"Blame It on the Boogie" is a song released in 1978 by English singer-songwriter Mick Jackson. It has been covered by numerous other artists, including The Jacksons. The song was performed on Musikladen (January 1979), Aplauso (February 1979), Sonja's Goed Nieuws Show (2 February 1979) and ABBA Special: Disco in the Snow Part 1 (18 February 1979). Background The song was co-authored by Mick Jackson (credited as Michael George Jackson-Clarke) as well as Mick's brother David Jackson and Elmar Krohn. Although Mick Jackson recorded the song in 1977, "Blame It on the Boogie" was written in hopes of being sold to Stevie Wonder. The two versions of the song were widely released by the artists' respective labels - Warner Bros. and CBS - within one day of each other. Mick Jackson's track was showcased in 1978 at Midem where, according to Mick Jackson, "The Jacksons' manager [Peter Kerstin] heard the track being played...and took a tape recording of it...back to the States [where] the Jacksons quickly recorded a version so it would be out before mine." The Mick Jackson recording was released by Atlantic Records in the US in August 1978 when it reached #61, and #15 in the UK. According to Michael Jackson of the Jacksons, Bobby Colomby, who was producing the Jacksons' Destiny album, brought the group "Blame It on the Boogie". "It was an uptempo, finger-poppin'-time type song that was a good vehicle for the band approach we wanted to cultivate. I had fun slurring the chorus: [the lyric] 'Blame It on the Boogie' could be sung in one breath without putting my lips together." Record World praised Michael Jackson's "silky vocals and energetic youthful delivery." Personnel Michael Jackson – lead vocals, rhythm arrangements Jackie Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Randy Jackson – background vocals, rhythm arrangements Tito Jackson – guitar, background vocals, vocal arrangements John Luongo – mixing Don Murray – engineer Bobby Colomby, Mike Atkinson – executive producer Additional musicians Roland Bautista, Michael Sembello – guitar Nathan Watts, Gary King – bass guitar Greg Phillinganes – keyboards, rhythm arrangements Rick Marotta – drums, percussion Laudir de Oliveira, Claudio Slon – percussion (congas) Jerry Hey – horn arrangements Chart records Despite the Mick Jackson original reaching a No. 61 peak on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1978, Epic Records that month released the Jacksons' version of "Blame It on the Boogie" as the advance single from the