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]
| One Day in Your Life | ||||
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| Released | March 25, 1981 | |||
| Recorded | May 1973 – December 1974 (North American version) July 1971 – December 1974 (UK version) | |||
| Length | 33:58 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
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.
Tracks listed according to Discogs.[5]
| US | UK | Song | Writer | Album | Length |
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| 1 | 1 | "One Day in Your Life" | Sam Brown III, Renée Armand | Forever, Michael (1975) | 4:12 |
| 2 | 4 | "Don't Say Goodbye Again" | Pam Sawyer, Leon Ware | G.I.T.: Get It Together (1973) | 3:22 |
| 3 | 3 | "You're My Best Friend, My Love" | Brown, Christine Yarian | Joyful Jukebox Music (1976) | 3:23 |
| 4 | 5 | "Take Me Back" | Edward Holland Jr., Brian Holland | Forever, Michael | 3:22 |
| 5 | "We've Got Forever" | Elliot Willensky | Forever, Michael | 3:09 | |
| 6 | 6 | "It's Too Late to Change the Time" | Sawyer, Ware | G.I.T.: Get It Together | 3:53 |
| 7 | 8 | "You Are There" | Randy Meitzenheimer, Yarian | Forever, Michael | 3:20 |
| 8 | 10 | "Dear Michael" | Hal Davis, Willensky | Forever, Michael | 2:33 |
| 9 | 12 | "I'll Come Home to You" | Freddie Perren, Yarian | Forever, Michael | 3:00 |
| 10 | "Make Tonight All Mine" | Perren, Yarian | Joyful Jukebox Music | 3:18 | |
| 2 | "We're Almost There" | Holland, Holland, Jr. | Forever, Michael | 3:42 | |
| 7 | "We've Got a Good Thing Going" | The Corporation | Ben (1972) | 2:59 | |
| 9 | "Doggin' Around" | Lena Agree | Music &Me (1973) | 2:52 | |
| 11 | "Girl Don't Take Your Love From Me" | Willie Hutch | Got to Be There (1972) | 3:46 |
| Chart (1981) | Peak position |
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| UK Albums (OCC)[6] | 29 |
| USBillboard Top LPs & Tape[7] | 144 |