18 Greatest Hits (Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 album) explained

18 Greatest Hits
Type:	greatest
Artist:	Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5
Cover:	Michael Jackson 18 Greatest Hits album cover.jpg
Alt:	Michael Jackson looking through a rainy window from the inside
Released:	July 1, 1983^[1]
Recorded:	1969–1974
Length:	59:37
Label:	Motown Telstar
Chronology:	Michael Jackson
Prev Title:	Thriller
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	Farewell My Summer Love
Next Year:	1984

18 Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by American singer Michael Jackson and his former family band the Jackson 5. It spent three weeks at the top of the charts in the United Kingdom after its release on July 1, 1983 by Motown and Telstar Records. Featuring 18 songs released between 1969 and 1975, it became Michael's second number one on the UK Albums Chart, right behind Thriller (1982), as well as the Jackson 5's first and only chart-topper there.^[2] The album shares cover artwork with the single for Happy.

Track listing

Tracks 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 and 18 are performed by the Jackson 5.

1. "One Day in Your Life" (from Forever, Michael)
2. "Lookin' Through the Windows" (from Lookin' Through the Windows)
3. "Got to Be There" (from Got to Be There)
4. "Doctor My Eyes" (from Lookin' Through the Windows)
5. "Ben" (from Ben)
6. "ABC" (from ABC)
7. "We're Almost There" (from Forever, Michael)
8. "Skywriter" (from Skywriter)
9. "Rockin' Robin" (from Got to Be There)
10. "Happy" (from Music & Me)
11. "Ain't No Sunshine" (from Got to Be There)
12. "I'll Be There" (from Third Album)
13. "I Want You Back" (from Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5)
14. "The Love You Save" (from ABC)
15. "We've Got a Good Thing Going" (from Ben)
16. "Mama's Pearl" (from Third Album)
17. "Never Can Say Goodbye" (from Maybe Tomorrow)
18. "Hallelujah Day" (from Skywriter)

Charts

Chart performance of 18 Greatest Hits!Chart (1983)!Peak
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See also

• List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 1980s

Notes and References

1. Web site: BPI.
2. Web site: The Jackson 5 | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company. Official Charts.