Ben
Michael Jackson
1972
Earliest retained annual association for this catalog identity; original release year not independently established.
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More by this artistEditorial Motown-family recording selection; not an official all-time chart.
Release: 1972
Release: 1972Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The label-owned chronology explicitly dates the original solo release, not the later compilation.
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Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1972.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
uDiscover Music / Universal Music: The Definitive Collection chronology
Explicitly dates the original solo releases Got to Be There to 1971, and Ben and I Wanna Be Where You Are to 1972. The 2009 compilation and 2026 reissue dates are not used.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
The movie of the same name about a boy and his rat
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1972.html, song-list position 107
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Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1972 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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