Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back" (Z-Trip remix)

from Motown Remixed

I think before I die I should put together a list of the 25 songs I don't feel like I could live without. Or something like that - "awesomely good" Consider it the beat, the harmonies or Michael's ability to marry his vocals with his brothers, but "I Want You Back" is just one of the best songs ever conceived. It's the true definition of ass-shaking funk and somehow I thought a remiss of this song - sanctioned by Motown Records, no less - would considerably rock an already undeniably rock-house song.

I was sort of wrong.

It's not that Z-Trip's (whoever that may be) remix is decidedly lacking, because you could definitely party to it. But by deconstructing the song just a tiniest bit, you lose the sense of why your butt was hopping in the first place. There's a beat, but it's not as addictive as the original. And Michael's power gets lost in the bass-heavy beat, kind of losing touch with its 1970s origins.

3/5
original: 5/5