2009 box set by Michael Jackson
Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection Released September 1, 2009 Length 233 :02 Label
Producer Various
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Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection is a 71-track triple disc box set commemorating Michael Jackson 's early years with Motown . The album features Jackson's four solo LPs from Motown (dating from 1971 to 1975), plus songs that were released after he left the label.[ 2]
On June 12, 2009, Universal Music Group reissue label Hip-O Select announced on its Twitter page that the 3-CD set was available for pre-ordering, with an announced shipping date of July 3.[ 3]
Title Writer(s) 1. "Ain't No Sunshine " Bill Withers 4:09 2. "I Wanna Be Where You Are " Leon Ware , Arthur "T-Bone" Ross3:01 3. "Girl Don't Take Your Love from Me" Willie Hutch 3:46 4. "In Our Small Way" Beatrice Verdi, Christine Yarian 3:34 5. "Got to Be There " Elliot Willensky 3:23 6. "Rockin' Robin " Thomas 2:31 7. "Wings of My Love" Corporation 3:32 8. "Maria (You Were the Only One)" Lawrence Brown, Linda Glover, George Gordy, Allen Story 3:41 9. "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone " Holland-Dozier-Holland 2:51 10. "You've Got a Friend " Carole King 4:53 11. "Ben " Don Black , Walter Scharf 2:44 12. "The Greatest Show on Earth" Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino 2:48 13. "People Make the World Go Round" Thom Bell , Linda Creed 3:15 14. "We've Got a Good Thing Going" The Corporation 2:59 15. "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" Ace Adams, Lionel Hampton 2:59 16. "My Girl " Smokey Robinson , Ronald White 3:08 17. "What Goes Around Comes Around" Levinsky, Stokes, Meyers, Weatherspoon 3:33 18. "In Our Small Way" Beatrice Verdi, Christine Yarian 3:39 19. "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day " Henry Cosby , Sylvia Moy , Stevie Wonder 3:21 20. "You Can Cry on My Shoulder" Berry Gordy 2:39 21. "Don't Let It Get You Down" (Original Mix) Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino, Deke Richards 2:50 22. "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" (Original Mix) Smokey Robinson, White, Rogers 3:24 23. "Melodie" (Original Mix) Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino, Deke Richards 3:08 24. "Touch the One You Love" (Original Mix) Wayne, Clinton 2:50
Title Writer(s) 1. "With a Child's Heart " Vicky Basemore, Henry Cosby , Sylvia Moy 3:29 2. "Up Again" Freddie Perren , Yarian2:50 3. "All the Things You Are " Oscar Hammerstein II , Jerome Kern 2:59 4. "Happy " (Love Theme from Lady Sings the Blues ) Michel Legrand , Smokey Robinson 3:25 5. "Too Young " Sidney Lippman, Sylvia Dee 3:38 6. "Doggin' Around " Lena Agree 2:52 7. "Johnny Raven" Billy Page 3:33 8. "Euphoria" Leon Ware , Hilliard2:50 9. "Morning Glow" Stephen Schwartz 3:37 10. "Music and Me" Mike Cannon, Don Fenceton, Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino 2:38 11. "We're Almost There " Holland /Holland 3:42 12. "Take Me Back" Holland/Holland 3:24 13. "One Day in Your Life " Armand/Brown 4:15 14. "Cinderella Stay Awhile" Sutton 3:08 15. "We've Got Forever" Willensky 3:10 16. "Just a Little Bit of You " Holland/Holland 3:10 17. "You Are There" Brown/Meitzenheimer/Yarian 3:21 18. "Dapper Dan" D. Fletcher 3:11 19. "Dear Michael" Davis/Willensky 2:35 20. "I'll Come Home to You" Perren/Yarian 3:02 21. "Girl You're So Together " (Original Mix) Keni St. Lewis 2:59 22. "Farewell My Summer Love " (Original Mix) Keni St. Lewis 3:37 23. "Call on Me" (Original Mix) Fonce Mizell, Larry Mizell 3:21
Title Writer(s) 1. "When I Come of Age" W. D. Parks/D. Fletcher/H. Davis 2:37 2. "Teenage Symphony" G. Jones/H. Davis/M. McLeod 2:45 3. "I Hear a Symphony " Holland-Dozier-Holland 3:01 4. "Give Me Half a Chance" C. Davis 3:26 5. "Love's Gone Bad" Holland-Dozier-Holland 3:08 6. "Lonely Teardrops " B. Gordy /G. Gordy/T. Carlo2:40 7. "You're Good for Me" E. Horan 3:15 8. "That's What Love Is Made Of" R. Rogers/W. Robinson/W. Moore 3:24 9. "I Like You the Way You Are (Don't Change Your Love on Me)" W. Hutch 2:57 10. "Who's Lookin' for a Lover" J. D. Hilliard/L. Ware 2:50 11. "I Was Made to Love Her " H. Cosby/L. Hardaway/S. Moy/S. Wonder 3:20 12. "If'n I Was God" R. Sherman/R. Sherman 3:02 13. "To Make My Father Proud" (Original Mix) Bob Crewe , Larry Weiss4:11 14. "Here I Am (Come and Take Me) " (Original Mix) Al Green , Teenie Hodges 2:45 15. "Twenty-Five Miles" (Original Mix) Green, Hodges 3:18 16. "Don't Let It Get You Down" Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino, Deke Richards 3:02 17. "You've Really Got a Hold on Me " Smokey Robinson , White, Rogers3:30 18. "Melodie" Larson, Marcellino, Richards 3:24 19. "Touch the One You Love" Wayne, Clinton 2:48 20. "Girl You're So Together" Keni St. Lewis 3:12 21. "Farewell My Summer Love" Keni St. Lewis 4:24 22. "Call on Me" Fonce Mizell, Larry Mizell 3:39 23. "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" Green, Hodges 2:56 24. "To Make My Father Proud" Bob Crewe , Larry Weiss4:04
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