List of unreleased songs recorded by Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson in 1984

Michael Jackson was an American musician and entertainer. He is known to have written, recorded and filmed material that has never been officially released. Many of the pop singer's unreleased songs have been registered—usually by his company Mijac Music—with professional bodies such as the United States Copyright Office, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI), American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA) and EMI Music Publishing. This list, however, only documents the songs explicitly cited as being unreleased and, therefore, does not contain every unreleased Jackson song registered with such bodies.

Jackson—along with Lionel Richie, Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton and Joseph Jackson—faced a copyright infringement suit in 1993. The lawsuit came after three songwriters alleged that the pop star and his fellow defendants had plagiarized the hits "The Girl Is Mine", "Thriller" and "We Are the World". During a seven-hour deposition, Jackson named numerous unreleased songs that he had written or co-written. Following the testimony, a nine-member jury found the defendants not guilty of plagiarism.

Many officially unreleased Jackson songs had been scheduled, at one point, for release on records by the singer, including his six solo studio albums with music label Epic Records: Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995) and Invincible (2001). For varying reasons, the tracks were ultimately rejected and, as of 2015, remain unreleased. The pop singer's unreleased material includes songs recorded by Jackson as a solo artist (including covers of songs released by other artists and The Jackson 5 songs) and demo versions, some featuring established artists such as Freddie Mercury and Barry Gibb.

In 2009, after Jackson's sudden death, La Toya Jackson said that she has discovered two hard disks at her brother's home which contain more than 1,000 songs that were never released and that are even not registered by any bodies (excluding some). It has been said that Jackson, in his lifetime, recorded more than 50,000 songs but many of the songs were not released.

Several of Jackson's songs have been leaked onto the Internet without gaining an official release. One example involved the song "A Place with No Name", a 24-second snippet of which was leaked by website TMZ.com following Jackson's death in 2009. At the time of the leak, it was claimed that there were "hundreds" of unreleased songs by the musician, and that they could be issued for several years to come. Commenting on the subject, the curator of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Jim Henke, noted that any future releases would garner significant attention. "I think we are going to see amazing interest in any released Michael Jackson material that will come out in the future or a year from now on." On March 16, 2010, Sony Music Entertainment signed a record-breaking $250 million deal with Jackson's estate to retain distribution rights to his recordings until 2017 and release ten posthumous albums—some of which will feature unreleased material—over the next decade.

Key

†	Denotes songs registered with Broadcast Music Incorporated
‡	Denotes songs registered with EMI Music Publishing
*	Denotes songs cited by the singer in his 1993 deposition
(Year)	Denotes songs registered with the United States Copyright Office and the year of registration
*(Year)	Denotes Jackson-written songs cited by the singer in his 1993 deposition and the year they were registered with the United States Copyright Office

Songs

Song	Writer(s)	Notes	Ref(s).
"11 P.M"*	Michael Jackson Bradley Buxer	Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael Jackson's This Is It rehearsals.
"A Baby Smiles"*	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in the year 1979. Lyrics to the song were featured as a poem titled "When Babies Smile" in the 1992 book Dancing the Dream
"A Deeper Love"	Rodney Jerkins Michael Jackson	Written c. 1999 First a song collaboration between Jerkins and Michael Jackson
"A Pretty Face Is"	Stevie Wonder	Written c. 1974 The song was originally intended for The Jackson 5 or as a duet between Wonder and Jackson; the two reportedly recorded the song for Wonder's 1987 Characters album
"Adore You"	Michael Jackson Bradley Buxer	Title listed on a note in Jackson's bedroom Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael Jackson's This Is It rehearsals.
"All in Your Name"	Michael Jackson Barry Gibb	Written and possibly recorded in 2002. Supposed to be on the unreleased 2003 album, Resurrection, but it was never released. In 2011, Barry leaked a music video of him and Michael recording the song together.
"All My Children"	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley	Written in 2000. Failed to make the Invincible album. Scheduled to be released on the 2003 album, Resurrection, but was never released.
"Alright Now"	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1983 The song was given to Ralph Tresvant for his eponymous debut solo album
"Angel"	Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds	Recorded by Jackson around 1998 Had been scheduled to feature on a shelved greatest hits compilation
"Attitude"‡	Michael Jackson Kathy Wakefield Michel Pierre
"Bad Company"	Michael Jackson	Written in 1985 during the Bad sessions.
"Bang Your Head"	Michael Jackson Theron Feemster	Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.
"Bassouille"	Michael Jackson Bruce Swedien	Written in 1994 but failed to make Michael’s HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I album Also known as "Basszouille" Failed to make the HIStory album
"Be Me 4 a Day"†	Michael Jackson Gray Calix Days	Written in 1987 Also known as "Be Me for a Day", "Just for One Day Be Michael", "Just for a Day", "Me 4 a Day" and "Be Michael"
"Beatboy 2010"	Michael Jackson Erik Kirkland	Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.
"Beautiful Girl"	Michael Jackson	Title listed on a note in Jackson's bedroom
"Belong 2"	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley	Written in 1999 for Michael’s album Invincible
"Bottle of Smoke"	Michael Jackson	Written and possibly recorded by Jackson in 1991 Failed to make the Dangerous album.
"Bottom of My Heart"	Michael Jackson Bradley Buxer	Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.
"Boy No"	Michael Jackson Bradley Buxer	Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.
"Brad Loop 3.37"	Michael Jackson Bradley Buxer	Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals. Evolved into "Brad Loop 100" and "Brad Loop 3700."
"Breaking"	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 2004.
"Breathe"	Michael Jackson Deepak Chopra	Written in 2009 Vocals have never been recorded. One of the last tracks he was working prior to his death in June 2009. Instrumental version of the track exists. Demo is known to exist under the name "River Ripple" and was planned to be performed with an African choir on his 2009 concert series, This Is It.
"Broken Chair"	Michael Jackson Theron Feemster	Written during the Bad sessions. Re-worked version recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.
"Bubbles"	Michael Jackson	Possibly written in 1991 for Dangerous.
"Buffalo Bill"*	Michael Jackson	First mentioned by manager Frank DiLeo before the release of The Jacksons' Victory album in 1984 and reportedly recorded for that album
"Butter Funk"	Michael Jackson Bradley Buxer	Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsal.
"Can't Get Your Weight Off of Me"	Michael Jackson Bruce Swedien	Written in 2000 Failed to make the Invincible album Also known as "Get Your Weight Off of Me" Short snippets are online
"Can't Stop Me Now"	Michael Jackson	Written in 1988.
"Can You"	Michael Jackson will.i.am	Written in 2007. The song could be unfinished, but Michael's vocals were recorded.
"Casino Night"	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 2008 in Las Vegas.
"California Grass"*	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded during the Dangerous studio sessions. Failed to make the Dangerous album. Finally completed by Jackson in 1993, remains unreleased.
"Changes"	Michael Jackson Michael Prince Bradley Buxer	Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.
"Cheater"	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1987 for the Bad album Reworked the song in 2001 for Invincible, but this version remains unreleased. Features Fats. Failed to make the Invincible album.
"Color of My Soul"	Michael Jackson	Michael's brother, Randy Jackson, recorded a demo titled "Color of Love" Written in 2000. Possibly recorded in 2006 with Whitney Houston background vocals.
"Crack Kills"*	Michael Jackson	Recorded in 1986 Planned to have been recorded with rappers Run–D.M.C. for Jackson's Bad album, but was shelved due to the group's negative attitude toward the singer Lyrics consisting of two verses put up for auction in November 2005, and again on the Internet auction site eBay a year later. Run–D.M.C.'s verse was released on the remastered version of Tougher Than Leather. DMC claims the song wasn't finished due to an incident where Bubbles accidentally bit Jam Master Jay according to an interview he gave to HipHopStan.com, which is available to watch on YouTube and he also noted the experience they had with Michael Jackson was positive rather than negative as rumored. Run–D.M.C. was thanked on the Bad album regardless.
"Creepin' In"	Michael Jackson	Written in 2000.
"Crush"	Unknown	Intended to be recorded in 2004 featuring Drake Bell Written in 2003
"Cry"	Michael Jackson	Not to be confused with "Cry", a song written by R. Kelly and featured on the Invincible album. Possibly written in 1991. Failed to make the Dangerous album.
"Coco Butter"	Michael Jackson	Title listed on a note in Jackson's bedroom
"Destruction"	Michael Jackson	Planned as a sequel to "Scream" Vocals have been recorded in 2005, both by Michael and Janet Jimmy Jam mentioned, it was for Janet's comeback album, Unbreakable, but they weren't allowed to use it in the end Also known as "Self-Destruction"
"D.I.E."	Michael Jackson	Found on a list taped to the wall in Jackson's bedroom on June 25. Written in 2006.
"Days of the Brokenhearted"	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 2007. Features Whitney Houston.
"Days in Gloucestershire"	Michael Jackson Michael Durham Bradley Buxer	Also known as "Gloucestershire" Written and recorded in 2004 Was supposed to be completed during his This Is It shows in London 2009–2010. Demo version leaked onto the internet in March 2014
"Dead or Alive"	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 2004.
"Deep in the Night"	Michael Jackson	Written in 1987
"Do You Love Me"	Michael Jackson Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds	Completed in 1998 Recorded 1999 for a greatest hits compilation album that was shelved
"Do You Want Me"	Sisqó Dru Hill	Written c. 1999 Failed to make the Invincible album
"Doing Dirty"	Michael Jackson Marlon Jackson	Written around 1993
"Don't Be Messin'"	Michael Jackson Michael Durham Bradley Buxer	Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals. May be a finished version of "Don't Be Messin' 'Round" from the Bad album sessions.
"Don't Make Me Stay"	Michael Jackson Michael Durham Bradley Buxer	Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It concerts in London.
"Dreams"†	Michael Jackson	Recorded in 1993
"Easy"	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1999 for an album that was shelved due to contract difficulties.
"Eaten Alive"	Michael Jackson Maurice Gibb Barry Gibb	Original version of the song written by the Gibb brothers, but was reworked by Jackson who was granted co-writer credits A demo version was recorded by Jackson but remains unreleased Later recorded by Diana Ross and released on the Eaten Alive album in 1985
"Ekam Satyam (The One Truth)"	A.R. Rahman A.R. Parthasarathi Kanika Myer Bharat	Recorded as a duet c. September 1999 with Jackson (singing in English) and Rahman (singing in Sanskrit) Intended to be on the upcoming album in 2003 but cancelled A bootleg version of this song was supposedly discovered in 2008, yet to be leaked.
"Elizabeth, I Love You"	Michael Jackson	Written and performed by Jackson as a tribute to his friend Elizabeth Taylor in 1997 No official release, though bootleg recordings taken from the 1997 performance exist
"Entertainment Tonight"	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 2000.
"Face"	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1993. Failed to make the HIStory album.
"Fanfare Transition"(1992)	Michael Jackson	Written in 1992 Also known as "Fanfare 1992"
"Fantasy"*	Michael Jackson Jermaine Jackson	Recorded in 1983
"Far, Far Away"*	Michael Jackson	Recorded in 1983
"Fear"	Michael Jackson	Written c. 1993 Failed to make HIStory album
"Fever"	Michael Jackson Bryan Loren	Written and recorded in 1991 during Dangerous sessions One of around 20–25 songs Jackson been working with Bryan Loren
"For The World"	Michael Jackson Theron Feemster	Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.
"Force"	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 2003 for an album called Resurrection, but the album was never released.
"From the Bottom of My Heart"	Michael Jackson	Written in 2005 Intended as a charity recording for the victims of Hurricane Katrina
"Game Over"	Michael Jackson	Written in 1992. Recorded in 2001. Features Justin Timberlake.
"Get Around"	Michael Jackson LaShawn Daniels Fred Jerkins III Rodney Jerkins	Written and recorded in 2001. Considered for the Invincible album, but failed to make the final track list.
"Get Back on Me"	Michael Jackson	Written during the Bad sessions. Possibly a demo of "Cheater."
"Girl of Another"	Michael Jackson	Also known as "Girl of Another Love" Written in 1998
"Goin' to Rio"*	Michael Jackson Carole Bayer Sager	Written in 1976. Failed to make the Off the Wall album. Demo version by Jackson known to exist.
"Got to Find a Way Somehow"(1984)	Michael Jackson	Written in 1979 Failed to make the Off the Wall album
"Green Hornet Groove"	Michael Jackson Michael Durham Bradley Buxer	Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It concerts in London.
"Groove of Midnight"	Rod Temperton	Written around the Bad era A demo by Jackson surfaced on the Internet in 2003 in low quality
"H2O"	Michael Jackson	Written around 2008–2009 This song is cited, among others, on a list found taped to the wall in Jackson's bedroom on June 25 Was supposed to be completed during his "This Is It" shows in London 2009–2010
"Halloween Night"	Michael Jackson
"Happy Birthday, Lisa"	Michael Jackson	Also known as "Lisa, It's Your Birthday." Outtake from the Dangerous sessions. The song appeared on the Simpsons episode, "Stark Raving Dad" on September 19, 1991. Michael couldn't record his version due to contract issues. Later recorded by a California group, "Venice" singer Christopher Kipp Lennon, who imitated Michael's voice. Michael's version leaked online in 2007.
"Healing My Feelings"	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 2004.
"Heaven Is Here"	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1991
"He Who Makes the Sky Grey"	Jermaine Jackson Sheik Abdullah of Bahrain	Featured vocals by Jackson Written and recorded in 2005
"Higher Ground"	Stevie Wonder	A Stevie Wonder song that musician Donny Osmond confirmed he had been working with Jackson on in a 2003 television interview Recorded in 2003
"Holiday Inn"(1984)	Michael Jackson	Written in 1976 Recorded in 1984
"Hollywood"	Michael Jackson	Not to be confused with "Hollywood Tonight" Written and recorded in 2000 Reworked in 2006, 2008 and 2009
"House of Style"	Michael Jackson	Written c. 2003. Supposed to be on the unreleased 2003 album, "Resurrection."
"Humanity"	The Jacksons	Written in 1995. The song was recorded for a new Jacksons album that was shelved.
"Hot Fever"(1985)	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1985 Evolved into "The Way You Make Me Feel"
"Hot Fun In The Summertime"	Sly Stone	Recorded in 1993? Cover song of Sly Stone With Mary J Blige and D Angelo
"Hot Street"	Rod Temperton	Recorded in 1982 Early demo version called "Slapstick" Failed to make the Thriller album because Rod Temperton thought it would be too weak of a song for inclusion. In the 1993 deposition Michael is quoted as saying "Yes I like 'Hot Street', but Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton said it wasn't good enough." Full version leaked in 2008
"I Am Forever"	Michael Jackson	Written in 2000. Demo version of "Best of Joy."
"I Am a Loser"	Michael Jackson Brad Buxer	Written and recorded in January 2003 Evolved into "I Was the Loser" The full version leaked on the Internet in September 2013 This song is cited, among others, on a list found taped to the wall in Jackson's bedroom on June 25.
"I Can See A Brighter Day"	Michael Jackson RedOne	Written and recorded in 2008.
"I Can't Get You Off My Mind"	Michael Jackson	Jackson worked on the song in the early 1970s A demo version/mono acetate is known to exist
"I Don't Live Here Anymore"	Michael Jackson	Written c. 2001 Also known by the title "I Don't Live Anymore" Was supposed to be a promo for a shelved 2002 album.
"If You Don't Get It"	John Legend	Recorded in 2006.
"I Forgive You"*	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 2007 possibly with will.i.am.
"I Have This Dream"	Michael Jackson Carole Bayer Sager David Foster	Re-written as "From the Bottom of My Heart" (see above). Also known as "I Have a Dream" An instrumental version leaked online in 2006.
"I Love You"	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 2004 Accordding to Jackson, it's the best song about Love
"I Love You More"	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 2005 Recorded by Jackson featuring Britney Spears Accordding to Jackson, it's a continuation of the song "I Love You" (see above) Also known as "I Love You Too"
"I Was The Loser"	Michael Jackson Brad Buxer Michael Prince	Written and recorded in 2008 Final version of "I Am a Loser" “He [Michael] was happy with the original ‘I Am A Loser’ demo,” says Prince. “But before we played it for anybody else we had a long talk and Michael said, ‘I don’t want be a loser. I don’t mind if I was the loser but I don’t want to say I’m still a loser.’ So we changed that.” A bootleg version of this song was supposedly discovered This song is cited, among others, on a list found taped to the wall in Jackson's bedroom on June 25
"I Have This Love of Me"*	Michael Jackson	May have written in the 2000s
"If You Don't Love Me"	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1991 Failed to make the Dangerous album Had been scheduled for release on a shelved special edition of the Dangerous album. Leaked online in 2006 in low quality
"I'm Still the King"	Michael Jackson will.i.am	One of the songs Jackson worked on with will.i.am in 2006 2 instrumental snippets leaked online, one in 2012 and the other in 2015 Also known as "Still the King" Failed to make the Michael album
"In the Valley"*	Michael Jackson	May have written in the 1990s
"Iowa"	Michael Jackson	"I have seen him write things which I don't think the public will ever hear," said Janet Jackson. "He has a song called 'Iowa' that he wrote. People will never hear that song. Just before he left to film The Wiz, he put all the songs he had written on to tape in the studio in our parents' house. Not one of them has been heard and those were songs to cry for. There are things that he's written for orchestras that are classical music, I swear to you. Like something by Bach or Beethoven." Recorded in 1977
"Innocent Man"	Michael Jackson Michael Durham Bradley Buxer	Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.
"It Don't Matter To Me"	Michael Jackson Paul Anka	Written in 1984.
"It's All About You"	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 2007.
"Joy"	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley	Written in 1992 Failed to make the Dangerous album Riley mentioned "Joy" in a radio interview that Jackson had recorded a solo version of this track and that he would endeavour to hand the tapes over to the Estate. Later released as a single for Blackstreet's 1994 debut album.
"Jungle"	Michael Jackson Michael Prince Bradley Buxer	Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.
"Just Remember"	Michael Jackson Michael Prince Bradley Buxer	Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.
"Kick It"	Michael Jackson LaShawn Daniels Rodney Jerkins Fred Jerkins III	Written and recorded during the Invincible sessions.
"King Tutankhamen"	Michael Jackson	Written in 2004.
"Kentucky"*	Michael Jackson	Written in the mid-1970s Recorded around 1975
"Kreeton Overture"(1984)	Michael Jackson Jai Winding Marty Paich Patrick Leonard	Written in 1984 for the opening of The Jacksons' Victory Tour
"Lady of Summer"	Michael Jackson Michael Prince Theron Feemster	Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.
"Learned My Lesson"(1985)	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1981 Two versions of the song were registered with the United States Copyright Office. Alternate recording of "Much Too Soon" featuring either alternate lyrics or music.
"Legacy"	Michael Jackson will.i.am	Written in 1998. Reworked in 2000, 2005 and 2006.
"Let Him Burn"	Michael Jackson will.i.am	One of the songs Jackson worked on with will.i.am in 2006 A instrumental snippet leaked online in July 2015 Failed to make the Michael album
"Light Man"	Michael Jackson	Intro for Michael's This Is It Tour.
"Light The Way"	Michael Jackson Sheik Abdullah of Bahrain	Written and recorded in 2005 in Bahrain.
"Little Girls"*	Michael Jackson	Possibly recorded for Dangerous album
"Llama Lola"*	Michael Jackson	Possibly recorded for Dangerous album
"Lonely Bird"*	Michael Jackson	Possibly recorded for Dangerous album
"Lonely Man"*	Michael Jackson	Possibly recorded for Dangerous album
"Lucy Is in Love with Linus"*	Michael Jackson	Possibly recorded for Dangerous album
"Maybe We Can Do It"	Michael Jackson Rodney Jerkins Sean Combs	Written and recorded in 2000/2001 Features Jackson and Sean Combs
"Men in Black"	Michael Jackson	Written in 1990 for Dangerous album One of around 20–25 songs that Michael and Bryan Loren worked on Alternatively titled "Man in Black"
"Michael McKellar"*	Michael Jackson	Written in 1991 Failed to make the Dangerous album
"MJ Melody"(1984)	Michael Jackson	Written in 1982 Recorded in 1992
"My Life"(2009)	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded during Michael Jackson's This Is It rehearsal
"Neverland Landing"*	Michael Jackson	Written around the 1980s Reworked the song in 2009 during Michael Jackson's This Is It rehearsal
"Nite Line"	Glen Ballard	Written c. 1982 Also known as "Nightline" Failed to make the Thriller album Full song leaked on the internet
"Not Guilty"	George Harrison	Recorded in 1994 after winning the trials. Failed to make the History album Featured The Notorious B.I.G. Unknown whether this is a cover of George Harrison's Not Guilty
"Nymphette Lover"(1984)	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1981 Failed to make the Thriller album
"Ode to Sorrow"(1984)	Michael Jackson	Written in 1977 Recorded in 1984
"On My Anger"	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley	Written and recorded in 1999 Failed to make the Invincible album
"People Have to Make Some Sort of Joke"*	Michael Jackson	Written in 2000
"People of the World"	Michael Jackson J Friends	Written and produced in 1998 The song was first released by the Japanese band J-FRIENDS Demo version leaked onto the internet in March 2014 in low quality
"Peter Pan"	Michael Jackson	Song mentioned by Jackson on the 1993 CD The Michael Jackson Interview Failed to make Dangerous album.
"Pyramid Girl"	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1983 Failed to make Bad album Evolved into "Liberian Girl"
"Price of Fame"	Michael Jackson	Not to be confused with the version that was released on the Bad 25th Anniversary album Written and recorded around the Bad era Failed to make the TV Ad for the promotion of Pepsi Leaked onto the internet in October 2015 in low quality
"Resurrection"	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 2003 Had been intended for an album Jackson had been working on in 2003, but the album was never released but cancelled due to child sex abuse allegations
"Rock Tonight"	Michael Jackson	Title listed on a note in Jackson's bedroom
"Rolling the Dice"*	Michael Jackson	Jackson worked on the song with Temperton and Quincy Jones during the Thriller recording sessions Failed to make the Thriller album In the 1993 deposition Michael is quoted as saying "Yes, 'Rolling the Dice' [...] we did a demo that day we rehearsed but we never released it. We never thought it was strong enough." Recorded in 1981
"Satisfy"	Terry Lewis James Harris III	Mariah Carey song featuring Jackson on backing vocals
"Saturday Woman"	Michael Jackson	Written in 1990/1991 for Dangerous Cited in the book My Friend Michael.
"Saved By the Bell"*	Michael Jackson Jermaine Jackson
"Seduction"	Michael Jackson Shelby Lee Myrick III	Written and recorded in 2001 Failed to make the Invincible album
"Seeing Voices"	Sidney Fine Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1999 from Invincible era Short Snippets leaked onto the internet in 2014 and May 2015 Full lyrics leaked in early 2015 Full song leaked onto the internet in May 2015 Song features The Ray Charles Choir
"Serious Effect"	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley	Recorded in 1991 Features rap by LL Cool J Had been scheduled for release on a shelved special edition of the Dangerous album Failed to make the Dangerous album Leaked onto the Internet in 2002 in low quality
"Seven Digits"	Michael Jackson Bryan Loren	Also known as "7 Digits" One of the 20 Songs the pair Worked Together Vocals Never Been Recorded Although Instrumental Version Known To Exist.
"She Got It"	Unknown	Recorded in 1991 Failed to make the Dangerous album Had been scheduled for release on a shelved special edition of the Dangerous album Snippets leaked onto the internet in 2005, with the full version leaking in 2008 in high quality
"She's Not a Girl"*	Michael Jackson	Citied by Jackson at Mexican Depostion in 1993 As a Demo he did at his home studio at Hayvenhurst Encino.
"She's Trouble"	Sue Shifrin Bill Livsey Terry Britten	Possibly written in 1981 Also known as "Trouble" Failed to make the Thriller album Recorded in 1987. Reworked and finished in 1996. Demo version leaked onto the internet in 2008 in low quality
"Shut Up and Dance"	Michael Jackson Michael Durham	Written in 1999, may have not recorded vocals This song is extremely incomplete Found on a list taped to the wall in Jackson's bedroom on June 25
"Siegfried & Roy"(1990)	Michael Jackson	Written in 1989 for illusionists Siegfried & Roy Two versions—vocal and instrumental—registered with the United States Copyright Office Thought to be an early version of "Mind Is the Magic"
"Silent Spring"	Michael Jackson	Title listed on a note in Jackson's bedroom
"Sister Sue"*	Michael Jackson	—
"Slapstick"	Rod Temperton	Worked on by Jackson during the Thriller recording sessions The song is an early demo version of "Hot Street" Recorded in 1982 Full version leaked onto the internet in 2008 in low quality
"Soldier's Entrance"	Michael Jackson	Worked on by Jackson in 1999 with a view to have it featured on the Invincible album
"Somewhere in Time"(1984)	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1980
"Spice of Life"*	Michael Jackson	Recorded in 1981 Failed to make Thriller album
"Stand Tall"(1985)	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1982
"Starlight"*	Rod Temperton	Recorded in 1981 Jackson worked on the song during the Thriller recording sessions. Referred to by Jackson as "Starlight Sun" during his 1993 deposition; he sang, "Starlight ... Starlight Sun ... Gimme some starlight, for a new day has begun" Evolved into "Thriller" Full song leaked on July 7, 2002
"Sympathy"*	Michael Jackson Randy Jackson	Recorded in 2003 with his brother Randy. Was supposed to be on an album in 2003 but was later cancelled due to trial. Demo version recorded December 2, 2002 but complete version is unknown when recorded.
"State of Shock"	Michael Jackson Randy Hansen	One of three songs Jackson worked on with Queen's Freddie Mercury Demo version by Mercury and Jackson was leaked onto the Internet in July 7, 2002 in high quality Different version later released on Victory with Mick Jagger
"Stay"	Michael Jackson Bryan Loren	Written c. 1988
"Stop the War"	Michael Jackson Carole Bayer Sager	Written and recorded in 1999 Failed to make the Invincible album
"Susie"(1984)	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1978 Could have evolved into "Little Susie", a song featured on Jacksons 1995 album HIStory; or "Blood On The Dance Floor", a song featured on Jacksons 1997 album Blood On The Dance Floor: HIStory In The Mix
"Thank Heaven"(1998)	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1998
"Thank You for Life"*(1984)	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1976
"That"	Michael Jackson	Written in November 1998 Recorded in 1998
"That Kind of Lover"	Michael Jackson Ray Ruffin	Written c. 2001
"The Children's Hour"*	Michael Jackson	—
"The Future"	Michael Jackson [[will.i.am {{{last}}}|will.i.am {{{last}}}]]	One of the songs Jackson worked on with will.i.am in 2006 Also known as "In The Future" Failed to make the "Michael" album
"The Gloved One"	Sisqó	Written c. 2001 Also known as "Gloved One"
"The Nightmare of Edgar Allan Poe"	Michael Jackson Walter Afanasieff	Written c. 2000 Also known as "Edgar Allan Poe" Recorded in 2000 for a canceled indie film of the same name starring Jackson
"The Pain"	Shawn Stockman Jay Harvey Mason Rodney Jerkins	Written During the "Invincible" Album Sessions.
"The Sky Is the Limit"*	Michael Jackson	Recorded in 1983
"The Toy"(1984)	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1981 for a Richard Pryor movie
"The Truth on Youth"(1990)	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1990 for Dangerous. Features LL Cool J
"The World Is No Church"	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1999 Had been scheduled to released as an album/compilation in 1999 One of the unreleased songs from the Invincible sessions
"This Is Our Time"	Michael Jackson Lauryn Hill David Foster	Written and recorded in 1999 Despite rumours to the contrary, the song was not recorded as a duet with Hill.
"Throwin' Your Life Away"(1988)	Michael Jackson	Written in 1988 Jackson worked continuously on the track from the late '80s until his death. This song is cited, among others, on a list found taped to the wall in Jackson's bedroom on June 25. The track has complete vocals.
"To Satisfy You"	Michael Jackson Bryan Loren	Written and recorded in 1990 during the Dangerous recording sessions, but Jackson did not like it and gave it to Bryan Loren for his 1992 album Music from the New World Solo recording by Jackson known to exist
"Tomboy"*(1985)	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1985 Failed to make the Bad album Also known as "Townboy" Mistakenly believed by some fans to have been written by Quincy Jones
"Tragedy of a Cheer-leader"*	Michael Jackson	Written in 1991 during Dangerous sessions
"Tubeway"	Michael Jackson	Written c. 1999
"Turning Me Off"*	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1987 during Bad sessions
"Under Your Skin"(1984)	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1979 Also known as "Under My Skin"
"Unknown"†	Michael Jackson	It is unclear whether the song is titled "Unknown" or the song title is unknown. Possibly written in 1999 or 1996
"Verdicts"	Michael Jackson Bryan Loren	Written and recorded in 1990 for Dangerous album One of around 20–25 songs that Michael Jackson and Bryan Loren worked on
"On the Rain"	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1998
"Vibrationist"	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley	Written c. 1999 Failed to make the "Invincible" album Alternatively titled "The Vibrationist"
"Vile and Miserable"	Michael Jackson Will.i.am	One of the songs Jackson worked on with will.i.am in 2006 Alternatively titled "Miserable Soul" Snippet leaked online in early November 2015
"Victory"	Michael Jackson Freddie Mercury	One of three songs Jackson worked on with Queen's Freddie Mercury in 1983 Demo version known to exist
"Walk Away"	Michael Jackson Michael Durham Bradley Buxer	Written and recorded in 2009
"We Are the Ones"(1984)	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1978
"We Be Ballin'"	Michael Jackson	Written in 1997 Remix of "We Be Clubbin'" featuring Ice Cube and Shaquille O'Neal Two bootleg versions are known to exist
"What a Lonely Way to Go"*	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1975
"What About Us"	Michael Jackson	Written originally for the Dangerous album Had been scheduled for release on the special edition of the Dangerous album in 2001. Demos leaked onto the Internet in 2003 Early version of "Earth Song" Recorded in 1989
"What You Do to Me"(1985, 1998)	Michael Jackson	Written in 1985 First registered with the United States Copyright Office in 1985 Re-registered with the United States Copyright Office in 1998
"What's a Guy Gotta Do"	Pharrell Williams	Written in 2000
"What's It Gonna Be"†	Michael Jackson	The song is not to be confused with "What's It Gonna Be?!", recorded by Jackson's sister Janet and Busta Rhymes
"What's Your Life"*	Michael Jackson Jermaine Jackson
"Who Do You Love"*	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in the 1980s Alternative title of "Behind the Mask"
"Who Is the Girl with Her Hair Down"*	Michael Jackson	—
"Why Can't I Be"(1984)	Michael Jackson	Written in 1980
"Why Shy"*	Michael Jackson	—
"You Ain't Gonna Change Nothin'"*(1984)	Michael Jackson	Written in 1975
"You Are a Liar"*	Michael Jackson	Failed to make the Invincible album Also known as "You're a Liar" and "You're a Liar, Brother"
"You Are So Beautiful"	Michael Jackson	Song Jackson began writing in 2005 as a thank you to his fans for their ongoing support
"You Told Me Your Lovin'"(1984)	Michael Jackson	Written in 1979 A second version exists, with words and music by Jackson's brother Randy
"You Were There"	Michael Jackson	Title listed on a note in Jackson's bedroom
"You're Supposed to Keep Your Love for Me"	Stevie Wonder	Originally recorded in 1975 by Jermaine Jackson, with Wonder, Jackie Jackson and Michael on backing vocals Re-cut solo version by Jermaine featured on his 1980 Let's Get Serious album, replacing the original recording featuring brother Michael

Posthumous albums

Following the surge in sales of Jackson's catalogue following his death, Sony Music Entertainment, led by its Columbia/Epic Label Group division, signed a new deal with the Jackson estate to extend distribution rights to his back catalogue until 2015, which was later extended to 2017, as well as permission to release ten new albums with previously unreleased material and new collections of released work. The deal is the most expensive music contract to a single artist in history, with Sony Music reportedly paying $250 million for the deal, and the Jackson estate getting the full sum, as well as a share of royalties for all works released. Here are the albums that have been released as part of the deal:

• Michael (2010) – First album of previously unreleased material.
• Immortal (2011) – Remix album/soundtrack to Cirque du Soleil's show Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour.
• Bad 25 (2012) – 25th anniversary re-issue of Bad, featuring new songs, demos and remixes of songs from the Bad era.
• Xscape (2014) – Second album of previously unreleased material.
• Dangerous 25 (possible 2016) - 25th anniversary re-issue of Dangerous featuring new songs, demos and remixes of songs from the Dangerous era.

See also

• List of songs recorded by Michael Jackson

References

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