One Day in Your Life (album)

1981 compilation album by Michael Jackson

One Day in Your Life

Compilation album by

Michael Jackson

Released| March 25, 1981
Recorded| May 1973 – December 1974 (North American version)
July 1971 – December 1974 (UK version)
Length| 33:58
Label| Motown
Michael Jackson chronology
| Off the Wall
(1979)  | One Day in Your Life
(1981)  | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
(1982)

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Singles from  One Day in Your Life

1. "One Day in Your Life"
Released: March 20, 1981
2. "We're Almost There"
Released: July 20, 1981 (UK)[1]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]

One Day in Your Life is a compilation released by Michael Jackson's former record label Motown Records, consisting of both solo and Jackson 5 tracks recorded with Motown, and released on March 25, 1981.[3] It was the first Jackson album released in the 1980s. Most of the tracks are from Jackson's fourth studio album, Forever, Michael (1975). The other songs were taken from Jackson 5 releases to pad the album's running time. Motown later admitted that the album was just a quick cash grab generated from the success of Jackson's Off the Wall (1979).[4]

The compilation's title track, which had already been released on Forever Michael in 1975, was released as a single and became a worldwide hit, especially in the United Kingdom, where it became Jackson's first number-one hit as a solo artist.

## Track listing

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Tracks listed according to Discogs.[5]

US  | UK  | Song  | Writer  | Album  | Length

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1 | 1 | "One Day in Your Life" | Sam Brown III, Renée Armand | Forever, Michael (1975) | 4:12
2 | 4 | "Don't Say Goodbye Again" | Pam Sawyer, Leon Ware | G.I.T.: Get It Together (1973) | 3:22
3 | 3 | "You're My Best Friend, My Love" | Brown, Christine Yarian | Joyful Jukebox Music (1976) | 3:23
4 | 5 | "Take Me Back" | Edward Holland Jr., Brian Holland | Forever, Michael | 3:22
5 |  | "We've Got Forever" | Elliot Willensky | Forever, Michael | 3:09
6 | 6 | "It's Too Late to Change the Time" | Sawyer, Ware | G.I.T.: Get It Together | 3:53
7 | 8 | "You Are There" | Randy Meitzenheimer, Yarian | Forever, Michael | 3:20
8 | 10 | "Dear Michael" | Hal Davis, Willensky | Forever, Michael | 2:33
9 | 12 | "I'll Come Home to You" | Freddie Perren, Yarian | Forever, Michael | 3:00
10 |  | "Make Tonight All Mine"  | Perren, Yarian | Joyful Jukebox Music | 3:18
| 2 | "We're Almost There" | Holland, Holland, Jr. | Forever, Michael | 3:42
| 7 | "We've Got a Good Thing Going" | The Corporation | Ben (1972) | 2:59
| 9 | "Doggin' Around" | Lena Agree | Music & Me (1973) | 2:52
| 11 | "Girl Don't Take Your Love From Me" | Willie Hutch | Got to Be There (1972) | 3:46

## Charts

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### Weekly charts

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Chart (1981)  | Peak
position

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UK Albums (OCC)[6] | 29
US Billboard Top LPs & Tape[7] | 144
US Cashbox Top Albums[8] | 133

## References

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1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 26.
2. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r10084
3. ^ Chris Cadman; Craig Halstead (2002). Michael Jackson: --the Early Years. Authors on Line. ISBN 978-0-7552-0064-1.
4. ^ Mark Bego (1984). Michael.
5. ^ "Michael Jackson – One Day in Your Life (1981, Vinyl)". Discogs.
6. ^ "Michael Jackson | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
7. ^ "Michael Jackson Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
8. ^ "Top 100 Pop Albums" (PDF). Cashbox. p. 39. Retrieved July 21, 2025.

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Studio albums|

* Got to Be There
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* Music & Me
* Forever, Michael
* Off the Wall
* Thriller
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Posthumous albums|

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Anniversary reissues|

* Thriller 25
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Remix albums|

* The Original Soul of Michael Jackson
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* The Stripped Mixes
* The Remix Suite

Soundtracks|

* The Wiz
* E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
* Michael Jackson's This Is It
* Immortal

Compilations|

* The Best of Michael Jackson
* One Day in Your Life
* 18 Greatest Hits
* Farewell My Summer Love
* Looking Back to Yesterday
* The Michael Jackson Mix
* 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Michael Jackson
* Love Songs
* Greatest Hits: HIStory Volume I
* Number Ones
* The Essential Michael Jackson
* King of Pop
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* Icon
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Box sets|

* Anthology
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* Visionary: The Video Singles
* The Motown Years
* The Collection
* Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection

Concert tours|

* Bad World Tour
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* This Is It (canceled)

Specials|

* Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
* Super Bowl XXVII halftime show
* MJ & Friends
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* United We Stand: What More Can I Give
* Live at the Apollo

Video albums|

* Dangerous: The Short Films
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* Number Ones
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* Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour
* Michael Jackson's Vision
* Live at Wembley July 16, 1988

Films|

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* Michael Jackson's This Is It

Television|

* Free to Be... You and Me
* The Jacksons
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* Michael Jackson Talks ... to Oprah
* Move Like Michael Jackson
* Living with Michael Jackson
* The Michael Jackson Interview: The Footage You Were Never Meant To See
* "The Jeffersons" (South Park)
* "Michael" (Glee)
* Michael Jackson's Halloween

Video games|

* Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
* The Experience
* Planet Michael
* Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2
* Sonic the Hedgehog 3
* Space Channel 5
* Space Channel 5: Part 2
* Dreamcast Collection

Books|

* Moonwalk
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Documentaries|

* The Life of an Icon
* Bad 25
* The Last Photo Shoots
* Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
* Square One: Michael Jackson
* Killing Michael Jackson
* Thriller 40

Biographical films|

* The Jacksons: An American Dream (miniseries)
* Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story
* Searching for Neverland
* Michael

Stage shows|

* Thriller – Live
* Michael Forever – The Tribute Concert
* The Immortal World Tour
* Motown: The Musical
* One
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Personal life|

* Health and appearance
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* Paris Jackson
* Lisa Marie Presley
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Death|

* Memorial service
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Influence|

* Moonwalk
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* Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni
* Thrill the World
* Thriller viral video
* World Vitiligo Day
* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Ulala
* Impersonators
* Michael Jackson fandom
* On the Wall
* Heal the World Foundation

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* The Jackson 5
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* Jackson 5ive
* Estate of Michael Jackson
* Thriller jacket
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* The Magic and the Madness
* Michael Jackson and Bubbles
* MJ Gallery at Ponte 16
* "We Had Him"
* You Are Not Alone
* Michael Jackson, Inc.
* Hayvenhurst
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* Thriller Villa
* The MJCast
* Northern Songs
* Sony/ATV Music Publishing
* Mijac Music
* Bubbles
* Peter Pan syndrome
* Mister Lonely
* We Are the World
* Mind Is the Magic: Anthem for the Las Vegas Show
* Never Can Say Goodbye: The Music of Michael Jackson
* Rava on the Dance Floor
* Unity: The Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson
* "Better on the Other Side"
* "Home"
* "Eat It"
* "Fat"
* Return of the Moonwalker
* Monument to Michael Jackson (film)
* Sheikh Jackson
* The Last Days of Michael Jackson
* Neverland Firsthand: Investigating the Michael Jackson Documentary
* Michael Jackson: Chase the Truth
* MJ (album)

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