I Just Can't Stop Loving You

Infobox Single
Name = I Just Can't Stop Loving You


Artist = Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett
from Album = Bad
B-side =
Released = July 20 1987
Format = CD single
Recorded = 1982
Genre = Pop/R&B
Length = 4:25
Label = Epic Records
Writer = Michael Jackson
Producer = Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones
Certification =
Chronology = Michael Jackson singles
Last single = "Thriller"
(1984)
This single = "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
(1987)
Next single = "Bad"
(1987)Extra tracklisting
Album = Bad
Type = studio
prev_track = "Man in the Mirror"
prev_no = 7
this_track = "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
track_no = 8
next_track = "Dirty Diana"
next_no = 9Extra tracklisting
Album = HIStory
Type = compilation
prev_track = "Bad"
prev_no = 6
this_track = "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
track_no = 7
next_track = "Man in the Mirror"
next_no = 8"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" is a popular ballad by singers Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett. It was recorded in 1982 but not released until 1987. Written and composed by Jackson, it was originally intended to be a duet between Jackson and his woman of choice: either Barbra Streisand or Whitney Houston. Even Aretha Franklin and Agnetha Fältskog (Formally of ABBA.) were offered the song, but all four refused. However, songwriter and Quincy Jones protege Garrett, who later wrote Jackson's memorable "Man in the Mirror", volunteered to sing with Jackson thus giving Garrett her first hit since Dennis Edwards' 1984 hit, "Don't Look Any Further". Garrett is quoted in "The Billboard Book of Number One Hits" by Fred Bronson that she was unaware she would be singing the song - although she had received a tape of it - until the day of the recording session, when Jones told her to step up to the microphone and sing it with Jackson. The song became the first of five consecutive number-one Billboard Hot 100 singles from Jackson's "Bad" album. It also reached number one on the R&B and Adult Contemporary charts, Jackson's second number-one song on the AC chart (his first, coincidentally, had also been a duet: 1982's "The Girl Is Mine" with Paul McCartney). It was released without an accompanying music video.

Originally, the album version featured a spoken intro backed with a longer version of the opening music. This intro was mixed out on future releases of the album.

Chart performance

"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" was the lead single off of Jackson's much-anticipated "Bad" album. The single debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at #37, the week of August 8, 1987. The single was the highest debuting single of 1987, and quickly traveled to the top quarter of the Hot 100, advancing to #16 in its second week, and soaring to #1 in its seventh week on the tally, the week of September 19, 1987. It also reached #1 in the UK Singles Chart for the week of August 11, 1987.

Track listing

# "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" – 4:23
# "Baby Be Mine" – 4:12

Mixes

#Album Version – 4:25
#7" Version – 4:11
#*This version replaced the original version on the later releases of "Bad"
#"Todo mi amor eres tu" Spanish Version – 4:06
#French Version – 4:06

Credits

* Written and composed by Michael Jackson
* Vocal duet with Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett
* Bass: Nathan East
* Drums: N'dugu Chancler
* Guitar: Dan Huff
* Percussion: Paulinho Da Costa
* Piano: John Barnes
* Synclavier: Christopher Currell
* Synthesizers: David Paich and Greg Phillinganes
* Synthesizer programming: Steve Porcaro
* Rhythm arrangement by Quincy Jones
* Synthesizer arrangement by David Paich and Quincy Jones
* Vocal arrangement by Michael Jackson and John Barnes

References