Never Can Say Goodbye - wikipedia Never Can Say Goodbye This article is about the song. For the album by Gloria Gaynor, see Never Can Say Goodbye ( Gloria Gaynor album ). For the album by Joey DeFrancesco, see Never Can Say Goodbye : The Music of Michael Jackson. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( November 2015 ) `` Never Can Say Goodbye '' Single by Jackson 5 from the album Maybe Tomorrow B - side `` She 's Good '' Released March 16, 1971 ( 1971 - 03 - 16 ) ( U.S. ) Format Vinyl record ( 7 '' 45 RPM ) Recorded June 1970 Hitsville West, Los Angeles, CA Genre Soul Length 2 : 58 Label Motown Songwriter ( s ) Clifton Davis Producer ( s ) Hal Davis Jackson 5 singles chronology `` Mama 's Pearl '' ( 1970 ) `` Never Can Say Goodbye '' ( 1971 ) `` Maybe Tomorrow '' ( 1971 ) `` Never Can Say Goodbye '' is a song written by Clifton Davis and originally recorded by The Jackson 5. The song was originally written and intended for the Supremes ; however Motown decided it would be better for the Jackson 5. Released as a single in 1971, it was one of the group 's most successful records. It has been covered numerous times, most notably in 1974 by disco diva Gloria Gaynor and in 1987 by British pop group The Communards. Contents 1 The Jackson 5 1.1 Chart performance 1.1. 1 Weekly charts 1.1. 2 Year - end charts 2 Gloria Gaynor version 2.1 Chart performance 2.1. 1 Weekly charts 2.1. 2 Year - end charts 3 The Communards version 3.1 Charts 3.1. 1 Weekly charts 3.1. 2 Year - end charts 4 Isaac Hayes version 5 Other covers 6 Television, film, and stage performances 6.1 Glee 7 Samples and remixes 8 In popular culture 9 Personnel 9.1 The Jackson 5 9.2 Gloria Gaynor 10 References 11 External links The Jackson 5 The recording features 12 - year - old Michael Jackson singing a serious song about a love, with accompaniment from his brothers. Although such a record was unusual for a teenage group, `` Never Can Say Goodbye '' was a # 2 hit for three consecutive weeks on the Billboard Pop Singles chart, stuck behind Three Dog Night 's `` Joy to the World '' ( May 8 - May 22, 1971 ), and a # 1 hit on the Billboard Black Singles chart in the United States. In the United Kingdom, it reached # 33 on the UK Singles Chart. Notable televised performances of the song by the Jackson 5 ( and their newer incarnation, The Jacksons ) include : The Flip Wilson Show, November 4, 1971 - this recording appears on the 2009 Jackson 5 CD I Want You Back ! Unreleased Masters One More Time ( Jackson 5 TV special ), January 10, 1974 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, April 4, 1974 Cher, March 16, 1975 The Jacksons, July 7, 1976 Motown 25 : Yesterday, Today, Forever, May 16, 1983 In addition, the song appeared on the animated TV show The Jackson 5ive in the episode `` A Rare Pearl '', which aired on January 15, 1972. This version appears in the 1994 movie Crooklyn and on the second volume of its soundtrack album. Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1971 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard R&B US Cash Box Top 100 Australia Kent Music Report 77 Canada 14 UK 33 Year - end charts Chart ( 1971 ) Rank US Billboard Hot 100 40 US Cash Box 11 US R&B / Soul ( Billboard ) 9 Gloria Gaynor version `` Never Can Say Goodbye '' Single by Gloria Gaynor from the album Never Can Say Goodbye B - side `` We Just Ca n't Make It '' Released October 27, 1974 ( U.S. ) Format Vinyl record ( 7 '' 45 RPM ) Recorded Genre Disco soul Length 6 : 19 Label MGM Songwriter ( s ) Clifton Davis Producer ( s ) Jay Ellis Meco Monardo Tony Bongiovi Harold Wheeler Gloria Gaynor singles chronology `` Honey Bee '' ( 1974 ) `` Never Can Say Goodbye '' ( 1974 ) `` Reach Out, I 'll Be There '' ( 1975 ) A second major version, re-imagined as a disco record by Gloria Gaynor in 1974, was a # 9 hit on the U.S. Pop Singles chart and went to # 34 on the Soul Singles chart. The Gloria Gaynor version became one of the defining recordings of the disco era. Indeed, her version peaked at # 2 in the UK during January 1975, and # 3 in Canada, surpassing the Jackson Five 's original recording in those nations. Gaynor 's cover, released on MGM records, was produced by the Disco Corporation of America, a production company newly formed by Meco Monardo and Tony Bongiovi to which Gaynor was signed. Also working on this production were Jay Ellis and Harold Wheeler. Gaynor 's cover has the distinction of occupying the number - one spot on the first Dance / Disco chart to appear in Billboard magazine. Never Can Say Goodbye was also the title of Gaynor 's debut album on which the single appeared. Gaynor has re-recorded the song on more than one occasion, in increasingly fast tempos, and subsequent remixes have hit the dance charts. Gaynor 's version of the song was heard on the TV series Charmed ( `` That ' 70s Episode '' ), and is featured on the video game series Just Dance 2015. Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1974 -- 75 ) Peak position Australia Canada RPM Top Singles Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 7 Germany 13 Ireland ( IRMA ) Netherlands 6 South Africa ( Springbok Radio ) 8 UK U.S. Billboard Hot 100 9 U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 11 U.S. Billboard Dance / Disco U.S. Billboard R&B 34 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 8 Year - end charts Chart ( 1975 ) Rank Australia 25 Canada 50 Netherlands 73 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 71 U.S. Cash Box 79 The Communards version `` Never Can Say Goodbye '' Single by The Communards from the album Red B - side `` ' 77, The Great Escape '' ( 7 `` ) `` Tomorrow '' ( Remix ) ( U.S. 12 `` ) Released 1987 ( International release ) Format Vinyl record ( 7 '' 45 ) ( 12 '' single ) CD Maxi Single Recorded Genre Hi - NRG Length 4 : 30 ( 7 '' 45 RPM ) 4 : 53 ( Album Version ) 7 : 50 ( 12 '' single ) 7 : 50 and 5 : 35 ( CD Maxi single ) Label London ( UK ) / MCA Records ( U.S. ) / Metronome ( Germany ) Songwriter ( s ) Clifton Davis Producer ( s ) Stephen Hague Remix and additional production by Shep Pettibone The Communards singles chronology `` Tomorrow '' ( 1987 ) `` Never Can Say Goodbye '' ( 1987 ) `` For a Friend '' ( 1988 ) In 1987, British band The Communards had a hit with a Hi - NRG cover of the song, which was featured on their second album, Red. Their version reached # 2 in Ireland, # 4 in the UK Singles Chart, # 51 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and peaked at # 2 on the Billboard Hot Dance / Disco chart in the U.S. The group had reached # 1 on those charts covering another 1970s classic, `` Do n't Leave Me This Way '', in 1986. The cover was also a top 10 hit in several European countries and New Zealand. The Communards version was also featured in the episode `` Father 's Day '', which was set in 1987, in the first series of the revived Doctor Who. It also could be heard in the final episode of Whites, featuring a dance number by Stephen Wight and as the signature tune to the 2013 British comedy series Vicious. A music video was produced for this version of the song, directed by Andy Morahan. Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1987 -- 1988 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 13 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 6 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) France ( SNEP ) 9 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 6 Ireland ( IRMA ) Italy ( Hit Parade Italia ) 42 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 6 South Africa ( Springbok Radio ) 15 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 12 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 51 US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 1988 ) Position Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 84 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 62 Isaac Hayes version Isaac Hayes first recorded the song for his 1971 album Black Moses. Released as a single, this version reached # 5 on the Billboard R&B chart, # 19 on the Easy Listening chart, and # 22 on the Hot 100. Hayes re-recorded the tune for the soundtrack of the 2008 film Soul Men, in which he appears alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac. The film 's producers dedicated the 2008 version to both Mac and Hayes, who both died before the project was released. Other covers The song has been covered by many other artists, including Grant Green, Andy Williams, Junior Walker, The Supremes ( in 1971 ), Smokey Robinson ( in 1973 ), Cal Tjader, David T. Walker, The Sandpipers, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Johnny `` Hammond '' Smith, Herbie Mann, Yazz, Sheena Easton, Gerald Albright, Sonny & Cher, Westlife, The Impact of Brass and Matchstik `` The Mj Tribute ''. Guitarist Zachary Breaux covered it on his 1997 album, Uptown Groove, which was his final studio album released before his death, one month later after the album 's release. In 1998, Gloria Estefan included `` Never Can Say Goodbye '' as part of her `` 70 's Moment Medley '', recorded as a b - side for her single `` Do n't Let This Moment End ''. Other hits included in the medley were `` I Thought It Took a Little Time '', `` If I Ca n't Have You '', `` This Time Baby '' and `` Do n't Leave Me This Way ''. Vanessa Williams covered the song for her 2005 studio album Everlasting Love. Her version features George Benson. In 2008, pianist David Benoit recorded a version for his covers album Heroes and saxophonist Gerald Albright covered the song on the album Sax for Stax. In 2009, keyboardist Bob Baldwin along with guitarist Chuck Loeb covered the song from Bob 's album Lookin ' Back. In 2010, Singapore singer Olivia Ong recorded a cover on her album Olivia. Frank Ocean covered this song as a medley with `` Close To You '' during his Blonde Tour in Summer 2017. Television, film, and stage performances Nicole Kidman sings a few lines of the song in the animated film Happy Feet ( 2006 ) Will Ferrell sang the song on the first episode of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien Jorge Núñez sang the song on the top 13 show on American Idol season 8 The song is used in the Broadway musical Disaster. Glee Dianna Agron covered the song in 2012 during the eleventh episode of the third season of the American musical television series Glee, entitled `` Michael ''. The performance received mostly positive reviews. Jen Chaney of The Washington Post gave the song a `` B − '', and said it `` worked much better than every track that preceded it '' because it adapted the song to the show `` instead of trying to out - Jackson Jackson ''. Entertainment Weekly 's Joseph Brannigan Lynch called it `` a nice summation of her character 's journey, but not vocally impressive enough to justify listening to outside of the episode '' and gave it a `` B ''. Crystal Bell of HuffPost TV described it as a `` blah performance '', but Kate Stanhope of TV Guide said it was `` sweet and reflective ''. Erica Futterman of Rolling Stone wrote that it was `` a tune well - suited for Quinn 's sultry voice and the flipped meaning she gives the lyrics '', and TVLine 's Michael Slezak had a similar take : he gave it an `` A '' and called it a `` remarkably lovely fit '' for her voice. Samples and remixes The Neptunes remixed `` Never Can Say Goodbye '' on the 2009 Michael Jackson remix album The Remix Suite. Astro rapped over the song on a 2011 episode of The X Factor USA. In 2012, Wu - Tang Clan rapper Raekwon released his cover version of the song in which he raps over the instrumental. In popular culture While appearing on The Hollywood Squares Clifton Davis sang a bit of the song a capella and then was asked who wrote the song. His answer was `` I did '' to which the contestant agreed ( and was correct ). 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Question: who wrote never can say goodbye by the jackson 5
Answer: Clifton Davis