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{{Short description|1977 single by The Jackson 5}}
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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = Show You the Way to Go
| name = Show You the Way to Go
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| released = March 1977 (US)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Jacksons&titel=Show+You+The+Way+To+Go&cat=s|title=Jacksons singles}}</ref>
| released = March 1977 (US)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Jacksons&titel=Show+You+The+Way+To+Go&cat=s|title=Jacksons singles}}</ref>
| recorded = 1976
| recorded = 1976
| studio = [[Sigma Sound Studios|Sigma Sound]], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<ref name="Temples">{{cite book |last1=Cogan |first1=Jim |last2=Clark |first2=William |title=Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios |publisher=Chronicle Books |location=San Francisco, United States |date=2003 |pages=151-163 |isbn=0-8118-3394-1 }}</ref>
| studio = Sigma Sound Studios
| genre =
(Philadelphia)
| genre = [[Philadelphia soul]]
* [[Philadelphia soul]]
* [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]]<ref name= "RS 2004">{{cite book |chapter=The Jackson 5|last1=Coleman |first1= Mark | last2= Edmonds |first2= Ben|title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]] |year=2004 |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages= 409-411}}</ref>
| length = 3:24 Single/5:30 LP Version
| length = 3:24 Single/5:30 LP Version
| label = [[Epic Records|Epic]], [[Philadelphia International]]
| label = [[Epic Records|Epic]], [[Philadelphia International]]
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"'''Show You the Way to Go'''" is a song written by [[Gamble and Huff]] and recorded by [[The Jackson 5|the Jacksons]] for their 1976 CBS debut album, ''[[The Jacksons (album)|The Jacksons]]''. Released as a single in early 1977, it was the only number-one song for the group in the [[United Kingdom|UK]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/show-you-the-way-to-go/ |title=Official Charts Company |website=Officialcharts.com |date=1977-06-04 |access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> It was later covered by [[Dannii Minogue]] in 1992.
"'''Show You the Way to Go'''" is a song written by [[Gamble and Huff]] and recorded by [[The Jackson 5|the Jacksons]] for their 1976 CBS debut album, ''[[The Jacksons (album)|The Jacksons]]''. Released as a single in early 1977, it was the only number-one song for the group in the [[United Kingdom|UK]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/show-you-the-way-to-go/ |title=Official Charts Company |website=Officialcharts.com |date=June 4, 1977 |access-date=August 26, 2019}}</ref> It was later covered by [[Dannii Minogue]] in 1992.


==The Jacksons version==
==The Jacksons version==
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This song was released after "[[Enjoy Yourself (The Jacksons song)|Enjoy Yourself]]," released a year earlier. [[Michael Jackson|Michael]] sang lead and background vocals. [[Marlon Jackson]], and the rest of the brothers ([[Randy Jackson (The Jacksons)|Randy]] having replaced [[Jermaine Jackson|Jermaine]]) had backup parts. The song reached No. 6 [[United States|US]] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]] [[record chart|chart]], No. 28 US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and No. 1 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]| edition= 19th| publisher= [[Guinness World Records Limited]] | location= [[London]]| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 341}}</ref> After recording the album ''[[Goin' Places (The Jacksons album)|Goin' Places]]'' in 1977, the Jacksons left [[Philadelphia International]] for [[Epic Records|Epic]].
This song was released after "[[Enjoy Yourself (The Jacksons song)|Enjoy Yourself]]," released a year earlier. [[Michael Jackson|Michael]] sang lead and background vocals. [[Marlon Jackson]], and the rest of the brothers ([[Randy Jackson (The Jacksons)|Randy]] having replaced [[Jermaine Jackson|Jermaine]]) had backup parts. The song reached No. 6 [[United States|US]] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]] [[record chart|chart]], No. 28 US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and No. 1 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]| edition= 19th| publisher= [[Guinness World Records Limited]] | location= [[London]]| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 341}}</ref> After recording the album ''[[Goin' Places (The Jacksons album)|Goin' Places]]'' in 1977, the Jacksons left [[Philadelphia International]] for [[Epic Records|Epic]].

''[[Record World]]'' called it "a smooth ballad" and said "There's only one way for this one to go, and that's up the chart."<ref name=rw>{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=March 26, 1977|accessdate=2023-02-16|title=Hits of the Week|page=1|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/77/Record-World-1977-03-26.pdf}}</ref>


The single's [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] was "[[Blues Away]]", which was the first song [[Michael Jackson]] wrote entirely himself.
The single's [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] was "[[Blues Away]]", which was the first song [[Michael Jackson]] wrote entirely himself.
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|align="left"|Canada ([[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']]) Top Singles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5257b&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5257b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5257b |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date=July 17, 2013 |access-date=October 12, 2016}}</ref>
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|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart|UK Singles]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/show-you-the-way-to-go/ |title=Official Charts Company |website=Officialcharts.com |date=1977-06-04 |access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref>
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart|UK Singles]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/show-you-the-way-to-go/ |title=Official Charts Company |website=Officialcharts.com |date=June 4, 1977 |access-date=August 26, 2019}}</ref>
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|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.old-charts.com/charts70/yearend70/1977yearend_uk.htm |title=Old-Charts |publisher=Old-Charts |access-date=December 1, 2016}}</ref>
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|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bullfrogspond.com/whitburn/1977wye.htm |title=1977 Year End |website=Bullfrogspond.com |access-date=2016-10-12}}</ref>
|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bullfrogspond.com/whitburn/1977wye.htm |title=1977 Year End |website=Bullfrogspond.com |access-date=October 12, 2016}}</ref>
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| artist = [[Dannii Minogue]]
| artist = [[Dannii Minogue]]
| album = [[Get into You]]
| album = [[Get into You]]
| released = {{start date|1992|7|20}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=19|date=July 18, 1992}}</ref>
| released = {{start date|1992|7|20|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=19|date=18 July 1992}}</ref>
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===Critical reception===
===Critical reception===
[[Larry Flick]] from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' called it "her strongest single to date", adding that "the cut sports a rich, soul-splashed house groove and a nicely matured vocal by Dannii."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Larry |last= Flick |title= Dance Trax: Kylie Minogue Kicks Back; Dannii's 'Show' Tune |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= 1992-09-12 |page= 29 |access-date= 2020-10-08 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-09-12.pdf |author-link= Larry Flick}}</ref> Alan Jones from ''[[Music Week]]'' described the song as "bright, breezy and inconsequential".<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Alan |last= Jones |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1992/MW-1992-07-18.pdf |title= Mainstream: Singles |magazine= [[Music Week]] |date= 1992-07-18 |page= 8 |access-date= 2020-10-02}}</ref>
[[Larry Flick]] from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' called it "her strongest single to date", adding that "the cut sports a rich, soul-splashed house groove and a nicely matured vocal by Dannii."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Larry |last= Flick |title= Dance Trax: Kylie Minogue Kicks Back; Dannii's 'Show' Tune |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= September 12, 1992 |page= 29 |access-date= October 8, 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-09-12.pdf |author-link= Larry Flick}}</ref> Alan Jones from ''[[Music Week]]'' described the song as "bright, breezy and inconsequential".<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Alan |last= Jones |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1992/MW-1992-07-18.pdf |title= Mainstream: Singles |magazine= [[Music Week]] |date= July 18, 1992 |page= 8 |access-date= October 2, 2020}}</ref>


===Track listings===
===Track listings===
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!scope="row"|Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref name="australiancharts">[http://www.australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Dannii+Minogue "Discography Dannii Minogue"]. Australian-Charts.com. Retrieved 14 April 2008.</ref>
!scope="row"|Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref name="australiancharts">[http://www.australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Dannii+Minogue "Discography Dannii Minogue"]. Australian-Charts.com. Retrieved April 14, 2008.</ref>
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!scope="row"|[[UK Dance Singles Chart|UK Dance]] (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1992/MW-1992-08-01.pdf |title= Top 60 Dance Singles |magazine= [[Music Week]] |date= 1992-08-01 |page= 20 |access-date= 2020-09-29}}</ref>
!scope="row"|[[UK Dance Singles Chart|UK Dance]] (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1992/MW-1992-08-01.pdf |title= Top 60 Dance Singles |magazine= [[Music Week]] |date= August 1, 1992 |page= 20 |access-date= September 29, 2020}}</ref>
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[[Category:The Jackson 5 songs]]
[[Category:The Jackson 5 songs]]
[[Category:Dannii Minogue songs]]
[[Category:Dannii Minogue songs]]
[[Category:UK Singles Chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:UK singles chart number-one singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Kenny Gamble]]
[[Category:Songs written by Kenny Gamble]]
[[Category:Songs written by Leon Huff]]
[[Category:Songs written by Leon Huff]]

Latest revision as of 01:11, 13 September 2024

"Show You the Way to Go"
Side A of US vinyl single
Single by the Jacksons
from the album The Jacksons
B-side"Blues Away"
ReleasedMarch 1977 (US)[1]
Recorded1976
StudioSigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[2]
Genre
Length3:24 Single/5:30 LP Version
LabelEpic, Philadelphia International
Songwriter(s)Gamble and Huff
Producer(s)Gamble and Huff
The Jacksons singles chronology
"Enjoy Yourself"
(1976) 		"Show You the Way to Go"
(1977) 		"Goin' Places"
(1977)

"Show You the Way to Go" is a song written by Gamble and Huff and recorded by the Jacksons for their 1976 CBS debut album, The Jacksons. Released as a single in early 1977, it was the only number-one song for the group in the UK.[4] It was later covered by Dannii Minogue in 1992.

The Jacksons version

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The Jacksons in 1977

"Show You the Way to Go" became a hit for the Jacksons, (formerly known as "The Jackson 5") after their departure from Motown nearly two years prior. The move made it easy for the brothers to write and produce their own material. They spent a couple of years under the production and direction of Gamble and Huff and were signed to Philadelphia International Records. This was one of the songs that the producers wrote for the brothers.

This song was released after "Enjoy Yourself," released a year earlier. Michael sang lead and background vocals. Marlon Jackson, and the rest of the brothers (Randy having replaced Jermaine) had backup parts. The song reached No. 6 US Billboard R&B chart, No. 28 US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart.[5] After recording the album Goin' Places in 1977, the Jacksons left Philadelphia International for Epic.

Record World called it "a smooth ballad" and said "There's only one way for this one to go, and that's up the chart."[6]

The single's B-side was "Blues Away", which was the first song Michael Jackson wrote entirely himself.

Charts

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Personnel

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Dannii Minogue version

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"Show You the Way to Go"
Single by Dannii Minogue
from the album Get into You
Released20 July 1992 (1992-07-20)[11]
Genre
Length4:21
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Dannii Minogue singles chronology
"I Don't Wanna Take This Pain"
(1991) 		"Show You the Way to Go"
(1992) 		"Love's on Every Corner"
(1992)

Australian singer Dannii Minogue's version of "Show You the Way to Go" was produced by Bruce Forest and Andy Whitmore and was the first single released from her second album, Get into You. In 1992, it appeared on the NME charity album Ruby Trax, before being remixed and released as a single, reaching No. 30 on the UK Singles Chart in August of that year.[12]

Critical reception

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Larry Flick from Billboard called it "her strongest single to date", adding that "the cut sports a rich, soul-splashed house groove and a nicely matured vocal by Dannii."[13] Alan Jones from Music Week described the song as "bright, breezy and inconsequential".[14]

Track listings

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  • UK CD single
  1. "Show You the Way to Go" (7-inch version)
  2. "Success" (E-Smoove Groovy 12-inch)
  3. "Show You the Way to Go" (extended version)
  4. "Success" (Maurice's dub)
  • Australian cassette single (C16040)
  1. "Show You the Way to Go" (7-inch version)
  2. "Success" (E-Smoove Groovy 12-inch)
  • Australian CD single (D16040)
  1. "Show You the Way to Go" (7-inch version)
  2. "Success" (E-Smoove Groovy 12-inch)
  3. "Show You the Way to Go" (extended version)
  • UK cassette single
  1. "Show You the Way to Go" (7-inch version)
  2. "Show You the Way to Go" (dub)
  1. "Show You the Way to Go" (Eron Irving Remix)

Charts

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Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[15] 104
UK Singles (OCC)[16] 30
UK Dance (Music Week)[17] 38

References

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  1. ^ "Jacksons singles".
  2. ^ Cogan, Jim; Clark, William (2003). Temples of Sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios. San Francisco, United States: Chronicle Books. pp. 151–163. ISBN 0-8118-3394-1.
  3. ^ Coleman, Mark; Edmonds, Ben (2004). "The Jackson 5". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 409–411. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  4. ^ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. June 4, 1977. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  5. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 341. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  6. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. March 26, 1977. p. 1. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  7. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. July 17, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  8. ^ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. June 4, 1977. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  9. ^ "Old-Charts". Old-Charts. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  10. ^ "1977 Year End". Bullfrogspond.com. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  11. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. July 18, 1992. p. 19.
  12. ^ "Show you the way to go | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com.
  13. ^ Flick, Larry (September 12, 1992). "Dance Trax: Kylie Minogue Kicks Back; Dannii's 'Show' Tune" (PDF). Billboard. p. 29. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  14. ^ Jones, Alan (July 18, 1992). "Mainstream: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. p. 8. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  15. ^ "Discography Dannii Minogue". Australian-Charts.com. Retrieved April 14, 2008.
  16. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  17. ^ "Top 60 Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. August 1, 1992. p. 20. Retrieved September 29, 2020.

Other sources

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  • "Dannii.com". Comprehensive listing of all Dannii Minogue releases and song information. Archived from the original on May 14, 2006. Retrieved June 30, 2006.
  • "DanniiMusic.com". Comprehensive listing of all Dannii Minogue releases, including commercial and promo items. Retrieved June 30, 2006.
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