A 10-Album Catalog of Chart-Topping Hits, with a Few Autobiographical Glimpses

1972
Got to Be There
When this old world gets you down/ When your spirit's on the ground/ Just remember I will always be around/ Just climb on the wings of my love/ I'll take you high on the wings of my love

"Wings of My Love"
Song by Alphonso Mizell, Berry Gordy, Christine Yarian, Deke Richards and Frederick Perren

1972
Ben
Ben, the two of us need look no more/ We both found what we were looking for/ With a friend to call my own, I'll never be alone/ And you, my friend, will see/ You've got a friend in me

"Ben"
Song by Don Black and Walter Scharf

1973
Music & Me
We've been together for such a long time/ Now music, music and me/ Don't care whether all our songs rhyme/ Now music, music and me

"Music and Me"
Song by Don Fenceton, Jerry Marcellino, Mel Larson and Michael Cannon

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1975
Forever, Michael
But since the day I've been loving you/ I can't catch a cold, I can't catch the flu/ The sweet loving that you've been giving me/ Has become my daily need/ Just a little o' your love, every day/ That's all I need, that's all I need

"Just a Little Bit of You" Song by Brian Holland and Eddie Holland

1979
Off The Wall
So tonight, gotta leave that nine-to-five upon the shelf/ And just enjoy yourself/ Groove and let the madness in the music get to you/ Life ain't so bad at all, if you live it off the wall

"Off the Wall"
Song by Rod Temperton

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