I Can’t Help It

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song

"I Can’t Help It" is a smooth, jazz-inflected R&B ballad performed by Michael Jackson and co-written by Stevie Wonder, featured on his landmark album "Off the Wall."

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I Can't Help It 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
album Off the Wall NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedAct Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stevie Wonder NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer Stevie Wonder NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
era late 1970s ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
jazz-influenced ⓘ
quiet storm ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric piano ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ
hasProducer Quincy Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubgenre jazz-inflected R&B ballad ⓘ
includedIn Michael Jackson discography NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stevie Wonder songwriting catalog ⓘ
isOnLandmarkAlbum Off the Wall NERFINISHED ⓘ
label Epic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Epic Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Susaye Greene NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium studio recording ⓘ
mood introspective ⓘ
romantic ⓘ
notableFor collaboration between Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder ⓘ
jazz-inflected R&B arrangement ⓘ
partOf Off the Wall NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ
performerNationality American ⓘ
producer Quincy Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordedBy Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordingArtist Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ
releasedOnAlbum Off the Wall NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseYear 1979 ⓘ
songwriter Stevie Wonder NERFINISHED ⓘ
style smooth ballad ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
trackOn Off the Wall NERFINISHED ⓘ
vocalist Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ
vocalStyle smooth ⓘ
vocalType lead vocal ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough → bSide → I Can’t Help It ⓘ
subject surface form: Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
this entity surface form: I Can't Help It
MJ the Musical → hasNotableSong → I Can’t Help It ⓘ
album: Radio Music Society → hasPart → I Can’t Help It ⓘ
subject surface form: Radio Music Society
this entity surface form: I Can't Help It
Off the Wall (album) → sideTwoTrack → I Can’t Help It ⓘ