The Very Best Of

~ Release by Michael Jackson (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Butterflies
recording engineer:
Andre Harris (US hip hop/RnB producer, part of Dre & Vidal) and Bruce Swedien
assistant engineer:
Vidal Davis
producer:
Andre Harris (US hip hop/RnB producer, part of Dre & Vidal) and Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
mixer:
Bruce Swedien
horn [horns]:
Matt Cappy and Norman Jeff Bradshaw
instruments:
Andre Harris (US hip hop/RnB producer, part of Dre & Vidal)
background vocals:
Marsha Ambrosius
background vocals and lead vocals:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MJJ Productions Inc. (rights holder, not an imprint) (in 2001)
recorded at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States and Touch of Jazz Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
recording of:
Butterflies
writer:
Marsha Ambrosius and Andre Harris (US hip hop/RnB producer, part of Dre & Vidal)
publisher:
Marshmellow Music (ended), SPZ Music (BMI affiliated) (ended), Dirty Dre Music (ASCAP), Jat Cat Music Publishing, Inc., Perfect Songs Ltd (publisher), Universal Music Corporation (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
3.654:40
2Speechless
recording of:
Speechless
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (ended) and Mijac Music
3:19
3Bad
recording engineer and mixer:
Bruce Swedien
drums (drum set) programming:
Douglas Getschal
co-producer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
producer:
Quincy Jones
drums (drum set):
John “JR” Robinson (session drummer)
guitar:
David Williams (session guitarist and songwriter)
Hammond organ:
Jimmy Smith (US jazz organist)
percussion:
Paulinho da Costa and How Now Brown Cow
saxophone:
Kim Hutchcroft and Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist)
synclavier:
Christopher Currell (arranger)
synthesizer:
John Barnes (US soul songwriter, keyboardist, synthesizer & pianist aka LA Jay), Michael Boddicker and Greg Phillinganes
trumpet:
Gary Grant (brass) and Jerry Hey
background vocals and lead vocals and lead vocals:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
wind instruments arranger:
Jerry Hey
recording of:
Bad
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
4.34:08
4Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough
recording of:
Don’t Stop ’til You Get Enough
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
3:56
5Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
recording of:
Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
publisher:
Byefall Productions, Inc. and Sony/ATV Harmony
4:17
6Another Part of Me
recording of:
Another Part of Me
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
3:47
7Baby Be Mine
recording of:
Baby Be Mine
lyricist and composer:
Rod Temperton
4:20
8Rock With You
recording of:
Rock With You
lyricist and composer:
Rod Temperton
publisher:
Rodsongs (publisher), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
3:23
9The Way You Make Me Feel
recording of:
The Way You Make Me Feel
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
4:26
10In the Closet
lead vocals:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
vocals:
Mystery Girl
recording of:
In the Closet
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”) and Teddy Riley (US R&B singer & producer)
44:49
11Stranger in Moscow
recording of:
Stranger in Moscow
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
4:06
12Get on the Floor
recording of:
Get on the Floor
composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”) and Louis Johnson (bass, member of Brothers Johnson)
4:38
13Liberian Girl
recording engineer and mixer:
Bruce Swedien
drums (drum set) programming:
Douglas Getschal
synthesizer programming:
Steve Porcaro
co-producer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
producer:
Quincy Jones
drums (drum set):
John “JR” Robinson (session drummer)
percussion:
Paulinho da Costa
synclavier:
Christopher Currell (arranger)
synthesizer:
John Barnes (US soul songwriter, keyboardist, synthesizer & pianist aka LA Jay), Michael Boddicker, David Paich and Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
synthesizer arranger:
John Barnes (US soul songwriter, keyboardist, synthesizer & pianist aka LA Jay), Jerry Hey and Quincy Jones
recording of:
Liberian Girl
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
publisher:
Mijac Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
3.353:54
14Thriller
recording of:
Thriller
lyricist and composer:
Rod Temperton
publisher:
Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher), Rodsongs (publisher), Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Universal Music Publishing France (not for release label use!) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
is based on:
Starlight
music quoted on:
Cheap Thrills
5:15
15Off the Wall
recording of:
Off the Wall
lyricist and composer:
Rod Temperton
3:46
16Remember the Time
recording of:
Remember the Time
writer:
Bernard Belle, Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”) and Teddy Riley (US R&B singer & producer)
4:00
17Smile
recording of:
Smile
lyricist:
Geoffrey Parsons (lyricist) and John Turner (lyricist)
composer:
Charlie Chaplin (filmmaker)
publisher:
Bourne France Éditions Musicale, Bourne Music Ltd. and Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) (in 1954)
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部
is based on:
Smile (Modern Times; original instrumental version)
part of:
Chaplin
4:11
18Ben
lead vocals:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”) (in 1972)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Motown Record Company, L.P. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label)
recording of:
Ben (in 1972)
lyricist:
Don Black (English lyricist)
composer:
Walter Scharf
publisher:
Jobette Music (in 1972)
3.852:46
19Billie Jean
recording engineer and mixer:
Bruce Swedien
synthesizer programming:
Bill Wolfer
co-producer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
producer:
Quincy Jones
bass guitar:
Louis Johnson (bass, member of Brothers Johnson)
drums (drum set):
Leon Ndugu Chancler
guitar:
David Williams (session guitarist and songwriter)
Rhodes piano and synthesizer:
Greg Phillinganes
synthesizer:
Bill Wolfer
lead vocals:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
conductor:
Jeremy Lubbock
percussion and synthesizer arranger and synthesizer arranger:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
strings arranger:
Jerry Hey
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MJJ Productions Inc. (rights holder, not an imprint) (in 1982)
recorded at:
Westlake Recording Studios (founded as Westlake Audio in the early 1970s) in West Hollywood, California, United States (in 1982)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 44) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 58)
recording of:
Billie Jean
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
publisher:
Mijac Music, Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (- 2017), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
4.154:54
20Man in the Mirror
recording of:
Man in the Mirror
writer:
Glen Ballard and Siedah Garrett
publisher:
Arlovol Music, Universal Music Corporation (France) and Yellowbrick Road Music
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
5:20
21She's Out of My Life
recording of:
She’s Out of My Life
lyricist and composer:
Tom Bahler
publisher:
Careers-BMG Music, Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Fiddleback Music Publishing Co., Inc., Kidada Music, Inc. (publisher), Sunbury Music Ltd. and Universal Music Careers
3:37
▼CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
3:59
2Dirty Diana
recording of:
Dirty Diana
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
4:41
3Burn This Disco Out
recording of:
Burn This Disco Out
lyricist and composer:
Rod Temperton
3:43
4Childhood (Theme From 'Free Willy 2')
producer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
recording of:
Childhood
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
3.54:28
5Give in to Me
recording of:
Give In to Me
lyricist and composer:
Bill Bottrell and Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
5:29
6Smooth Criminal
recording engineer and mixer:
Bruce Swedien
co-producer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
producer:
Quincy Jones
drums (drum set):
Bill Bottrell, John “JR” Robinson (session drummer) and Bruce Swedien
guitar:
David Williams (session guitarist and songwriter)
piano:
Kevin Maloney
saxophone:
Kim Hutchcroft and Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist)
synclavier:
Christopher Currell (arranger)
synthesizer:
John Barnes (US soul songwriter, keyboardist, synthesizer & pianist aka LA Jay) and Michael Boddicker
trumpet:
Gary Grant (brass) and Jerry Hey
background vocals and lead vocals and lead vocals:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
wind instruments arranger:
Jerry Hey
recording of:
Smooth Criminal
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
publisher:
Mijac Music
4.554:18
7Leave Me Alone
recording engineer and mixer:
Bruce Swedien
drums (drum set) programming:
Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist)
synthesizer programming:
Casey Young
co-producer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
producer:
Quincy Jones
guitar:
Paul Jackson, Jr.
synclavier:
Casey Young
synthesizer:
Greg Phillinganes and Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist)
background vocals and lead vocals and lead vocals:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
recording of:
Leave Me Alone
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
3.554:40
8Will You Be There
recording of:
Will You Be There
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
3:40
9Keep the Faith
recording of:
Keep the Faith
lyricist and composer:
Glen Ballard, Siedah Garrett and Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
5:57
10Can You Feel It
recording of:
Can You Feel It
writer:
Jackie Jackson (member of the Jackson 5) and Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
3:50
11Dangerous
recording of:
Dangerous
lyricist and composer:
Bill Bottrell, Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”) and Teddy Riley (US R&B singer & producer)
6:58
12You Are Not Alone
recording of:
You Are Not Alone
lyricist and composer:
R. Kelly
4:56
13Earth Song (radio edit)
recording engineer and mixer:
Bruce Swedien
co-producer:
Bill Bottrell
executive producer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
producer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) and Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
edit of:
Earth Song (album version) by Michael Jackson
recording of:
Earth Song
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
3.155:02
14Blood on the Dance Floor
recording of:
Blood on the Dance Floor
composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”) and Teddy Riley (US R&B singer & producer)
4:11
15Scream
recording of:
Scream
writer:
Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”), Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (US hip-hop/soul songwriter, producer & label owner)
4:39
16They Don't Care About Us
recording of:
They Don’t Care About Us
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
4:44
17We Are the World
recording of:
We Are the World
writer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”) and Lionel Richie
cover recording of:
We Are the World
writer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”) and Lionel Richie
35:21
18You Rock My World
recording of:
You Rock My World
writer:
LaShawn Daniels (US Contemporary R&B songwriter), Fred Jerkins III, Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”), Rodney Jerkins and Nora Payne
publisher:
Ensign Music Corporation (ended), LaShawn Daniels Productions Inc. (ended), Rodney Jerkins Productions Inc. (ended), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (ended), EMI April Music Inc., EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), Fred Jerkins Publishing, Generations Third Music Publishing, Mijac Music and Sony/ATV Melody
5:08
19Thriller Megamix
3:55
20Who Is It
lead vocals:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
recording of:
Who Is It
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
54:00
21Black or White
recording of:
Black or White
additional lyricist:
Bill Bottrell
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
3:21