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Farewell My Summer Love (song)

Summary

"Farewell My Summer Love" is a song recorded by Michael Jackson in 1973. Written by Keni St. Lewis, it was later released in 1984 as a single from the compilation album Farewell My Summer Love due to the commercial interest that generated from the sales of Jackson's hit 1982 album Thriller.

"Farewell My Summer Love"
Single by Michael Jackson
from the album Farewell My Summer Love
B-side"Call on Me" (album version)
ReleasedMay 1984[1]
RecordedSeptember 4, 10, 11, 1973[1]
StudioMotown Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California)[1]
Genre
Length4:21
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)Keni St. Lewis[1]
Producer(s)
Michael Jackson singles chronology
"Thriller"
(1983) 		"Farewell My Summer Love"
(1984) 		"Girl You're So Together"
(1984)

It hit No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart and was a Top 40 Pop and R&B and Top 20 Adult Contemporary hit in the U.S.

Reception edit

Cash Box said that "all the vibrancy of the now legendary Jackson vocal style is present on this single."[3]

Charts edit

Chart (1984) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 68
UK Singles (OCC)[5] 7
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 38
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[7] 20

Year-end charts edit

Chart (1984) Position
UK Singles (Gallup)[8] 74

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Lecocq, Richard; Allard, François (2018). "Bad". Michael Jackson All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track. London, England: Cassell. ISBN 9781788400572.
  2. ^ "Farewell My Summer Love". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  3. ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. May 26, 1984. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  4. ^ "Michael Jackson – Farewell My Summer Love". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  5. ^ "Michael Jackson: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  6. ^ "Michael Jackson Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  7. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 124.
  8. ^ "Top 100 Singles 1984" (PDF). Music Week. Retrieved September 13, 2022.