[5] "The Love You Save" features side vocals of Jermaine Jackson singing alongside Michael in the final "Stop!

The song's lyrics feature Michael and Jermaine warning a "fast" girl to slow down and "stop!

", and the foot stomps that complement the rhythm during the latter part of the song are allusions to the 1965 number-one Motown single by the Supremes, "Stop!

[6] Taylor had shepherded them through their first couple of hits in L.A., but Gordy (according to Taylor) felt the material was too adult given the age of the performers, and like the remainder of the early Jackson 5 hits, "The Love You Save" was written and produced back in Detroit by the Corporation, a team comprising Motown chief Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell, and Deke Richards, and recorded in Los Angeles, away from the old Motown studio at Hitsville USA in Detroit, Michigan.

"[7] The song was covered by 90s American pop rock band Hanson on their demo album, Boomerang.