Who is/are the female background singer(s) in "Baby Be Mine"

That’s Michael singing the background vocals. The song was originally recorded in a lower key and then they re-recorded the leads and then pitched up his background vocals from the demo. You can hear the original pitch here.
 
That’s Michael singing the background vocals. The song was originally recorded in a lower key and then they re-recorded the leads and then pitched up his background vocals from the demo. You can hear the original pitch here.

Wow I always thought there were women doing the background vocals lol
 
That’s Michael singing the background vocals. The song was originally recorded in a lower key and then they re-recorded the leads and then pitched up his background vocals from the demo. You can hear the original pitch here.
Btw Is there any backstory on how these thriller era demos leaked in the early 2000s (baby be mine, Wbss, and hot street)
 
Didn't "Baby Be Mine"'s demo leak in 2008?

iirc, "Hot Street", "Nite Line", "Starlight Sun", "Carousel", etc had already been circulating among bootleggers in the late 1990s.
 
Didn't "Baby Be Mine"'s demo leak in 2008?

iirc, "Hot Street", "Nite Line", "Starlight Sun", "Carousel", etc had already been circulating among bootleggers in the late 1990s.
I know some of the ones circulating in the 90s got out in the early 2000s, but where were they sourced from
 
Not sure, but there was apparently a bootleg CD called "Thrills of a Lifetime" in 2000:

I have a CD called Thrills of a Lifetime.
FEATURING UNRELEASED SONGS and ALTERNATE VERSIONS
1. Michael Jackson - The Girl Is Mine 2'31 - Awesome UNRELEASED DIFFERENT
VERSION with different music and instrumentation WITHOUT PAUL McCartney -
This DEMO is sung entirely by MICHAEL
2. Michael jackson - Nightline 4'31 - UNRELEASED SONG WHICH WAS RECORDED
ORIGINALLY FOR THE THRILLER ALBUM, remains TOTALLY UNRELEASED. Features a
great bass line with Michael singing "I'll be waiting by the phone - All
Alone" !
3. MICHAEL JACKSON AND MINNIE RIPPERTON - "In Love Again" - TOTALLY AWESOME
UNRELEASED SONG - 4'29 this is a duet between the two awesome performers.
Minne Ripperton Shot to fame with her "Loving You (is easy cause your
beautiful) " hit. ABSOLUTELY beautiful lyrics, and the highlight is the
flute!
4. Michael Jackson - TROUBLE - 3'36 TOTALLY AWESOME - Unreleased Song which
MJ recorded for the THRILLER. Features the lyrics "She only needs to touch
me and I'm in trouble". Totally unbelievable song!
5. J-Friends - Childrens Holiday - a Song written and composed by Michael
Jackson, was recorded for a CHARITY RECORDED and now remains unreleased
6. MICHAEL JACKSON - Circus Girl - This Would have been a TOTAL CLASSIC
track if he didn't remove it from the THRILLER album. An excellent song
about how he lost his heart to a girl who worked on a carousel! Has to be
heard!!
7. MICHAEL JACKSON - hot Street! Another song which was intended for the
THRILLER album. Remains unreleased to this day. Featuring some excellent
percussion and the trademark Michael sound
8. MICHAEL JACKSOn - On The Line - A song which can be compared to KEEP THE
FAITH. Why on earth he hasn't released this in a more commercial way is yet
to be explained!
9. We Are here To Change The World - ORIGINALLY FROM THE CAPTAIN EO film -
it has never been commercially released in this demo format

Turns out "Baby Be Mine"'s demo was circulating in the 1999, too:

I have come upon a stunning recording of Michael Jackson's song demos
for the album Thriller. The well produced recording contains songs which
never
made their way onto Thriller or any other MJ album.
Billy Jean, The Girl Is Mine(w/o McCartney), Baby Be Mine, and the song
Thriller(called StarLight here with different lyrics) appear plus
unreleased
songs like "Carousel", "Hot Street" and others.
>
> Do you think that MJ fans would be interested in this?
The earliest record I can find of the Thriller demos is all the way from 1997:

I'm selling a couple of cd's containing the rarest songs's existing.
This is the song list and you will NEVER find another cd with this level
of rarity on it:
1. Billie Jean (Demo)
2. Wanna Be Startin Somethin (Demo)
3. BAD (Pepsi lyrics)
4. Billie Jean (Pepsi lyrics)
5. I'll Be There (Pepsi lyrics)
6. Circus Girl (Unreleased)
7. Niteline (Unreleased)
8. Hotstreet (Unreleased)
9. Trouble (Unreleased)
10. Someone In The Dark (Opening Version)
11. Someone In The Dark (Closing Version)
12. Studio Talk (From the official fan-club single 1983)
13. Surprise Song (From the official fan-club single 1983)
14. StreetWalker (Dangerous Demo)
15. The Girl Is Mine (Demo)
16. You Were There
17. We're Here To Change The World (Captain Eo)
18. Todo Mi Amore Eres Tu
 
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