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|"Belong 2"||{{sortname|Michael Jackson||nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Teddy|Riley|Teddy Riley (producer)}}||
|"Belong 2"||{{sortname|Michael Jackson||nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Teddy|Riley|Teddy Riley (producer)}}||
* Written in 1999 for Michael’s album ''[[Invincible (Michael Jackson album)|Invincible]]
* Written in 1999 for Michael’s album ''[[Invincible (Michael Jackson album)|Invincible]]
||<ref name="Halstead 32"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 32.</ref>
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|"Blue Gangsta"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Dr.|Freeze}}||
|"Blue Gangsta"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Dr.|Freeze}}||
* Also known as "No Friend of Mine"
* Also known as "No Friend of Mine"
||<ref name="Halstead 240"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 240.</ref>
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|"Bottle of Smoke"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"Bottle of Smoke"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 51"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 51.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Buffalo Bill"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Buffalo Bill"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* First mentioned by manager [[Frank DiLeo]] before the release of [[The Jacksons]]' ''[[Victory (The Jacksons album)|Victory]]'' album in 1984
* First mentioned by manager [[Frank DiLeo]] before the release of [[The Jacksons]]' ''[[Victory (The Jacksons album)|Victory]]'' album in 1984
||<ref name="Halstead 53"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 53.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"California Grass"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||align=center|-||<ref name="Halstead 57"/>
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"California Grass"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||align=center|-||<ref name="Halstead 57"/>
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|"Can't Get Your Weight Off of Me"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Bruce|Swedien}}||
|"Can't Get Your Weight Off of Me"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Bruce|Swedien}}||
* Written in 2000
* Written in 2000
||<ref name="Halstead 388"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 388.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"| "Chicago 1945"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Steve|Porcaro}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"| "Chicago 1945"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Steve|Porcaro}}||
* Evolved into "[[Smooth Criminal]]"
* Evolved into "[[Smooth Criminal]]"
||<ref name="Halstead 64"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 64.</ref>
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|"Color Of My Soul"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"Color Of My Soul"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Michael's brother, Randy Jackson, recorded a demo titled ''Color of Love''
* Michael's brother, Randy Jackson, recorded a demo titled ''Color of Love''
||<ref name="Halstead 70"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 70.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Crack Kills"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Crack Kills"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* 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
* 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.||<ref name="Halstead 73"/>
* Lyrics consisting of two verses put up for auction in November 2005, and again on the Internet auction site [[eBay]] a year later.||<ref>Halstead, p. 73.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Cry"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Cry"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Not to be confused with "[[Cry (Michael Jackson song)|Cry (2001)]]", a song from Jackson's 2001 album ''[[Invincible (Michael Jackson album)|Invincible]]''
* Not to be confused with "[[Cry (Michael Jackson song)|Cry (2001)]]", a song from Jackson's 2001 album ''[[Invincible (Michael Jackson album)|Invincible]]''
||<ref name="Halstead 74"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 74.</ref>
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|"Crush"||Unknown||
|"Crush"||Unknown||
* Planned to have been recorded as a duet with [[Lenny Kravitz]]
* Planned to have been recorded as a duet with [[Lenny Kravitz]]
||<ref name="Halstead 385"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 385.</ref>
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|"Dead or Alive"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"Dead or Alive"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 386"/>
||<ref name="Halstead 386">Halstead, p. 386.</ref>
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|"Deep in the Night"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"Deep in the Night"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Do You Know Where Your Children Are"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Do You Know Where Your Children Are"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 87"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 87.</ref>
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|"Do You Love Me"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>sortname|Kenneth "Babyface"|Edmonds|Babyface (musician)}}||
|"Do You Love Me"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>sortname|Kenneth "Babyface"|Edmonds|Babyface (musician)}}||
* Completed in 1998
* Completed in 1998
||<ref name="Halstead 88"/>
||<ref name="Halstead 88">Halstead, p. 88.</ref>
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|"Do You Want Me"||[[Sisqó]]<br>{{sortname|Dru|Hill}}||
|"Do You Want Me"||[[Sisqó]]<br>{{sortname|Dru|Hill}}||
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|"Doing Dirty"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Marlon|Jackson}}||
|"Doing Dirty"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Marlon|Jackson}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 89"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 89.</ref>
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|bgcolor="#ooff7f"|Dreams<sup>†</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|bgcolor="#ooff7f"|Dreams<sup>†</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 95"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 95.</ref>
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|"Easy"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"Easy"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 387"/>
||<ref name="Halstead 387">Halstead, p. 387.</ref>
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|"[[Eaten Alive (song)|Eaten Alive]]"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Maurice|Gibb}}<br>{{sortname|Barry|Gibb}}||
|"[[Eaten Alive (song)|Eaten Alive]]"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Maurice|Gibb}}<br>{{sortname|Barry|Gibb}}||
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* A demo version was recorded by Jackson but remains unreleased
* A demo version was recorded by Jackson but remains unreleased
* Later recorded by [[Diana Ross]] and released on the ''[[Eaten Alive (album)|Eaten Alive]]'' album in 1985
* Later recorded by [[Diana Ross]] and released on the ''[[Eaten Alive (album)|Eaten Alive]]'' album in 1985
||<ref name="Halstead 100 101"/>
||<ref>Halstead, pp. 100–101.</ref>
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|"Ekam Satyam (The One Truth)"||{{sortname|A.R.|Rahman}}<br>{{sortname|A.R.|Parthasarathi|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Kanika Myer|Bharat|nolink=1}}||
|"Ekam Satyam (The One Truth)"||{{sortname|A.R.|Rahman}}<br>{{sortname|A.R.|Parthasarathi|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Kanika Myer|Bharat|nolink=1}}||
* Recorded as a duet c. September 1999 with Jackson (singing in English) and Rahman (singing in [[Sanskrit]])
* Recorded as a duet c. September 1999 with Jackson (singing in English) and Rahman (singing in [[Sanskrit]])
||<ref name="Halstead 102"/>
||<ref name=""Halstead 102">Halstead, p. 102.</ref>
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|"Elizabeth, I Love You"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"Elizabeth, I Love You"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
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|"Face"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"Face"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 107"/>
||<ref name="Halstead 107">Halstead, p. 107.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Fanfare Transition"<sup>'''(1992)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Fanfare Transition"<sup>'''(1992)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Fantasy"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Jermaine|Jackson}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Fantasy"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Jermaine|Jackson}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 108"/>
||<ref name="Halstead 108">Halstead, p. 108.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Far, Far Away"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Far, Far Away"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
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|"Fear"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"Fear"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written c. 1993
* Written c. 1993
||<ref name="Halstead 109"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 109.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Free"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Free"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 114"/>
||<ref name="Halstead 114">Halstead, p. 114.</ref>
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|"From the Bottom of My Heart"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"From the Bottom of My Heart"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Get Around"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Rodney|Jerkins}}<br>{{sortname|Fred|Jerkins|III}}<br>{{sortname|LaShawn|Daniels}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Get Around"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Rodney|Jerkins}}<br>{{sortname|Fred|Jerkins|III}}<br>{{sortname|LaShawn|Daniels}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 115"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 115.</ref>
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|"Girl of Another"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"Girl of Another"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Also known as Girl of Another Love
* Also known as Girl of Another Love
||<ref name="Halstead 389"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 389.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Goin' to Rio"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Carole|Bayer Sager}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Goin' to Rio"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Carole|Bayer Sager}}||
* Written in 1976.
* Written in 1976.
||<ref name="Halstead 125"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 125.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Got The Hots"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Quincy|Jones}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Got The Hots"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Quincy|Jones}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 115"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 115.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Got to Find a Way Somehow"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Got to Find a Way Somehow"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written in 1979
* Written in 1979
||<ref name="Halstead 129"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 129.</ref>
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|"Groove of Midnight"||{{sortname|Rod|Temperton}}||
|"Groove of Midnight"||{{sortname|Rod|Temperton}}||
* Written around the ''Bad'' era
* Written around the ''Bad'' era
* A demo by Jackson surfaced on the Internet in 2003
* A demo by Jackson surfaced on the Internet in 2003
||<ref name="Halstead 130"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 130.</ref>
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|"He Who Makes the Sky Grey"||{{sortname|Jermaine|Jackson}}<br>Sheik Abdullah of Bahrain||
|"He Who Makes the Sky Grey"||{{sortname|Jermaine|Jackson}}<br>Sheik Abdullah of Bahrain||
* Featured vocals by Jackson
* Featured vocals by Jackson
||<ref name="Halstead 133"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 133.</ref>
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|"[[Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder song)|Higher Ground]]"||{{sortname|Stevie|Wonder}}||
|"[[Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder song)|Higher Ground]]"||{{sortname|Stevie|Wonder}}||
* A Stevie Wonder song that musician [[Donny Osmond]] confirmed he had been working with Jackson on in a 2003 television interview
* A Stevie Wonder song that musician [[Donny Osmond]] confirmed he had been working with Jackson on in a 2003 television interview
||<ref name="Halstead 139"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 139.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Holiday Inn"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Holiday Inn"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written in 1976
* Written in 1976
||<ref name="Halstead 133 142"/>
||<ref name="Halstead 142">Halstead, p. 142.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Hot Fever"<sup>'''(1985)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Hot Fever"<sup>'''(1985)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
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* Jackson worked on the song in the early 1970s
* Jackson worked on the song in the early 1970s
* A demo version/mono acetate is known to exist
* A demo version/mono acetate is known to exist
||<ref name="Halstead 147"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 147.</ref>
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|"I Don't Live Here Anymore"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"I Don't Live Here Anymore"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written c. 2001
* Written c. 2001
* Also known by the title ''I Don't Live Anymore''
* Also known by the title ''I Don't Live Anymore''
||<ref name="Halstead 148"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 148.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"I Forgive You"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"I Forgive You"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 149"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 149.</ref>
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|"I Have This Dream"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Carole|Bayer Sager}}<br>{{sortname|David|Foster}}||
|"I Have This Dream"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Carole|Bayer Sager}}<br>{{sortname|David|Foster}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 150"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 150.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"I Have This Love of Me"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"I Have This Love of Me"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 151"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 151.</ref>
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|"If You Don't Love Me"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"If You Don't Love Me"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 169"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 169.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"In the Valley"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"In the Valley"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 178"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 178.</ref>
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|"Iowa"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"Iowa"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
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|"Joy"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"Joy"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 189"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 189.</ref>
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|"Kick It"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|LaShawn|Daniels}}<br>{{sortname|Rodney|Jerkins}}<br>{{sortname|Fred|Jerkins|III}}||
|"Kick It"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|LaShawn|Daniels}}<br>{{sortname|Rodney|Jerkins}}<br>{{sortname|Fred|Jerkins|III}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 194"/>
||<ref name="Halstead 194">Halstead, p. 194.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Kentucky"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Kentucky"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
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|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Kreeton Overture"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Jai|Winding|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Marty|Paich}}<br>{{sortname|Patrick|Leonard}}||
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Kreeton Overture"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Jai|Winding|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Marty|Paich}}<br>{{sortname|Patrick|Leonard}}||
* Written in 1984 for the opening of The Jacksons' [[Victory Tour (The Jacksons tour)|Victory Tour]]
* Written in 1984 for the opening of The Jacksons' [[Victory Tour (The Jacksons tour)|Victory Tour]]
||<ref name="Halstead 195"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 195.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Little Girls"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||align=center|—||<ref name="Halstead 204"/>
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Little Girls"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||align=center|—||<ref name="Halstead 204">Halstead, p. 204.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Llama Lola"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||align=center|—||<ref name="Halstead 204"/>
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Llama Lola"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||align=center|—||<ref name="Halstead 204"/>
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Lonely Bird"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||align=center|—||<ref name="Halstead 205"/>
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Lonely Bird"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||align=center|—||<ref name="Halstead 205">Halstead, p. 205.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Lonely Man"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||align=center|—||<ref name="Halstead 205"/>
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Lonely Man"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||align=center|—||<ref name="Halstead 205"/>
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* Demo version leaked onto the internet in 2006
* Demo version leaked onto the internet in 2006
* Recorded by [[Johnny Mathis]] and released on his 1984 album ''A Special Part of Me''<ref name="A Special Part of Me - Johnny Mathis | AllMusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-special-part-of-me-r25847|title=A Special Part of Me – Johnny Mathis | AllMusic|publisher=''[[Allmusic]]''|accessdate=March 20, 2012}}</ref>
* Recorded by [[Johnny Mathis]] and released on his 1984 album ''A Special Part of Me''<ref name="A Special Part of Me - Johnny Mathis | AllMusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-special-part-of-me-r25847|title=A Special Part of Me – Johnny Mathis | AllMusic|publisher=''[[Allmusic]]''|accessdate=March 20, 2012}}</ref>
||<ref name="Halstead 209 210"/>
||<ref>Halstead, pp. 209–210.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Lucy Is in Love with Linus"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||align=center|—||<ref name="Halstead 212"/>
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Lucy Is in Love with Linus"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||align=center|—||<ref>Halstead, p. 212.</ref>
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|"Maybe We Can Do It"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Rodney|Jerkins}}<br>{{sortname|Sean|Combs}}||
|"Maybe We Can Do It"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Rodney|Jerkins}}<br>{{sortname|Sean|Combs}}||
* Features Jackson and [[Sean Combs]]
* Features Jackson and [[Sean Combs]]
||<ref name="Halstead 219"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 219.</ref>
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|"Men in Black"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"Men in Black"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written for the ''Dangerous'' album
* Written for the ''Dangerous'' album
||<ref name="Halstead 220"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 220.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Michael McKellar"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Michael McKellar"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written in 1991
* Written in 1991
||<ref name="Halstead 223"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 223.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"MJ Melody"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"MJ Melody"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written in 1982
* Written in 1982
||<ref name="Halstead 226"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 226.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Neverland Landing"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Neverland Landing"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 238"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 238.</ref>
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|"Nite Line"||{{sortname|Glen|Ballard}}||
|"Nite Line"||{{sortname|Glen|Ballard}}||
* Also known as "Nightline"
* Also known as "Nightline"
* Written c. 1982
* Written c. 1982
||<ref name="Halstead 239 240"/>
||<ref>Halstead, pp. 239–240.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Nymphette Lover"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Nymphette Lover"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written in 1981
* Written in 1981
||<ref name="Halstead 241"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 241.</ref>
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|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Ode to Sorrow"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Ode to Sorrow"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written in 1977
* Written in 1977
||<ref name="Halstead 242"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 242.</ref>
|-
|-
|"On My Anger"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Teddy|Riley|Teddy Riley (producer)}}||
|"On My Anger"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Teddy|Riley|Teddy Riley (producer)}}||
* Written c. 1999
* Written c. 1999
||<ref name="Halstead 243"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 243.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"People Have to Make Some Sort of Joke"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"People Have to Make Some Sort of Joke"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 251"/>
||<ref name="Halstead 251">Halstead, p. 251.</ref>
|-
|-
|"People of the World"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|J|Friends|nolink=1}}||
|"People of the World"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|J|Friends|nolink=1}}||
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|"Peter Pan"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"Peter Pan"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Song mentioned by Jackson on the 1993 CD ''The Michael Jackson Interview''
* Song mentioned by Jackson on the 1993 CD ''The Michael Jackson Interview''
||<ref name="Halstead 252"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 252.</ref>
|-
|-
|"Pyramid Girl"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"Pyramid Girl"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Evolved into "[[Liberian Girl]]"
* Evolved into "[[Liberian Girl]]"
||<ref name="Halstead 200"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 200.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Red Eye"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Red Eye"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 259"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 259.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Rolling the Dice"*||{{sortname|Rod|Temperton}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Rolling the Dice"*||{{sortname|Rod|Temperton}}||
* Jackson worked on the song with Temperton and [[Quincy Jones]] during the ''Thriller'' recording sessions
* Jackson worked on the song with Temperton and [[Quincy Jones]] during the ''Thriller'' recording sessions
||<ref name="Halstead 265"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 265.</ref>
|-
|-
|"Satisfy"||{{sortname|Terry|Lewis|Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis}}<br>{{sortname|James|Harris III}}||
|"Satisfy"||{{sortname|Terry|Lewis|Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis}}<br>{{sortname|James|Harris III}}||
* [[Mariah Carey]] song featuring Jackson on backing vocals
* [[Mariah Carey]] song featuring Jackson on backing vocals
||<ref name="Halstead 267"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 267.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Saved By the Bell"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Jermaine|Jackson}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Saved By the Bell"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Jermaine|Jackson}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 268"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 268.</ref>
|-
|-
|"Seduction"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Shelby Lee|Myrick III|nolink=1}}||
|"Seduction"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Shelby Lee|Myrick III|nolink=1}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 278"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 278.</ref>
|-
|-
|"Seeing Voices"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Ray|Charles|nolink=1}}||
|"Seeing Voices"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Ray|Charles|nolink=1}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 273"/>
||<ref name="Halstead 273">Halstead, p. 273.</ref>
|-
|-
|"Serious Effect"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Teddy|Riley|Teddy Riley (producer)}}||
|"Serious Effect"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Teddy|Riley|Teddy Riley (producer)}}||
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* Leaked onto the Internet in 2002
* Leaked onto the Internet in 2002
* Solo demo version by Jackson known to exist
* Solo demo version by Jackson known to exist
||<ref name="Halstead 267 306"/>
||<ref name="Halstead 273"/>
|-
|-
|"Seven Digits"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Bryan|Loren|nolink=1}}||
|"Seven Digits"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Bryan|Loren|nolink=1}}||
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|"She Got It"||Unknown||
|"She Got It"||Unknown||
* Snippets leaked onto the internet in 2005, with the full version leaking in 2008
* Snippets leaked onto the internet in 2005, with the full version leaking in 2008
||<ref name="Halstead 276"/>
||<ref name="Halstead 276">Halstead, p. 276.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"She's Not a Girl"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"She's Not a Girl"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 277"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 277.</ref>
|-
|-
|"She's Trouble"||{{sortname|Sue|Shifrin|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Bill|Livsey|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Terry|Britten}}||
|"She's Trouble"||{{sortname|Sue|Shifrin|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Bill|Livsey|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Terry|Britten}}||
* Also known as "Trouble"
* Also known as "Trouble"
||<ref name="Halstead 279"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 279.</ref>
|-
|-
|"She Was Loving Me"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Cory|Rooney}}||
|"She Was Loving Me"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Cory|Rooney}}||
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* Two versions — vocal and instrumental — registered with the United States Copyright Office
* Two versions — vocal and instrumental — registered with the United States Copyright Office
* Thought to be an early version of "[[Mind Is the Magic]]"
* Thought to be an early version of "[[Mind Is the Magic]]"
||<ref name="Halstead 282"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 282.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Sister Sue"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||align=center|—||<ref name="Halstead 289"/>
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Sister Sue"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||align=center|—||<ref name="Halstead 289"/>
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* Worked on by Jackson during the ''Thriller'' recording sessions
* Worked on by Jackson during the ''Thriller'' recording sessions
* The song is an early demo version of "Hot Street"
* The song is an early demo version of "Hot Street"
||<ref name="Halstead 286"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 286.</ref>
|-
|-
|"Soldier's Entrance"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"Soldier's Entrance"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Worked on by Jackson in 1999 with a view to have it featured on the ''Invincible'' album
* Worked on by Jackson in 1999 with a view to have it featured on the ''Invincible'' album
||<ref name="Halstead 290"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 290.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Somewhere in Time"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Somewhere in Time"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written in 1980
* Written in 1980
||<ref name="Halstead 294"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 294.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Stand Tall"<sup>'''(1985)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Stand Tall"<sup>'''(1985)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written in 1982
* Written in 1982
||<ref name="Halstead 297"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 297.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Starlight"*||{{sortname|Rod|Temperton}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Starlight"*||{{sortname|Rod|Temperton}}||
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* Referred to by Jackson as "Starlight Sun" during his 1993 deposition; he sang, "Starlight&nbsp;... Starlight Sun&nbsp;... Gimme some starlight, for a new day has begun"
* Referred to by Jackson as "Starlight Sun" during his 1993 deposition; he sang, "Starlight&nbsp;... Starlight Sun&nbsp;... Gimme some starlight, for a new day has begun"
* Evolved into "[[Thriller (song)|Thriller]]"
* Evolved into "[[Thriller (song)|Thriller]]"
||<ref name="Halstead 298 299"/>
||<ref>Halstead, pp. 298–299.</ref>
|-
|-
|"[[State of Shock (song)|State of Shock]]"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Randy|Hansen}}||
|"[[State of Shock (song)|State of Shock]]"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Randy|Hansen}}||
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* Demo version by Mercury and Jackson was leaked onto the Internet in 2002
* Demo version by Mercury and Jackson was leaked onto the Internet in 2002
* Different version later released on ''[[Victory (The Jacksons album)|Victory]]'' with [[Mick Jagger]]
* Different version later released on ''[[Victory (The Jacksons album)|Victory]]'' with [[Mick Jagger]]
||<ref name="Halstead 299 300"/>
||<ref>Halstead, pp. 299–300</ref>
|-
|-
|"Stay" (1)||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Bryan|Loren}}||
|"Stay" (1)||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Bryan|Loren}}||
* Written c. 1988
* Written c. 1988
||<ref name="Halstead 300"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 300.</ref>
|-
|-
|"Stop the War"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Carole Bayer|Sager}}||
|"Stop the War"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Carole Bayer|Sager}}||
* Written c. 1999
* Written c. 1999
||<ref name="Halstead 301"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 301.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Susie"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Susie"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written in 1978
* Written in 1978
||<ref name="Halstead 306"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 306.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Thank Heaven"<sup>'''(1998)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Thank Heaven"<sup>'''(1998)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written in 1998
* Written in 1998
||<ref name="Halstead 309"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 309.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #7B68EE;"|"Thank You for Life"*<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #7B68EE;"|"Thank You for Life"*<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written c. 1976
* Written c. 1976
||<ref name="Halstead 310"/>
||<ref name="Halstead 310">Halstead, p. 310.</ref>
|-
|-
|"That"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"That"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
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|"The Gloved One"||[[Sisqó]]||
|"The Gloved One"||[[Sisqó]]||
* Written c. 2001
* Written c. 2001
||<ref name="Halstead 123"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 123.</ref>
|-
|-
|"The Nightmare of Edgar Allan Poe"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Walter|Afanasieff}}||
|"The Nightmare of Edgar Allan Poe"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Walter|Afanasieff}}||
* Written c. 2000
* Written c. 2000
* Also known as "Edgar Allan Poe"
* Also known as "Edgar Allan Poe"
||<ref name="Halstead 240"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 240.</ref>
|-
|-
|"The Pain"||{{sortname|Shawn|Stockman}}<br>{{sortname|Jay Harvey|Mason|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Rodney|Jerkins}}||
|"The Pain"||{{sortname|Shawn|Stockman}}<br>{{sortname|Jay Harvey|Mason|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Rodney|Jerkins}}||
||<ref name="Halstead 248"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 248.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"The Sky Is the Limit"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||align=center|—||<ref name="Halstead 285"/>
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"The Sky Is the Limit"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||align=center|—||<ref>Halstead, p. 285.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"The Toy"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"The Toy"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written in 1981 for a [[Richard Pryor]] movie
* Written in 1981 for a [[Richard Pryor]] movie
||<ref name="Halstead 330"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 330.</ref>
|-
|-
|"There Must Be More to Life Than This"||{{sortname|Freddie|Mercury}}||
|"There Must Be More to Life Than This"||{{sortname|Freddie|Mercury}}||
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:* First version leaked onto the internet in 2002, and features Mercury talking about the song and Jackson singing solo to a piano accompaniment
:* First version leaked onto the internet in 2002, and features Mercury talking about the song and Jackson singing solo to a piano accompaniment
:* Second version features both Jackson and Mercury singing
:* Second version features both Jackson and Mercury singing
||<ref name="Halstead 313"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 313.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"This Is It"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"This Is It"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written in 1980
* Written in 1980
* Not to be confused with "[[This Is It (Michael Jackson song)|This Is It]]", a song featured on the 2009 soundtrack album ''[[Michael Jackson's This Is It (album)|This Is It]]''
* Not to be confused with "[[This Is It (Michael Jackson song)|This Is It]]", a song featured on the 2009 soundtrack album ''[[Michael Jackson's This Is It (album)|This Is It]]''
||<ref name="Halstead 317"/>
||<ref name="Halstead 317">Halstead, p. 317.</ref>
|-
|-
|"This Is Our Time"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Lauryn|Hill}}<br>{{sortname|David|Foster}}||
|"This Is Our Time"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Lauryn|Hill}}<br>{{sortname|David|Foster}}||
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|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Throwin' Your Life Away"<sup>'''(1988)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Throwin' Your Life Away"<sup>'''(1988)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written in 1988
* Written in 1988
||<ref name="Halstead 323"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 323.</ref>
|-
|-
|"To Satisfy You"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Bryan|Loren}}||
|"To Satisfy You"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Bryan|Loren}}||
* Written 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''
* Written 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
* Solo recording by Jackson known to exist
||<ref name="Halstead 325"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 325.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #7B68EE;"|"Tomboy"*<sup>'''(1985)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #7B68EE;"|"Tomboy"*<sup>'''(1985)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written in 1985
* Written in 1985
* Mistakenly believed by some fans to have been written by [[Quincy Jones]]
* Mistakenly believed by some fans to have been written by [[Quincy Jones]]
||<ref name="Halstead 309 332"/>
||<ref name="Halstead 332">Halstead, p. 332.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Tragedy of a Cheer-leader"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||align=center|—||<ref name="Halstead 331"/>
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Tragedy of a Cheer-leader"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||align=center|—||<ref name="Halstead 331">Halstead, p. 331.</ref>
|-
|-
|"Tubeway"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"Tubeway"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
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|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Under Your Skin"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Under Your Skin"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written in 1979
* Written in 1979
||<ref name="Halstead 334"/>
||<ref name="Halstead 334">Halstead, p. 334.</ref>
|-
|-
|bgcolor="#ooff7f"|"Unknown"<sup>†</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|bgcolor="#ooff7f"|"Unknown"<sup>†</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
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* Written in 1990 for ''Dangerous'' album
* Written in 1990 for ''Dangerous'' album
* One of around 20-25 songs that Michael Jackson and [[Bryan Loren]] worked on
* One of around 20-25 songs that Michael Jackson and [[Bryan Loren]] worked on
||<ref name="Halstead 309 332"/>
||<ref name="Halstead 332"/>
|-
|-
|"Vibrationist"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Teddy|Riley|Teddy Riley (producer)}}||
|"Vibrationist"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Teddy|Riley|Teddy Riley (producer)}}||
* Written c. 1999
* Written c. 1999
||<ref name="Halstead 337"/>
||<ref name="Halstead 337">Halstead, p. 337.</ref>
|-
|-
|"Victory"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Freddie|Mercury}}||
|"Victory"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Freddie|Mercury}}||
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|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"We Are the Ones"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"We Are the Ones"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written in 1978
* Written in 1978
||<ref name="Halstead 342"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 342.</ref>
|-
|-
|"We Be Ballin'"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"We Be Ballin'"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
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* Featuring [[Ice Cube]] and [[Shaquille O'Neal]]
* Featuring [[Ice Cube]] and [[Shaquille O'Neal]]
* 2 bootleg versions are known to exist
* 2 bootleg versions are known to exist
||<ref name="Halstead 345 346"/>
||<ref>Halstead, pp. 345–346.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"What a Lonely Way to Go"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"What a Lonely Way to Go"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written c. 1975
* Written c. 1975
||<ref name="Halstead 349"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 349.</ref>
|-
|-
|"What About Us"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"What About Us"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
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* Demos leaked onto the Internet in 2003
* Demos leaked onto the Internet in 2003
* Early version of "[[Earth Song]]"
* Early version of "[[Earth Song]]"
||<ref name="Halstead 350"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 350.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"What You Do to Me"<sup>'''(1985, 1998)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"What You Do to Me"<sup>'''(1985, 1998)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
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* First registered with the United States Copyright Office in 1985
* First registered with the United States Copyright Office in 1985
* Re-registered with the United States Copyright Office in 1998
* Re-registered with the United States Copyright Office in 1998
||<ref name="Halstead 352"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 352.</ref>
|-
|-
|"What's a Guy Gotta Do"||{{sortname|Pharrell|Williams}}||
|"What's a Guy Gotta Do"||{{sortname|Pharrell|Williams}}||
* Written in 2000
* Written in 2000
||<ref name="Halstead 353"/>
||<ref name="Halstead 353">Halstead, p. 353.</ref>
|-
|-
|bgcolor="#ooff7f"|"What's It Gonna Be"<sup>†</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|bgcolor="#ooff7f"|"What's It Gonna Be"<sup>†</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* The song is not to be confused with "[[What's It Gonna Be?!]]", recorded by Jackson's sister [[Janet Jackson|Janet]] and [[Busta Rhymes]]
* The song is not to be confused with "[[What's It Gonna Be?!]]", recorded by Jackson's sister [[Janet Jackson|Janet]] and [[Busta Rhymes]]
||<ref name="Halstead 342 362"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 352.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"What's Your Life"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Jermaine|Jackson}}||align=center|—||<ref name="Halstead 353"/>
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"What's Your Life"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}<br>{{sortname|Jermaine|Jackson}}||align=center|—||<ref name="Halstead 353"/>
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Who Do You Know"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Who Do You Know"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written c. 1981
* Written c. 1981
||<ref name="Halstead 342 362"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 358.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Who Is the Girl with Her Hair Down"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||align=center|—||<ref name="Halstead 359"/>
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Who Is the Girl with Her Hair Down"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||align=center|—||<ref>Halstead, p. 359.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Why Can't I Be"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|style="background-color: #FF99EB;"|"Why Can't I Be"<sup>'''(1984)'''</sup>||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Written in 1980
* Written in 1980
||<ref name="Halstead 362"/>
||<ref name="Halstead 362">Halstead, p. 362.</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Why Shy"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||align=center|—||<ref name="Halstead 362"/>
|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"Why Shy"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||align=center|—||<ref name="Halstead 362"/>
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* Leaked onto the internet in 2002, resulting in Jackson's attorneys threatening legal action against sites that did not remove download access to the track
* Leaked onto the internet in 2002, resulting in Jackson's attorneys threatening legal action against sites that did not remove download access to the track
* Also known as "Xcape" or "Escape"
* Also known as "Xcape" or "Escape"
||<ref name="Halstead 368"/>
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* Written in 1975
* Written in 1975
||<ref name="Halstead 369"/>
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|style="background-color: #bbddff;"|"You Are a Liar"*||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
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|"You Are So Beautiful"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
|"You Are So Beautiful"||{{sortname|Michael|Jackson|nolink=1}}||
* Song Jackson began writing in 2005 as a thank you to his fans for their ongoing support
* Song Jackson began writing in 2005 as a thank you to his fans for their ongoing support
||<ref name="Halstead 373"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 373.</ref>
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* Written in 1979
* Written in 1979
* A second version exists, with words and music by Jackson's brother [[Randy Jackson (The Jacksons)|Randy]]
* A second version exists, with words and music by Jackson's brother [[Randy Jackson (The Jacksons)|Randy]]
||<ref name="Halstead 377"/>
||<ref>Halstead, p. 377.</ref>
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|"You're Supposed to Keep Your Love for Me"||{{sortname|Stevie|Wonder}}||
|"You're Supposed to Keep Your Love for Me"||{{sortname|Stevie|Wonder}}||
* Originally recorded in 1975 by [[Jermaine Jackson]], with Wonder, [[Jackie Jackson]] and Michael on backing vocals
* 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 (Jermaine Jackson album)|Let's Get Serious]]'' album, replacing the original recording featuring brother Michael
* Re-cut solo version by Jermaine featured on his 1980 ''[[Let's Get Serious (Jermaine Jackson album)|Let's Get Serious]]'' album, replacing the original recording featuring brother Michael
||<ref name="Halstead 380"/>
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An African American man in his mid-twenties wearing a sequined military jacket and dark sunglasses. He walks and waves his right hand, which is adorned with a white glove. His left hand is bare.
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.[1] 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".[2][3] During a seven-hour deposition, Jackson named numerous unreleased songs that he had written or co-written.[1][4] Following the testimony, a nine-member jury found the defendants not guilty of plagiarism.[5]

Many officially unreleased Jackson songs had been scheduled, at one point, for release on records by the singer, including his seven solo studio albums with music label Epic Records: Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), HIStory (1995), Invincible (2001) and Michael (2010). For varying reasons, the tracks were ultimately rejected and, as of 2013, 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.

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.[6] 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."[7][8][9] 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.[10]

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
"A Baby Smiles"* Michael Jackson
  • Lyrics to the song were featured as a poem titled "When a Baby Smiles" in the 1992 book Dancing the Dream
 [11]
"A Place with No Name" Michael Jackson
Dewey Bunnell
Dr. Freeze
  • Written and recorded in 1998
  • TMZ leaked the snippet in 2009, 3 weeks later after Jackson's death
 [6]
"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
 [12]
"Angel" Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
  • Recorded by Jackson around 1998
 [13]
"Attitude"‡ Michael Jackson
Kathy Wakefield
Michel Pierre		 — [14]
"Bad Girl"* Michael Jackson [15]
"Bassouille" Michael Jackson
Bruce Swedien
  • Written in 1994 but failed to make Michael’s HISTORY album
  • Also known as "Basszouille"
 [16]
"Be Me 4 a Day"† Michael Jackson
Gray Calix Days
  • 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"
 [17]
"Belong 2" Michael Jackson
Teddy Riley		 [18]
"Blue Gangsta" Michael Jackson
Dr. Freeze
  • Also known as "No Friend of Mine"
 [19]
"Bottle of Smoke" Michael Jackson [20]
"Buffalo Bill"* Michael Jackson [21]
"California Grass"* Michael Jackson - [22]
"Can't Get Your Weight Off of Me" Michael Jackson
Bruce Swedien
  • Written in 2000
 [23]
"Chicago 1945"* Michael Jackson
Steve Porcaro		 [24]
"Color Of My Soul" Michael Jackson
  • Michael's brother, Randy Jackson, recorded a demo titled Color of Love
 [25]
"Crack Kills"* Michael Jackson
  • 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.||[26]
"Cry"* Michael Jackson [27]
"Crush" Unknown [28]
"Dead or Alive" Michael Jackson [29]
"Deep in the Night" Michael Jackson [29]
"Do You Know Where Your Children Are"* Michael Jackson [30]
"Do You Love Me" Michael Jackson
sortname|Kenneth "Babyface"|Edmonds|Babyface (musician)}}
  • Completed in 1998
 [31]
"Do You Want Me" Sisqó
Dru Hill
  • Written c. 1999
 [31]
"Doing Dirty" Michael Jackson
Marlon Jackson		 [32]
Dreams† Michael Jackson [33]
"Easy" Michael Jackson [34]
"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
 [35]
"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)
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"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
 [36]
"Entertainment Tonight" Michael Jackson [34]
"Face" Michael Jackson [37]
"Fanfare Transition"(1992) Michael Jackson
  • Written in 1992
  • Also known as "Fanfare 1992"
 [37]
"Fantasy"* Michael Jackson
Jermaine Jackson		 [38]
"Far, Far Away"* Michael Jackson [38]
"Fear" Michael Jackson
  • Written c. 1993
 [39]
"Free"* Michael Jackson [40]
"From the Bottom of My Heart" Michael Jackson [40]
"Get Around"* Michael Jackson
Rodney Jerkins
Fred Jerkins
LaShawn Daniels		 [41]
"Girl of Another" Michael Jackson
  • Also known as Girl of Another Love
 [42]
"Goin' to Rio"* Michael Jackson
Carole Bayer Sager
  • Written in 1976.
 [43]
"Got The Hots"* Michael Jackson
Quincy Jones		 [44]
"Got to Find a Way Somehow"(1984) Michael Jackson
  • Written in 1979
 [45]
"Groove of Midnight" Rod Temperton
  • Written around the Bad era
  • A demo by Jackson surfaced on the Internet in 2003
 [46]
"He Who Makes the Sky Grey" Jermaine Jackson
Sheik Abdullah of Bahrain
  • Featured vocals by Jackson
 [47]
"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
 [48]
"Holiday Inn"(1984) Michael Jackson
  • Written in 1976
 [49]
"Hot Fever"(1985) Michael Jackson [49]
"Hot Street" Rod Temperton
  • Recorded in 1982
  • Early demo version called Slapstick
 [49]
"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
 [50]
"I Don't Live Here Anymore" Michael Jackson
  • Written c. 2001
  • Also known by the title I Don't Live Anymore
 [51]
"I Forgive You"* Michael Jackson [52]
"I Have This Dream" Michael Jackson
Carole Bayer Sager
David Foster		 [53]
"I Have This Love of Me"* Michael Jackson [54]
"If You Don't Love Me" Michael Jackson [55]
"In the Valley"* Michael Jackson [56]
"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."
 [57]
"Joy" Michael Jackson [58]
"Kick It" Michael Jackson
LaShawn Daniels
Rodney Jerkins
Fred Jerkins		 [59]
"Kentucky"* Michael Jackson
  • Written in the mid-1970s
 [59]
"Kreeton Overture"(1984) Michael Jackson
Jai Winding
Marty Paich
Patrick Leonard
  • Written in 1984 for the opening of The Jacksons' Victory Tour
 [60]
"Little Girls"* Michael Jackson — [61]
"Llama Lola"* Michael Jackson — [61]
"Lonely Bird"* Michael Jackson — [62]
"Lonely Man"* Michael Jackson — [62]
"Love Never Felt So Good" Michael Jackson
Kathy Wakefield
Paul Anka
  • Written in 1983
  • Demo version leaked onto the internet in 2006
  • Recorded by Johnny Mathis and released on his 1984 album A Special Part of Me[63]
 [64]
"Lucy Is in Love with Linus"* Michael Jackson — [65]
"Maybe We Can Do It" Michael Jackson
Rodney Jerkins
Sean Combs		 [66]
"Men in Black" Michael Jackson
  • Written for the Dangerous album
 [67]
"Michael McKellar"* Michael Jackson
  • Written in 1991
 [68]
"MJ Melody"(1984) Michael Jackson
  • Written in 1982
 [69]
"Neverland Landing"* Michael Jackson [70]
"Nite Line" Glen Ballard
  • Also known as "Nightline"
  • Written c. 1982
 [71]
"Nymphette Lover"(1984) Michael Jackson
  • Written in 1981
 [72]
"Ode to Sorrow"(1984) Michael Jackson
  • Written in 1977
 [73]
"On My Anger" Michael Jackson
Teddy Riley
  • Written c. 1999
 [74]
"People Have to Make Some Sort of Joke"* Michael Jackson [75]
"People of the World" Michael Jackson
J Friends
  • Written and produced in 1998
  • The song was first released by the Japanese band J-FRIENDS
 [75]
"Peter Pan" Michael Jackson
  • Song mentioned by Jackson on the 1993 CD The Michael Jackson Interview
 [76]
"Pyramid Girl" Michael Jackson [77]
"Red Eye"* Michael Jackson [78]
"Rolling the Dice"* Rod Temperton
  • Jackson worked on the song with Temperton and Quincy Jones during the Thriller recording sessions
 [79]
"Satisfy" Terry Lewis
James Harris III		 [80]
"Saved By the Bell"* Michael Jackson
Jermaine Jackson		 [81]
"Seduction" Michael Jackson
Shelby Lee Myrick III		 [82]
"Seeing Voices" Michael Jackson
Ray Charles		 [83]
"Serious Effect" Michael Jackson
Teddy Riley
  • Features rap by LL Cool J
  • Leaked onto the Internet in 2002
  • Solo demo version by Jackson known to exist
 [83]
"Seven Digits" Michael Jackson
Bryan Loren		 [83]
"She Got It" Unknown
  • Snippets leaked onto the internet in 2005, with the full version leaking in 2008
 [84]
"She's Not a Girl"* Michael Jackson [85]
"She's Trouble" Sue Shifrin
Bill Livsey
Terry Britten
  • Also known as "Trouble"
 [86]
"She Was Loving Me" Michael Jackson
Cory Rooney		 [84]
"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"
 [87]
"Sister Sue"* Michael Jackson — [88]
"Slapstick" Rod Temperton
  • Worked on by Jackson during the Thriller recording sessions
  • The song is an early demo version of "Hot Street"
 [89]
"Soldier's Entrance" Michael Jackson
  • Worked on by Jackson in 1999 with a view to have it featured on the Invincible album
 [90]
"Somewhere in Time"(1984) Michael Jackson
  • Written in 1980
 [91]
"Stand Tall"(1985) Michael Jackson
  • Written in 1982
 [92]
"Starlight"* Rod Temperton
  • 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"
 [93]
"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 2002
  • Different version later released on Victory with Mick Jagger
 [94]
"Stay" (1) Michael Jackson
Bryan Loren
  • Written c. 1988
 [95]
"Stop the War" Michael Jackson
Carole Bayer Sager
  • Written c. 1999
 [96]
"Susie"(1984) Michael Jackson
  • Written in 1978
 [97]
"Thank Heaven"(1998) Michael Jackson
  • Written in 1998
 [98]
"Thank You for Life"*(1984) Michael Jackson
  • Written c. 1976
 [99]
"That" Michael Jackson
  • Written in November 1998
 [99]
"That Kind of Lover" Michael Jackson
Ray Ruffin
  • Written c. 2001
 [99]
"The Children's Hour"* Michael Jackson — [100]
"The Gloved One" Sisqó
  • Written c. 2001
 [101]
"The Nightmare of Edgar Allan Poe" Michael Jackson
Walter Afanasieff
  • Written c. 2000
  • Also known as "Edgar Allan Poe"
 [102]
"The Pain" Shawn Stockman
Jay Harvey Mason
Rodney Jerkins		 [103]
"The Sky Is the Limit"* Michael Jackson — [104]
"The Toy"(1984) Michael Jackson [105]
"There Must Be More to Life Than This" Freddie Mercury
  • One of three songs Jackson worked on with Queen's Freddie Mercury in 1983
  • The pair recorded two versions:
  • First version leaked onto the internet in 2002, and features Mercury talking about the song and Jackson singing solo to a piano accompaniment
  • Second version features both Jackson and Mercury singing
 [106]
"This Is It"(1984) Michael Jackson
  • Written in 1980
  • Not to be confused with "This Is It", a song featured on the 2009 soundtrack album This Is It
 [107]
"This Is Our Time" Michael Jackson
Lauryn Hill
David Foster
  • Writen in 1999
  • Despite rumours to the contrary, the song was not recorded as a duet with Hill.
 [107]
"Throwin' Your Life Away"(1988) Michael Jackson
  • Written in 1988
 [108]
"To Satisfy You" Michael Jackson
Bryan Loren
  • Written 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
 [109]
"Tomboy"*(1985) Michael Jackson
  • Written in 1985
  • Mistakenly believed by some fans to have been written by Quincy Jones
 [110]
"Tragedy of a Cheer-leader"* Michael Jackson — [111]
"Tubeway" Michael Jackson
  • Written c. 1999
 [111]
"Turning Me Off"* Michael Jackson — [110]
"Under Your Skin"(1984) Michael Jackson
  • Written in 1979
 [112]
"Unknown"† Michael Jackson
  • It is unclear whether the song is titled "Unknown" or the song title is unknown.
 [112]
"Verdicts" Michael Jackson
Bryan Loren
  • Written in 1990 for Dangerous album
  • One of around 20-25 songs that Michael Jackson and Bryan Loren worked on
 [110]
"Vibrationist" Michael Jackson
Teddy Riley
  • Written c. 1999
 [113]
"Victory" Michael Jackson
Freddie Mercury
  • One of three songs Jackson worked on with Queen's Freddie Mercury in 1983
  • Demo version known to exist
 [113]
"We Are the Ones"(1984) Michael Jackson
  • Written in 1978
 [114]
"We Be Ballin'" Michael Jackson [115]
"What a Lonely Way to Go"* Michael Jackson
  • Written c. 1975
 [116]
"What About Us" Michael Jackson
  • Written originally for the Dangerous album
  • Demos leaked onto the Internet in 2003
  • Early version of "Earth Song"
 [117]
"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
 [118]
"What's a Guy Gotta Do" Pharrell Williams
  • Written in 2000
 [119]
"What's It Gonna Be"† Michael Jackson [120]
"What's Your Life"* Michael Jackson
Jermaine Jackson		 — [119]
"Who Do You Know"* Michael Jackson
  • Written c. 1981
 [121]
"Who Is the Girl with Her Hair Down"* Michael Jackson — [122]
"Why Can't I Be"(1984) Michael Jackson
  • Written in 1980
 [123]
"Why Shy"* Michael Jackson — [123]
"Xscape" Unknown
  • Recorded during the Invincible recording sessions
  • Leaked onto the internet in 2002, resulting in Jackson's attorneys threatening legal action against sites that did not remove download access to the track
  • Also known as "Xcape" or "Escape"
 [124]
"You Ain't Gonna Change Nothin'"*(1984) Michael Jackson
  • Written in 1975
 [125]
"You Are a Liar"* Michael Jackson
  • Also known as "You're a Liar"
 [125]
"You Are So Beautiful" Michael Jackson
  • Song Jackson began writing in 2005 as a thank you to his fans for their ongoing support
 [126]
"You Told Me Your Lovin'"(1984) Michael Jackson
  • Written in 1979
  • A second version exists, with words and music by Jackson's brother Randy
 [127]
"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
 [128]

Future albums

Following the surge in sales of Jackson's catalogue following his death, Sony Music Entertainment, lead 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.[129]

See also

References

Footnotes
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