DID YOU KNOW ................

The song "Blame It on the Boogie" was written by Michael Jackson and his brother in 1978

But ...... did you know that it wasn't Michael Jackson of the Jackson 5 ....... it was written in fact by Michael George Jackson, an English singer song writer with his brother David Jackson and Elmar Krohn.

‘Melody Maker’ praised the Jacksons and wrongly referred to their single as a “self-penned song” (16th Sept 1978).

Michael George Jackson [who used the stage name Mick Jackson] recorded his version first and The Jacksons' management team picked up the song at Midem, the music industry trade fair in Cannes, where it was offered to them by Mick's publisher without Mick's knowledge. Due to a delay at the pressing plant which was producing Mick's single, in the UK the two versions were released within weeks of each other. The press at the time enjoyed the similarity in the names and release coincidence, calling the situation 'The Battle of the Boogie' as the two records jockeyed for chart positions. Radio stations got on the battle bandwagon. Radio One only played The Jacksons' version, Capital Radio only played Mick’s single.



Despite the immense popularity of the song, having two versions of it in the charts at the same time split the public and meant that neither version reached the top of the chart. Mick peaked at 15 and The Jacksons peaked at 8 in the UK Singles Chart