This was the song when I was a teenager. I admit by age 16, my taste in music shifted to the harder hip hop and other stuff. Looking back I remember this song being good. I heard it now and realize that this could have a bigger jam if promoted right.

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I agree with you this was a hit on R&B radio and it should have been HUGE and the ballad 2300 Jackson Street was another fav of mine from The Jacksons.

regcart said:

Yeah, back when the album was released this was my favourite. And it's a shame that the song and the album pretty much tanked. But actually I think "Art of madness" is the much better song.

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PatrickS77 said:

Yeah, back when the album was released this was my favourite. And it's a shame that the song and the album pretty much tanked. But actually I think "Art of madness" is the much better song.

LA & Babyface were popular then, so it made sense that Nothin' was released first. Sony didn't do much promo on the album although it was rumored at the time that Mike asked them to. It didn't help that Jermaine, Randy, & Jackie released solo albums at the same time and seemed put more focus into them, than in the group album. She got R&B radio play although I don't think it was a official single. But album tracks and B-sides were played on the radio back then. There was a video and a remix for Art Of Madness.

I don't know why, but watching this videos made me think of "Word to the badd" and how Jermaine disses Michael big time.

Besides, these songs aren't just weak, a weak attempt to do some kind of newswing. Sure they got the right beat for the time, but there's no spark. And at that time, they had people like Bobby Brown competing with them. bobby crushed them.

Maybe Michael's voice would lift these track to a higher level, but he didn't and so they tanked.

Face it, the Jackons couldn't make it without michael. and than Jermaine making a track saying Michael needed him. Jermaine needed Michael and this tracks show it.

Of course, now he has passed away, they are all over him....money money

I don't know anything about what went on in that family, but I can imagine there was a lot of jealousy going on.

I hate it wenn family members assume that when one of them is succesfull he will automaticly take all the others with him.

Janet made a carreer of her own. Why couldn't Jermaine do that? Damn, one sister calls you a paedofile and the other one disses you on a record. Big praise for Janet not to get involved in any of this drama.

It's just my opinion, but I just had to say this

robertlove said:

Janet made a carreer of her own. Why couldn't Jermaine do that?

Actually Jermaine has more solo albums (not counting compilations) than Michael & Janet.