"1974 singles" . . "Never Can Say Goodbye" . "false"^^ . "Harold Wheeler (musician)" . . "124893"^^ . "Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs number-one singles" . "Jon Bon Jovi" . . . "USK4W0729432" . "MCA Records" . . "Disco songs" . "Shep Pettibone" . "Hal Davis" . "MGM Records" . "TRTCWJH128EF34DD35" . "Song recordings produced by Stephen Hague" . "Yazz songs" . "Never Can Say Goodbye" . "190000.0"^^ . . "June 1970" . "5714dee825ac0d8aee5438c2" . . "english" . "1971 singles" . . . "Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles" . "true"^^ . "5999718" . "true"^^ . "-0.0219818"^^ . "7"^^ . "0"^^ . "Motown" . "1971-03-16"^^ . "-0.544107"^^ . "The Jackson 5 songs" . "Clifton Davis" . "Song recordings produced by Tony Bongiovi" . "Andy Williams songs" . "Singles certified silver by the Syndicat National de l'\u00C9dition Phonographique" . "6923215f-a777-4c6c-be54-eabc1e940172" . "Isaac Hayes songs" . "Stephen Hague" . "The Communards songs" . "Hitsville West, Los Angeles, CA" . "London Records" . "321401" . "1974-11-13"^^ . "2008-01-15"^^ . "%22Never Can Say Goodbye%22 is a song written by Clifton Davis and originally recorded by The Jackson 5. The song was originally written and intended for the Supremes to record; however Motown decided the song would be better for the Jackson 5. Released as a single in 1971, it was one of the group's most successful songs. The song has been covered numerous times, most notably in 1974 by disco diva Gloria Gaynor and in 1987 by British pop group The Communards." . "1971 songs" . "1974" . . "eng" . "1987 singles" . "Gramophone record" . . "Meco" . . "Songs written by Clifton Davis" . "Gloria Gaynor songs" .