Composition
Musically "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" is credited as a disco-funk-pop song. The song's full length on Off The Wall is just over 6 minutes. "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" introduced Jackson's falsetto voice and vocal hiccups, which would become one of Jackson's signature vocals. Along with Jackson's vocal hiccups, Jackson voice in the song was described as having vocal tics—from the hiccups, a "grunt", and "the 'oho!'". "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" is played in the key of B major and in common time signature. In the song, Jackson's voice range is from G#3 to F#5. Instruments for "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" are a 6 piece horn section (2 trumpets, alto sax, tenor sax, trombone, and baritone sax), and 2 guitars, keyboards, bass, drums, and percussion. The song's tempo is upbeat and its metronome is 112 beats per minute. "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" begins with Jackson speaking, before singing the song's lyrics'.
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