Addams’s Groove aka Family Thing, Family values, or Family Affairs

Sources : My personal research, Wikipedia, Michael Jackson: For The Record by Chris Cadman & Craig Halstead, Twitter account of Damien Shields and the amazing archives of the MJCast.

ERA

1989-1993 : Dangerous era

RECORDING DATE

Recorded in June/July 1993 but never completed. Planned song for Addams Family Values movie. Cancelled in August 1993 due to the Chandler case. Also known as “Addams’s Groove”, “Family values”, or “Family Affairs”.

STUDIO(S)

???

SONGWRITER(S)

Michael Jackson

PRODUCER(S)

???

RELEASE DATE :

Unreleased.

Demo leaked in 2018 in LQ. HQ demo leaked on January 28, 2023.

LABEL

Sony (but never released)

LENGTH

???

ALTERNATE VERSIONS RECORDED BY MJ (covers and remixes by other artists are not included)

No other version known to exist

MUSICIANS

???

PEAK ON HOT 100 BILLBOARD :

Never unreleased as a single

SHORT FILM

July 1993 : Michael starts working on a short film named “Is This Scary” with Stephen King and Mick Garris for a song scheduled to appear on “The Adam Family Values” soundtrack.

August 10/11/12, 1993 : Michael starts shooting the short film “Is This Scary” at CBS/Radfort Studios in Studio City.

August 20, 1993 : Michael cancels the filming of “Is This Scary” and flies to Bangkok. The short film won’t never be completed but will be reshooted in 1996 as the “Ghost” short film.

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS

Never performed on TV

LIVE PERFORMANCES IN CONCERTS

Never performed in concerts

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