Destiny
Released: December 18, 1978
Recorded: 1977 through 1978
Length: 41:00
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Album Details
Track Listing
Blame It On The Boogie
Push Me Away
Things I Do For You
Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
Destiny
Bless His Soul
All Night Dancin'
That's What You Get (For Being Polite)
Album Singles
Blame It On The Boogie — September 8, 1978
Destiny — January 1979
Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) — February 12, 1979
Album Summary
Destiny is the thirteenth studio album released by American band The Jacksons, recorded in part at Dawnbreaker Studios in San Fernando, California. It was released on December 18, 1978 on Epic Records and CBS Records. The album would eventually sell over four million copies worldwide, two million in America during its initial run and another two million worldwide. The album marked the first time in the band's career in which they had complete artistic control, and was also the first album produced by the brothers who promoted it with a year-long world tour.
In honor of its 30th anniversary, Destiny, including two bonus tracks of rare 12" disco remixes previously unavailable on CD, was released on January 27, 2009, on Epic/Legacy, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Both unreleased tracks were mixed by John Luongo. It was reissued again in digital format on February 12, 2021 in a release including The Jacksons and Goin' Places.
Album Editions
Original
Released October 18, 1977
Music
Blame It On The Boogie
Push Me Away
Things I Do For You
Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
Destiny
Bless His Soul
All Night Dancin'
That's What You Get (For Being Polite)
Edition Notes: Available on LP, 8-Track, cassette, CD and digital.
30th Anniversary
Released 2008
Music
Blame It On The Boogie
Push Me Away
Things I Do For You
Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
Destiny
Bless His Soul
All Night Dancin'
That's What You Get (For Being Polite)
Blame It On The Boogie (John Luongo Disco Remix)
Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) (John Luongo Disco Remix)
Edition Notes: Available exclusively on CD. Reissued in 2016 on Blu-spec CD2 in Japan.
Expanded Version
Released February 11, 2021
Music
Blame It On The Boogie
Push Me Away
Things I Do For You
Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
Destiny
Bless His Soul
All Night Dancin'
That's What You Get (For Being Polite)
Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)" (7" Version)
Destiny (7" Version)
Blame It On The Boogie (John Luongo Disco Remix)
Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) (John Luongo Disco Remix)
That's What You Get (For Being Polite) (12" Version)
That's What You Get (For Being Polite) (DJ Reverend P. Edit)
Edition Notes: Available exclusively on digital.
Short Films
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Blame It On The Boogie
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Premiered: 1978
A promotional music video by The Jacksons was created for Blame It On The Boogie in 1978. The video, featuring the group's members dancing on a black background, relied heavily on electronic trail effects, created at Image West, Ltd. using then-cutting edge equipment: the Scanimate analog computer system and a Quantel DFS 3000 digital framestore. The video also appears on the bonus disc of Michael Jackson's Vision DVD box set.