Michael Jackson & Jackson 5 - The Motown Years (3CDs, 2008)

50 Best Songs – The Motown Years: Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 (also known as 50 Best Songs or The Motown Years) is a 3-disc compilation box set by American singer Michael Jackson, and the group The Jackson 5, released on 2008 by Universal Motown Records celebrating Jackson's 50 birthday. The 50-track album features all of the hits through the Motown years from both the Jackson 5 with “ABC”, “I Want You Back”, “Never Can Say Goodbye” and Michael's solo material including “You've Got A Friend”, “Ben”, “Ain't No Sunshine” and “One Day In Your Life” all of them during their tenure on Motown (1969-1975), with the exception of "Farewell My Summer Love" and "Girl You're So Together", which were released after they left the company (these tracks were released in 1984).

Tracklist:

Disc 1 (The Jackson 5)

1. "ABC" The Corporation (Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards, Alphonzo Mizell) 3:01
2. "Never Can Say Goodbye" Clifton Davis 3:03
3. "Ready or Not (Here I Come)" Thomas Bell; William Hart 2:34
4. "Love Song" Alphonso Mizell; Berry Gordy, Jr.; Christine Yarian; Deke Richards; Freddie Perren 3:27
5. "Forever Came Today" Brian and Eddie Holland; Lamont Dozier 6:23
6. "The Life of The Party" Clarence Drayton; Hal Davis; Tanny Smith 2:35
7. "Doctor My Eyes" Jackson Browne 3:11
8. "All I Do Is Think Of You" Brian Holland; Michael Lovesmith 3:13
9. "I Am Love" (Pts. 1 & 2) Donald Fenceton; Jerry Marcellino; Mel Larson; Rancifer, Roderick H. 7:26
10. "Darling Dear" Allen Story; George Gordy; Rosemary Gordy 2:38
11. "Maybe Tomorrow" Alphonso Mizell; Berry Gordy, Jr.; Deke Richards; Freddie Perren 4:48
12. "I Found that Girl" Alphonso Mizell; Berry Gordy, Jr.; Deke Richards; Freddie Perren 3:10
13. "It's Too Late to Change the Time" Leon Ware; Pamela Sawyer 4:00
14. "Lookin' Through the Windows" Clifton Davis 3:37
15. "Who's Lovin' You" Smokey Robinson 3:59
16. "Whatever You Got, I Want" Gene Marcellino; Jerry Marcellino; Mel Larson 2:56
17. "I'll Be There" Berry Gordy, Jr.; Bob West; Hal Davis; Willie Hutch 3:59

Disc 2 (The Jackson 5)

1. "I Want You Back" The Corporation 2:58
2. "Dancing Machine" (album version) Donald Fletcher; Hal Davis; Weldon Dean Parks 3:29
3. "Sugar Daddy" Alphonso Mizell; Berry Gordy, Jr.; Deke Richards; Freddie Perren 2:33
4. "Little Bitty Pretty One" Robert Byrd 2:48
5. "Hum Along and Dance" Barrett Strong; Norman Whitfield 8:37
6. "Corner of the Sky" Stephen Schwartz 3:40
7. "I'm So Happy" Alphonso Mizell; Berry Gordy, Jr.; Deke Richards; Freddie Perren 2:48
8. "Get It Together" Berry Gordy, Jr.; Donald Fletcher; Hal Davis; Jerry Marcellino; Mel Larson 2:49
9. "Goin' Back to Indiana" Alphonso Mizell; Berry Gordy, Jr.; Deke Richards; Freddie Perren 3:32
10. "Skywriter" Jerry Marcellino; Mel Larson 3:10
11. "The Love You Save" The Corporation 3:01
12. "Mama's Pearl" The Corporation 3:09
13. "Touch" (originally from The Supremes) Frank Wilson; Pamela Sawyer 3:01
14. "La La (Means I Love You)" Thom Bell; William Hart 3:29
15. "It's Great to Be Here" Alphonso Mizell; Berry Gordy, Jr.; Deke Richards; Freddie Perren 3:00
16. "Hallelujah Day" Christine Tarian; Freddie Perren 2:45
17. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" Haven Gillespie; J. Fred Coots 2:25

Disc 3 (Michael Jackson)

1. "Farewell My Summer Love" (1984 mix) Kenny Lewis 3:46
2. "You've Got A Friend" Carole King 4:56
3. "My Girl" (originally from The Temptations) Ronald White; Smokey Robinson 3:11
4. "One Day In Your Life" Brown, Samuel F. III; Renee Armand 4:20
5. "Just a Little Bit of You" Brian Holland; Eddie Holland 3:17
6. "Got to be There" Elliot Willensky 3:26
7. "We've Got A Good Thing Going" The Corporation 3:05
8. "Rockin' Robin" (originally from Bobby Day) Leon Rene (under the pseudonym Jimmie Thomas) 2:35
9. "Ben" (from the film "Ben") Don Black; Walter Scharf 2:48
10. "I Wanna Be Where You Are" Arthur Ross; Leon Ware 3:00
11. "Girl You're So Together" (1984 mix) Lewis, Kenneth Melbourne 3:11
12. "We're Almost There" Brian Holland; Eddie Holland 3:47
13. "Wings of My Love" The Corporation 3:24
14. "Girl Don't Take Your Love From Me" Willie Hutch 3:50
15. "Music and Me" Donald Fenceton; Jerry Marcellino; Mel Larson; Mike Cannon 2:40
16. "Ain't No Sunshine" (originally from Bill Withers) Bill Withers 4:10

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