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"I Want You Back" is a Jackson 5 cover by the Victorious cast featuring Victoria Justice, Ariana Grande, Leon Thomas III, and Elizabeth Gillies. The song was featured in the Victorious two-part special "Locked Up!".


Background[]

The song was originally performed by the teen group The Jackson 5 in 1969. It was performed in the second season two-part Victorious special "Locked Up!", which premiered July 30th, 2011. "I Want You Back" is performed by the whole cast of the television show, which only Victoria Justice, Ariana Grande, Leon Thomas III, and Liz Gillies had solos, as their respective roles. The performance features the actors stuck in a Yerbanian prison and performing the song to the Chancellor as part of their plan to escape and get back to the US.

It is also featured on the series 2011 soundtrack, Victorious (Music from the Hit TV Show).[1]

Videos[]

Lyrics[]

Victoria:
Huh, ohhh whoa.
Let me tell you now, ooooh.
Everyone else:
Ooooh

Victoria:
When I had you to myself
I didn't want you around
Those pretty faces always made you
Stand out in a crowd
But someone picked you from the bunch
One glance was all it took
Now it's much too late for me
Everyone:
To take a second look

Victoria:
Oh, baby give me one chance
Everyone else:
To show you that I love you
Victoria:
Won't you please let me
Everyone else:
Back in your heart?
Victoria:
Oh, darling I was blind to let you go
Everyone else:
Let you go, baby
Victoria:
But now since I see you in his arms
Everyone else:
I want you back
Victoria:
Yes, I do now
Everyone else:
I want you back
Victoria:
Ooh ooh baby
Everyone else:
I want you back
Victoria:
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Everyone else:
I want you back
Victoria:
Nah nah nah nah

Tryin' to live without your love
Is one long sleepless night
Let me show you girl
That I know wrong from right
Every street you walk on
I leave tear stains on the ground
Followin' the girl I didn't even want around
Let me tell now

Oh, baby, all I need is one more chance
Everyone else:
To show you that I love you
Victoria:
Won't you please let me
Everyone else:
Back in your heart?
Victoria:
Oh, darling I was blind to let you go
Everyone else:
Let you go, baby
Victoria:
But now since I see you in his arms
Ohh

Leon:
Bum bum bum bum-bum bum bum bum
Everyone but Ariana:
A bum bum bum bum bum
Ariana:
All I want
Everyone else:
A bum bum bum bum bum
Ariana:
All I need
Everyone else:
A bum bum bum bum bum
Ariana:
All I want
Everyone else:
A bum bum bum bum bum
Ariana:
All I need!

Leon:
Oh! Just one more chance
To show you that I love you
Baby
Ariana:
Baby! (baby)
Baby! (baby)
Ooh, I want you back!
Liz:
Forget what happened next!
Everyone else:
I want you back
Leon:
Let me live again!

Victoria:
Oh, darling I was blind
To let you go, oooh!
But now since I see you
In his arms
Everyone else:
I want you back
Liz:
Spare me of this cause!
Leon:
And give me back what I want!
Victoria:
Oh, baby I need one more chance, ha!
And show you that I love you
Leon:
Baby
Ariana:
Oh!
Leon:
Baby
Ariana:
Oh!
Leon:
Baby
Ariana:
Oh!
Everyone:
I want you back (x5)

References[]

Covers

(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural WomanABCAll I Want for Christmas Is YouAstonishingBaby, It's Cold OutsideBe AlrightBeautifulBeauty and the BeastBleeding LoveBorn This Way/Express YourselfBring Me To LifeCalifornia Gurls / Tik TokChestnutsClose To YouDiamonds Are A Girl's Best FriendDie in Your ArmsDon't Dream It's OverDon't Look Back in AngerDon't You (Forget About Me)EmotionsFourFiveSecondsGimme Some Lovin'Girls Just Want to Have FunGrenadeHave Yourself A Merry Little ChristmasHide and SeekHopelessly Devoted To YouHurtI Believe In You And MeI Get CrazyI Have NothingI Wanna Dance With SomebodyI Want You BackI Won't Say I'm In LoveI'm Every Woman/VogueIf I Ain't Got YouIf I Were A BoyJust For NowLady MarmaladeListenLove On TopLove The Way You LieLovin' YouMo Money Mo ProblemsMy Favorite ThingsMy Heart Belongs To DaddyNo More Tears (Enough Is Enough)Nothing Is Too Wonderful to Be TrueO Holy NightOnly Girl (In the World)Pink + WhitePrivate PartyRaindrops (An Angel Cried)ReflectionRespectRolling In The DeepSeasons Of LoveSexual HealingSigned, Sealed, Delivered, I'm YoursSleigh RideSomeone Like YouSomewhere Over The RainbowSorrySoundtrack To TitanicStill HurtingSuddenly FrankieSweet LifeTake CareTearin' Up My HeartTeenage DreamThe Heart of the MatterThe Sweetest SoundsThe Way I AreThe Wizard And IThem ChangesThere's HopeThinkin Bout YouUnderstandUnwrittenVideoViennaWhere Is The Love?Where The Boys AreWhitney Houston MedleyZero To Hero

Victorious
Cast
Ariana GrandeAvan JogiaDaniella MonetElizabeth GilliesLeon Thomas IIIMatt BennettVictoria Justice
Songs
Don't You (Forget About Me)Five Fingaz To the FaceGive It UpI Think You're SwellI Want You BackIt's Not Christmas Without YouL.A. BoyzLeave It All to ShineMake It In AmericaShut Up And Dance
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