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Jermaine
Studio album by Jermaine Jackson
Released	October 10, 1980
Recorded	1980
Genre	Funk, soul
Length	42:32
Label	Motown
Producer	Jermaine Jackson Berry Gordy Suzee Ikeda
Jermaine Jackson chronology
Let's Get Serious (1980) Jermaine (1980) I Like Your Style (1981)
Singles from Jermaine
"Little Girl Don't You Worry" Released: October 1980 "You Like Me Don't You" Released: January 1981

Jermaine is the seventh studio album by Jermaine Jackson, his second album in 1980. Fresh off the success of Let's Get Serious, Motown released this album in Fall 1980. Charting on the R&B albums chart at 17 with two singles ("You Like Me Don't You" and "Little Girl (Don't You Worry)") charting top 20 on the R&B singles chart, respectively. Also included is a cover of Tyrone Davis's "Can I Change My Mind". Also included as a musician on this album is family friend John McClain, who would later become one of the executives of the estate of Jermaine's brother, Michael Jackson.

Track listing

Side A

1. "The Pieces Fit" (Jermaine Jackson, Paul Jackson, Jr., Angelo Bond) 5:22
2. "You Like Me Don't You" (Jermaine Jackson) 5:00
3. "Little Girl Don't You Worry" (Jermaine Jackson, Paul Jackson, Jr.) 4:48
4. "All Because of You" (Jermaine Jackson, Angelo Bond) 4:43
5. "You've Changed (Interlude)" (Jermaine Jackson) 1:52

Side B

1. "First You Laugh, Then You Cry" (Jermaine Jackson, Chris Clark) 4:52
2. "I Miss You So" (Jimmie Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) 2:46
3. "Can I Change My Mind" (Barry Despenza, Carl Wolfolk) 3:30
4. "Beautiful Morning" (Jermaine Jackson, Hazel G. Jackson, Eddie Fluellen) 5:14

Personnel

• Jermaine Jackson - vocals, bass, piano, Fender Rhodes, percussion, guitars, synthesizers
• Herbie Hancock, David Benoit, Clarence McDonald, Eddie Fluellen, Michael Lang, Reginald Burke - keyboards
• Paul Jackson, Jr., Charles Fearing - guitars
• David Williams, Nathan East - bass
• John McClain - sitar
• Gregory Williams - flugelhorn
• Ollie E. Brown - drums
• Stevie Wonder - harmonica on "You Like Me Don't You" and "I Miss You So" (uncredited)

Technical

• Johnny Lee - art direction
• Ginny Livingston - cover design
• Matthew Rolston - photography

Charts

Singles

References

1. "Jermaine Jackson US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
2. "Jermaine Jackson US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-07-11.

External links

• Jermaine Jackson-Jermaine at Discogs

v t e Jermaine Jackson
Discography Production discography
Studio albums	Jermaine (1972) Come into My Life My Name Is Jermaine Feel the Fire Frontiers Let's Get Serious Jermaine (1980) I Like Your Style Let Me Tickle Your Fancy Jermaine Jackson/Dynamite Precious Moments Don't Take It Personal You Said I Wish You L.O.V.E
Singles	"Daddy's Home" "Castles of Sand" "Let's Get Serious" "You're Supposed to Keep Your Love for Me" "Little Girl Don't You Worry" "You Like Me Don't You" "I'm Just Too Shy" "Paradise in Your Eyes" "Let Me Tickle Your Fancy" "Very Special Part" "Dynamite" "Do What You Do" "When the Rain Begins to Fall" "Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone" "Don't Take It Personal" "Word to the Badd!!"
Other songs	"Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)"
Bibliography	You Are Not Alone
Category

• 1980 albums
• Jermaine Jackson albums
• Albums produced by Berry Gordy
• Motown albums