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 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 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). Personnel Written by Clifton Davis "Never Can Say Goodbye" was originally copyrighted on June 10, 1970 [EU0000187089] and then was copyrighted again on December 21, 1970 [EP0000281027]. The Jackson 5 Lead vocals: Michael Jackson Background vocals: Jackie Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jermaine Jackson and Marlon Jackson Produced by Hal Davis Instrumentation by various Los Angeles studio musicians including David T. Walker Gloria Gaynor Lead vocals: Gloria Gaynor Produced by the Disco Corporation of America (Meco Monardo, Tony Bongiovi, Jay Ellis producers; Harold Wheeler arranger) References External links Songs about parting 1971 singles 1971 songs 1974 singles 1987 singles Andy Williams songs Cashbox number-one singles The Communards songs Disco songs Gloria Gaynor songs Isaac Hayes songs The Jackson 5 songs London Records singles MCA Records singles Metronome Records singles MGM Records singles Motown singles Music videos directed by Andy Morahan Number-one singles in Spain Song recordings produced by Stephen Hague Song