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Sugar Daddy (The Jackson 5 song)

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"Sugar Daddy"
Single by The Jackson 5
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side"I'm So Happy"
ReleasedNovember 23, 1971 (1971-11-23) (U.S.)
RecordedApril – October 1971
Genre
Length2:34
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)The Corporation - (Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell and Deke Richards)[2]
Producer(s)The Corporation
The Jackson 5 singles chronology
"Maybe Tomorrow"
(1971)
"Sugar Daddy"
(1971)
"Little Bitty Pretty One"
(1972)

"Sugar Daddy" is a hit single by the Motown quintet The Jackson 5 from their first greatest hits album, released in late 1971.

The song peaked at #3 on the US Best Selling Soul Singles chart and at #10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in early 1972.[3] "Sugar Daddy" was one of the Jackson 5 hits produced by The Corporation, the group's record production team, composed by Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell, and Deke Richards.

Record World said it has "the happy, uptempo sound that made [the Jackson 5] superstars."[4]

The single's B-side is the non-album track "I'm So Happy". Both of these songs were included as bonus tracks on the 2001 re-release of the Jackson 5 studio album Maybe Tomorrow (1971).

Personnel

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Charts

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Chart (1971–72) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 10
US Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles[6] 3

References

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  1. ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Post-Nuclear Families: Bubblegum". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 23. ISBN 031214704X.
  2. ^ ASCAP entry for song ASCAP, accessed 28 May 2011
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 267.
  4. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. December 11, 1971. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  5. ^ "The Jacksons 5 Chart History: Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  6. ^ "The Jackson 5 Chart History: Dance Singles Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-11-09.