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Let's end the confusion about MJ's unreleased tracks here

0% chance of completing it. The only sensical lyrics are “can’t cope with changes. What are you trying to do to me?” The rest is mumbles. But it’s great as a demo. The choir on it is phenomenal. There are two epic vocal solos on the demo from members of the choir


That's what Damien shields said before on song changes
 
SmoothMel7 said:
Interesting list my friend. We could add "Make Or Break" which is complete according to Joe Vogel's memories despite contradictory information. I have doubts about "Truth About Youth" and the Christmas song regarding MJ's vocals.
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Make or Break isn't complete.

"Make or Break was a song written by Michael and myself. It was never fully finished. There was a demo incomplete vocal. There is a partial lyric as well. It was the third piece of music I created using the Synclavier. I like its potential as a song." - John Barnes
 
Sisoqqq said:
0% chance of completing it. The only sensical lyrics are “can’t cope with changes. What are you trying to do to me?” The rest is mumbles. But it’s great as a demo. The choir on it is phenomenal. There are two epic vocal solos on the demo from members of the choir


That's what Damien shields said before on او song changes
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Fuzball said:
As of now, there are at least 25 unreleased songs with (nearly) full vocals in the vault.

  1. Nightline
  2. Hot Street
  3. Slapstick
  4. Make a Wish
  5. Neverland Landing
  6. State of Shock(w/ Freddy)
  7. Victory
  8. Buffalo Bill
  9. Chicago 1945
  10. Streetwalker (final 1987 mix)
  11. Throwin' Your Life Away
  12. Serious Effect
  13. Work That Body
  14. If You Don't Love Me
  15. Truth 'Bout Youth
  16. Much Too Soon (final 1994 mix)
  17. X-mas song (1994 - title not revealed yet)
  18. Seeing Voices
  19. Another Day (1999 mix)
  20. What More Can I Give (solo version)
  21. Get Your Weight Off Me
  22. Tomboy
  23. Turning Me Off
  24. Monkey Business (unreleased 1991 mix)
  25. Crack Kills
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You’re missing the following:
- “World of Candy” from 2003 which was confirmed by Adez to have a full vocal.
- “I Have This Dream” from c. 2005-2006 which was confirmed by Damien Shields to be fully complete and ready for release.
- “Dreamin’” from 2006 with will.i.am- full chorus vocals recorded by MJ with will.i.am rapping on verses.
 
BlackAnon said:
Make or Break isn't complete.

"Make or Break was a song written by Michael and myself. It was never fully finished. There was a demo incomplete vocal. There is a partial lyric as well. It was the third piece of music I created using the Synclavier. I like its potential as a song." - John Barnes
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Maybe this has a similar history as TMO. Bottrell wasn't aware LV were recorded by Bruce at Westlake.
 
SmoothGangsta said:
When did redone say that he had a song that had enough MJ vocals to release as an MJ track? I only remember him saying that he would have to get other vocalists to finish it.
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Hot Fun In The Summertime? With Mary J Blige and.... someone? I think there were a few heads involved in that one for Michael in 2010. Not sure if that's the one.
 
SmoothGangsta said:
When did redone say that he had a song that had enough MJ vocals to release as an MJ track? I only remember him saying that he would have to get other vocalists to finish it.
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While the results are far from the finished product, RedOne, whose real name is Nadir Khayat, believes he has enough material to work on for a record, although any release would have to involve agreement with Jackson’s record label and estate.
Recalling his collaboration with Jackson, he said: “The music we were doing was good, really good…very energetic, uplifting. It’s sad that we never finished the material.
“Michael always has been focused on having hits, not having songs, so he always records a lot of songs and takes the best of them and that’s his formula which I love. We were doing good quality music and it’s never been finished.”https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/producer-redone-eyes-michael-jackson-release-959665/
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I think it's possible that the song RedOne mentioned that could be released is indeed called "Dancing For Love", RedOne said on an interview not too long ago that the song is about love.

Or maybe not since "love" is such a common theme in a lot of MJ's songs lol. Could be a different song entirely.
 
ChanceToDance said:
I think it's possible that the song RedOne mentioned that could be released is indeed called "Dancing For Love", RedOne said on an interview not too long ago that the song is about love.

Or maybe not since "love" is such a common theme in a lot of MJ's songs lol.
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Dancing For Love, thanks!
 
Hollywood_Tonight said:
- “I Have This Dream” from c. 2005-2006 which was confirmed by Damien Shields to be fully complete and ready for release.
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"I Have This Dream" isn't fully complete since it's missing a polished vocal from MJ but it's close enough. There is a demo vocal that could be makeshift into being put on the song but it wouldn't be up to MJ's standards.

It's actually sad just how close the song was to being completed, according to the "When the Sheikh met the King" book the song was already mixed with everyone having recorded their parts, and there were even recording sessions scheduled for MJ to record his final vocals, but since he wouldn't show up it made the track be shelved. It's as if We Are The World had been cancelled when all that was left to do was for MJ to record his parts. It's truly a waste.
"With the bulk of "I Have This Dream" recorded and mixed, the 2 Seas Studios team had nervously been waiting for Jackson's final vocal track for months. Back at the recording sessions in October Abdullah and Jackson had agreed that the icon's singing had not been up to standard. The sheikh booked one final session at Metropolis studios but Jackson failed to turn up, leaving their multimillion dollar charity record and the king of pop's comeback, in limbo."
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ChanceToDance said:
I think it's possible that the song RedOne mentioned that could be released is indeed called "Dancing For Love", RedOne said on an interview not too long ago that the song is about love.

Or maybe not since "love" is such a common theme in a lot of MJ's songs lol. Could be a different song entirely.
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Yeah, he says that it would be him with a few artists. So not finished. Unless he's talking about an album with other artists on. Very vague.
 
SmoothGangsta said:
Yeah, he says that it would be him with a few artists. So not finished. Unless he's talking about an album with other artists on. Very vague.
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Iirc Damien also said that when he interviewed RedOne he mentioned that there were no complete songs and that he would need to bring in other vocalists for them to be released, so that seems to be the case. I was more so talking about the possible name of the song RedOne says it's the most complete out of his other songs.
 
innuendo141 said:
Hot Fun In The Summertime? With Mary J Blige and.... someone? I think there were a few heads involved in that one for Michael in 2010. Not sure if that's the one.
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I thought McClain was working on Hot Fun in 2013/4.

Anyway, confirmed songs that were posthumously reworked/remixed but didn't make Michael or Xscape
  • Hot Fun
  • TYLA
  • IYDLM
  • WALWTG

Did I miss any other track?
 
BlackAnon said:
Make or Break isn't complete.

"Make or Break was a song written by Michael and myself. It was never fully finished. There was a demo incomplete vocal. There is a partial lyric as well. It was the third piece of music I created using the Synclavier. I like its potential as a song." - John Barnes
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Barnes went into further detail on this song. I think it was on the MJ Cast interview. Basically, this is the one unreleased song that got away. Meaning, it was on track to have great potential, but other things came up and for whatever reason, was put on the back burner. It was the one song Barnes and MJ talked about later on, wishing they finished.
 
Fuzball said:
I thought McClain was working on Hot Fun in 2013/4.

Anyway, confirmed songs that were posthumously reworked/remixed but didn't make Michael or Xscape
  • Hot Fun
  • TYLA
  • IYDLM
  • WALWTG

Did I miss any other track?
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I know that Chicago 1945, Get Your Weight Off Of Me, Turning Me Off, and The Loser were at least thought about, but I don’t think they were reworked.
 
Fuzball said:
I thought McClain was working on Hot Fun in 2013/4.

Anyway, confirmed songs that were posthumously reworked/remixed but didn't make Michael or Xscape
  • Hot Fun
  • TYLA
  • IYDLM
  • WALWTG

Did I miss any other track?
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Thanks for sharing mate, it's still baffling to me that WALWTG was considered for rework, the song just seems so rough and unfinished
 
Fuzball said:
@Gaz @Beano Wild

Just a thought: is it possible to create a subforum with restricted access and/or writing permissions for selected (non trolling) users in order to invite engineers/collaborators? Such a forum could be used as a platform to ask anything about the recording proccess in the studio.
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Great idea, but i don't think it'd fit the fourm since its a public fourm. A feature we don't see being used nowadays is thew Chat rooms feature in the chat at the bottom of everyone's screen that would be good for this.
 
Mister_Jay_Tee said:

Sounds very pleasant to me
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Man this snippet takes me back, I remember listening to it a lot right before the world went to shit because of Covid. Can't believe it's been more than 4 years already.

But anyway- Honestly I'm glad that the song didn't end up leaking in 2020, I'm not really a fan of the song but it was still nice to have it as a surprise for T40. Made the fact that 50% of the disc was re-releases hurt less.
 
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