One Day in Your Life (album)

One Day in Your Life
Compilation album by
Michael Jackson
ReleasedMarch 25, 1981
RecordedMay 1973 – December 1974 (North American version)
July 1971 – December 1974 (UK version)
Length33:58
LabelMotown
Michael Jackson chronology
Off the Wall
(1979) 		One Day in Your Life
(1981) 		E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
(1982)
Singles from One Day in Your Life
  1. "One Day in Your Life"
    Released: March 20, 1981
  2. "We're Almost There"
    Released: July 20, 1981 (UK)[1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[2]

One Day in Your Life is a compilation released by Michael Jackson's former record label Motown Records, consisting of both solo and Jackson 5 tracks recorded with Motown, and released on March 25, 1981.[3] It was the first Jackson album released in the 1980s. Most of the tracks are from Jackson's fourth studio album, Forever, Michael (1975). The other songs were taken from Jackson 5 releases to pad the album's running time. Motown later admitted that the album was just a quick cash grab generated from the success of Jackson's Off the Wall (1979).[4]

The compilation's title track, which had already been released on Forever Michael in 1975, was released as a single and became a worldwide hit, especially in the United Kingdom, where it became Jackson's first number-one hit as a solo artist.

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 26.
  2. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r10084
  3. ^ Chris Cadman; Craig Halstead (2002). Michael Jackson: --the Early Years. Authors on Line. ISBN 978-0-7552-0064-1.
  4. ^ Mark Bego (1984). Michael.