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.
RECORDING DATE
The track was written, produced by Steve Porcaro and recorded in December 1983 during the Victory recording sessions, it was intended for the former but didn’t make the cut. Based on one of the grooves Steve Porcaro submitted to Michael. Vocally complete song about three girls who went out and mysteriously disappeared throughout the night, with a hook of “never to be found again.
The song was re-recorded again in the spring of 1986 during the Bad sessions with new, live drums being added. It had a chance to make it on the album, but it didn’t make the cut again.
Porcaro was approached by the estate in 2014 about using it on Xscape, but declined to give permission on the basis that the song didn’t need any “contemporizing”, and that he disapproves of the estate’s “straight to remix” approach to Michael’s unreleased material.
Porcaro on Toto’s site years ago : “Years ago, Michael and I wrote a song called Chicago 1945 – I did the music and Michael the lyrics, he recorded the song twice, but never put it on an album… the instruments were played in a constant rhythm in the 16th note, which was called ‘yada’. When I explained this to Michael, he liked it so much he gave me that nickname!”.
STUDIO(S)
Los Angeles (California)
SONGWRITER(S)
Steve Porcaro
PRODUCER(S)
Steve Porcaro
RELEASE DATE :
Five days before Thriller 40 was released, on November 13, 2022, a low quality recording from Steve Pocaro’s seminars was leaked online. Two months later, on January 27, 2023, the same version was leaked in HQ after Brad Sundberg’s laptop was stolen. The leaked song is vocally complete. The song remains unreleased.
LABEL
Unreleased
LENGTH
5:12
ALTERNATE VERSIONS RECORDED BY MJ (covers and remixes by other artists are not included)
It’s rumored that the song was reworked for HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I and later for Invincible, but this isn’t confirmed.
MUSICIANS
PEAK ON HOT 100 BILLBOARD :
Not released as a single in the US
SHORT FILM (filmed by MJ during his lifetime)
No short film
LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS
Never performed on a TV show
LIVE PERFORMANCES IN CONCERTS
Never performed in concerts
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