Never Can Say Goodbye

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
The Jackson Five
  UK 33 07/17/1971 (7 weeks)
  US 2 04/03/1971 (12 weeks)
Isaac Hayes
  US 22nd 05/15/1971 (9 weeks)
Gloria Gaynor
  DE 13 01/27/1975 (21 weeks)
  AT 19th 06/15/1975 (4 weeks)
  UK 2 07/12/1974 (13 weeks)
  US 9 11/02/1974 (17 weeks)
The Communards
  DE 6th 07/12/1987 (16 weeks)
  AT 6th January 15, 1988 (14 weeks)
  CH 12 03/01/1988 (9 weeks)
  UK 4th 07/11/1987 (11 weeks)
  US 51 01/30/1988 (9 weeks)
Yazz
  UK 61 03/22/1997 (1 week)

Never Can Say Goodbye is a 1971 song by The Jackson Five , written by Clifton Davis and produced by Hal Davis. It appeared on the album Maybe Tomorrow .

Never Can Say Goodbye is a serious love song (compared to ABC ). The lead singer was Michael Jackson , who was twelve years old at the time. The background vocals are from his brothers. The song was originally written for The Supremes , but Berry Gordy , head of the Motown label , thought The Jackson Five would be more suitable. The publication was on March 16, 1971.

Cover version by Gloria Gaynor

In 1974, Gloria Gaynor released her version of the song, which is featured on the album of the same name. The cover goes into the music genres of soul and the then contemporary disco , which is why it sounds “much happier” compared to the original. Producers of the version are Meco , Tony Bongiovi , Harold Wheeler and Jay Ellis. Over the years, Gaynor had several different remixes mixed up on the cover , and it can also be heard in the episode Back to the Past of the television series Charmed and in the video game Just Dance 2015 .

Cover version of The Communards

In 1986 The Communards recorded their version of the song, which can be found on the album Red and corresponds to the music genre Hi-NRG . In addition, this version is musically modified compared to the original. This version could be heard in the episode Father's Day of the television series Doctor Who .

More cover versions

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK / US: The Jackson 5 Gloria Gaynor The Communards