Recording sessions : 2007
Studios : Las Vegas, New Jersey, New York
Label : Sony
Release date : February 8, 2008
Peak on Billboard 200 : not eligible
Tracklisting
- “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin'” Michael Jackson
Quincy JonesMichael Jackson[a]
6:02 - “Baby Be Mine” Rod Temperton Jones 4:20
- “The Girl Is Mine” (with Paul McCartney) Jackson
JonesJackson[a]
3:42 - “Thriller” Rod Temperton Jones 5:57
- “Beat It” Jackson
JonesJackson[a]
4:18 - “Billie Jean” Jackson
JonesJackson[a]
4:54 - “Human Nature”
Steve PorcaroJohn Bettis
Quincy Jones 4:06 - “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)”
James IngramJones
Jones 3:59 - “The Lady In My Life” Temperton Jones 4:59
- “Vincent Price excerpt from Thriller Voice-Over Session” Temperton Jones 0:24
- “The Girl Is Mine 2008” (with will.i.am)
JacksonWilliam AdamsKeith Harris
Jacksonwill.i.am
3:10 - “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) 2008” (with will.i.am)
JacksonAdamsHarris
Jacksonwill.i.am
4:21 - “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ 2008” (with Akon)
JacksonAliaune ThiamGiorgio Tuinfort
JacksonAkonTuinfort
4:14 - “Beat It 2008” (with Fergie) Jackson
Jacksonwill.i.am
4:11 - “Billie Jean 2008” (Kanye West Mix) Jackson
JacksonKanye WestAnthony Kilhoffer
4:36 - “For All Time” (previously unreleased; recorded in 1990 during “Dangerous” and finished in late 2007)
JacksonSteve PorcaroMichael Sherwood
Jackson 4:04
Japanese bonus track
- “Got the Hots” (previously unreleased) (recorded 1981–1982, during “Thriller” sessions)
JacksonJones
JacksonJones
4:27
Singles and short films
1st single “The Girl Is Mine 2008” (released on January 14, 2008)
Peak on Hot 100 Billboard : did not chart
No short film
2nd single “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ 2008” (released on January 23, 2008)*
Peak on Hot 100 Billboard : 81
No short film
*Last single released during Michael Jackson’s lifetime.Promotion (TV performances/Award Shows/magazine covers etc.)
May 27, 2006 : Michael (accompanied by Raymone) attends the MTV Japan Awards ceremony at Yoyugi Olympic Stadium in Tokyo where he is presented with the MTV Legend Award.
May 31, 2006 : Michael makes a surprise appearance on widly popular SMAP variety show in Japan.
October 15, 2006 : Michael agrees to let US journalist Billy Bush from Access Hollywood visit him at the Grouse Lodge residential recording studios in County Westmeath where he is working on new music with producer Will I AM.
November 14, 2006 : Michael goes to the Guinness Book Of Records office in London to collect his certificates of records sales for Thriller.
November 15, 2006 : Michael attends the World Music Awards ceremony at Earl Court where Beyonce presents him with the Diamond Award for the Thriller sales and he performs a few lines of “We Are The World’ for the final. During the ceremony, Prince, Paris & Blanket spend a movie night with Miss Aileen.
October 3, 2007 : Michael is on the cover of of L’Uomo Vogue Magazine in Italy.
November 12, 2007 : Michael’s issue of Ebony magazine celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Thriller hits the newsstands in the US.
December 17, 2007 : Michael appears on the cover of Jet magazine.
January 26, 2008 : Michael accepts an award celebrating the 25th anniversary of Thriller in a pre-recorded video message aired during the NRJ Awards ceremony on French TV network TF1.
No concerts
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