Ben (song)

"Ben" was a number-one hit recording by teenaged Michael Jackson for the Motown label in 1972. The song, the theme of a 1972 film of the same name, spent one week at the top of the U.S. charts, preceded by "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me" by Mac Davis and followed by "My Ding-a-Ling" by Chuck Berry. It also reached number seven in the United Kingdom.

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Michael Jackson - Motown - 1972 - Mac Davis - My Ding-a-Ling - Chuck Berry - United Kingdom

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The song became the first of thirteen number-one pop hits for Jackson in the United States and his first number one as a solo artist.

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Pop - United States

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Later included on Jackson's album of the same name, "Ben" won a Golden Globe for Best Song and was even nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.

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Album of the same name - Golden Globe - Academy Award - Best Original Song

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