Blame It on the Boogie - wikipedia Blame It on the Boogie `` Blame It on the Boogie '' A-side label of the US vinyl release Single by The Jacksons from the album Destiny B - side `` Do What You Wanna '' Released August 23, 1978 ( 1978 - 08 - 23 ) Format 7 '' single, 12 '' vinyl single Recorded 1978 Genre Disco Length 3 : 36 7 : 00 ( 12 '' version ) Label Epic, CBS 8 - 50656 Songwriter ( s ) Mick Jackson, Dave Jackson and Elmar Krohn Producer ( s ) The Jacksons The Jacksons singles chronology `` Find Me a Girl '' ( 1978 ) `` Blame It on the Boogie '' ( 1978 ) `` Shake Your Body ( Down to the Ground ) '' ( 1979 ) `` Find Me a Girl '' ( 1978 ) `` Blame It on the Boogie '' ( 1978 ) `` Shake Your Body ( Down to the Ground ) '' ( 1979 ) Music video `` Blame It on the Boogie '' on YouTube Alternative release Artwork for the Dutch vinyl release `` Blame It on the Boogie '' is a song originally released in 1978 by English singer - songwriter Mick Jackson, then The Jacksons, and later covered by numerous artists. The song was performed on Musikladen ( January, 1979 ), Aplauso ( February, 1979 ), Sonja Goed Nieuw 's Show ( 2 February 1979 ) and ABBA Special : Disco in the Snow Part 1. Contents 1 Background 2 Chart records 3 Music video 4 Chart performance 4.1 Mick Jackson version 4.2 The Jacksons version 4.3 Year - end charts 4.4 Big Fun version 4.5 Year - end charts 5 Other versions 6 Documentary 7 References 8 External links Background The song was co-authored by Mick Jackson ( credited as Michael George Jackson - Clarke ) as well as Mick 's brother David Jackson and Elmar Krohn. Although Mick Jackson recorded the song in 1977, `` Blame It on the Boogie '' was written in hopes of being sold to Stevie Wonder. The Mick Jackson track was showcased in 1978 at Midem where according to Mick Jackson : `` The Jacksons ' manager ( Peter Kerstin ) heard the track being played... and took a tape recording of it... back to the States ( where ) The Jacksons quickly recorded a version so it would be out before mine. '' In fact, the Mick Jackson recording was released by Atlantic Records in the US in August 1978. According to Michael Jackson of the Jacksons, Bobby Colomby, who was producing the Jacksons ' Destiny album, brought the group `` Blame It on the Boogie ''. `` It was an uptempo, finger - poppin ' - time type song that was a good vehicle for the band approach we wanted to cultivate. I had fun slurring the chorus : ( the lyric ) ' Blame It on the Boogie ' could be sung in one breath without putting my lips together. '' Chart Records Despite the Mick Jackson original reaching a # 61 peak on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1978, Epic Records that month released the Jacksons ' version of `` Blame It on the Boogie '' as the advance single from the Destiny album. Although `` Blame It on the Boogie '' returned the Jacksons to the Hot 100 after five flop singles, it was not the single to effect a major comeback for the Jacksons, peaking at # 54 ; it would be the follow - up, `` Shake Your Body ( Down to the Ground ) '', which would briefly restore the Jacksons ' Top Ten fortunes. However, `` Blame It on the Boogie '' did reach # 3 R&B and would be coupled with `` Shake Your Body ( Down to the Ground ) '' on an extended club play single which would reach # 20 on the dance charts in 1979. In the UK, both the Mick Jackson version and the Jacksons ' were released within a few days of each other in September 1978. The UK music press, struck by the rival versions being by similarly named artists, declared a `` Battle of the Boogie '' which Mick Jackson recalls as `` great publicity... There was an equal balance of interest from the media about both releases - A good example is that my version came out first on Top of the Pops... The Jackson 's ( sic ) had the second week... Radio One played The Jackson 's ( sic ) version and Capital Radio only played mine - It was fair. '' The Jacksons ' version -- incorrectly lauded by Melody Maker as their `` self - penned song '' -- was the more successful version reaching Number 8 on the chart dated 4 November 1978 ; the Mick Jackson version -- hailed by NME as `` far superior '' -- had peaked at Number 15 on the chart for 21 October. Mick Jackson himself in 2003 said of the Jacksons ' version of `` Blame It on the Boogie '' : `` ( the original ) version had 100 % of our heart and soul in it but the Jacksons ' version had the magic extra 2 % that made it incredible. '' Music video A promotional music video by the Jacksons was created for `` Blame It on the Boogie '' in 1978. The video, featuring the group 's members dancing on a black background, relied heavily on electronic trail effects, created at Image West, Ltd. using then - cutting edge equipment : the Scanimate analog computer system and a Quantel DFS 3000 digital framestore. The video also appears on the bonus disc of the DVD box set Michael Jackson 's Vision. Michael Jackson 's 1993 biography states that the video marked his video debut. The Jacksons ' very first promotional music video was `` Enjoy Yourself ''. Chart performance Mick Jackson version Chart ( 1978 ) Peak position Canadian RPM Top Singles 95 US Billboard Hot 100 61 The Jacksons version Chart ( 1978 - 1979 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 7 Ireland ( IRMA ) 15 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 7 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 6 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) Spain ( PROMUSICAE ) UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 8 US Billboard Hot 100 54 US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 20 US Billboard Hot R&B Singles US Cash Box Top 100 63 Chart ( 2009 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) 44 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 72 UK ( Official Charts Company ) 55 Year - end charts Chart ( 1978 ) Rank UK 37 US Billboard Hot 100 296 Chart ( 1979 ) Rank New Zealand 7 Big Fun version Chart ( 1989 - 1990 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) 37 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 14 France ( SNEP ) 17 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 15 Ireland ( IRMA ) 7 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 28 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 31 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 32 Spanish Singles Chart 5 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) Year - end charts Chart ( 1989 ) Rank UK 46 Other versions `` Blame It on the Boogie '' Single by Big Fun from the album A Pocketful of Dreams Released 1989 Recorded 1989 Genre Dance - pop, Hi - NRG Length 3 : 36 Label Jive Songwriter ( s ) Mick Jackson, Dave Jackson and Elmar Krohn Producer ( s ) Stock Aitken Waterman Big Fun singles chronology `` I Feel the Earth Move '' ( 1989 ) `` Blame It on the Boogie '' ( 1989 ) `` Ca n't Shake the Feeling '' ( 1989 ) `` I Feel the Earth Move '' ( 1989 ) `` Blame It on the Boogie '' ( 1989 ) `` Ca n't Shake the Feeling '' ( 1989 ) Tina Charles has stated that she recorded `` Blame It on the Boogie '' prior to the Jacksons ; her version was not released as `` Sony ( felt ) it was not a strong enough song. '' 1980 : Marie Rottrová one of the top singers in former Czechoslovakia recorded a Czech version of this song called in her cover version `` Muž č. 1 '' / Man no. 1 / 1989 : Stock Aitken Waterman had Big Fun remake `` Blame It on the Boogie '' with a resultant best ever Pop chart peak of Number 4 UK. 1990 : Luis Miguel covered the song in Spanish as `` Será Que No Me Amas '' on the album 20 Años. The lyrics were adapted in Spanish by Juan Carlos Calderón. The song was released as the third single from the album and it received radio airplay in Mexico. A live version of the song was featured on El Concierto ( 1995 ). 1998 : Dance act Clock brought `` Blame It on the Boogie '' back to the UK Top 20 ( Number 16 ). 2001 : Will Young sang `` Blame It on the Boogie '' for his first audition of Pop Idol on ITV in 2001. 2003 : `` Blame It on the Boogie '' was the lead single off the Michael Jackson tribute album Bringin You the Magic recorded by Jay Kid a native of Denmark ( born Yannick Harrison 8 January 1990 ) who in September 2003 became the first artist to perform at the Neverland Ranch at Michael Jackson 's express invitation. 2004 : German eurodance act Captain Jack covered the song on their album Café Cubar. 2005 : the top ten finalists of the French televised Nouvelle Star cut a remake, which reached Number 15 in France. 2008 : The song was performed by Westlife on their Back Home Tour. 2009 : In the wake of the interest in Michael Jackson 's recordings initiated after his death on 25 June `` Blame It on the Boogie '' entered the charts in Australia and the UK. 2009, Hong Kong singer Susan Wong included a cover of the song on her smooth jazz / bossa nova album 511. 2009 : The song was performed by The Saturdays in one venue of their The Work Tour, due to Michael Jackson 's death. 2010 : The song was performed by children at the Albert Hall in a Michael Jackson medley. 2011 : The song was performed by Jermaine Jackson, brother of The Jacksons. The music video for the version was completed late 2011 and was released January 2012 on international music video websites. 2012 : The song was performed by an a cappella group called `` The Footnotes '' in the film Pitch Perfect. Documentary In 2010, filmmaker Patrick Nation made a Channel 4 documentary about Mick Jackson and the story of the song, entitled The Other Michael Jackson : Battle of the Boogie. The documentary was co-written and presented by Mick 's son Sam Peter Jackson and led to Mick Jackson 's 1978 album Weekend ( which features the original version of `` Blame It on the Boogie '' ) being re-released ( for download on the iTunes Store ) for the first time in 30 years by Demon Music. To promote the documentary, Mick gave a rare television interview to BBC Breakfast. References Jump up ^ Levine, Nick ( July 7, 2009 ). `` Michael Jackson 's Top 20 Singles : Part One ''. Digital Spy. Retrieved May 15, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Mick Jackson Official Website ''. Mickjacksonmusic.com. Retrieved 2010 - 06 - 13. Jump up ^ The Other Michael Jackson Channel 4 documentary about Mick Jackson Jump up ^ `` '' Blame it on the Boogie '' - Record sleeve ``. Atlantic Records. Jump up ^ `` Introduction ''. Mick Jackson Music. Jump up ^ `` Michael ' Mick ' Jackson ''. disco-disco.com. Jump up ^ Jackson, Michael ( 2009 ). Moonwalk ( Revised ed. ). New York NY : Harmony Books. p. 154. ISBN 978 - 0 - 307 - 71698 - 9. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 287. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Hot Dance / Disco : 1974 - 2003. Record Research. p. 132. ^ Jump up to : `` Michael ' Mick ' Jackson ''. disco-disco.com. Jump up ^ `` Blame it on the Boogie ''. ChartStats.com. Jump up ^ `` '' Blame it on the Boogie '' by The Jacksons ``. SongFacts. Jump up ^ `` Image West Scanimate Demo 15B ''. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Dave Sieg 's comments ''. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 01. While I worked at Image West, we did a number of effects using a Quantel 3000 framestore to create `` trails '', including this Michael Jackson video, `` Blame it on the Boogie ''. This is from my archives of work from that era. Jump up ^ Campbell, Lisa D. ( 1993 ). Michael Jackson : the king of pop. Boston MA : Branden Publishing. p. 364. ISBN 0 - 8283 - 1957 - X. Jump up ^ `` Blame it on the boogie in Canadian Top Singles Chart ''. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 8 July 2013. Jump up ^ `` Mick Jackson awards on Allmusic ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 8 July 2013. Jump up ^ Chris Cadman, Craig Halstead ( 2002 ). Authors Online Ltd, ed. Michael Jackson the Early Years. p. 115. ISBN 978 - 0755200641. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- The Jacksons -- Blame It On The Boogie '' ( in Dutch ). Ultratop 50. ^ Jump up to : `` Blame it on the boogie in Irish Chart ''. IRMA. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2013. Only results when searching `` Blame it on the boogie '' Jump up ^ `` Nederlandse Top 40 -- The Jacksons '' ( in Dutch ). Dutch Top 40. ^ Jump up to : `` Dutchcharts.nl -- The Jacksons -- Blame It On The Boogie '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Jump up ^ `` Charts.nz -- The Jacksons -- Blame It On The Boogie ''. Top 40 Singles. Jump up ^ Danyel Smith, ed. ( 1979 ). Billboard 23 june 1979. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006 - 2510. Retrieved 8 July 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` Jackson 5 : Artist Chart History ''. Official Charts Company. ^ Jump up to : `` Destiny awards on Allmusic ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 8 July 2013. Jump up ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, December 9, 1978 Jump up ^ `` Australian-charts.com -- The Jacksons -- Blame It On The Boogie ''. ARIA Top 50 Singles. Jump up ^ Scaping, Peter, ed. ( 1979 ). `` Top 200 Singles in 1978 ''. BPI Year Book 1979 ( 4th ed. ). London, England : The British Phonographic Industry Ltd. pp. 186 -- 89. ISBN 0 - 906154 - 02 - 2. 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Question: who wrote the song blame it on the boogie
Answer: Mick Jackson