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
Recorded between late March and mid-April 1999 with Corey Rooney at the Hit Factory in New York City.
The track was ultimately not selected for Invincible and remained unreleased and unheard by the public for 15 years. Following Jackson’s death, Rooney collaborated with his nephew, Taryll Jackson, on a new production in 2010.
In 2014, the track was reworked yet again, this time by producer Timbaland. The Timbaland version of the track was ultimately included on Jackson’s second posthumous album, Xscape, under the title “Chicago”. Nine months before Xscape was officially released, Timbaland sparked rumours that “Chicago” was going to be the project’s lead single. However, that wouldn’t end up being the case, with “Love Never Felt So Good” going on to be the lead single instead.
In 2022 the song received great popularity on TikTok, currently the song has 217 million plays on Spotify.
STUDIO(S)
Hit Factory (New York City)
SONGWRITER(S)
Cory Rooney
Michael Jackson
PRODUCER(S)
Cory Rooney
Michael Jackson
RELEASE DATE :
Posthumously on May, 9 2014 (“Xscape” album).
Posthumously on August 12, 2014 (single)
LABEL
Sony Music
LENGTH
4:43 (original version)
4:05 (Timbaland version)
4:47 (Taryll Jackson version)
ALTERNATE VERSIONS RECORDED BY MJ (covers and remixes by other artists are not included)
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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