ABC was the second studio album by the Jackson 5, released on May 8, 1970 by Motown. It featured the No. 1 singles "ABC" and "The Love You Save", and has sold up to 6 million copies worldwide. Also present on the LP were several notable album tracks, including a cover of Funkadelic's "I'll Bet You", "I Found That Girl" (the only track with brother Jermaine on lead vocals), and "The Young Folks", originally recorded by Diana Ross and the Supremes. The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart and at No. 1 on the Billboard Black Albums chart in the United States. It was ranked No. 98 on VH1's All-Time Albums Top 100 list. It remains one of the Jackson 5's most popular efforts. The title track was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1971.

Re-release

In 2001, Motown remastered all Jackson 5 albums in a "Two Classic Albums/One CD" series (much like they did in the late 1980s). This album was paired up with Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5. The bonus track was an outtake, "Oh, I've Been Blessed", a song also released on the rare 1979 outtakes album Boogie. An alternate version of the title track appears on the CD I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters released in 2009.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles