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"Show You the Way to Go"
Side A of US vinyl single
Single bythe Jacksons
from the albumThe Jacksons
B-side	"Blues Away"
Released	March 1977 (US)[1]
Recorded	1976
Studio	Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[2]
Genre	Philadelphia soul R&B[3]
Length	3:24 Single/5:30 LP Version
Label	Epic,Philadelphia International
Songwriter(s)	Gamble and Huff
Producer(s)	Gamble and Huff
The Jacksons singles chronology
"Enjoy Yourself" (1976) "Show You the Way to Go" (1977) "Goin' Places" (1977)

"Show You the Way to Go" is a song written byGamble and Huff and recorded bythe Jacksons for their 1976 CBS debut album,The Jacksons. Released as a single in early 1977, it was the only number-one song for the group in theUK.^[4] It was later covered byDannii Minogue in 1992.

"Show You the Way to Go" became a hit forthe Jacksons, (formerly known as "The Jackson 5") after their departure fromMotown nearly two years prior. The move made it easy for the brothers to write and produce their own material. They spent a couple of years under the production and direction ofGamble and Huff and were signed toPhiladelphia International Records. This was one of the songs that the producers wrote for the brothers.

This song was released after "Enjoy Yourself," released a year earlier.Michael sang lead and background vocals.Marlon Jackson, and the rest of the brothers (Randy having replacedJermaine) had backup parts. The song reached No. 6USBillboardR&Bchart, No. 28 USBillboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on theUK Singles Chart.^[5] After recording the albumGoin' Places in 1977, the Jacksons leftPhiladelphia International forEpic.

Record World called it "a smooth ballad" and said "There's only one way for this one to go, and that's up the chart."^[6]

The single'sB-side was "Blues Away", which was the first songMichael Jackson wrote entirely himself.

• Lead vocals byMichael Jackson
• Background vocals byMichael Jackson,Tito Jackson,Marlon Jackson,Jackie Jackson andRandy Jackson
• Instruments byTito Jackson,Randy Jackson,MFSB

"Show You the Way to Go"
Single byDannii Minogue
from the albumGet into You
Released	20 July 1992 (1992-07-20)[11]
Genre	R&B dance-pop
Length	4:21
Label	Mushroom MCA
Songwriter(s)	Kenny Gamble Leon Huff
Producer(s)	Bruce Forest Andy Whitmore
Dannii Minogue singles chronology
"I Don't Wanna Take This Pain" (1991) "Show You the Way to Go" (1992) "Love's on Every Corner" (1992)

Australian singerDannii Minogue's version of "Show You the Way to Go" was produced by Bruce Forest andAndy Whitmore and was the first single released from her second album,Get into You (1993). In 1992, it appeared on theNME charity albumRuby Trax, before being remixed and released as a single, reaching No. 30 on theUK Singles Chart in August of that year.^[12]

Larry Flick fromBillboard named 'Show You the Way to Go' "her strongest single to date", noting that it "sports a rich, soul-splashedhouse groove and a nicely matured vocal by Dannii."^[13] Alan Jones fromMusic Week described the song as "bright, breezy and inconsequential".^[14] Andrew Perry fromSelect said "an especially lifeless cover of 'Show You the Way to Go' will no doubt follow 'This Is It' into the Top 20".^[15]

• UK CD single

1. "Show You the Way to Go" (7-inch version)
2. "Success" (E-Smoove Groovy 12-inch)
3. "Show You the Way to Go" (extended version)
4. "Success" (Maurice's dub)

• Australian cassette single (C16040)

1. "Show You the Way to Go" (7-inch version)
2. "Success" (E-Smoove Groovy 12-inch)

• Australian CD single (D16040)

1. "Show You the Way to Go" (7-inch version)
2. "Success" (E-Smoove Groovy 12-inch)
3. "Show You the Way to Go" (extended version)

• UK cassette single

1. "Show You the Way to Go" (7-inch version)
2. "Show You the Way to Go" (dub)

• Ruby Trax (Disc one, track 9)

1. "Show You the Way to Go" (Eron Irving Remix)

• DanniiMusic.com - official website
• The Jacksons - Show You the Way to Go onYouTube
• Dannii Minogue - Show You the Way to Go onYouTube

• 1976 songs
• 1977 singles
• 1992 singles
• The Jackson 5 songs
• Dannii Minogue songs
• UK singles chart number-one singles
• Songs written by Kenny Gamble
• Songs written by Leon Huff
• Epic Records singles
• Philadelphia International Records singles
• MCA Records singles

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