The Jacksons – Blame It on the Boogie

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It is the lead single, and the only track the brothers didn’t write themselves, from the Jacksons’ album Destiny, issued in December 1978.

Composed By Michael Jackson/Jackson, D./Elmar Krohn

First brought to the attention of the Jacksons, after one of their representatives heard it, at the Midem Music Festival in 1978.

It is the lead single, and the only track the brothers didn’t write themselves, from the Jacksons’ album Destiny, issued in December 1978.

It charted in the US at no.3 on the R&B singles chart and a lowly no.54 on the Hot 100, and peaked at no.8 in the UK. A special 7 minute Extended Disco Remix featured slight alternate vocals.

Mick Jackson’s original version was rush-released, once it became known the Jacksons’ cover was being issued as a single. The two versions by similarily named artists understandably led to confusion among record buyers, especially in the UK, where Mick’s version charted at no.15.

Mick Jackson has confirmed he loves the Jacksons version of his song, and Jay Kay’s 2003 cover as well. Michael and Mick have met several times. "The first time was in a lift in the Montcalm Hotel in London and we just said hi," Mick recalls. "Later, at the Top Of The Pops TV show in London, he asked me to sell him my jump suit I was wearing for the show and I declined… MJ was performing Destiny with his brothers."

Blame It on the Boogie – Lyrics

My baby’s always dancin’
And it wouldn’t be a bad thing
But I don’t get no lovin’
And that’s no lie
We spent the night in Frisco
At every kind of disco
From that night I kissed our love goodbye

Don’t blame it on the sunshine
Don’t blame it on the moonlight
Don’t blame it on the good times
Blame it on the boogie
Don’t blame it on the sunshine
Don’t blame it on the moonlight
Don’t blame it on the good times
Blame it on the boogie

That nasty boogie bugs me
But somehow it has drugged me
Spellbound rhythm gets me on my feet
I’ve changed my life completely
I’ve seen the lightning leave me
And my baby just can’t take her eyes off me

I just can’t
I just can’t
I just can’t control my feet

This magic music grooves me
That dirty rhythm fools me
The devil’s gotten me
Through this dance
I’m full of funky fever
A fire burns inside me
Boogie’s got me in a super trance

Sunshine
Moonlight
Good times
Boogie

Don’t you blame it
You just got to
You just want to
Yeah, oh
Blame it on yourself
Ain’t nobody’s fault
But yours and that boogie
Dancing all night long