G.I.T.: Get It Together

G.I.T.: Get It Together
Studio album by the Jackson 5
Released	September 12, 1973 (1973-09-12)[1]
Recorded	November 1972 – July 1973
Genre	Progressive soul funk disco R&B
Length	36:07
Label	Motown
Producer	Hal Davis
The Jackson 5 chronology
Skywriter (1973) G.I.T.: Get It Together (1973) The Jackson 5 in Japan (1973)
Singles from G.I.T.: Get It Together
"Get It Together" Released: August 3, 1973[2] "Dancing Machine" Released: February 19, 1974

G.I.T.: Get It Together (a.k.a. Get It Together) is the eighth studio album by the Jackson 5, released on September 12, 1973 for the Motown label. The album featured the minor hit "Get It Together" and the original version of the subsequent major hit "Dancing Machine", which was later re-released in edited form on a tie-in album of the same name. Get It Together has sold an estimated two million copies worldwide since its release.^[3]

The album represented a reinvention for the Jackson 5, who were struggling to move past their earlier teenybopper image as their popularity waned. By this point, most of the Jackson 5's members, and their manager/father Joseph, were vocally complaining about the group's direction, with lead singer Michael becoming the most outspoken. The material on G.I.T., produced by Hal Davis, leans into a funk-oriented progressive soul style, contrasting with the group's bubblegum origins, as well as elements of the emergent disco genre.