List of songs recorded by Michael Jackson

This is a list of songs recorded by Michael Jackson.

Songs

Song	Year	Album	Writer(s)	Notes
"2 Bad"	1995	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I	Michael Jackson Bruce Swedien René Moore Dallas Austin	Rap by Shaquille O'Neal Used in the film Michael Jackson's Ghosts (1997)
"2000 Watts"	2001	Invincible	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley Tyrese Gibson Jaron Henson	Backing vocals by Teddy Riley
"2300 Jackson Street"	1989	2300 Jackson Street	Jermaine Jackson Jackie Jackson Tito Jackson Randy Jackson Gene Griffin Aaron Hall	The Jacksons with Michael Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Rebbie Jackson and Janet Jackson
"A Brand New Day"	1978	The Wiz	Luther Vandross	Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell and Ted Ross
"A Place with No Name"	2014	Xscape	Michael Jackson Dewey Bunnell Dr. Freeze	Written and recorded in 1998 The track resembles "A Horse with No Name", a hit song by rock band America A 24-second snippet leaked online on July 16, 2009 Full version leaked online on December 3, 2013
"Ain't No Sunshine"	1972	Got to Be There	Bill Withers	Bill Withers cover
"Al Capone"	2012	Bad 25	Michael Jackson	Evolved into "Smooth Criminal"
"All in Your Name"	2011		Michael Jackson Barry Gibb	Barry Gibb with Michael Jackson Released by Barry Gibb on June 25, 2011, the two year anniversary of Michael Jackson's death
"All the Things You Are"	1973	Music & Me	Oscar Hammerstein II Jerome Kern	Hiram Sherman cover
"Another Part of Me"	1986	Bad	Michael Jackson	Used in the film Captain EO (1986)
"Baby Be Mine"	1982	Thriller	Rod Temperton
"Bad"	1987	Bad	Michael Jackson	Originally intended to be a duet with Prince Remix with Afrojack, DJ Buddha and Pitbull released on Bad 25 (2012)
"Beat It"	1982	Thriller	Michael Jackson	Guitar solo by Eddie Van Halen Demo released on This Is It (2009)
"Beat It 2008"	2008	Thriller 25	Michael Jackson	With Fergie
"Beautiful Girl"	2004	The Ultimate Collection	Michael Jackson
"Behind the Mask"	2010	Michael	Michael Jackson Chris Mosdell Ryuichi Sakamoto	Featuring additional background vocals by Shanice An agreement to share the royalties equally between Michael Jackson, Chris Mosdell and Ryuichi Sakamoto broke down when the management of Yellow Magic Orchestra disagreed and it prevented the song to be released on Jackson's sixth studio album, Thriller (1982), which made it unreleased for over 25 years
"Ben"	1972	Ben	Walter Scharf Don Black	Theme from Ben (1972)
"Best of Joy"	2010	Michael	Michael Jackson	One of the last songs that Michael Jackson recorded during his lifetime, having written and recorded it in 2009, the year of his death Was slated to premiere during the final This Is It concert
"Billie Jean"	1982	Thriller	Michael Jackson	1981 demo released on Thriller (Special Edition) (2001)
"Billie Jean 2008"	2008	Thriller 25	Michael Jackson	With Kanye West
"Black or White"	1991	Dangerous	Michael Jackson Bill Bottrell	Rap by L.T.B.
"Blood on the Dance Floor"	1997	Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley
"Blue Gangsta"	2014	Xscape	Michael Jackson Dr. Freeze	Also known as "No Friend of Mine" Leaked online in 2010
"Break of Dawn"	2001	Invincible	Michael Jackson Dr. Freeze
"Breaking News"	2010	Michael	Michael Jackson Eddie Cascio James Porte
"Burn This Disco Out"	1979	Off the Wall	Rod Temperton
"Butterflies"	2001	Invincible	Andre Harris Marsha Ambrosius	Remix with Eve
"Call on Me"	1984	Farewell My Summer Love	Fonce Mizell Larry Mizell
"Can't Get Outta the Rain"	1982		Michael Jackson Quincy Jones	B-side of "The Girl Is Mine" (1982) An Overdubbed version of the Wiz song "You Can't Win" Later released on The Essential Michael Jackson 3.0 (2008), several editions of King of Pop (2008) and The Ultimate Fan Extras Collection (2013)
"Can't Let Her Get Away"	1991	Dangerous	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley
"Carousel"	2001	Thriller (Special Edition)	Michael Sembello Don Freeman	Also known as "Circus Girl" Short version released on Thriller (Special Edition) (2001) Full version released on several editions of King of Pop (2008) and The Ultimate Fan Extras Collection (2013)
"Centipede"	1984	Centipede	Michael Jackson	Rebbie Jackson featuring background vocals by Michael Jackson, La Toya Jackson and The Weather Girls
"Cheater"	2004	The Ultimate Collection	Michael Jackson Greg Phillinganes
"Chicago"	2014	Xscape	Michael Jackson Cory Rooney	Also known as "She Was Loving Me" and "Chicago (She Was Loving Me)" Recorded in 1999 Failed to make the Invincible album Not to be confused with "Chicago 1945"
"Childhood"	1995	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I	Michael Jackson	Theme from Free Willy 2 (1995)
"Cinderella Stay Awhile"	1975	Forever, Michael	Michael Burnett Sutton
"Come Together"	1995	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I	John Lennon Paul McCartney	The Beatles cover Recorded in 1988 for the film Moonwalker (1988) Full version released on the single "Remember the Time" (1992) Edited version released on HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995)
"Cry"	2001	Invincible	R. Kelly	Also known as "Cry (You Can Change the World)"
"D.S."	1995	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I	Michael Jackson	Guitar by Slash
"Dangerous"	1991	Dangerous	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley Bill Bottrell	Evolved from "Streetwalker" Early version released on The Ultimate Collection (2004)
"Dapper Dan"	1975	Forever, Michael	Don Fletcher
"Dear Michael"	1975	Forever, Michael	Hal Davis Elliot Willensky
"Dirty Diana"	1987	Bad	Michael Jackson	Guitar by Steve Stevens
"Do You Know Where Your Children Are"	2014	Xscape	Michael Jackson	Also known as "12 O'Clock" Written and recorded in 1991 Failed to make Dangerous album Leaked online in 2010
"Doggin' Around"	1973	Music & Me	Lena Agree
"Don't Be Messin' 'Round"	2012	Bad 25	Michael Jackson	Song features Michael Jackson playing the piano Bruce Swedien stated that this song would have been a masterpiece
"Don't Let It Get You Down"	1984	Farewell My Summer Love	Mel Larson Jerry Marcellino Deke Richards
"Don't Stand Another Chance"	1984	Dream Street	Janet Jackson Marlon Jackson John Barnes	Janet Jackson with backing vocals by Michael Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Tito Jackson and Jackie Jackson
"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"	1979	Off the Wall	Michael Jackson	1978 demo released on Off the Wall (Special Edition) (2001)
"Don't Walk Away"	2001	Invincible	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley Richard Stites Reed Vertelney
"Earth Song"	1995	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I	Michael Jackson
"Ease on Down the Road"	1978	The Wiz	Charlie Smalls	Diana Ross and Michael Jackson
"Eaten Alive"	1985	Eaten Alive	Michael Jackson Barry Gibb Maurice Gibb	Diana Ross with Michael Jackson A solo version was recorded by Michael Jackson but remains unreleased
"Euphoria"	1973	Music & Me	Leon Ware Jacqueline Hilliard
"Everybody's Somebody's Fool"	1972	Ben	Gladys Hampton Regina Adams Ace Adams
"Fall Again"	2004	The Ultimate Collection	Walter Afanasieff Robin Thicke
"Farewell My Summer Love"	1984	Farewell My Summer Love	Keni St. Lewis
"Fly Away"	2001	Bad (Special Edition)	Michael Jackson
"For All Time"	2008	Thriller 25	Michael Sherwood Steve Porcaro	Written by Michael Sherwood and Steve Porcaro Recorded during the Thriller session Later reworked during the Dangerous session Failed to make the Dangerous album Leaked onto the Internet as the alternate version from the Dangerous session Released on Thriller 25 from the Thriller session
"Free"	2012	Bad 25	Michael Jackson
"Get It"	1987	Characters	Stevie Wonder	Stevie Wonder with Michael Jackson
"Get on the Floor"	1979	Off the Wall	Michael Jackson Louis Johnson
"Ghosts"	1997	Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley	Used in the film Michael Jackson's Ghosts (1997)
"Girl Don't Take Your Love from Me"	1972	Got to Be There	Willie Hutch
"Girl You're So Together"	1984	Farewell My Summer Love	Keni St. Lewis
"Girlfriend"	1979	Off the Wall	Paul McCartney	Paul McCartney & Wings cover Originally written for Michael Jackson
"Give In to Me"	1991	Dangerous	Michael Jackson Bill Bottrell	Guitar by Slash
"Give Me Half a Chance"	1986	Looking Back to Yesterday	C. Davis
"Gone Too Soon"	1991	Dangerous	Larry Grossman Buz Kohan	Dedicated to the memory of Michael Jackson's friend Ryan White
"Got the Hots"	2008	Thriller 25 (Japanese Edition)	Michael Jackson Quincy Jones	Later released on several editions of King of Pop (2008) and The Ultimate Fan Extras Collection (2013)
"Got to Be There"	1972	Got to Be There	Elliot Willensky
"Greatest Show on Earth"	1972	Ben	Mel Larson Jerry Marcellino
"Happy"	1973	Music & Me	Michel Legrand Smokey Robinson	Love Theme from Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
"Heal the World"	1991	Dangerous	Michael Jackson
"Heartbreaker"	2001	Invincible	Michael Jackson Rodney Jerkins Fred Jerkins III LaShawn Daniels Mischke Butler Norman Gregg	Rap performed by Fats
"Heaven Can Wait"	2001	Invincible	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley Andreao Heard Nate Smith Teron Beal Eritza Laues Kenny Quiller
"Here I Am (Come and Take Me)"	1984	Farewell My Summer Love	Al Green Mabon Hodges
"HIStory"	1995	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I	Michael Jackson James Harris III Terry Lewis	Backing vocals by Boyz II Men
"Hold My Hand"	2010	Michael	Aliaune Thiam Giorgio Tuinfort Claude Kelly	With Akon Unfinished version leaked in July 2008
"Hollywood Tonight"	2010	Michael	Michael Jackson Brad Buxer Teddy Riley	Spoken bridge by Taryll Jackson and written by Teddy Riley
"Human Nature"	1982	Thriller	Steve Porcaro John Bettis
"I Can't Help It"	1979	Off the Wall	Stevie Wonder Susaye Greene
"(I Can't Make It) Another Day"	2010	Michael	Lenny Kravitz	With Lenny Kravitz Drums by Dave Grohl (of Foo Fighters and formerly of Nirvana) Also known as "Another Day"
"I Hear a Symphony"	1986	Looking Back to Yesterday	Holland-Dozier-Holland	Diana Ross and The Supremes cover
"I Just Can't Stop Loving You"	1987	Bad	Michael Jackson	Duet with Siedah Garrett Originally intended to be a duet with Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin or Agnetha Fältskog (formerly of ABBA)
"(I Like) The Way You Love Me"	2010	Michael	Michael Jackson	Demo titled "The Way You Love Me" released on The Ultimate Collection (2004) Also known as "I Like the Way"
"I Like You the Way You Are (Don't Change Your Love on Me)"	1986	Looking Back to Yesterday	W. Hutch
"I Need You"	1995	Brotherhood	Eric Carmen	3T with Michael Jackson on backing vocals
"I Wanna Be Where You Are"	1972	Got to Be There	Arthur "T-Boy" Ross Leon Ware
"I Was Made to Love Her"	1986	Looking Back to Yesterday	Stevie Wonder Henry Cosby Lula Mae Hardaway Sylvia Moy	Stevie Wonder cover
"I'll Come Home to You"	1975	Forever, Michael	Freddie Perren Christine Yarian
"I'm So Blue"	2012	Bad 25	Michael Jackson
"If'n I Was God"	1986	Looking Back to Yesterday	Robert B. Sherman Robert M. Sherman	Bobby Goldsboro cover
"In Our Small Way"	1972	Got to Be There	Beatrice Verdi Christine Yarian	Later released on Ben (1972)
"In the Back"	2004	The Ultimate Collection	Michael Jackson Glen Ballard
"In the Closet"	1991	Dangerous	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley	With female vocal originally labeled as "Mystery Girl", but later revealed to be Princess Stéphanie of Monaco Originally intended to be a duet with Madonna
"Invincible"	2001	Invincible	Michael Jackson Rodney Jerkins Fred Jerkins III LaShawn Daniels Norman Gregg	Rap performed by Fats
"Is It Scary"	1997	Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix	Michael Jackson James Harris III Terry Lewis	Used in the film Michael Jackson's Ghosts (1997)
"It's the Falling in Love"	1979	Off the Wall	Carole Bayer Sager David Foster	With Patti Austin
"Jam"	1991	Dangerous	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley Bruce Swedien René Moore	Rap by Heavy D
"Je Ne Veux Pas La Fin De Nous"	2012	Bad 25	Michael Jackson Christine Decroix	Duet with Siedah Garrett French version of "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
"Johnny Raven"	1973	Music & Me	Billy Page
"Just a Little Bit of You"	1975	Forever, Michael	Edward Holland, Jr. Brian Holland
"Just Good Friends"	1987	Bad	Terry Britten Graham Lyle	With Stevie Wonder
"Keep the Faith"	1991	Dangerous	Michael Jackson Glen Ballard Siedah Garrett	Choir arrangement by Andrae Crouch Jackson worked on an early demo for "Keep the Faith" recorded in 1990 Early demo was leaked onto the Internet
"Keep Your Head Up"	2010	Michael	Michael Jackson Eddie Cascio James Porte
"Leave Me Alone"	1987	Bad	Michael Jackson	Released on later reissues and on the CD edition of Bad (1987)
"Liberian Girl"	1987	Bad	Michael Jackson	Spoken part by Letta Mbulu Recorded in 1987 Evolved from "Pryamid Girl"
"Little Susie"	1995	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I	Michael Jackson
"Lonely Teardrops"	1986	Looking Back to Yesterday	Berry Gordy Gwendolyn B. Gordy Tyran Carlo	Jackie Wilson cover
"Love Is Here and Now You're Gone"	1972	Got to Be There	Holland-Dozier-Holland	The Supremes cover
"Love Never Felt So Good"	2014	Xscape	Michael Jackson Paul Anka	Two versions released as singles, solo and duet with Justin Timberlake Written in 1983, after the Thriller album Failed to make the Bad album Demo version leaked onto the Internet in 2006 Recorded by Johnny Mathis and released on his 1984 album A Special Part of Me
"Love's Gone Bad"	1986	Looking Back to Yesterday	Holland-Dozier-Holland
"Loving You"	2014	Xscape	Michael Jackson	Michael Jackson wrote and recorded the track in the mid-80s before bringing the multi-track tapes to his trusted engineer, Matt Forger, to mix.
"Man in the Mirror"	1987	Bad	Glen Ballard Siedah Garrett	Backing vocals by Siedah Garrett, The Winans and The Andraé Crouch Choir
"Maria (You Were the Only One)"	1972	Got to Be There	Lawrence Brown Linda Glover George Gordy Allen Story
"Melodie"	1984	Farewell My Summer Love	Mel Larson Jerry Marcellino Deke Richards
"Mind Is the Magic"	1995	Dreams & Illusions	Michael Jackson Bryan Loren	Written by Michael Jackson and Bryan Loren in 1989 for Siegfried & Roy's Beyond Belief Show Michael Jackson gave his permission for Siegfried & Roy to release this song on their German album Dreams & Illusions (1995)
"Money"	1995	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I	Michael Jackson
"Monkey Business"	2004	The Ultimate Collection	Michael Jackson Bill Bottrell
"Monster"	2010	Michael	Michael Jackson Eddie Cascio James Porte Curtis Jackson	Rap by 50 Cent Guitar by Orianthi
"Morning Glow"	1973	Music & Me	Stephen Schwartz
"Morphine"	1997	Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix	Michael Jackson	Guitar by Slash Also known as "Just Say No"
"Much Too Soon"	2010	Michael	Michael Jackson
"Muscles"	1982	Silk Electric	Michael Jackson	Diana Ross with Michael Jackson on backing vocals
"Music and Me"	1973	Music & Me	Jerry Marcellino Mel Larson Don Fenceton Mike Cannon
"My Girl"	1972	Ben	Smokey Robinson Ronald White	The Temptations cover
"Night Time Lover"	1980	La Toya Jackson	La Toya Jackson Michael Jackson	La Toya Jackson with Michael Jackson
"Off the Wall"	1979	Off the Wall	Rod Temperton
"On the Line"	1997	The Ultimate Collection	Michael Jackson Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds	Was originally recorded by Michael Jackson for the Spike Lee film Get on the Bus in 1996 It was the lead track of a 3 track minimax CD single, which was released as part of the Deluxe Collector Box Set of Michael Jackson's Ghosts on December 11, 1997 in the United Kingdom A shorter version with a fade out was on the minimax CD single and the full length version of the song was released on The Ultimate Collection (2004)
"One Day in Your Life"	1975	Forever, Michael	Sam Brown III Renée Armand
"One More Chance"	2003	Number Ones	R. Kelly
"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"	1982	Thriller	James Ingram Quincy Jones	Demo written by Michael Jackson and Greg Phillinganes Demo released on The Ultimate Collection (2004)
"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) 2008"	2008	Thriller 25	Michael Jackson William Adams Keith Harris	With will.i.am
"People Make the World Go 'Round"	1972	Ben	Thom Bell Linda Creed
"Planet Earth"	2009	This Is It	Michael Jackson	Poem, published in the liner notes of Dangerous (1991)
"Price of Fame"	2012	Bad 25	Michael Jackson	Had been scheduled as the theme for a Pepsi commercial starring Michael Jackson, but was replaced by "Bad"
"Privacy"	2001	Invincible	Michael Jackson Rodney Jerkins Fred Jerkins III LaShawn Daniels Bernard Belle	Guitar by Slash
"Remember the Time"	1991	Dangerous	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley Bernard Belle
"Rock with You"	1979	Off the Wall	Rod Temperton
"Rockin' Robin"	1972	Got to Be There	Leon Rene	Bobby Day cover Leon Rene is credited under the pseudonym "Jimmie Thomas"
"Save Me"	1980	Old Crest on a New Wave	Jim Krueger	Dave Mason with Michael Jackson
"Say Say Say"	1983	Pipes of Peace	Paul McCartney Michael Jackson	Paul McCartney with Michael Jackson
"Scared of the Moon"	2004	The Ultimate Collection	Michael Jackson Buz Kohan
"Scream"	1995	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I	Michael Jackson Janet Jackson James Harris III Terry Lewis	Duet with Janet Jackson
"She Drives Me Wild"	1991	Dangerous	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley Aqil Davidson	Rap by Wreckx-n-Effect
"She's Out of My Life"	1979	Off the Wall	Tom Bahler	Demo released on This Is It (2009)
"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day"	1972	Ben	Stevie Wonder Sylvia Moy Henry Cosby	Stevie Wonder cover
"Shout"	2001		Michael Jackson Teddy Riley Claude Forbes Roy Hamilton Samuel Hoskins Carmen Lampson	B-side of "Cry" (2001) Later released on The Ultimate Fan Extras Collection (2013) Intended to be released on Invincible (2001), but was replaced with "You Are My Life" at the last minute.
"Slave to the Rhythm"	2014	Xscape	Michael Jackson L.A. Reid Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds Daryl Simmons Kevin Roberson	Also known as "Slave 2 the Rhythm" Michael Jackson worked on the song during the Dangerous sessions and completed it in 1998 Leaked on to the internet in 2010 Justin Bieber recorded a duet version featuring Michael Jackson which was leaked in August 2013. This version was unauthorized by the Michael Jackson Estate and has since made attempts to remove the song from as many sites and YouTube channels as possible. The song was featured in a Sony smartphone commercial in February 2014
"Smile"	1995	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I	Charlie Chaplin John Turner Geoffrey Parsons	Originally an Instrumental theme from Charlie Chaplin's 1936 film Modern Times" * Vocal Cover of Lyrics originally sung by Nat King Cole.
"Smooth Criminal"	1987	Bad	Michael Jackson	Evolved from "Al Capone" and "Chicago 1945"
"Somebody's Watching Me"	1984	Somebody's Watching Me	Kennedy Gordy	Rockwell with Michael Jackson on chorus and Jermaine Jackson on backing vocals
"Someone in the Dark"	2001	Thriller (Special Edition)	Alan Bergman Marilyn Bergman Rod Temperton	Originally released on E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) for a limited time Later released on Thriller (Special Edition) (2001)
"Someone Put Your Hand Out"	2004	The Ultimate Collection	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley	Released in May 1992 as an exclusive Pepsi promotional single
"Song Groove"	2012	Bad 25	Michael Jackson	Also known as "Abortion Papers" and "Song Groove (Abortion Papers)"
"Speechless"	2001	Invincible	Michael Jackson
"Speed Demon"	1987	Bad	Michael Jackson	Remix with Nero released on Bad 25 (2012)
"State of Independence"	1982	Donna Summer	Jon Anderson Vangelis	Donna Summer featuring background vocals by Michael Jackson, Brenda Russell, James Ingram, Dionne Warwick, Kenny Loggins, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder and various artists
"Stranger in Moscow"	1995	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I	Michael Jackson	Written on September 15, 1993 in Moscow, Russia during the Dangerous World Tour
"Streetwalker"	2001	Bad (Special Edition)	Michael Jackson	Evolved into "Dangerous"
"Sunset Driver"	2004	The Ultimate Collection	Michael Jackson	Originally scheduled to appear on the special edition reissue of Off the Wall (1979) in 2001, but withdrawn
"Superfly Sister"	1997	Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix	Michael Jackson Bryan Loren
"Tabloid Junkie"	1995	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I	Michael Jackson James Harris III Terry Lewis
"Take Me Back"	1975	Forever, Michael	Edward Holland, Jr. Brian Holland
"Teenage Symphony"	1986	Looking Back to Yesterday	Hal Davis G. Jones M. McLeod
"Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)"	1984	Dynamite	Michael Omartian Bruce Sudano Jay Gruska	Jermaine Jackson with Michael Jackson
"That's What Love Is Made Of"	1986	Looking Back to Yesterday	Smokey Robinson Robert Rogers Warren Moore	The Miracles cover
"The Girl Is Mine"	1982	Thriller	Michael Jackson	With Paul McCartney
"The Girl Is Mine 2008"	2008	Thriller 25	Michael Jackson William Adams Keith Harris	With will.i.am
"The Lady in My Life"	1982	Thriller	Rod Temperton
"The Lost Children"	2001	Invincible	Michael Jackson
"The Man"	1983	Pipes of Peace	Paul McCartney Michael Jackson	Paul McCartney with Michael Jackson
"The Way You Make Me Feel"	1987	Bad	Michael Jackson	Evolved from "Hot Fever" which was written in 1985
"There Must Be More To Life Than This"	2014	Queen Forever	Freddie Mercury	Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson recorded the duet during 1981–1983 along with two other songs Song was released as a solo song by Mercury on his album Mr. Bad Guy (1985) Reworked version released on Queen's album Queen Forever (2014)
"They Don't Care About Us"	1995	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I	Michael Jackson
"This Is It"	2009	This Is It	Michael Jackson Paul Anka	Backing vocals by The Jacksons Originally recorded as a duet with Paul Anka in 1983 under the title "I Never Heard". Theme from Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) Duet version with Paul Anka released on Anka's album Duets (2013)
"This Time Around"	1995	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I	Michael Jackson Dallas Austin Bruce Swedien René Moore	Rap by The Notorious B.I.G.
"Threatened"	2001	Invincible	Michael Jackson Rodney Jerkins Fred Jerkins III LaShawn Daniels	Contains snippets of Rod Serling
"Thriller"	1982	Thriller	Rod Temperton	Spoken rap by Vincent Price 2nd rap verse released on Thriller (Special Edition) (2001) Evolved from "Starlight"
"To Make My Father Proud"	1984	Farewell My Summer Love	Bob Crewe Larry Weiss
"Todo Mi Amor Eres Tu"	2001	Bad (Special Edition)	Michael Jackson Rubén Blades	Duet with Siedah Garrett Spanish version of "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
"Todo Para Ti"	2001		Michael Jackson Rubén Blades	Recorded with various artists Charity song for the victims of the September 11 attacks Spanish version of "What More Can I Give"
"Too Young"	1973	Music & Me	Sidney Lippman Sylvia Dee	Nat King Cole cover
"Touch the One You Love"	1984	Farewell My Summer Love	Artie Wayne George S. Clinton
"Twenty-Five Miles"	1987	The Original Soul of Michael Jackson	Edwin Starr Bert Berns Jerry Ragovoy Johnny Bristol Harvey Fuqua	Edwin Starr cover Original version released on Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection (2009)
"Unbreakable"	2001	Invincible	Michael Jackson Rodney Jerkins Fred Jerkins III LaShawn Daniels Nora Payne Robert Smith Christopher Wallace	Rap by The Notorious B.I.G. Background vocals by Brandy Norwood
"Up Again"	1973	Music & Me	Freddie Perren Christine Yarian
"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"	1982	Thriller	Michael Jackson	Demo released on This Is It (2009)
"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008"	2008	Thriller 25	Michael Jackson Aliaune Thiam Giorgio Tuinfort	With Akon
"We Are Here to Change the World"	1986	The Ultimate Collection	Michael Jackson John Barnes	Used in the film Captain EO (1986)
"We Are the World"	1985	We Are the World	Michael Jackson Lionel Richie	Recorded with USA for Africa Solo demo version released on The Ultimate Collection (2004)
"We Are the World 25 for Haiti"	2010		Michael Jackson Lionel Richie	Recorded with Artists for Haiti
"We're Almost There"	1975	Forever, Michael	Edward Holland, Jr. Brian Holland
"We've Got a Good Thing Going"	1972	Ben	Berry Gordy Freddie Perren Alphonzo Mizell Deke Richards
"We've Got Forever"	1975	Forever, Michael	Elliot Willensky
"We've Had Enough"	2004	The Ultimate Collection	Michael Jackson Rodney Jerkins LaShawn Daniels Carole Bayer Sager
"What Goes Around Comes Around"	1972	Ben	Allen Levinsky Arthur Stokes Dana Meyers Floyd Weatherspoon
"What More Can I Give"	2001		Michael Jackson	Recorded with various artists Charity song for the victims of the September 11 attacks
"Whatever Happens"	2001	Invincible	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley Gil Cang Jasmine Quay Geoffrey Williams	Guitar and whistle solo by Carlos Santana
"Whatzupwitu"	1993	Love's Alright	Eddie Murphy Trenten Gumbs	Eddie Murphy with Michael Jackson
"When I Come of Age"	1986	Looking Back to Yesterday	Hal Davis Don Fletcher Weldon Dean Parks
"Who Is It"	1991	Dangerous	Michael Jackson
"Who's Lookin' for a Lover"	1986	Looking Back to Yesterday	J.D. Hilliard L. Ware
"Why"	1995	Brotherhood	Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds	3T with Michael Jackson A solo version was recorded by Michael Jackson but remains unreleased
"Why You Wanna Trip on Me"	1991	Dangerous	Teddy Riley Bernard Belle
"Will You Be There"	1991	Dangerous	Michael Jackson	Theme from Free Willy (1993) Choir arrangement by Andrae Crouch
"Wings of My Love"	1972	Got to Be There	Berry Gordy Freddie Perren Alphonzo Mizell Deke Richards
"With a Child's Heart"	1973	Music & Me	Sylvia Moy Henry Cosby Vicki Basemore	Stevie Wonder Cover
"Workin' Day and Night"	1979	Off the Wall	Michael Jackson	1978 demo released on Off the Wall (Special Edition) (2001)
"Xscape"	2014	Xscape	Michael Jackson Rodney Jerkins Fred Jerkins III LaShawn Daniels	Also known as "Xcape" and "Escape" Recorded during the Invincible recording sessions Leaked onto the Internet in 2002, resulting in Michael Jackson's attorneys threatening legal action against sites that did not remove download access to the track
"You Are My Life"	2001	Invincible	Michael Jackson Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds Carole Bayer Sager John McClain	Written for Michael Jackson's children
"You Are Not Alone"	1995	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I	R. Kelly
"You Are There"	1975	Forever, Michael	Sam Brown III Randy Meitzenheimer Christine Yarian
"You Can Cry on My Shoulder"	1972	Ben	Berry Gordy
"You Can't Win"	1978	The Wiz	Charlie Smalls
"You Rock My World"	2001	Invincible	Michael Jackson Rodney Jerkins Fred Jerkins III LaShawn Daniels Nora Payne	Intro with Chris Tucker Remix with Jay-Z
"You're Good for Me"	1986	Looking Back to Yesterday	E. Horan
"You've Got a Friend"	1972	Got to Be There	Carole King	Carole King cover
"You've Really Got a Hold on Me"	1984	Farewell My Summer Love	Smokey Robinson Ronald White Robert Rogers	The Miracles cover

See also

• Michael Jackson albums discography
• Michael Jackson albums discography (peak chart positions)
• Michael Jackson albums discography (certifications and sales)
• Michael Jackson singles discography
• Michael Jackson videography
• List of unreleased Michael Jackson songs
• List of songs recorded by The Jackson 5