Author: Fred Colby

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

Third Album (1970)

RECORDING DATE

Recorded in April–July 1970 with The Jackson 5.

STUDIO(S)

Motown Recording Studios, Hollywood, California

SONGWRITER(S)

George Horgay Gordy, Robert Gordy, Allen Story

PRODUCER(S)

The Corporation & Hal Davis

RELEASE DATE :

September 8, 1970 (Third Album).

LABEL

Motown Records

LENGTH

2:40

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 :

Not released as a single

SHORT FILM

No short film

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS

Never performed on TV

LIVE PERFORMANCES IN CONCERTS

Never performed in concerts

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

1969-1975 : Motown era

RECORDING DATE

Recorded with The Jackson 5 in 1969-1974.

STUDIO(S)

Motown Studios in California

SONGWRITER(S)

Clay Drayton, Tamy Smith

PRODUCER(S)

Clay Drayton, Tamy Smith

RELEASE DATE :

Posthumously on August 28, 2012 (Come and Get It: The Rare Pearls).

LABEL

Motown

LENGTH

2:54

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 released as a single

SHORT FILM

No short film

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS

Never performed on TV

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON CONCERTS

Never performed on concerts

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

1998-2004 : Invincible/Number Ones/The Ultimate Collection era

RECORDING DATE

In 2000

STUDIO(S)

The Hit Factory (New York City)

SONGWRITER(S)

R. Kelly

PRODUCER(S)

R. Kelly & Michael Jackson

RELEASE DATE :

October 30, 2001 (Invincible)

December 05, 2001 (single, only in Europe)

LABEL
Sony Music

LENGTH

5:01

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

No alternate version known to exist

MUSICIANS

Written and composed by R. Kelly
Produced by Michael Jackson and R. Kelly
Lead vocal by Michael Jackson
Percussion by Paulinho da Costa
Keyboard and drum programming by Michael Jackson and Brad Buxer
Choir arrangement by R. Kelly
Drums by John “JR” Robinson
Guitars by Michael Landau
Recorded by Mike Ging, Brad Gilderman and Humberto Gatica
Mixed by Michael Jackson and Mick Guzauski

PEAK ON HOT 100 BILLBOARD :

Not released in the US

SHORT FILM (filmed by MJ during his lifetime)

Music video directed by Nicolas Brandt

Date of shooting : September 2001 (Michael does not appear in the video)

Date of premiere : December 2001

Official release : On DVD in 2010 (Vision) and on Michael’ You Tube official page.

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS

Never performed on a TV show

LIVE PERFORMANCES IN CONCERTS

Never performed in concerts

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

Invincible (1998-2004)

RECORDING DATE

Written and recorded in 1998 during the Invincible sessions. Was mentioned by Michael Prince in a March 2017 episode of MJCast. A fully complete version is known to exist. Is reportedly at least six minutes in duration. Damien Schields : “The version of Craze I heard was an instrumental”.

STUDIO(S)

???

SONGWRITER(S)

Michael Jackson

PRODUCER(S)

Michael Jackson

RELEASE DATE :

Unreleased

LABEL

Unreleased

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 :

Not released as a single in the US

SHORT FILM

No short film

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS

Never performed on a TV show

LIVE PERFORMANCES IN CONCERTS

Never performed in concerts

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

1985-1989 : Bad era

RECORDING DATE

Demo recorded in 1985 during the Hayvenhurst sessions with John Barnes, Bill Bottrell & Matt Forger. Planned to have been recorded with rappers Run-D.M.C. for Jackson’s Bad album, but the collaboration never came into fruition. The song was recorded with a full vocal in November 1986 and revisited in early 1987 during the Bad sessions.

Joseph Vogel during the 67th episode of MJCast : “It does exist. There are vocals. It’s more complete than I thought it would be”

STUDIO(S)

???

SONGWRITER(S)

Michael Jackson
Josseph Simmons
Darryl McDaniels
Jason Mizell

PRODUCER(S)

???

RELEASE DATE :

Unreleased

LABEL

Unreleased

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 released as a single in the US.

SHORT FILM

No short film

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS

Never performed on TV

LIVE PERFORMANCES IN CONCERTS

Never performed in concerts

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

Skywriter (1973)

RECORDING DATE

Recorded with The Jackson 5 in 1972–1973.

STUDIO(S)

Hitsville West, Los Angeles, California

SONGWRITER(S)

Stephen Schwartz

PRODUCER(S)

Stephen Schwartz

RELEASE DATE :

October 2, 1972 (single version)

March 29, 1973 (album version on Skywriter).

LABEL

Motown

LENGTH

3:33

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 :

18

SHORT FILM

No short film

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS

November 4, 1972 : In the US, Soul Train Show airs a Jackson Five special where they perform I Want You Back, Lookin’ Through The Windows & Corner Of The Sky. Jermaine performs That’s How Love Goes & Daddy’s Home.    Michael performs Ben

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON CONCERTS

Never performed in concerts

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

1969-1975 : Motown era

RECORDING DATE

Recorded with The Jackson 5 in 1969-1975.

STUDIO(S)

Motown Studios in California

SONGWRITER(S)

Deke Richard, Freddie Perren, Alphonso Mizell, Berry Gordy

PRODUCER(S)

Deke Richard, Freddie Perren, Alphonso Mizell, Berry Gordy

RELEASE DATE :

June 20, 1995 (Soulsation!).

LABEL

Motown

LENGTH

3:04

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 released as a single

SHORT FILM

No short film

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS

Never performed on TV

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON CONCERTS

Never performed on concerts

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

Recorded in 1986 with Bill Bottrell at Hayvenhurst.

October 26, 1986 : Recording session at Michael’s Hayvenhurst home studio. MJ, Bill Bottrell, John Barnes and Matt Forger work on the song “Come Together”.

October 27, 1986 : Recording session at Michael’s Hayvenhurst home studio. MJ, Bill Bottrell, John Barnes and Matt Forger work on the song “Come Together”.

October 29, 1986 : Recording session at Michael’s Hayvenhurst home studio. MJ, Bill Bottrell, John Barnes and Matt Forger work on the song “Come Together”.

October 30, 1986 : Recording session at Michael’s Hayvenhurst home studio. MJ, Bill Bottrell, John Barnes and Matt Forger work on the song “Come Together”.

STUDIO(S)

Los Angeles, California

SONGWRITER(S)

John Lennon é Paul McCartney

PRODUCER(S)

Michael Jackson & Bill Bottrell

RELEASE DATE :

-Used in a live scene for the movie Moonwalker (shot and released in 1988).

-It was scheduled to appear on Michael’s canceled greatest hits compilation DECADE 1980-1990.

-Released on January 14, 1992 (B-side of Remember The Time single in the UK) and later on June 20, 1995 (History)

LABEL

Sony

LENGTH

4:03

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 released as a single in the US.

SHORT FILM

No short film but part of the Moonwalker film released in 1988.

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS

Never performed on TV

LIVE PERFORMANCES IN CONCERTS

History World Tour 1996

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

1969-1975 : Motown era

RECORDING DATE

“Ain’t That Peculiar” is a 1965 song recorded by American soul musician Marvin Gaye for the Tamla (Motown) label.

The Jackson 5 performed this song in concerts and probably recorded their own version even though it was never released.

STUDIO(S)

Motown studios in Los Angeles

SONGWRITER(S)

Pete Moore, William “Smokey” Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Marv Tarplin

PRODUCER(S)

William “Smokey” Robinson

RELEASE DATE :

Unreleased

LABEL

Unreleased

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 :

Not released as a single

SHORT FILM

No short film

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS

Never performed on TV

LIVE PERFORMANCES IN CONCERTS

Jackson 5 World Tour 1973

Source : Rachel from “On MJ Footsteps”

Date : November 12, 2023

“The security guard at the entrance of Neverland was very friendly, particularly talkative this time, and although he didn’t reveal crucial information, he agreed to discuss the future filming of the biopic, Michael’s children, and the ranch’s future.

The ranch has been completely revamped for the biopic: the road to the main gate has been redone, attractions, some original, have been restored to the park Michael created, and animals are back in the zoo, according to him. “But no giraffe, tiger, or elephant,” he specified. “They really did things right, and a lot of money was invested.”

The filming of the biopic has not started yet, at least not at Neverland. The security guard confirmed to me that it’s because of the Hollywood strike that has been going on for a few months (at the time of writing these lines, an agreement has been reached, and Hollywood productions should resume. The filming of the biopic should start soon).

I asked him if Michael’s children often came to the ranch. He told me that Prince and Bigi, especially, come from time to time, Paris a bit less. But we know that she has been very busy in recent months with her singing career.

Even though I knew the answer, I still asked him if fans could ever enter the ranch, which is what many hoped for. “I don’t know. Not as long as this biopic project is ongoing. But with all the money invested, maybe they will consider doing something afterward…”