michael_jackson song song written american pop star musician michael_jackson canadian singer songwriter song recorded featured track album accompanies concert documentary michael_jackson premiered worldwide jackson official website october months death june referred song new single promotion later confirmed song sent airplay available buy single release according song recorded intended duet jackson walk fine line album title heard plans fell recorded track album wasn born yesterday duet version song featured album putting album jackson demo version song found brothers vocals additional instrumentation added recording immediately release threatened legal action jackson estate estate agreed song publishing rights pop ballad song lyrics describe falling love instrumentation includes piano guitar percussion strings jackson version styled pop ballad song chart billboard hot adult contemporary chart seventeen years song generally received critics enjoyed good chart performances globally hit charts japan spain peaked number billboard adult contemporary hip hop song charts received grammy award nomination song accompanied music video directed consisted footage jackson child clips career footage tributes jackson fans world background shared song intentionally concert documentary michael_jackson written recording artists michael_jackson demo version song recorded jackson california recording studio song intended added album track album walk fine line process recording time claimed following release jackson album thriller jackson stole master tapes recording studio soon alleged theft 80s threatened legal action recordings returned jackson version reportedly found box tapes jackson voice piano accompaniment song described having bare bone recording jackson subsequently returned tapes insisted jackson copy recordings heard retitled track voice allowed recording artist record original title heard second studio album wasn born yesterday release september reported secret michael_jackson single produced promote film michael_jackson song release coincide release film reported jackson planned release song planned concerts death shelved producers los_angeles california decided remix vocals orchestral accompaniment september announced planning releasing song entitled single song feature backing vocals jackson brothers included disc album confirmed song featured end credits movie production sony said response reports coincidence upcoming concert series titled explaining evidence planned release song representatives jackson estate said prepared statement picked lyrics appropriate michael jackson gave tour thrilled present song sony release track single confirmed released radio stations airplay downloadable sony chose release song album track strategy encourage fans buy entire album producer album said song defines world knows michael jackson god greatest gifts premiered scheduled jackson official website october midnight day song release world wide web listeners unaware song background drew comparisons song heard soon media outlets new_york_times informed similarities songs response told new_york_times exactly song heard titles different stated planning taking legal action jackson estate soon jackson estate acknowledged writer song agreed receive percent publishing rights said estate right thing felt think anybody tried wrong thing honest mistake stated realize mistake realize song realize production vocal studio getting percent project actually fair chairman stated time song release know original tape recorded similarity version discussed online weekend jackson fans prior estate reaching agreement manager stated contemplating filing lawsuit behalf client commenting terrible mistake pretty sure big case don know legal right artist contact lawyers hopefully advertising movie criticized sony researching possibility song previously released releasing composition pop ballad simple mid tempo keyboard lasts minutes thirty seconds song begins jackson singing stand light world feel grand got love feel know yes sure real hits signature high notes new lover feels known years jackson brothers credited featured background vocals song background music includes soaring chorus big build strings guitars song played key major song jackson vocal range spans song tempo moderate speed beats minute according music published song written common time lyrics stand light world feel grand shy romantic heard single word falling love wasn plan felt jackson voice background music sounded like demo overdubs backup vocals brothers associated_press felt finger snap percussion echoes present jackson song girl paul_mccartney critical reception track gained average positive reviews nomination 53rd grammy awards billboard reported response radio programmers song universally positive star-ledger felt sweet mid tempo love song orchestral strings backing vocals jackson brothers gave crisp beat contrast sun gave rating saying sweet little number doesn live authoritative title los_angeles_times music blog called track certainly won jackson legacy break hearts fans eager hear jackson voice bring fallen pop icon little earth aol music editor said safe mid tempo pop ballad features fans love trademark vocals confident delivery don think set world fire missing fans critics love songs strong powerful groove carry reviewers noted similarities song earlier jackson songs rolling_stone felt musically sounded similar jackson song stop loving entertainment_weekly thought listeners pick shades jackson single entertainment director essence magazine described track bad felt sounded like jackson album new_york_post described song optimistic ballad upbeat rhythm power period early 90s mtv_news felt song perfect tune jackson hell singer stated felt jackson voice song prime showcase jackson pipes montgomery went ignored negative elements surrounding song focused felt wonderful ignore strings soft jazz light funk backing track sort song sound like wall help block hype surrounding song release drama surrounding jackson death focus vocals way jackson counts way verse verse lean heavy falsetto hint gravel verses soaring choruses time wonderful chart performance despite non downloadable album track song appeared charts radio play billboard acknowledged having digital distribution component chances making impact billboard hot likely week ending october debuted number billboard hot adult contemporary tracks returned jackson brothers chart time billed jackson group marked sole previous entry went peak chart number charting ended year seven month absence jackson chart prior entry wrapped week run list dated march song jackson 26th charted title making seventh male artist score single decade 1970s eventually track peaked number adult contemporary chart week release song debuted number went peak number eighteen hip hop song genre chart charted chart peaking number successful charting country japan song placed peaking number japan hot chart peaked number airplay chart number dutch singles chart number czech airplay chart song peaked canadian hot chart number successful spain track peaked number spanish singles chart according billboard hours release song radio plays europe commercially successful territory china debuted number hit western music radio airplay charts countdown october held position consecutive weeks broken hearted girl superseded november track bounced position chart november music video december song official music video released directed previously worked jackson directing video musician song entitled don care history past present future book album video premiered lee production company acres video minutes long features scenes jackson hometown residence indiana photos videos tributes fans world video opens clip poster pointing fans jackson childhood home corner jackson street sound vintage recording jackson siblings michael repeatedly image shown times video shows way traffic sign near jackson old house covered graffiti honoring jackson including michael images shown slide jackson performing child mixed shots play sets baseball bats gritty industrial skyline central image captured lee plea tolerance stop sign written message word stop added interspersed archival footage jackson career fans parts world shots musician fans paying tribute jackson memorabilia following death point video lyrics song heard single word concrete fading shots fan tributes world multiple flowers messages laid gates jackson ranch video times shows single red balloon floating air swings breeze end video footage jackson signature dance moves ends footage black jackson trademark black silver glove spotlight family residence night felt video clearly loving documentary footage graphics original location shoots weekly described video heart felt tribute said circumstances lee having footage jackson performing song work felt director nice job negative review came jim_farber music critic new_york_daily_news felt video mini retrospective jackson life criticized stop stop sign feeling promoting press censorship discussion darker aspects jackson life track listing promo single album version orchestra single version edited orchestra version promo single album version orchestra single version personnel written michael_jackson michael_jackson vocals track arrangements arrangement vocals bass vocals guitar percussion jon recorded room hollywood mixed assistant engineer mixed john production coordination charts
This Is It (Michael Jackson song)