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Published by AuthorsOnLine Ltd.
Provisional publication date: March 2007
Michael Jackson first entered a recording studio in November 1967, just three months after his ninth birthday. Two years later he and his older brothers scored their first hit, I Want You Back – and, despite set-backs that would have ended the career of a lesser man, Michael’s legion of fans remain as loyal today as they have ever been.
The aim of this book is to document the many songs Michael has been involved with over the years – as singer, as writer, as producer, or simply as the inspiration or subject. The songs are listed numerically and alphabetically, and each listing includes the artist, release date and connection to Michael, together with other interesting information.
We have used a number of sources in compiling this book. The starting point, naturally, was the officially released singles and albums by Michael and his brothers, not forgetting the numerous collaborations he has been involved with over the years.
Many unreleased songs Michael has written or co-written have been registered – most commonly by his music company Mijac Music – with one or more professional bodies, including:
The United States Copyright Office.
The Songwriters Hall of Fame.
The American performing rights organisation, BMI.
The American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers.
The Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd.
EMI Music Publishing
Michael has name-checked numerous songs he has written or co-written in copyright court cases – most notably, in Mexico in 1993. All these titles are detailed, as are the poems – but not the reflections – featured in Michael’s 1992 book of poems and reflections, Dancing The Dream. We have also included and detailed:
Official remixes.
Notable demo versions.
Cover versions & other hit versions.
Notable adaptations and tracks, especially hits, which have sampled a Jackson or Jackson-related song.
We recognise we have not included every demo version or every cover version or every song to sample one of Michael’s recordings – to do so would be impossible.
Every song Michael has ever been involved with recording surely exists – or once existed – in at least one, and probably numerous, demo versions. The vast majority of these will never be heard and it would serve no purpose to simply mention ‘demo version exists’, for every title listed. Therefore, we have only detailed demos that have been officially or unofficially released, or where interesting facts about the demo are known.
Numerous unofficial remixes also exist – again, for the most part, we have made no attempt to detail these.
We are indebted to a number of contacts, who shall remain nameless, who have confirmed the existence of numerous unreleased songs – for example, one contact has in his possession some rare, unreleased Motown demo tracks, and a list of unreleased cover versions recorded by the Jackson 5.
It was inevitable, in compiling a book like this from scratch, we would come across songs Michael is rumoured to have written, or recorded, or been involved with, but which we didn’t feel comfortable including in the main body of the book, due to a lack of hard evidence they actually exist.
At the same time, we didn’t simply want to ignore such songs or omit them completely – hence, following the main body of the book, we have compiled a ‘Rumour Has It’ section. This features a list of titles that might exist and might be Michael-related, but equally might not.
We don’t doubt some people will feel certain songs in the main body of the book should be in the rumour section, or not be in the book at all, or visa-versa. It’s equally certain we have left out songs other people would have included and, while we have striven for 100% accuracy, we wouldn’t be human if we didn’t make the occasional error.
This book has taken us nearly three years to research and write, and it’s no exaggeration to say we could have spent another two or three years working on it – it’s that kind of project. But we had to draw the line somewhere, if the book was ever to see the light of day.
We hope you enjoy reading our book as much as we have enjoyed researching and writing it.
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