Portrayed by Rosalind Aune (Jan 2019 – Feb 2019) Isabella de Armas (Jan 2019 – May 2019) Redford Prindiville (Feb 2019 – Mar 2019) Madeline Valdez (May 2019 – Present) River Davison (May 2019-2022)
Last appearance on August 13, 2015 (death on screen)
Portrayed by Caylie Button (2004) Tommy Christian (2004) Haven Cain (2004) Kate and Madeline Philips (2004) Ava and Emma Ashcroft (2004-2006) Harley Graham (2006–2009) Ashlyn Pearce (2013-2015)
Last appearance on December 20, 2011 (he just vanished…)
legal son of Nick Marone and Taylor Hamilton. Nick is his biological father and Brooke Logan unknowingly provided the egg from which he was conceived, technically making her his biological mother.
Portrayed by Mallory Mae Garza (2007) Cameron and McKenzie Carr (2007-2009) Frank and Morgan Gingerich (2010-2011)
adopted by Mr. & Mrs Walton, Marcus is the biological son of Donna Logan and Justin Barber, was adopted by Eric Forrester during his marriage to Donna.
Last appearance on : May 29, 2018 (left town, he lives in Paris)
Portrayed by Jeremy Snider (1990-1995) Steven Hartman (1995-1997) Jacob Young (1997-1999, 2011-2018) Justin Torkildsen (1999-2006) Kyle Lowder (2007-2011)
Clarke “C.J.” Garrison, Jr : First appearance October 29, 1991 (birth onscreen) Last appearance 2017 (left town)
Portrayed by Michelle Heap (1991) Tyler and Jacob DeHaven (1991-93) Taylor Joseph Robinson (1993-94) Kevin and Christopher Graves (1994-95) Kyle Sabihy (1995-97) Mick Cain (1997-2001, 2002-2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2017)
Karen Spencer : First appearance on December 11, 1991
Last appearance on April 18, 2014 (she lives in New York)
Portrayed by Joanna Johnson (1991-94, 2009, 2011, 2012-14)
Portrayed by Juliet and Trevor Johnson (1992-1993) Abigail and Danielle Burr (1993-1994) Jordan and Morgan Turner (1994-1995) Caitlyn Wachs (1995-1996) Landry Allbright (1996-1997) Agnes Bruckner (1997-1999) Jennifer Finnigan (2000-2004) Emily Harrison (2004) Ashley Jones (2004-2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
For its inclusion in Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, despite being billed as the theme from the film, “Childhood” played a pivotal role in the scene where Elvis ran away after Jesse and the Greenwoods each denied his help which in-turn caused Annie to accidentally break her and Elvis’ promise they made the previous day. An instrumental version of the song is also played when Elvis is all alone later that night.
In the HIStory album booklet there is a drawing of MJ as a child. He is huddled in a corner of the room and looks scared; The electric cord of his microphone has snapped. On one corner wall are the lyrics to “Childhood”, the other wall shows MJ’s signature.
STUDIO(S)
Hit Factory in New York City
SONGWRITER(S)
Michael Jackson
PRODUCER(S)
Michael Jackson & David Foster
RELEASE DATE :
May 31, 1995 (Scream/Childhood single)
June 20, 1995 (History).
LABEL
Sony Music
LENGTH
4:27
ALTERNATE VERSIONS RECORDED BY MJ (covers and remixes by other artists are not included)
Childhood (recording session) : Recorded in 1994. Leaked on January 28, 2023. Remains unreleased.
MUSICIANS
Produced by Michael Jackson and David Foster Recorded and mixed by Bruce Swedien Arranged by Michael Jackson, David Foster, and Bruce Swedien Orchestration by Jeremy Lubbock Michael Jackson – lead vocals and percussion New York City’s Children’s Choir – Tracy Spindler, Natalia Harris, Jonathon Ungar, Brandi Stewart, Reeve Carney, Caryn Jones, and Brian Jones New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jeremy Lubbock David Foster – percussion, keyboards, and synthesizers Brad Buxer – keyboards and synthesizers Michael Boddicker and Brad Buxer – synthesizer programming [27]
PEAK ON HOT 100 BILLBOARD :
5
SHORT FILM
Music video directed by : Nicolas Brandt
Date of shooting : Early June, 1995
Date of premiere : July, 1995
Official release : On DVD in 1997 (History on Film Vol 2) and in 2010 (Vision) and on Michael’ You Tube official page.
LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS
Never performed on TV
LIVE PERFORMANCES IN CONCERTS
Never performed in concerts (On December 4, 1995 : Michael rehearsed the song for canceled HBO concert at the Beacon Theatre with French artist Mime Marceau).
Recorded in 1988 for the Dangerous sessions. This was the first song recorded for the album A fully complete version is known to exist. Re-recorded in 1990 and 1999. Song is owned by a discord collector named “Zach”. The actual tape the song was recorded on was apparently “found somewhere it shouldn’t have been”. Also known as “The Child” and “Children”.
STUDIO(S)
???
SONGWRITER(S)
Michael Jackson
PRODUCER(S)
Unknown
RELEASE DATE :
Unreleased
LABEL
Unreleased
LENGTH
???
ALTERNATE VERSIONS RECORDED BY MJ (covers and remixes by other artists are not included)
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.
The song was first written in 1987 during the Bad sessions with Greg Phillinganes and recorded on March 13th til March 17th of the same year. The song ultimately didn’t make the cut. The song was finally released in 2004 as part of The Ultimate Collection. The song is rumored to have been reworked in the 2000’s with the rapper, Fats as a feature. However, this has never been officially confirmed and is only a speculation.
STUDIO(S)
Los Angeles, California
SONGWRITER(S)
Michael Jackson Greg Phillinganes
PRODUCER(S)
Michael Jackson
RELEASE DATE :
September 14, 2004 (The Ultimate Collection)
LABEL
Sony
LENGTH
5:09
ALTERNATE VERSIONS RECORDED BY MJ (covers and remixes by other artists are not included)
Changes (demo 1) : Written by Michael Jackson. Recorded in 1985 during the Hayvenhurst sessions with John Barnes, Bill Bottrell & Matt Forger. Described as “an upbeat piano-driven demo with rolling drum programming” and “incredibly catchy”. Features a “really rough” scratch vocal with MJ mumbling and humming a melody over the music. Remains unreleased.
Changes (Demo 2) : Revisited in 1994-1995 during the HIStory sessions, with a gospel performance from the Andraé Crouch choir and a few ad-lib solos added. Damien Shields : “”John Barnes recalls the song originating from the Hayvenhurst sessions. When I asked him about it, he sang the hook to me, to confirm we were talking about the same song. It was brought back during the HIStory sessions, but never finished. Changes feels like church. Piano + gospel choir with a totally mumbled, low-effort scratch vocal. 0% chance of completing it. The only sensical lyrics are “can’t cope with changes. What are you trying to do to me?” The rest is mumbles. But it’s great as a demo. The choir on it is phenomenal. There are two epic vocal solos on the demo from members of the choir”.
Damien Shields on X (January 11, 2026) : “So according to John Barnes, the concept for Changes was done as a demo at Hayvenhurst, and then moved on from. Michael supposedly wanted to revisit it during the HIStory sessions, and it seems Brad Buxer has redone the track, plus recorded the choir at a major studio and added it.”
A short snippet leaked in August 2023. Another short snippet leaked online in August 2025. The full demo leaked on January 07, 2026 but remains unreleased.
STUDIO(S)
Hayvenhurst home studio in Encino, California
Hit Factory in New York City
SONGWRITER(S)
Michael Jackson
PRODUCER(S)
???
RELEASE DATE :
Unreleased
LABEL
Unreleased
LENGTH
???
ALTERNATE VERSIONS RECORDED BY MJ (covers and remixes by other artists are not included)
