Timbaland might have remixed Chicago 1945 and then She Was Lovin’ Me became “Chicago” after Chicago 1945 was rejected

[Kazu MJ Wilson]

Hi this is my first post here and this might be already discussed before but I’m gonna write down my prediction which I came up with few years ago
I think Chicago 1945 might have been already remixed for Xscape and intended for 1st Single for Xscape. On this video, I think Timbo was talking about Chicago “1945”

but then Steve Porcaro refused to put it out becouse he didn’t want them to be “contemporized”

To prevent confusion to fans from Timaland’s early announcement or other reasons, The estate would have disrespectful choice for another Michael’s unreleased song, She Was Lovin’ Me. This song was released as “Chicago” on Xscape, but Cony Rooney, the composer of “She Was Lovin’ Me”, admitted he and Michael have never called that song “Chicago” and Title was changed for Xscape.
Quote from his interview by Damien Shields “Chicago is the only city that works. But the song was never called ‘Chicago.’ Never, ever. It has always been called ‘She Was Loving Me.”

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Jackson’s ‘She Was Loving Me’ (also known as ‘Chicago’) – DamienShields.com

Any thoughts???

 

[Beano Wild]

hello! welcome to the fourm man!

its a great idea, but i think its moreso because the track listing would have looked like this:

1. Love Never Felt So Good
2. She Was Lovin' Me
3. Loving You

VERY confusing to people hahah.

 

[Beano Wild]

probabaly Same reason to why Earth song was never called "What About Us", because of "They Don't Really Care About Us"

 

[Mister_Jay_Tee]

Yeah, Timbaland liked the name Chicago and the ambiance of the track with the contemporization.

 

[Fuzball]

probabaly Same reason to why Earth song was never called "What About Us", because of "They Don't Really Care About Us"

According to Bill Bottrell the song was never called WAU. Someone might have mislabled a tape.

 

[Kazu MJ Wilson]

hello! welcome to the fourm man!

its a great idea, but i think its moreso because the track listing would have looked like this:

1. Love Never Felt So Good
2. She Was Lovin' Me
3. Loving You

VERY confusing to people hahah.

Ah that’s right. But I’m kinda sad the estate changed it, not Michael or Cony Rooney. I renamed it as She Was Lovin’ Me when I ripped Xscape deluxe album.

 

[Beano Wild]

According to Bill Bottrell the song was never called WAU. Someone might have mislabled a tape.

maybe it was never called that because MJ knew it would clash from the start?

 

[Fuzball]

maybe it was never called that because MJ knew it would clash from the start?

it was always refered as ES - even when there were no lyrics written yet

 

[Beano Wild]

it was always refered as ES - even when there were no lyrics written yet

there's prob a work tape somewhere explaining why it was specifically called that. interesting it was named that from the start though.

 

[Fuzball]

there's prob a work tape somewhere explaining why it was specifically called that. interesting it was named that from the start though.

Way back in 1986 at Hayvenhurst he and I sat and he screened me "The Emerald Forest" in his theater.
He handed me a vhs tape of it to take home.
He was, even then, choosing me to work on "Earth Song".
I took that mission seriously, and so it was hard when he couldn't quite accept the best version, 4 years later, that we two could come up with together.
And then it didn't matter.

I worked on Earth Song for a year.
M. had a lot of songs to work on
E.S. started to languish
I got my friends Steve Ferrone and Guy Pratt to play drums and bass
From then, M. seemed concerned but couldn't describe
Still he sang it, got Andre Crouch and I got George del Barrio for strings.
M. got David Paiche for more keyboards.
M. was still concerned.
I mixed it anyway as the album was wrapping up
M. never got used to something about the direction: too heavy?
It didn't make the album
Later, History sessions, M hired Foster
Worked and worked and by now M. was getting used to my version, Foster expressed his frustration to me at the grammys
My version and mix came out on History with only new vocals in the outro
Legal contract for Foster said he got first credit.
These things happen all the time.

That production, that song, was unique
In that M. was a bit skeptical of the path I took
But didn't stop me. And he didn't release it
Until he was ok with it.
I am so proud of that song and of Michael's wisdom.



I can only guess that early on somebody in the studio wrote "what about us" on a tape box or track sheet that was for Earth Song. That's a possibility.