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
RECORDING DATE
“Don’t Believe It” was recorded in 1990/1991 and was one of the 28 songs made with Bryan Loren. The recording starts with a dialogue between Loren and Jackson and ends with Michael beatboxing. The track was never mixed or finished. Recorded at Loren’s house around the time of Thanksgiving or Christmas.
In 2024, a trove of unreleased Michael Jackson tapes were found in a storage unit deep in the San Fernando Valley. Musgrove’s journey to the tapes began when an associate contacted Greg Musgrove about a storage unit he’d recently bought in Van Nuys. The unit once belonged to Bryan Loren, a music producer and singer. On the tapes are 12 unreleased tracks, music Jackson worked on prior to the Dangerous album, around 1989 to 1991 including the song “Don’t Believe It” completed with 1m06 of creative process between Loren & MJ. He and the attorney he brought on approached the Jackson Estate with their findings earlier this year. The estate, who Musgrove says did their own research into the tapes, declined to purchase the tapes for an unknown reason, but did provide him with an official letter stating that the estate does not claim ownership. They make it clear in the letter, however, that he and anyone else who might purchase these tapes down the line do not own the copyright on the recordings or the compositions, the estate does. Essentially, these tapes can never be released publicly.
STUDIO(S)
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SONGWRITER(S)
Michael Jackson, Bryan Loren
PRODUCER(S)
Bryan Loren
RELEASE DATE :
Snippet of the song was leaked on Shana Mangatal’s Instagram story on August 25, 2019 alongside “Seven Digits”. Full demo remains unreleased.
LABEL
Unreleased
LENGTH
5:46
ALTERNATE VERSIONS RECORDED BY MJ (covers and remixes by other artists are not included)
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MUSICIANS
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PEAK ON HOT 100 BILLBOARD :
Remains unreleased
SHORT FILM
No short film
LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS
Never performed on TV
LIVE PERFORMANCES IN CONCERTS
Never performed in concerts
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