Garrett remains known primarily for her work with Jackson to this day. Interestingly, Garrett co-wrote another one of Jackson’s ballads called “Man in the Mirror” and performed backing vocals on it. Ultimately, a different singer duetted with Jackson on “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You:” Siedah Garrett. Houston’s label, Arista Records, thought that, if she performed on the song, it might detract from the promotion of her sophomore album, Whitney. Streisand passed on the invitation because she had concerns about their large age difference (16 years), and thought the song's lyrics would be unbelievable for her and Jackson to sing together. The original English-language version was re-released as a single in 2012, as part of the Bad 25 release.īackground, writing and recording įor the duet ballad 'I Just Can't Stop Loving You,' Michael Jackson wanted to share vocals with Barbra Streisand or Whitney Houston. All three versions are featured on the 2012 reissue album Bad 25. Jackson and Garrett later recorded 'Todo Mi Amor Eres Tú' (loosely translated to 'All My Love Is You'), a Spanish-language version of the song, with lyrics translated by Rubén Blades, and 'Je Ne Veux Pas La Fin De Nous' (loosely translated to 'I Don't Want The End Of Us'), a French-language version, with translation by Christine 'Coco' Decroix. 'I Just Can't Stop Loving You' was released without an accompanying music video. It was Jackson's second number-one song on the Adult Contemporary chart after ' The Girl Is Mine' with Paul McCartney. 'I Just Can't Stop Loving You' reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, R&B Singles and Adult Contemporary charts, making it the first in a string of 5 number-one singles from Bad. It became her first hit since Dennis Edwards' 1984 song ' Don't Look Any Further'.

Garrett, a protégé of Jones's who co-wrote another song on Bad, ' Man in the Mirror', did not know that she would be singing the song until the day of the recording session. The presence of Garrett on the track was a last-minute decision by Jackson and Jones, after Jackson's first two choices for the duet both decided against participating. The song was written by Jackson, and co-produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones. ' I Just Can't Stop Loving You' is a 1987 duet ballad by American singers Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett, and was released as the first single on July 20, 1987, by Epic Records from his seventh album, Bad.

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