List of unreleased songs recorded by Michael Jackson

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 his 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 unreleased, and therefore does not contain every unreleased Jackson song registered with such bodies.

Michael Jackson in 1984

In 1993, Jackson—along with Lionel Richie, Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton and Joseph Jackson—faced a copyright infringement suit. 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.[5]

Many officially unreleased Jackson songs had been scheduled, at one point, for release, through ways such as his six solo studio albums with music label Epic Records: Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), HIStory (1995) and Invincible (2001) and the remix album Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix (1997). For varying reasons, the tracks were rejected and, as of 2020, remain unreleased. Jackson's unreleased material includes songs recorded 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 had discovered two hard disks at her brother's home which contain more than 100 unreleased songs, many of which were unregistered.[6]

Several of Jackson's songs have been leaked onto the Internet, such as a 24-second segment of "A Place with No Name" leaked by TMZ.com following Jackson's death.[7] At the time of the leak, it was claimed that there were "hundreds" of unreleased songs by Jackson, and that they could be issued for years to come. The curator of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Jim Henke, noted that any future releases would garner significant attention.[8][9][10] 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.[11]

Key

†	Denotes songs registered with Broadcast Music Incorporated
‡	Denotes songs registered with EMI Music Publishing
*	Denotes songs cited by Jackson in his 1993 deposition
^(Year)	Denotes songs registered with the United States Copyright Office and the year of registration
*^(Year)	Denotes songs cited by Jackson 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	[12]
"A Pretty Face Is"	Stevie Wonder	Written circa 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]
"All The Truth"^†	Bryan Loren	One of 20-25 songs recorded with Bryan Loren during sessions for the Dangerous album Loren sings on this song, with Michael in the choruses	[13]
"Angel"	Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds	Recorded by Jackson around 1998 Had been scheduled to feature on a shelved greatest hits compilation Authenticity of leaked snippets is disputed	[12]
"Attitude"^‡	Michael Jackson Kathy Wakefield Michel Pierre	—	[12]
"Baby's Fire"^†	Michael Jackson Ryan Gruvsey	Worked in 2009	[12]
"Bad Girl"*	Michael Jackson		[14]
"Bassouille"	Michael Jackson Bruce Swedien	Written in 1994 Failed to make the HIStory album	[14]
"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"	[14]
"Beatbox 2010"⁽²⁰⁰⁹⁾	Michael Jackson Michael Prince	Worked in 2009. Some sources are stating that name is "Beatboy 2010".	[15]
"Belong 2"	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley	Written in 1999 Failed to make the Invincible album	[14]
"Bio"	Michael Jackson Brad Buxer	Recorded in 1997 for Invincible	[16]
"Blue Powder"	Michael Jackson Brad Buxer	Written and recorded in 2000 during the "Invincible" sessions Track was put up for auction in 2018 along with "Jungle City", "What More Can I Give", and a demo of "The Way You Love Me"	[17]
"Bottle of Smoke"	Michael Jackson	Written and possibly recorded by Jackson in 1989 Failed to make the Dangerous album	[14]
"Buffalo Bill"*	Michael Jackson	Jackson’s first studio collaboration with John Barnes, recorded in 1983 during sessions for the Victory album Inspired by poker player Wild Bill Hickok or bison hunter William Cody Failed to make the Bad album	[14][18][19]
"California Grass"*	Michael Jackson	—	[14]
"Can I Live"	Sisqó Teddy Riley		[14]
"Can You"	Michael Jackson Will.i.am	Worked in 2007	[14]
"Changes"	Michael Jackson	Worked on with John Barnes during the early Bad sessions in the mid-80s. Described as "an upbeat piano-driven demo with rolling drum programming" and "incredibly catchy". Features a "really rough" scratch vocal with Jackson mumbling and humming a melody over the music. Revisited during the HIStory sessions, with a gospel performance from the Andraé Crouch choir and a few ad-lib solos added	[20]
"Chicago 1945"*	Michael Jackson (lyrics) Steve Porcaro (music)	Recorded during the Victory sessions in 1984, based on one of the grooves Steve Porcaro submitted to Michael Vocally complete song about three girls who went out and mysteriously disappeared throughout the night, with a hook of "never to be found again" Has no connection to either "Al Capone" or "Smooth Criminal" Revisited during the HIStory and Invincible sessions, but was left off both albums Porcaro was approached by the estate about using it on Xscape, but declined to give permission on the basis that the song didn’t need any "contemporizing", and that he disapproves of the estate’s "straight to remix" approach to Michael’s unreleased material.	[21][22]
"Colour of My Soul"	Unknown	Known to have been recorded by Jackson, though the date is uncertain	[23]
"Crack Kills"*	Michael Jackson Darryl McDaniels Joseph Simmons	Planned to have been recorded with rappers Run-D.M.C. for Jackson's Bad album, but the collaboration never came into fruition. The song was recorded with a full vocal in November 1986 and revisited in early 1987 during the Bad sessions	[23][24]
"Cry"*	Michael Jackson	—	[23]
"Cry"	Michael Jackson Marsha Ambrosius	Worked in 2009	[23]
"Days in Gloucestershire"	Michael Jackson Brad Buxer	Written and recorded in 2004 at one of the Neverland Ranch’s bungalows. Inspired by Michael’s visit with The Jackson 5 to Gloucestershire while on tour three decades earlier; it was still one of his fondest memories. Incomplete - includes only one verse and a chorus. Leaked online in March 2014	[25]
"Disco Kids"	James Wnitney	Recorded between 1976 and 1979	[23]
"Do You Love Me"	Michael Jackson Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds	Completed by Jackson and Edmonds in 1998 Was to feature on a scheduled but shelved Jackson album in 1999	[26]
"Do You Want Me"	Sisqó Dru Hill	Written in 1999 Failed to make the Invincible album	[26]
"Doing Dirty"	Michael Jackson Marlon Jackson	Written around 1988–1990 for a shelved greatest hits album	[26]
"Don’t Believe It"	Michael Jackson Bryan Loren	One of around 20-25 songs recorded with Bryan Loren during sessions for Dangerous between 1989-1991 Recorded at Loren’s house around the time Thanksgiving or Christmas Snippet leaked online by Shana Mangatal in August 2019	[13]
"Dreams"^†	Michael Jackson	—	[26]
"D.I.E"⁽²⁰¹⁰⁾	Michael Jackson Michael Prince Theron Feemster III	Found in 2009 on one of his lists in his bedroom where he wrote songs that he wants to finish. Worked between 2008 and 2009 Two versions of the song were registered with the United States Copyright Office (On the first Michael Prince is not credited). Some sources are stating that "D.I.E" states for "Dance Is Entertainment", but this is not confirmed.	[15]
"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	[27]
"Ekan Satyam (The One Truth)"	A.R. Rahman A.R. Parthasarathy Kanika Myer Bharat	Recorded as a duet in 1999 by Jackson (singing in English) and Rahman (singing in Sanskrit) Failed to make the Invincible album	[27]
"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	[27]
"Face"	Unknown	Failed to make the HIStory album	[28]
"Fanfare Transition"⁽¹⁹⁹²⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1992 Known alternatively as "Fanfare 1992"	[28]
"Fantasy"*	Michael Jackson Jermaine Jackson	—	[28]
"Far, Far Away"*	Michael Jackson	—	[28]
"Fear"	Michael Jackson	Written circa 1993 Failed to make the HIStory album	[28]
"From the Bottom of My Heart"	Michael Jackson	Written in 2005 Was scheduled to be released as a charity recording for the victims of Hurricane Katrina	[28]
"Get Around"*	Michael Jackson	A version crediting Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III and LaShawn Daniels was considered for the Invincible album, but failed to make the final tracklisting.	[29]
"Get Your Weight Off of Me"	Michael Jackson Rodney Jerkins Fred Jerkins III Michael Prince	Written and recorded in 2000-2001 during the "Invincible" sessions Finalized in 2004 Track is vocally complete and ready for release	[30]
"Goin' To Rio"*	Michael Jackson Carole Bayer Sager	Written in 1976 Failed to make the Off the Wall album	[29]
"Goodness Knows"	James Wnitney	Recorded between 1976 and 1979	[29]
"Got to Find a Way Somehow"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1979	[29]
"Groove of Midnight"	Rod Temperton	Written around the Bad era A demo by Jackson surfaced on the Internet in 2003	[29]
"Happy Birthday, Lisa"	Michael Jackson	Wrote for The Simpsons (episode "Stark Raving Dad") performed by Kipp Lennon Demo by Michael Jackson leaked in 2007	[31]
"He Who Makes The Sky Grey"	Jermaine Jackson Sheik Abdullah of Bahrain	Featured vocals by Jackson	[31]
"Heaven's Girl"	R. Kelly		[31]
"Holiday Inn"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1976	[31]
"Hot Fever"⁽¹⁹⁸⁵⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1985 Evolved into "The Way You Make Me Feel"	[31]
"Hot Street"	Rod Temperton	Failed to make the Thriller album as Temperton and Quincy Jones felt that the song was too weak for inclusion	[31]
"I Am A Loser"⁽²⁰⁰⁹⁾/"I Was A Loser"⁽²⁰¹⁰⁾	Michael Jackson Brad Buxer	Written and recorded in January 2003 as "I Am A Loser" Updated in late 2008 as "I Was The Loser" when Michael re-sang the choruses. Listed as "The Loser" on a handwritten note in Jackson’s bedroom, discovered shortly after his passing Original full-length demo of "I Am A Loser" leaked onto the internet in September 2013	[32][16]
"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	[33]
"I Don't Live Here Anymore"	Michael Jackson	Written circa 2001 Failed to make the Invincible album	[33]
"I Forgive You"*	Michael Jackson	—	[33]
"I Have This Dream"	Michael Jackson David Foster Carol Bayer Sager		[33]
"I Have This Love of Mine"*	Michael Jackson	—	[33]
"I Will Miss You"	Michael Jackson Will.i.am	Tribute to James Brown	[33]
"If We Still Love"	Michael Jackson Will.i.am		[33]
"If You Don't Love Me"	Michael Jackson	Worked on with Bill Bottrell during the Dangerous sessions, but was described by Bottrell as "a bit of an orphan" for the project. Had been scheduled for release on a shelved special edition of the Dangerous album	[33][34]
"I'm Dreaming"	Michael Jackson Will.i.am		[33]
"I'm Still the King"	Michael Jackson Will.i.am	Worked in 2006 - 2007 Also known as "The King" and "Still The King" Intended to feature artists influenced by Jackson like Usher and Ne-Yo. The song is not finished.	[33]
"In the Life of Chico"	Michael Jackson		[33]
"In the Valley"*	Michael Jackson	—	[33]
"Iowa"	Michael Jackson	Classical piece confirmed by sister Janet Jackson in a 1993 magazine interview	[33]
"It Was a Very Good Year"	Ervin Drake	Performed in Diana! special in 1971	[33]
"It's Not Worth It"	Rodney Jerkins Fred Jerkins Lashawn Daniels		[33]
"Jungle City"	Michael Jackson Brad Buxer	Written and recorded in 2000 during the "Invincible" sessions Track was put up for auction in 2018 along with "Blue Powder", "What More Can I Give", and a demo of "The Way You Love Me"	[35]
"Kentucky"*	Michael Jackson	Written in the mid-1970s	[36]
"Kick It"	Michael Jackson Rodney Jerkins Lashawn Daniels Norman Gregg		[36]
"Kreeton Overture"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson Jai Winding Marty Paich Pat Leonard	Written in 1984 for the opening of The Jacksons' Victory Tour	[36]
"Learned My Lesson"⁽¹⁹⁸⁵⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1981 Two versions of the song were registered with the United States Copyright Office	[15]
"Light the Way"	Michael Jackson Sheik Abdullah of Bahrain		[15]
"Little Girls"*	Michael Jackson	—	[15]
"Llama Lola"*	Michael Jackson	—	[15]
"Lonely Bird"*	Michael Jackson	—	[15]
"Lonely Man"*	Michael Jackson	—	[15]
"Lucy Is in Love With Linus"*	Michael Jackson	—	[15]
"Make a Wish"*	Michael Jackson	—	[37]
"Make or Break"*	Michael Jackson John Barnes	Recorded in 1986 during the early Bad sessions with John Barnes Described by Matt Forger as having a "very driving, terrific hook, but never got finished"	[37][38]
"Maybe We Can Do It"	Michael Jackson Rodney Jerkins Sean Combs	Features Jackson and Sean Combs Failed to make the Invincible album	[37]
"Men in Black"^†	Michael Jackson Bryan Loren	Also known as "Man In Black" One of around 20-25 songs recorded with Bryan Loren for the Dangerous album between 1989 and 1991 Supposedly written for a Steven Spielberg movie titled Men In Black Had been scheduled for release on a shelved 1990 greatest hits collection A version with Michael singing in the choruses has leaked online. A more complete version with lyrics is known to exist.	[37][13]
"Michael McKellar"*	Michael Jackson	—	[37]
"MJ Melody"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1982	[37]
"Monster"⁽²⁰¹⁰⁾	Michael Jackson Brad Buxer Michael Prince	Not related to "Monster" on the Michael album Written & Recorded 1999-2001 during the Invincible sessions, but never made it onto the album. Michael only recorded vocals for the choruses: "You Created A Monster".	[16]
"Neverland Landing"*	Michael Jackson	—	[39]
"Nightline/Nite-line"	Glen Ballard	Recorded by Michael Jackson in 1982 during the Thriller sessions, but didn't compete with songs like Billie Jean and Beat It. Later recorded by The Pointer Sisters for their 1983 album Break Out	[39][40]
"Nymphette Lover"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1981	[39]
"Ode to Sorrow"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1977	[41]
"On My Anger"	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley	Written in 1999 Failed to make the Invincible album	[41]
"People Have To Make Some Sort of Joke"*	Michael Jackson	—	[42]
"Peter Pan"	Michael Jackson	Song mentioned by Jackson on the 1993 CD The Michael Jackson Interview	[42]
"Pressure"^†	Michael Jackson Bryan Loren
"Pressure"	Rodney Jerkins Fred Jerkins III Harvey Mason LaShawn Daniels	Failed to make the Invincible album	[42]
"Red Eye"*⁽²⁰¹⁰⁾	Michael Jackson	Found in 2009 on one of his lists in his bedroom where he wrote songs that he wants to finish.	[43]
"Rolling the Dice"*	Rod Temperton	Jackson worked on the song with Temperton and Quincy Jones during the Thriller recording sessions	[43]
"Satisfy"	Terry Lewis James Harris III	Mariah Carey song featuring Jackson on backing vocals Failed to make the 2002 Charmbracelet album	[44]
"Saved By the Bell"*	Michael Jackson Jermaine Jackson	—	[44]
"Seduction"	Michael Jackson Shelby Lee Myrick III	Failed to make the Invincible album	[44]
"Serious Effect"^†	Michael Jackson Bryan Loren	Features rap by LL Cool J Had been scheduled for release on a shelved special edition of the Dangerous album Solo demo version by Jackson known to exist	[44][45]
"Set It On Out"	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1982	[44]
"Seven Digits"^†	Michael Jackson Bryan Loren	Failed to make the Dangerous album. Michael originally wanted to finish this song for Blood On The Dance Floor. However, due to time constraints, "Superfly Sister" was chosen instead as it was more complete and demanded less time to finish. Snippet leaked online by Shana Mangatal in August 2019	[44][46]
"She Got It"^†	Michael Jackson Bryan Loren	Had been scheduled for release on a shelved special edition of the Dangerous album	[44][47]
"She's Not a Girl"*	Michael Jackson Jermaine Jackson	—	[44]
"She's Trouble"	Sue Shifrin Bill Livsey Terry Britten	Failed to make the Thriller album Bootleg version known to exist Also known as "Trouble"	[44]
"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"	[44]
"Sister Sue"*	Michael Jackson	—	[44]
"Slapstick"	Rod Temperton	Worked on by Jackson during the Thriller recording sessions The song is an early demo version of "Hot Street"	[44]
"Soldier's Entrance"	Michael Jackson	Worked on by Jackson in 1999 with a view to have it featured on the Invincible album	[44]
"Somewhere in Time"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1980	[44]
"Spice Of Life"	Rod Temperton Derek Bramble	Was in the running for Thriller, but wasn't included on the final album and went down the wayside Later given to Manhattan Transfer.	[48]
"Stand Tall"⁽¹⁹⁸⁵⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1982	[44]
"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"	[44]
"Stay"	Michael Jackson Bryan Loren	Written circa 1988	[44]
"Stop the War"	Michael Jackson Carole Bayer Sager	Written circa 1999	[44]
"Susie"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1978	[44]
"Thank Heaven"⁽¹⁹⁹⁸⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1998	[49]
"Thank You For Life"*⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written circa 1976	[49]
"That"⁽¹⁹⁹⁸⁾	Michael Jackson	—	[49]
"That Kind of Lover"	Michael Jackson Ray Ruffin	Written circa 2001 Failed to make the Invincible album	[49]
"The Children's Hour"*	Michael Jackson	—	[23]
"The Future"	Michael Jackson Will.i.am	Written in 2007 On the 13th of August 2007, will.i.am told reporters at a Black Eyed Peas press conference in South Korea that another track he recorded with Jackson is titled "The Future". Song about environmental issues (Unverified information) Contains a "Killer Latin Beat" (Unverified information)	[29]
"The Gloved One"	Sisqó	Written circa 2001 Failed to make the Invincible album	[29]
"The Nightmare of Edgar Alan Poe"	Michael Jackson Walter Afanasieff	Written circa 2000 Had been scheduled to feature in the shelved independently financed film The Nightmare of Edgar Alan Poe, which Jackson was slated to appear in Alternatively titled "Edgar Alan Poe"	[39]
"The Pain"	Shawn Stockman Jay Harvey Mason Rodney Jerkins	Failed to make the Invincible album	[50]
"The Sky is the Limit"*	Michael Jackson	—	[44]
"The Toy"⁽¹⁹⁸¹⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1981 for a Richard Pryor movie	[49]
"This Is It"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1980 Not to be confused with "This Is It", a song featured on the 2009 compilation album This Is It	[49]
"This Is Our Time"	Michael Jackson Lauryn Hill David Foster	Failed to make the Invincible album Despite rumours to the contrary, the song was not recorded as a duet with Hill	[49]
"Throwin' Your Life Away"⁽¹⁹⁸⁸⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1988 Full LQ version leaked online	[49]
"To Satisfy You"	Michael Jackson Bryan Loren	Written during the Dangerous recording sessions, but Jackson didn't like it and gave it to Loren for his 1992 album Music From the New World. Jackson only recorded background vocals for it, which Loren kept for the finished record.	[49][51][13]
"Tomboy"*⁽¹⁹⁸⁵⁾	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in 1985 with John Barnes during the early Bad sessions Contains a melody identical to the "I bet you remember" line in Remember the Time Features Roger Troutman as guest musician Failed to make the Bad album Mistakenly believed by some fans to have been written by Quincy Jones	[49][52]
"Tragedy of a Cheer-leader"*	Michael Jackson	—	[49]
"Tubeway"	Michael Jackson	Written circa 1999 Failed to make the Invincible album	[49]
"Turning Me Off"*	Michael Jackson	Written and recorded in January 1986. Worked on with Bill Bottrell and John Barnes Described as "one of Michael's edgier experiments" and "very groove-oriented" by Matt Forger	[49][53]
"Under Your Skin"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1979	[54]
"Unknown"^†	Michael Jackson	It is unclear whether the song is titled "Unknown" or the song title is unknown	[54]
"Vibrationist"	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley	Written circa 1999 Failed to make the Invincible album	[55]
"Victory"	Michael Jackson Freddie Mercury	One of three songs Jackson worked on with Queen's Freddie Mercury in 1983 The foundation of the track was laid with Mercury’s manager Peter Freestone banging on the toilet door in perfect time for 5 minutes as there were no instruments or musicians around at Hayvenhurst	[55][56]
"Water"⁽²⁰¹⁰⁾	Michael Jackson Michael Prince Theron Feemster	Apparently recorded in early 2009 at the Carolwood house. The production is complex, with water droplets and a “Stranger in Moscow” aesthetic. Only the chorus was recorded (which MJ sang a snippet of in This Is It), but people have described it as “amazing” and “magical.” The song has nothing to do with "H20" and "Water" from the Cascio Tracks.	[57]
"We Are the Ones"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1978	[57]
"What a Lonely Way to Go"*	Michael Jackson	Written in 1975	[57]
"What You Do to Me"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1985 First registered with the United States Copyright Office in 1985 Failed to make the Bad album Re-registered with the United States Copyright Office in 1998, having possibly been re-written Failed to make the Invincible album	[57]
"What's a Guy Gotta Do"	Pharrell Williams	Written in 2000 Failed to make the Invincible album	[57]
"What's It Gonna Be"^†	Michael Jackson	The song is not "What's It Gonna Be?!", recorded by Jackson's sister Janet and Busta Rhymes	[57]
"What's Your Life"*	Michael Jackson Jermaine Jackson	—	[57]
"Who Do You Know"*	Michael Jackson	Written circa 1981 Failed to make the Thriller album	[57]
"Who Is the Girl With Her Hair Down"*	Michael Jackson	—	[57]
"Why Can't I Be"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1980	[57]
"Why Shy"*	Michael Jackson	—	[57]
"Willing And Waiting"	Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds	A demo of this was recorded in 1994 to present to Michael for possible inclusion on HIStory, with Babyface heavily involved in the production. One of two songs he presented to Michael, the other being "Why" (later given to 3T) Despite being referred to as a demo, the song was quite developed with background vocals, polished instrumentation and completed lyrics - "record ready", in a sense However, as assistant engineer Brad Sundberg asserts, "Michael was looking to push things pretty hard on HIStory [and] Willing and Waiting was maybe a bit softer than the direction he was going"	[58][59]
"Work That Body"	Michael Jackson Bryan Loren Berry Gordy Freddie Perren Alphonzo Mizell Deke Richards	One of 20-25 songs worked on with Bryan Loren for the Dangerous album Leaked online, longer version is known to exist Borrows the "Sit down girl, I think I love you/no, get up girl, show me what you can do" line from The Jackson 5’s ABC. According to Loren, Jackson initially refused to sing that line, but “realized the tongue-in-cheek fun contained behind it"	[13][51]
"You Ain't Gonna Change Nothin'"*⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1975	[60]
"You Are a Liar"*	Michael Jackson	Failed to make the Invincible album Also known as "You're a Liar"	[60]
"You Are So Beautiful"	Michael Jackson	Song Jackson began writing during his 2005 child sexual abuse trial, as a thank you to his fans for their ongoing support	[60]
"You Told Me Your Lovin'"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1979 A second unreleased version exists, with words and music by Jackson's brother Randy	[60]
"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	[60]

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Michael Jackson
Albums Singles Songs Videography Unreleased songs Awards Records and achievements
Studio albums	Got to Be There Ben Music & Me Forever, Michael Off the Wall Thriller Bad Dangerous HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I Invincible
Posthumous albums	Michael Xscape
Remix albums	The Original Soul of Michael Jackson Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix The Stripped Mixes The Remix Suite
Anniversary reissues	Thriller 25 Bad 25
Soundtracks	The Wiz E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Michael Jackson's This Is It Immortal
Compilations	The Best of Michael Jackson 18 Greatest Hits One Day in Your Life Farewell My Summer Love Looking Back to Yesterday The Michael Jackson Mix 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Michael Jackson Greatest Hits: HIStory Volume I Love Songs Number Ones The Essential Michael Jackson King of Pop The Definitive Collection Icon Scream
Box sets	Anthology The Ultimate Collection Visionary: The Video Singles Thriller 25: Limited Japanese Single Collection 50 Best Songs – The Motown Years: Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 The Collection Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection
Concert tours	Bad Dangerous World Tour HIStory World Tour This Is It
Filmography	The Wiz Michael Jackson's Thriller Captain EO Moonwalker Michael Jackson's Ghosts Living with Michael Jackson Michael Jackson's Private Home Movies Michael Jackson's This Is It Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon Bad 25 Michael Jackson: The Last Photo Shoot Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
Video albums	Dangerous: The Short Films Video Greatest Hits – HIStory HIStory on Film, Volume II Number Ones The One Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour Michael Jackson's Vision Live at Wembley July 16, 1988
Television	Free to Be... You and Me The Jacksons "Stark Raving Dad" (The Simpsons) Move Like Michael Jackson "Michael" (Glee) Michael Jackson's Halloween
Video games	Michael Jackson's Moonwalker Michael Jackson: The Experience Planet Michael Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Space Channel 5 Space Channel 5: Part 2
Books by Michael Jackson	Moonwalk Dancing the Dream
Specials	Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever Super Bowl XXVII halftime show MJ & Friends Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration United We Stand: What More Can I Give Live at the Apollo
Stage shows	Thriller – Live Michael Forever – The Tribute Concert Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour Motown: The Musical Michael Jackson: One MJ: The Musical
Death	Conrad Murray trial Memorial service Killing Michael Jackson
Child sexual abuse allegations	1993 allegations Trial of Michael Jackson Leaving Neverland Neverland Firsthand: Investigating the Michael Jackson Documentary Michael Jackson: Chase the Truth Square One
Influence	Heal the World Foundation Moonwalk Robot Thrill the World Thriller viral video World Vitiligo Day Mesoparapylocheles Sonic the Hedgehog Impersonators Cultural impact Artists influenced Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award Michael Jackson fandom Michael Jackson: On the Wall Philanthropy
Related	Jackson family The Jackson 5 The Jackson 5 discography The Jackson 5ive Health and appearance Personal relationships The Jacksons: An American Dream Cover versions FBI files Thriller jacket Statue of Michael Jackson Michael Jackson and Bubbles MJ Gallery at Ponte 16 Behind the Mask "We Had Him" You Are Not Alone Michael Jackson, Inc. Neverland Ranch Northern Songs Sony/ATV Music Publishing Bubbles Peter Pan syndrome Mister Lonely We Are the World Mind Is the Magic: Anthem for the Las Vegas Show Never Can Say Goodbye: The Music of Michael Jackson Rava on the Dance Floor Unity: The Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson "Better on the Other Side" "Home" "Eat It" "Fat" Return of the Moonwalker Searching for Neverland Sheikh Jackson The Last Days of Michael Jackson
Book Category

List of unreleased songs recorded by Michael Jackson

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