"Forever, Michael" was the fourth album in American pop and R & B singer Michael Jackson's solo career and was Jackson's contractually last studio album as a soloist in Motown Records. Released in January, 1975, Jackson was now sixteen years old and in full tenor at this point in his career. Around this time, The Jackson 5 had experienced a rebirth as one of the earlier disco/funk groups that came out around this time due to the success of their single, "Dancing Machine", which saw the next-to-youngest Jackson showcasing his skills bringing in a new dance move called "The Robot". As Michael's dance led to a cultural revolution, he was still under the throes of Motown having songs written to him. Though the mood in "Forever, Michael" is musically different from the confusing "Music and Me" and showcased a confident Jackson belting his heart out in songs like the danceable R&B ditty, "Just a Little Bit of You", which became Jackson's biggest solo hit in three years, "We're Almost There", "I'll Come Home to You" and the memorable "One Day in Your Life" where his talents as a ballad singer were rewarded. Though it peaked at #101 on Billboard's Pop Albums Chart, it was more successful than "Music and Me" and considered to be, until the release of "Off the Wall", his defining moment as a solo artist save for his earlier two albums and especially, "Ben". Pop can mean: Pop culture Pop music Pop art Pop icons Pop (frozen snack) Short form of Lollipop Short form of Popcorn Short form of Soda pop Father Mayan Calendar - Pop is the first month of the Mayan Calendar Pop (album) by U2 Pop, a character in Happy Tree Friends... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... Michael Jackson on the cover of the album Bad in 1987. ... Motown, also known as Tamla-Motown outside the U.S., is a record label founded on December 14, 1959 by Berry Gordy, Jr. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five or The Jackson 5ive, abbreviated as J5, and later known as The Jacksons) were an American popular music act, active from 1962 to 1990, whose repertoire combined R&B, soul, funk, and later disco. ... Disco is an up-tempo style of dance music (generally between 110 and 136 beats per minute) that originated in the early 1970s, mainly from funk and soul music, popular with audiences in larger cities all over the world, and derives its name from the French word discothèque (meaning... Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African-Americans, e. ... Dancing Machine was a very successful hit single for The Jackson 5 in 1974. ... A ballad is a story in song, usually a narrative song or poem. ... Billboard can refer to: Billboard magazine Billboard (advertising) Billboard antenna In 3D computer graphics, to billboard is to rotate an object so that it faces the viewer. ... For the radio show on Long Island, go to Off the Wall (radio) Off the Wall is an album by Michael Jackson, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music), through Epic Records. ... Ben is a shortened version of the given name Benjamin. ...

Tracklisting

1. "We're Almost There" (Holland/Holland)
2. "Take Me Back" (Holland/Holland)
3. "One Day In Your Life" (Armand/Brown)
4. "Cinderella Stay Awhile" (Sutton)
5. "We've Got Forever" (Willensky)
6. "Just a Little Bit of You" (Holland/Holland)
7. "You Are There" (Brown/Meitzenheimer/Yarian)
8. "Dapper Dan"
9. "Dear Michael" (Davis/Willensky)
10. "I'll Come Home to You" (Perren/Yarian)

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Charted Hits

1. "We're Almost There" - #54 Pop Singles Chart; #7 Soul Singles Chart
2. "Just a Little Bit of You" - #23 Pop Singles Chart; #4 Soul Singles Chart

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Trivia

• "One Day In Your Life", ironically, would find success six years after its original issue on this album, in 1981 when the song and some other lesser known Jackson singles around the time of the song's recording was issued in an album that year. The song charted at #55 Pop and #47 R&B; also in another ironic twist, the song became Jackson's first solo #1 in England, a big feat considering the song had been initially cancelled as a single during the promotion of "Forever, Michael".
• Child and "Facts of Life" sitcom star Kim Fields recorded a cover of "Dear Michael" in 1984 as a tribute to the now-superstar pop icon.