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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), theCanadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA) and EMI Music Publishing. This list, however, only documents the songs explicitly cited as being unreleased and, therefore, does not contain every unreleased Jackson song registered with such bodies.

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Jackson—along with Lionel Richie, Quincy Jones, Rod Temperton and Joseph Jackson—faced a copyright infringement suit in 1993. The lawsuit came after three songwriters alleged that the pop star and his fellow defendants had plagiarized the hits "The Girl Is Mine", "Thriller" and "We Are the World". During a seven-hour deposition, Jackson named numerous unreleased songs that he had written or co-written.Following the testimony, a nine-member jury found the defendants not guilty of plagiarism.
Many officially unreleased Jackson songs had been scheduled, at one point, for release on records by the singer, including his six solo studio albums with music label Epic Records: Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), Bad (1987),Dangerous (1991), HIStory (1995) and Invincible (2001). For varying reasons, the tracks were ultimately rejected and, as of 2010, 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 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.At the time of the leak, it was claimed that there were "hundreds" of unreleased songs by the musician, and that they could be issued for several years to come. Commenting on the subject, the curator of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Jim Henke, noted that any future releases would garner significant attention. "I think we are going to see amazing interest in any released Michael Jackson material that will come out in the future or a year from now on."On March 16, 2010, Sony Music Entertainment signed a record-breaking $250 million deal with Jackson's estate to retain distribution rights to his recordings until 2017 and release ten posthumous albums—many of which will feature unreleased material—over the next decade.
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†	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

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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
"A Place With No Name"	Unknown	Heavily resembles America's "A Horse with No Name" Snippet leaked onto the Internet in 2009
"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.
"Al Capone"*	Michael Jackson	Failed to make the Bad album A demo version is known to exist Evolved into "Smooth Criminal"
"All in Your Name"	Michael Jackson Barry Gibb	The Bee Gees' Barry Gibb confirmed the existence of the anti-war song, which he had been collaborating with Jackson on in 2002. Had been intended for an album Jackson had been working on in 2003, but the album was never released A demo version by Gibb and Jackson is known to exist.
"An Innocent Man"	Unknown	A handwritten lyrics by Michael Jackson were set on auction on Gotta Have Rock and Roll website alongside handwritten lyric of "Billie Jean" and "We Are The World"
"Angel"	Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds	Recorded by Jackson around 1988 Had been scheduled to feature on a shelved greatest hits compilation
"Another Day"	Lenny Kravitz	A short version was leaked online on January 2, 2010, with a voiceover from an unknown DJ not associated with the track Kravitz distanced himself from the leak and added that he wrote the song, played all the instruments and produced it	^[12]
"Attitude"^‡	Michael Jackson Kathy Wakefield Michel Pierre	—	^[11]
"Bad Girl"*	Michael Jackson	—
"Bassouille"	Michael Jackson Bruce Swedien	Written in 1994 Failed to make the HIStory album
"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"
"Behind the Mask"	Michael Jackson Ryuichi Sakamoto Chris Mosdell	Original Yellow Magic Orchestra version heard by Quincy Jones during the Thriller recording sessions Brought to the attention of Jackson, who recorded the song with additional lyrics Legal issues prevented the song's inclusion on Thriller Later recorded by Greg Phillinganes and by Eric Clapton	^[15]
"Belong 2"	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley	Written in 1999 Failed to make the Invincible album
"Bottle of Smoke"	Michael Jackson	Written and possibly recorded by Jackson in 1989 Failed to make the Dangerous album
"Buffalo Bill"*	Michael Jackson	First mentioned by manager Frank DiLeo before the release of The Jacksons' Victory album in 1984 Failed to make the Bad album
"California Grass"*	Michael Jackson	—
"Chicago 1945"*	Michael Jackson Steve Porcaro	Evolved into "Al Capone"
"Colour of My Soul"	Unknown	Known to have been recorded by Jackson, though the date is uncertain
"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
"Cry"*	Michael Jackson	—
"Do You Know Where Your Children Are"*	Michael Jackson	—
"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
"Do You Want Me"	Sisqó Dru Hill	Written in 1999 Failed to make the Invincible album
"Doing Dirty"	Michael Jackson Marlon Jackson	Written around 1988–1990 for a shelved greatest hits album
"Don't Be Messin' Around"	Unknown	Features Jackson playing the piano
"Dreams"^†	Michael Jackson	—
"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
"Ekan Satyam (The One Truth)"	A.R. Rahman A.R. Parthasarathi 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
"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
"Face"	Michael Jackson	Failed to make the HIStory album
"Fall Again"	Michael Jackson	A demo that unlike others is in High Quality. A full version was leaked onto the internet around 2006
"Fanfare Transition"⁽¹⁹⁹²⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1992 Known alternatively as "Fanfare 1992"
"Fantasy"*	Michael Jackson Jermaine Jackson	—
"Far, Far Away"*	Michael Jackson	—
"Fear"	Michael Jackson	Written c. 1993 Failed to make the HIStory album
"Free"*	Michael Jackson	—
"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
"Get Around"*	Michael Jackson	A version crediting Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III and LaShawn Daniels was considered for theInvincible album, but failed to make the final tracklisting.
"Goin' To Rio"*	Michael Jackson Carole Bayer Sager	Written in 1976 Failed to make the Off the Wall album
"Got to Find a Way Somehow"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1979
"Groove of Midnight"	Rod Temperton	Written around the Bad era A demo by Jackson surfaced on the internet in 2003.
"He Who Makes The Sky Grey"	Jermaine Jackson Sheik Abdullah of Bahrain	Featured vocals by Jackson
"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
"Hold My Hand"	Claude Kelly	Song worked on by Akon and Jackson Leaked onto the Internet in 2008
"Holiday Inn"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1976
"Hot Fever"⁽¹⁹⁸⁵⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1985 Evolved into "The Way You Make Me Feel"
"Hot Street"	Rod Temperton	Failed to make the Thriller album as Temperton and Quincy Jones felt that the song was too weak for inclusion
"I Can't Get You Off My Mind"	Michael Jackson	Jackson worked on the song in the early 1970s. A demo version/mono acetate is known to exist
"I Don't Live Here Anymore"	Michael Jackson	Written c. 2001 Failed to make the Invincible album
"I Forgive You"*	Michael Jackson	—
"I Have This Love of Me"*	Michael Jackson	—
"If You Don't Love Me"	Michael Jackson	Had been scheduled for release on a shelved special edition of the Dangerous album Leaked online in 2009.
"In the Valley"*	Michael Jackson	—
"Iowa"	Michael Jackson	Classical piece confirmed by sister Janet Jackson in a 1993 magazine interview
"Kentucky"*	Michael Jackson	Written in the mid-1970s
"Kreeton Overture"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson Jai Winding Marty Paich Pat Leonard	Written in 1984 for the opening of The Jacksons' Victory Tour
"Learned My Lesson"⁽¹⁹⁸⁵⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1981 Two versions of the song were registered with the United States Copyright Office.
"Little Girls"*	Michael Jackson	—
"Llama Lola"*	Michael Jackson	—
"Lonely Bird"*	Michael Jackson	—
"Lonely Man"*	Michael Jackson	—
"Love Never Felt So Good"	Michael Jackson Kathy Wakefield Paul Anka	Demo version leaked onto the internet in 2006
"Lucy Is in Love With Linus"*	Michael Jackson	—
"Make a Wish"*	Michael Jackson	—
"Make or Break"*	Michael Jackson John Barnes	—
"Maybe We Can Do It"	Michael Jackson Rodney Jerkins Sean Combs	Features Jackson and Sean Combs Failed to make the Invincible album
"Men in Black"	Michael Jackson	Had been scheduled for release on a shelved 1990 greatest hits collection
"Michael McKellar"*	Michael Jackson	—
"MJ Melody"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1982
"Much Too Soon"*	Michael Jackson	Written c. 1981 Believed by some fans to be an early version of "Gone Too Soon"
"Not My Lover"*	Michael Jackson	Written c. 1981 The song evolved into Billie Jean.
"Neverland Landing"*	Michael Jackson	—
"Nightline/Nite-line"	Glen Ballard	Written c. 1982 Failed to make the Thriller album
"Nymphette Lover"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1981
"Ode to Sorrow"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1977
"On My Anger"	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley	Written in 1999 Failed to make the Invincible album
"People Have To Make Some Sort of Joke"*	Michael Jackson	—
"Peter Pan"	Michael Jackson	Song mentioned by Jackson on the 1993 CD The Michael Jackson Interview
"Pressure"	Rodney Jerkins Fred Jerkins III Harvey Mason LaShawn Daniels	Failed to make the Invincible album
"Price of Fame"	Unknown	Failed to make the Bad album Had been scheduled as the theme for a Pepsi commercial starring Jackson, but was replaced by "Bad"
"Red Eye"*	Michael Jackson	—
"Rolling the Dice"*	Rod Temperton	Jackson worked on the song with Temperton and Quincy Jones during the Thriller recording sessions.
"Satisfy"	Terry Lewis James Harris III	Mariah Carey song featuring Jackson on backing vocals Failed to make the 2002 Charmbracelet album
"Saved By the Bell"*	Michael Jackson Jermaine Jackson	—
"Seduction"	Michael Jackson Shelby Lee Myrick III	Failed to make the Invincible album
"Serious Effect"	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley	Features rap by LL Cool J Had been scheduled for release on a shelved special edition of the Dangerous album Leaked onto the Internet in 2002 Solo demo version by Jackson known to exist
"Seven Digits"	Michael Jackson Bryan Loren	Failed to make the Dangerous album
"She Got It"	Unknown	Had been scheduled for release on a shelved special edition of the Dangerous album Snippets leaked onto the internet in 2005, with the full version leaking in 2008.
"She's Not a Girl"*	Michael Jackson Jermaine Jackson	—
"She's Trouble"	Sue Shifrin Bill Livsey Terry Britten	Failed to make the Thriller album Bootleg version known to exist Also known as "Trouble"
"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"
"Sister Sue"*	Michael Jackson	—
"Slapstick"	Rod Temperton	Worked on by Jackson during the Thriller recording sessions The song is an early demo version of "Hot Street"
"Soldier's Entrance"	Michael Jackson	Worked on by Jackson in 1999 with a view to have it featured on the Invincible album
"Somewhere in Time"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1980
"Stand Tall"⁽¹⁹⁸⁵⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1982
"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"
"State of Shock"	Michael Jackson Randy Hansen	One of three songs Jackson worked on with Queen's Freddie Mercury in 1983 Demo version by Mercury and Jackson was leaked onto the Internet in 2002, but remains officially unreleased Different version later released on Victory, with Mick Jagger
"Stay"	Michael Jackson Bryan Loren	Written c. 1988
"Stop the War"	Michael Jackson Carole Bayer Sager	Written c. 1999
"Susie"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1978
"Thank Heaven"⁽¹⁹⁹⁸⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1998
"Thank You For Life"*⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written c. 1976
"That"⁽¹⁹⁹⁸⁾	Michael Jackson	—
"That Kind of Lover"	Michael Jackson Ray Ruffin	Written c. 2001 Failed to make the Invincible album
"The Children's Hour"*	Michael Jackson	—
"The Gloved One"	Sisqó	Written c. 2001 Failed to make the Invincible album
"The Nightmare of Edgar Alan Poe"	Michael Jackson Walter Afanasieff	Written c. 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"
"The Pain"	Shawn Stockman Jay Harvey Mason Rodney Jerkins	Failed to make the Invincible album
"The Sky is the Limit"*	Michael Jackson	—
"The Toy"⁽¹⁹⁸¹⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1981 for a Richard Pryor movie
"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
"I Never Heard"⁽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
"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.
"Throwin' Your Life Away"⁽¹⁹⁸⁸⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1988
"To Satisfy You"	Michael Jackson Bryan Loren	Written during the Dangerous recording sessions, but Jackson did not like it and gave it to Loren for his 1992 album Music From the New World Solo recording by Jackson known to exist
"Tomboy"*⁽¹⁹⁸⁵⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1985 Failed to make the Bad album Mistakenly believed by some fans to have been written by Quincy Jones
"Tragedy of a Cheer-leader"*	Michael Jackson	—
"Tubeway"	Michael Jackson	Written c. 1999 Failed to make the Invincible album
"Turning Me Off"*	Michael Jackson	—
"Under Your Skin"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1979
"Unknown"^†	Michael Jackson	It is unclear whether the song is titled "Unknown" or the song title is unknown.
"Vibrationist"	Michael Jackson Teddy Riley	Written c. 1999 Failed to make the Invincible album
"Victory"	Michael Jackson Freddie Mercury	One of three songs Jackson worked on with Queen's Freddie Mercury in 1983 Demo version known to exist
"We Are the Ones"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1978
"What a Lonely Way to Go"*	Michael Jackson	Written in 1975
"What About Us"	Michael Jackson	Written originally for the Dangerous album Demos leaked onto the Internet in 2003 Evolved into "Earth Song"
"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
"What's a Guy Gotta Do"	Pharrell Williams	Written in 2000 Failed to make the Invincible album
"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
"What's Your Life"*	Michael Jackson Jermaine Jackson	—
"Who Do You Know"*	Michael Jackson	Written c. 1981 Failed to make the Thriller album
"Who Is the Girl With Her Hair Down"*	Michael Jackson	—
"Why Can't I Be"⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1980
"Why Shy"*	Michael Jackson	—
"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"
"You Ain't Gonna Change Nothin'"*⁽¹⁹⁸⁴⁾	Michael Jackson	Written in 1975
"You Are a Liar"*	Michael Jackson	Failed to make the Invincible album Also known as "You're a Liar"
"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 suppor
"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.
"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

Future albums

Following the massive surge in sales of Jackson's catalogue following his death, Sony Music Entertainment, spearheaded 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 first album is scheduled to be out in November 2010 (featuring songs recorded 2001 - 2009), and the final album before December 2017. The songs will range from the early Off the Wall era, up to months before Jackson's death. The deal was unprecedented in the music industry as it is the most expensive music contract to a single artist in history, with Sony Music reportedly paying $250 million for the deal and with the Jackson estate getting the full sum as well as its share of royalties for all works released. The first album's name is reportedly going to be named after the unreleased track "Another Day".

See also:
Michael_Jackson profile,
Michael Jackson's health and appearance
List of unreleased Michael Jackson material
Living with Michael Jackson
1993 child sexual abuse
Death of Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson memorial service
List of Michael Jackson tours
Michael Jackson videography
List of awards

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