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As his associates work to straighten out back pay and workers' comp issues at Neverland Valley Ranch, Michael Jackson apparently is this close to wrapping up a new song to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina.
"It is in the very last stages," Raymone Bain, the singer's spokeswoman, told me. "The record will be done."
In September 2005, eight days after the hurricane hit and three months after his "vindication" at the hands of outgoing District Attorney Tom Sneddon, the singer said he'd record a star-studded charity single called "From the Bottom of My Heart."
"It pains me to watch the human suffering taking place in the Gulf region of my country," he said in a written statement at the time.
Well, weeks turned to months and there was still no single. Observers found it odd that the King of Spin, now in self-imposed exile in Bahrain, would take so long to record a single.
They also scoffed when it was revealed that some of the original people touted as participants seemed to distance themselves from the project -- or say they were never part of it to begin with.
Since the original announcement, Bain has come out several other times to say the single was coming along, but now it seems closer than ever.
Then came word from the singer's new business partner, Sheik Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa, that everything was A-OK.
"The record is coming along great," he told The Associated Press' Linda Deutsch. "We've been taking our time to perfect it and mix it."
The public are not the only people waiting to hear the song.
"We were wondering whether or not it was ever coming out," Andy Gibson, co-manager of the O'Jays, told the AP at the time. "They recorded their part of it two or three months ago."
One thing that might have slowed the process is the way in which it was recorded. Apparently artists contributed via satellite.
When I asked Bain exactly why the thing is taking so long, she reminded me of the sheik's comments, and added: "Michael is a perfectionist."
And while a release date has not been set, Bain confirmed the song does have a new title: "I Have This Dream."
She also said "two or three" of the original artists who were supposed to take part but didn't for scheduling and other reasons, are back.
She provided no names, but, in addition to the O'Jays, some of the artists said to have contributed tracks are Snoop Dogg, Ciara, Jermaine Jackson and the Rev. Shirley Caesar.
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