I Can't Help It

"I Can't Help It"Song by Michael Jackson
General information
Released	August 10, 1979
Recorded	December 1978-June 1979
Studio	Allen Zentz Recording (rhythm tracks and vocals) Cherokee Studios (strings)
Genre	Disco, funk
Length	4:29
Album	Off the Wall
Label	Epic Records
Writer(s)	Stevie Wonder Susaye Greene
Producer(s)	Quincy Jones
Track list
Previous	"She's Out of My Life"
Next	"It's the Falling In Love"
Music video

"I Can't Help It" is a song by Michael Jackson released as the eighth track from the Off the Wall album and serves as a B-side to the "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" single and later for the "Bad" single. The song was written by Stevie Wonder and is the first collaboration between him and Jackson after the latter joined Epic Records.

Audio

The first demo leaked along with multitrack for it in 2015. Notably, this version is much more up-tempo than the final incarnation. The second demo, more similar to the released recording, leaked after Brad Sundberg's laptop got stolen on January 27, 2023.

• Demo 1 - ( listen)
• Demo 2 - ( listen)

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Looking in my mirror
Took me by surprise
I can't help but see you
Running often through my mind
Helpless like a baby
Sensual disguise
I can't help but love you
It's getting better all the time

[Chorus]
I can't help it if I wanted to
I wouldn't help it even if I could
I can't help it if I wanted to
I wouldn't help it, no
I can't help it if I wanted to
I wouldn't help it even if I could
I can't help it if I wanted to
I wouldn't help it, no

[Verse 2]
Love to run my fingers
Softly while you sigh
Love came and possessed you
Bringing sparkles to your eyes
Like a trip to Heaven
Heaven is the prize
And I'm so glad I found you, yeah
You're an angel in disguise

[Chorus]
I can't help it if I wanted to
I wouldn't help it even if I could
I can't help it if I wanted to
I wouldn't help it, no
I can't help it if I wanted to
I wouldn't help it even if I could
I can't help it if I wanted to
I wouldn't help it, no

[Post-Chorus]
And I'm so glad I found you, yeah
You're an angel in disguise

[Chorus]
I can't help it if I wanted to
I wouldn't help it even if I could
I can't help it if I wanted to
I wouldn't help it, no
I can't help it if I wanted to
I wouldn't help it even if I could
I can't help it if I wanted to
I wouldn't help it, no
I can't help it if I wanted to
I wouldn't help it even if I could
I can't help it if I wanted to
Wouldn't help it, no, no
I can't help it if I wanted to
I wouldn't help it even if I could
I can't help it if I wanted to
Wouldn't help it, no, no, no