5 STORIES
1969 · 60S
DETROIT, USA
It sounds like a sugary kid's tune, but "I Want You Back" is the desperate, fast-talking apology of someone who threw away love out of pride…
1970 · 70S
DETROIT, USA
"ABC" sounds like a sweet, sugary nursery rhyme about a boy teaching a girl about love, but it's really a precision-engineered hit built by …
1970 · 70S
Sung by an 11-year-old Michael Jackson, "I'll Be There" was Motown's deliberate pivot away from bubblegum pop into grown-up devotion — a son…
1971 · 70S
It sounds like a tender teen-pop ballad, but "Never Can Say Goodbye" is really a portrait of someone trapped in a relationship they keep try…
1974 · 70S
On the surface "Dancing Machine" is a sleek love letter to a woman who moves like she's got circuits inside her — but it's really the sound …