Let's Get Serious (song)
| "Let's Get Serious" | ||||
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| Single by Jermaine Jackson | ||||
| from the album Let's Get Serious | ||||
| B-side | "Je Vous Aime Beaucoup (I Love You)" | |||
| Released | March 7, 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1979 | |||
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| Length | 8:05 (album version) 3:33 (single version) | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Stevie Wonder | |||
| Jermaine Jackson singles chronology | ||||
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"Let's Get Serious" is a song written by Lee Garrett and Stevie Wonder and the title track to Jermaine Jackson's 1980 Motown album of the same name. Released as a single, it became Jackson's first number-one R&B hit and second top-ten pop hit. It also reached the top ten in the UK. The recording was produced by Stevie Wonder, who also provided vocals for the track.
It was ranked number one on the Billboard soul chart for the year in 1980, edging out brother Michael's Platinum-certified mega-hit "Rock with You", which ranked at number two.
The Spanish version is titled "Seamos Serios" with the translation of the lyrics by Jose Silva and it is the only song Jermaine Jackson recorded in Spanish.