List of unreleased songs recorded by Michael Jackson

• Written and recorded in the year 1979.
• Lyrics to the song were featured as a poem titled "When Babies Smile" in the 1992 book Dancing the Dream

• Written in 1999 for Invincible

• Written c. 1974
• The song was originally intended for The Jackson 5 or as a duet between Wonder and Jackson; the two reportedly recorded the song for Wonder's 1987 Characters album

• Title listed on a note in Jackson's bedroom
• Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael Jackson's This Is It rehearsals.

• Written and recorded in 1983
• The song was given to Ralph Tresvant for his eponymous debut solo album

• Recorded by Jackson around 1998
• Had been scheduled to feature on a shelved greatest hits compilation

• Written in 1985 during the Bad sessions.

• Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.

• Written in 1994 but failed to make Michael’s HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I album
• Also known as "Basszouille"
• Failed to make the HIStory album

• Written in 1987
• Also known as "Be Me for a Day", "Just for One Day Be Michael", "Just for a Day", "Me 4 a Day" and "Be Michael"

• Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.

• Written and recorded in 2005
• Included on The Ultimate Collection

• Written in 1999 for Michael’s album Invincible

• Written and recorded in 1991
• Failed to make the Dangerous album.

• Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.

• Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.

• Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.
• Evolved into "Brad Loop 100" and "Brad Loop 3700."

• Written and recorded in 2004.

• Written in 2009
• Vocals have never been recorded.
• One of the last tracks he was working prior to his death in June 2009.
• Instrumental version of the track exists.
• Demo is known to exist under the name "River Ripple" and was planned to be performed with an African choir on his 2009 concert series, This Is It.

• Written during the Bad sessions.
• Re-worked version recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.

• Possibly written in 1991 for Dangerous.

• Written and recorded in 1983 for The Jacksons' Victory album in 1984. The song is about William Cody

• Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsal.

• Written in 2000
• Failed to make the Invincible album
• Short snippets are online

• Written in 1988.

• Written in 2007.
• The song could be unfinished, but Michael's vocals were recorded.

• Written and recorded in 2008 in Las Vegas.

• Written and recorded during the Dangerous studio sessions.
• Failed to make the Dangerous album.
• Completed in 1993.

• Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.

• Written and recorded in 1986 for the Bad album
• Reworked in 2001 for "Invincible"
• Features Fats.

• Michael's brother, Randy Jackson, recorded a demo titled "Color of Love"
• Written in 2000.
• Possibly recorded in 2006 with Whitney Houston background vocals.

• Recorded in 1986
• Planned to have been recorded with rappers Run–D.M.C. for Jackson's Bad album, but was shelved.
• Lyrics consisting of two verses put up for auction in November 2005, and again on the Internet auction site eBay a year later.
• Run–D.M.C.'s verse was released on the remastered version of Tougher Than Leather.
• DMC claims the song wasn't finished due to an incident where Bubbles accidentally bit Jam Master Jay according to an interview he gave to HipHopStan.com, which is available to watch on YouTube and he also noted the experience they had with Michael Jackson was positive rather than negative as rumored.
• Run–D.M.C. was thanked on the Bad album regardless.

• Written in 2000.

• Intended to be recorded in 2004 featuring Drake Bell
• Written in 2003

• Not to be confused with "Cry", a song written by R. Kelly and featured on the Invincible album.
• Possibly written in 1991.
• Failed to make the Dangerous album.

• Title listed on a note in Jackson's bedroom

• Planned as a sequel to "Scream"
• Vocals have been recorded in 2005, both by Michael and Janet
• Jimmy Jam mentioned, it was for Janet's comeback album, Unbreakable, but they weren't allowed to use it in the end
• Also known as "Self-Destruction"

• Found on a list taped to the wall in Jackson's bedroom on June 25.
• Written in 2006.

• Written and recorded in 2007.
• Features Whitney Houston.

• Also known as "Gloucestershire"
• Written and recorded in 2004
• Was supposed to be completed during his This Is It shows in London 2009–2010.
• Demo version leaked onto the internet in March 2014

• Written and recorded in 2004.

• Written in 1987

• Written and recorded in 1998

• Written c. 1999
• Failed to make the Invincible album

• Written and recorded in 1983 for The Jacksons' Victory.

• Written and recorded in 1982 for "Thriller" and later reworked for "Bad".

• Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It concerts in London.

• Recorded in 1993

• Written and recorded in 1999 for an album that was shelved due to contract difficulties.

• Original version of the song written by the Gibb brothers, but was reworked by Jackson
• Later recorded by Diana Ross and released on the Eaten Alive album in 1985

• Recorded as a duet c. September 1999 with Jackson (singing in English) and Rahman (singing in Sanskrit)
• Intended to be on the upcoming album in 2003 but cancelled
• A bootleg version of this song was supposedly discovered in 2008, yet to be leaked.

• Written and performed by Jackson as a tribute to his friend Elizabeth Taylor in 1997

• Written and recorded in 2000.

• Written and recorded in 1993.
• Failed to make the HIStory album.

• Written in 1992
• Also known as "Fanfare 1992"

• Recorded in 1983

• Recorded in 1983

• Written c. 1993
• Failed to make HIStory album

• Written and recorded in 1991 during Dangerous sessions
• One of around 20–25 songs Jackson been working with Bryan Loren

• Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.

• Written in 2005 as a charity recording for the victims of Hurricane Katrina

• Written and recorded in 2001 for "Invincible"

• Also known as "Girl of Another Love"
• Written during the "Bad" session

• Written in 1976.
• Failed to make Off the Wall

• Written in 1979
• Failed to make "Off the Wall"

• Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It concerts in London.

• Written in 1987 for "Bad"
• A demo by Jackson surfaced on the Internet in 2003 in low quality

• Written around 2008–2009
• This song is cited, among others, on a list found taped to the wall in Jackson's bedroom on June 25
• Was supposed to be completed during his "This Is It" shows in London 2009–2010

• Also known as "Lisa, It's Your Birthday."
• The song appeared on the Simpsons episode, "Stark Raving Dad" on September 19, 1991.

• Written and recorded in 2004.

• Written and recorded in 1991

• Featured vocals by Jackson
• Written and recorded in 2005

• A Stevie Wonder song that musician Donny Osmond confirmed he had been working with Jackson on in a 2003 television interview
• Recorded in 2003

• Written in 1976
• Recorded in 1984

• Not to be confused with "Hollywood Tonight"
• Written and recorded in 2000
• Reworked in 2006, 2008 and 2009

• Written c. 2003.
• Supposed to be on the unreleased 2003 album, "Resurrection."

• Written in 1995.
• Recorded for a new Jacksons album that was shelved.

• Written and recorded in 1985
• Evolved into "The Way You Make Me Feel"

• Recorded in 1993?
• Cover song of Sly Stone
• With Mary J Blige and D Angelo

• Recorded in 1982
• Early demo version called "Slapstick"
• Failed to make the Thriller album
• In the 1993 deposition Michael is quoted as saying "Yes I like 'Hot Street', but Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton said it wasn't good enough."
• Full version leaked in 2008

• Written and recorded in January 2003
• Evolved into "I Was the Loser"
• The full version leaked on the Internet in September 2013
• This song is cited, among others, on a list found taped to the wall in Jackson's bedroom on June 25.

• Written and recorded in 2008.

• Jackson worked on the song in the early 1970s
• A demo version/mono acetate is known to exist

• Written c. 2001
• Also known by the title "I Don't Live Anymore"
• Was supposed to be a promo for a shelved 2002 album.

• Recorded in 2006.

• Written and recorded in 2007 possibly with will.i.am.

• Re-written as "From the Bottom of My Heart" (see above).
• Also known as "I Have a Dream"
• An instrumental version leaked online in 2006.

• Written and recorded in 2004
• According to Jackson, it's the best song about Love

• Written and recorded in 2005
• Recorded by Jackson featuring Britney Spears
• According to Jackson, it's a continuation of the song "I Love You" (see above)
• Also known as "I Love You Too"

• Written and recorded in 2008
• Final version of "I Am a Loser"
• “He [Michael] was happy with the original ‘I Am A Loser’ demo,” says Prince. “But before we played it for anybody else we had a long talk and Michael said, ‘I don’t want be a loser. I don’t mind if I was the loser but I don’t want to say I’m still a loser.’ So we changed that.”
• A bootleg version of this song was supposedly discovered
• This song is cited, among others, on a list found taped to the wall in Jackson's bedroom on June 25

• May have written in the 2000s

• Written and recorded in 1991
• Failed to make the Dangerous album
• Had been scheduled for release on a shelved special edition of the Dangerous album.
• Leaked online in 2006 in low quality

• One of the songs Jackson worked on with will.i.am in 2006
• 2 instrumental snippets leaked online, one in 2012 and the other in 2015
• Also known as "Still the King"
• Failed to make the Michael album

• May have written in the 1990s

• "I have seen him write things which I don't think the public will ever hear," said Janet Jackson. "He has a song called 'Iowa' that he wrote. People will never hear that song. Just before he left to film The Wiz, he put all the songs he had written on to tape in the studio in our parents' house. Not one of them has been heard and those were songs to cry for. There are things that he's written for orchestras that are classical music, I swear to you. Like something by Bach or Beethoven."
• Recorded in 1977

• Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.

• Written in 1984.

• Written and recorded in 2007.

• Written in 1991
• Failed to make the Dangerous album
• Riley mentioned "Joy" in a radio interview that Jackson had recorded a solo version of this track and that he would endeavour to hand the tapes over to the Estate.
• Later released as a single for Blackstreet's 1994 debut album.

• Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.

• Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.

• Written and recorded during the Invincible sessions.

• Written in 2004.

• Written in the mid-1970s
• Recorded around 1975

• Written in 1984 for the opening of The Jacksons' Victory Tour

• Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.

• Written and recorded in 1981
• Two versions of the song were registered with the United States Copyright Office.
• Alternate recording of "Much Too Soon" featuring either alternate lyrics or music.

• Written in 1998.
• Reworked in 2000, 2005 and 2006.

• One of the songs Jackson worked on with will.i.am in 2006
• A instrumental snippet leaked online in July 2015
• Failed to make the Michael album

• Intro for Michael's This Is It Tour.

• Written and recorded in 2005 in Bahrain.

• Possibly recorded for Dangerous album

• Possibly recorded for Dangerous album

• Possibly recorded for Dangerous album

• Possibly recorded for Dangerous album

• Possibly recorded for Dangerous album

• Written and recorded in 2000/2001
• Features Sean Combs
• Failed to make the Invincible album

• Written in 1990 for Dangerous album
• One of around 20–25 songs that Michael and Bryan Loren worked on

• Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.

• Written in 1991
• Failed to make the Dangerous album

• Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.
• There are three versions of the song.

• One of the songs Michael worked on with will.i.am in 2006.
• This song is written in memory of the "Godfather of Soul", James Brown.
• Also known as "I'm Gonna Miss You", "Miss You So Much" and "I Will Miss You".

• Written in 1982
• Recorded in 1992

• Written in 1998.
• Reworked the song in 2009 during his This Is It rehearsals.
• Not to be confused with "Monster", a song featured on the Michael album.

• Written and recorded during Michael Jackson's This Is It rehearsal

• Written in 1993
• Reworked the song in 2009 during Michael Jackson's This Is It rehearsal

• Written in 1982
• Failed to make the Thriller album
• Full song leaked on the internet
• As Michael rejected "Nite Line", it was instead recorded by The Pointer Sisters on Break Out the following year.

• Recorded in 1994 after winning the trials.
• Failed to make the History album
• Featured The Notorious B.I.G.
• Unknown whether this is a cover of George Harrison's Not Guilty

• Written and recorded in 1981
• Failed to make the Thriller album

• Written in 1977
• Recorded in 1984

• Written and recorded in 1999
• Failed to make the Invincible album

• Written and recorded in 2009 during Michael's This Is It rehearsals.

• Recorded in 2009 with Lady Gaga.
• Was slated to open This Is It.

• Written in 2000

• Written and produced in 1998
• The song was first released by the Japanese band J-FRIENDS
• Demo version leaked onto the internet in March 2014 in low quality

• Song mentioned by Jackson on the 1993 CD The Michael Jackson Interview
• Written and recorded in 1983

• Failed to make the Invincible album.
• Reworked the song in 2003 for an upcoming album.

• Not to be confused with "Pressure" (see above) that was written for the Invincible album.
• Written in 1990 for the Dangerous album.
• One of around 20-25 songs that Michael and Bryan Loren worked on.

• Written and recorded in 1983 for The Jacksons' Victory.
• Evolved into "Liberian Girl"

• Written and recorded in 1991.

• Written in 2001.

• Composed and produced by Dr. Freeze during the Invincible sessions.
• Has not been finalized, vocal parts may not have been recorded.

• Written and recorded in 2009.

• Title listed on a note in Jackson's bedroom

• Written and recorded in 1981 for Thriller
• In the 1993 deposition Michael is quoted as saying "Yes, 'Rolling the Dice' [...] we did a demo that day we rehearsed but we never released it. We never thought it was strong enough."

• Mariah Carey song featuring Jackson on backing vocals

• Written in 1990/1991 for Dangerous
• Cited in the book My Friend Michael.

• Written in 1998-1999.
• May have failed to make the Invincible album.

• Written and recorded in 2001
• Failed to make the Invincible album

• Written and recorded in 1999
• from Invincible era
• Short snippets leaked onto the internet in 2014 and May 2015
• Full lyrics leaked in early 2015
• Full song leaked onto the internet in May 2015
• Song features The Ray Charles Choir

• Recorded in 1991 for "Dangerous"
• Features LL Cool J
• Scheduled for release on a shelved special edition of Dangerous

• Written and recorded in 1991.

• Also known as "7 Digits"
• One of the 20 songs the pair worked on together

• Recorded in 1991 for "Dangerous"
• Scheduled for release on a shelved special edition of the Dangerous album

• Written and recorded in 2001.
• Also known as "She's Mine."
• Recorded with will.i.am.

• Citied by Jackson at Mexican Depostion in 1993
• A demo he did at his home studio at Hayvenhurst Encino.

• Written and recorded in 1981 for "Thriller"
• Also known as "Trouble"

• Written in 1999, may have not recorded vocals
• This song is extremely incomplete
• Found on a list taped to the wall in Jackson's bedroom on June 25

• Written in 1989 for illusionists Siegfried & Roy
• Two versions—vocal and instrumental—registered with the United States Copyright Office
• Thought to be an early version of "Mind Is the Magic"

• Title listed on a note in Jackson's bedroom

• Written and recorded in 1982 for "Thriller"
• Early version of "Hot Street"

• Worked on by Jackson in 1999 with a view to have it featured on the Invincible album

• Written and recorded in 1980

• Recorded in 1981 for "Thriller"

• Written and recorded in 1981

• Recorded in 1981
• Referred to by Jackson as "Starlight Sun" during his 1993 deposition; he sang, "Starlight ... Starlight Sun ... Gimme some starlight, for a new day has begun"
• Evolved into "Thriller"

• Recorded in 2003 with his brother Randy.
• Was supposed to be on an album in 2003 but was later cancelled due to trial.
• Demo version recorded December 2, 2002 but complete version is unknown when recorded.

• One of three songs Jackson worked on with Queen's Freddie Mercury
• Demo version by Mercury and Jackson was leaked onto the Internet on July 7, 2002 in high quality
• Different version later released on Victory with Mick Jagger

• Written c. 1988

• Written and recorded in 2003 for an album but it was never released.

• Written and recorded in 1999
• Failed to make the Invincible album

Teddy Riley

• Written and recorded in 1990
• Demo version known to exist
• Not to be confused with "Starlight"
• Also known as "You're My Sunlight"

• Written and recorded in 1978
• Could have evolved into "Little Susie", a song featured on Jacksons 1995 album HIStory; or "Blood On The Dance Floor", a song featured on Jacksons 1997 album Blood On The Dance Floor: HIStory In The Mix

• Written c. 1986.

• Written and recorded in 1998

• Written and recorded in 1976

• Written and recorded in November 1998

• Written c. 2001

• One of the songs Jackson worked on with will.i.am in 2006
• Also known as "In The Future"
• Failed to make the "Michael" album

• Written c. 2001
• Also known as "Gloved One"

• Written c. 2000
• Also known as "Edgar Allan Poe"
• Recorded in 2000 for a canceled indie film of the same name starring Jackson

• Written During the "Invincible" Album Sessions.

• Recorded in 1983

• Written and recorded in 1981 for a Richard Pryor movie of the same name.
• Early version of "Best of Joy"

• Written and recorded in 1990 for Dangerous
• Features LL Cool J

• Written and recorded in 1999
• Had been scheduled to released as an album/compilation in 1999
• One of the unreleased songs from the Invincible sessions

• Written and recorded in 1999
• Despite rumours to the contrary, the song was not recorded as a duet with Hill.

• Written in 1988

• Written and recorded in 1990 for "Dangerous"

• Written and recorded in 1985 for "Bad"
• Also known as "Townboy"

• Written in 1991 during Dangerous sessions

• Written c. 1999

• Written and recorded in 1987 during Bad sessions

• Written and recorded in 1979
• Also known as "Under My Skin"

• It is unclear whether the song is titled "Unknown" or the song title is unknown.
• Possibly written in 1999 or 1996

• Written and recorded in 1990 for Dangerous album
• One of around 20–25 songs that Michael Jackson and Bryan Loren worked on

• Written and recorded in 1998

• Written c. 1999
• Failed to make the "Invincible" album
• Alternatively titled "The Vibrationist"

Will.i.am

• One of the songs Jackson worked on with will.i.am in 2006
• Alternatively titled "Miserable Soul"
• Snippet leaked online in early November 2015

• One of three songs Jackson worked on with Queen's Freddie Mercury in 1983
• Demo version known to exist

• Written and recorded in 2009

• Written and recorded in 1978

• Written in 1997
• Remix of "We Be Clubbin'" featuring Ice Cube and Shaquille O'Neal

• Written and recorded in 1975

• Written and recorded in 1988 for Dangerous
• Scheduled for release on the special edition Dangerous album in 2001.
• Early version of "Earth Song"

• Written in 1985
• First registered with the United States Copyright Office in 1985
• Re-registered with the United States Copyright Office in 1998

• Written in 2000

• The song is not to be confused with "What's It Gonna Be?!", recorded by Jackson's sister Janet and Busta Rhymes

• Written in 1980 for "Triumph"

• Written in 1975

• Failed to make the Invincible album
• Also known as "You're a Liar" and "You're a Liar, Brother"

• Song Jackson began writing in 2005 as a thank you to his fans for their ongoing support

• Written in 1979
• A second version exists, with words and music by Jackson's brother Randy

• Written and recorded in 1989 for Sammy Davis Jr.

• Originally recorded in 1975 by Jermaine Jackson, with Wonder, Jackie Jackson and Michael on backing vocals
• Re-cut solo version by Jermaine featured on his 1980 Let's Get Serious album, replacing the original recording featuring brother Michael