Michael Jackson, Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 19^th edition of Throwback Vibez (2024), we recollect and reflect on “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” by Michael Jackson. 

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace this column are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome. In the 19^th edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2024), we recollect and reflect on “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough”, performed by Michael Jackson.

“You know, I was / I was wondering, you know / If you could keep on / Because the force / It’s got a lot of power / And it make me feel like, ah / It make me feel like…ooh!” Ooh, indeed! Michael Jackson commences his 1979 album, Off The Wall, with a bang! “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” sets the tone for a magnificent album far overshadowed by Thriller which arrived three years later.  It should come as no surprise that “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” was one of 13 number one hits by Jackson on the pop charts.  This exuberant, jubilant disco joint spent just one week atop the Billboard Hot 100, but has been certified multiplatinum by the RIAA.  Likewise, Off The Wall, to date, has been certified platinum nine times – just shy of diamond status.   This infectious six minute joint was written by Jackson, while the iconic Quincy Jones produces.

“So, get closer (Closer now ) / To my body now / Just love me / ‘Til you don’t know how,” MJ sings spiritedly in the first verse. In the second, the young, once in a life time talent asserts, “So, let love take us through the hours / I won’t be complainin’ / ‘Cause this is love power.” Indeed, indeed, indeed! Love is a force on “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough,” hence why Jackson states in the infectious, rhythmic chorus, “Keep on with the force, don’t stop / Don’t stop ‘til you get enough.” Besides strong songwriting, and prodigious vocals, “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” also gives us a banging instrumental.  The groove is EVERYTHING! The rhythm section is in the pocket – locked in – while those winds and strings only up the ante.  Take one listen and you’re hooked to “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” which earned Jackson his first Grammy award for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male.  Also, the record was nominated for Best Disco Recording, but lost to… Gloria Gaylor for “I Will Survive”. Understandable!

🎙 Michael Jackson • 💿 Off the Wall • 🏷 MJJ Productions Inc. • 📅 1979

Michael Jackson, Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 19 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; MJJ Productions Inc.; OpenClipart-Vectors, Speedy McVroom via  Pixabay]