# Rockin' Robin: Bobby Day or The Jackson 5? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 12, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockin-robin-bobby-day-or-the-jackson-5/524714 "2010-01-12T21:45:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockin-robin-bobby-day-or-the-jackson-5/524714/1 "2010-01-12T21:45:23Z")
Youtube of Bobby Day [here.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmBmD3s-R9s) Youtube of Jackson 5 [here.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4VCUbL7jsc) Which do you prefer? I’m partial to Day’s version even though I’m closer to Michael Jackson’s age. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockin-robin-bobby-day-or-the-jackson-5/524714/2 "2010-01-12T21:46:54Z")
Michael Jackson! I’m a huge fan of his so I might be biased. Nitpick, wasn’t this released as just an MJ solo hit, as opposed to a Jackson 5 song? Though they may have performed on the track and I’m assuming from that link that they performed it live together, too. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockin-robin-bobby-day-or-the-jackson-5/524714/3 "2010-01-12T21:50:31Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Michael Jackson! I’m a huge fan of his so I might be biased. Nitpick, wasn’t this released as just an MJ solo hit, as opposed to a Jackson 5 song? Though they may have performed on the track and I’m assuming from that link that they performed it live together, too. I’m not sure. It’s on my “Michael Jackson’s Greatest Hits” CD but so are some obvious J5 songs like “ABC” and “Stop the Love You Save May Be Your Own.” Yes, the link has the group’s rendition. Off topic: I’m surprised that you could answer and reply to the poll while I was still previewing. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockin-robin-bobby-day-or-the-jackson-5/524714/4 "2010-01-12T21:57:20Z")
I think the thread posts before the poll because the poll wasn’t there until just now. And I just voted–the first vote for the Jackson 5! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockin-robin-bobby-day-or-the-jackson-5/524714/5 "2010-01-12T22:08:11Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > …Nitpick, wasn’t this released as just an MJ solo hit, as opposed to a Jackson 5 song? Correct it was. _Got To Be There_ (#4), _Rockin’ Robin_ (#2) and _Ben_ (#1) were Michael Jackson’s solo top ten hits till he released the album _Off The Wall_ Bobby Day took _Rockin’ Robin_ to #2 as well. Both songs were #2 for two weeks so they were pretty much a tie, except Day’s version charted on the R&B charts at #3 and Jackson’s didn’t chart there. I think Jackson’s voice suited the song better. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockin-robin-bobby-day-or-the-jackson-5/524714/6 "2010-01-12T22:16:33Z")
I prefer [this version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvIFBeRy8U0). ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockin-robin-bobby-day-or-the-jackson-5/524714/7 "2010-01-12T22:35:56Z")
They both stink, but the Michael Jackson version is more annoying. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockin-robin-bobby-day-or-the-jackson-5/524714/8 "2010-01-13T19:06:26Z")
I prefer the original. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockin-robin-bobby-day-or-the-jackson-5/524714/9 "2010-01-14T00:54:33Z")
When you’re my age(65), it’s no contest. What you heard when it first came out is the one you remember forever.