along and dance
Hum along and dance
Yea, yea, yea hum along and dance
Come on and hum along and dance, baby
Hum, hum, hum, hum along and dance, Hum, hum, hum, hum along and dance, Hum, hum, hum, hum along and dance!
5. Mama I gotta brand new thing (don't say no) (7:11)
N. Whitfield Produit par Hal Davis
Les paroles :
Sunday morning, I heard Mama pray
From her room I heard her say
"Good Lord, help my son find his way.
Lord, he just a country boy
He thinks the world's a great big toy
There ain't nothing he can't do (if he wants to).
He got himself a part-time job
Saved his money and bought him a guitar
Plays from sunup to sundown (hey, hey, hey).
(He don't wanna) go to school no more,
Won't do his household chores
But I'ma admit, the neighbors dig his sound (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah).
(He) got some some big ideas
Now he's talkin' 'bout leaving here
Going to a place called New York City
He's done told me,
'Mama, got a brand new thing. Don't say no. Let me go.' "
Mama said, "My son, my son, you're only sixteen
I know being a star is your dream
But I think it's time you stop all this foolin', and get to your schoolin'!"
When I'm in a state of frustration
Don't start preachin' that education 'cause
This guitar gon' make me a king
Above everything else, listen!...
Donned from head to toe
First class everywhere we go
Just give me a chance to do my thing
Mama, got a brand new thing. Don't say no. Let me go.
(Got a burnin' down deep inside, I wanna see my name's in lights
Please, please, please, let me go)
I can see it now...
Champagne and caviar
A black limousine, chauffeured car
Trips all around the world
And I have my choice of any girl!
People lined up as far as you can see,
Standing in line just to see me
Money stacked, clean up to the sky
Mom, ain't nothing that we can't buy
Have a little faith in me
And mama, I'm sure that you will see
That your son and his guitar are gonna go far!
Mama, got a brand new thing. Don't say no. Let me go.
Mama...
I gotta brand new thing
(Oh I) Gotta brand new thing (It's alright)
Tell me do you like my thing
(It's alright; I believe I like it; Do you like it)
If you like it, let me see you move
If you like it, let me see you groove
Let me see you move
Let me see you groove
Let's groove
Wait a minute!
I believe I'm ready to give you some help now
(We got a brand new thing, oh, we got a brand new thing)
Here it is!
Mama, got a brand new thing. Don't say no. Let me go.
Pam Sawyer - L. Ware Arrangé par Arthur Wright et James Carmichael Produit par Ejec. B.G. Produit par Hal Davis Jobete - Penta Music - Quiroga
Les paroles :
Too Late
In this automatic age, We shop through the yellow page
Gone is the corner store, There is a supermarket there for you
People give way to change, But feelings remain the same
And it's too late, too late to change the time, Well it's too late, too late to change the time
And it's too late, too late to change the time, But it's not too late (too late) to change your mind
It's a new day, a new age, A photograph just taken, is ready one minute later
Cars are bigger and better, But the manufacturer's sastified never
In a world full of crime, I can't let you think that's right
And it's too late, too late to change the time, And it's too late, too late to change the time
And it's too late, too late to change the time, But it's not too late (too late) to change your mind
No, no
So you wanna be a star (so you wanna be a star),
You are who you think you are (ah think you are)
You don't have to go further, Than my loving arms
And it's too late, too late to change the time,
But it's not too late (too late) to change your mind
Are you sure you wanna go to New York City (New York City),
Where girls make it big if they're pretty (If they pretty)
Let say you get that penthouse view,
But who's gonna love you the way I do (just the way i do)
It's too late, too late to change the time,
And it's too late, too late to change the time, no
Too late, too late to change the time,
But it's not too late (too late) to change your mind
Yeah, yeah, yeah
it's too late, too late to change the time,
It's too late, too late to change the time
Ooh, too late, too late to change the time,
But it's not too late (too late) to change your mind
Norman Whitfield - Barrett Strong Jobete Music (ASCAP) - Pathe Marconi - Stone Agate BMI
Arrangé par James Carmichael et Produit par Hal Davis
Les paroles :
Well, well, well, well
Seems like it was only yesterday
When my mama told me don't fall in love
With the first girl that comes your way
He was handsome and nice
But I took her advice and passed her by
Years have passed and don't look
Like love's gonna give me a second try
Boy the look on your face tells me you understand
could it be your love life's like mine
Needs a helping hand well, well
You need love like I do (don't you).
girl I can tell by the way
You look when I'm looking at you
I know it ain't fit and proper
for a girl to talk this way
But I can't cope with this loneliness
Not one more doggone day
Everyday has been an uphill climb
Keeping my hopes a-float
Judging from your silence girl
You must be in the same boat
ain't it true now
You need love like I do (don't you)
girl I can tell by the way you look
When I'm looking at you
Well, well, well you need love
Like I do (don't you)
(Boy it seems like I'm looking in the mirror
When I'm looking at you
I can't begin to tell
The many nights I sit home lonely
Come on and tell me boy
Has it ever happened to you
Boy I'm gonna tell you something
And believe me it ain't no joke
My love life is just like a sinking boat)NO?????
I can understand a person being without money
But there sho' ain't no reason
For a person to be without love
Listen to me now
I'm a girl and you're a girl
So come on let's give love a try
Tell me lil' bgirl
You need love like I do (don't you)
I can tell by the way you look
When I'm looking at you
Girl finding true love is a dream
That everyone wants to come true
Girl can't you see it's up to us
To make this dream come true oh
Hal Davis - D. Fletcher - W.D. Parks Arrangé par Arthur Wright et James Carmichael Produit par Ejec. Produit par Hal Davis Jobete - Penta Music - Quiroga
Les paroles :
Dancing, dancing, dancing
She's a dancing machine
Ah baby
Move it baby
Automatic, Systematic
Full of color, self-contained
Tune that channel to your box
Captivating, Stimulating
She's such a sexy lady
Filled with space age design
She's moving, she's grooving
Dancing untill the music stops, now
Yeah
Rhythmatic, acrobatic
She a dynamite attraction
At the drop of a coin she comes alive, yea
She knows what she's doing
She's super bad now
She's geared to really blow your mind
Dancing, dancing, dancing
She's a dancing machine
Ah baby
Do it baby
Dancing, dancing, dancing
She's a dancing machine
Ah baby
Move it baby
She's a dance, dance, dance, dance, dancing machine
Watch her get down, watch her get down
As she do, do, do her thing
Right on the scene
She's a dance, dance, dance, dance, dancing machine
Watch her get down, watch her get down
As she do, do, do her thing
Right on the scene
Come on baby
Come on baby
Baby
Shake it baby
Shake it babe
Baby
She's a dance, dance, dance, dance, dancing machine
Watch her get down, watch her get down
As she do, do, do her thing
Right on the scene
Dance
She's a dance, dance, dance, dance, dancing machine
Watch her get down, watch her get down
As she do, do, do her thing
Right on the scene
I like it
I like it
I love you
She's a dance, dance, dance, dance, dancing machine
Watch her get down, watch her get down
As she do, do, do her thing
Right on the scene
She's a dance, dance, dance, dance, dancing machine
Watch her get down, watch her get down
1. Get It Together (2:47)
