Show You the Way to Go

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Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main other "Show You the Way to Go" is a song written by Gamble and Huff and recorded by the Jacksons for their 1976 CBS debut album, The Jacksons. Released as a single in early 1977, it was the only number-one song for the group in the UK.[1] It was later covered by Dannii Minogue in 1992.

The Jacksons version

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The Jacksons in 1977

"Show You the Way to Go" became a hit for the Jacksons, (formerly known as "The Jackson 5") after their departure from Motown nearly two years prior. The move made it easy for the brothers to write and produce their own material. They spent a couple of years under the production and direction of Gamble and Huff and were signed to Philadelphia International Records. This was one of the songs that the producers wrote for the brothers.

This song was released after "Enjoy Yourself," released a year earlier. Michael sang lead and background vocals. Marlon Jackson, and the rest of the brothers (Randy having replaced Jermaine) had backup parts. The song reached No. 6 US Billboard R&B chart, No. 28 US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] After recording the album Goin' Places in 1977, the Jacksons left Philadelphia International for Epic.

Record World called it "a smooth ballad" and said "There's only one way for this one to go, and that's up the chart."[3]

The single's B-side was "Blues Away", which was the first song Michael Jackson wrote entirely himself.

Charts

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Personnel

Dannii Minogue version

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Australian singer Dannii Minogue's version of "Show You the Way to Go" was produced by Bruce Forest and Andy Whitmore and was the first single released from her second album, Get into You (1993). In 1992, it appeared on the NME charity album Ruby Trax, before being remixed and released as a single, reaching No. 30 on the UK Singles Chart in August of that year.[8]

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard named 'Show You the Way to Go' "her strongest single to date", noting that it "sports a rich, soul-splashed house groove and a nicely matured vocal by Dannii."[9] Alan Jones from Music Week described the song as "bright, breezy and inconsequential".[10] Andrew Perry from Select said "an especially lifeless cover of 'Show You the Way to Go' will no doubt follow 'This Is It' into the Top 20".[11]

Track listings

  • UK CD single
  1. "Show You the Way to Go" (7-inch version)
  2. "Success" (E-Smoove Groovy 12-inch)
  3. "Show You the Way to Go" (extended version)
  4. "Success" (Maurice's dub)
  • Australian cassette single (C16040)
  1. "Show You the Way to Go" (7-inch version)
  2. "Success" (E-Smoove Groovy 12-inch)
  • Australian CD single (D16040)
  1. "Show You the Way to Go" (7-inch version)
  2. "Success" (E-Smoove Groovy 12-inch)
  3. "Show You the Way to Go" (extended version)
  • UK cassette single
  1. "Show You the Way to Go" (7-inch version)
  2. "Show You the Way to Go" (dub)
  1. "Show You the Way to Go" (Eron Irving Remix)

Charts

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Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[12] 104
UK Dance (Music Week)[13] 38

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