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Let's list all the songs (also unreleased) where Michael solely is credited as a songwriter

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My friend asked me to make a collection of those songs because he thinks those are the best songs recorded by Michael. I just can't find a complete list anywhere...
 
There's a massive amount. His writing credits spanned from Blues Away to Best of Joy, and there are many tracks which we don't even know about, hidden in the vaults. He's credited for eight of the ten tracks on Michael (everything except HMH and AD). Then there are his poems, handwritten lyrics, material recently registered by the copyright office, songs he wrote for other artists, songs which evolved into others... For example, Much Too Soon and Learned My Lesson are registered as two separate songs, when in fact they are the same.

I'm sure there's a list of released material he has writing credits for (for solo songs at least), so I'll try and find one.
 
This Is It said:
There's a massive amount. His writing credits spanned from Blues Away to Best of Joy, and there are many tracks which we don't even know about, hidden in the vaults. He's credited for eight of the ten tracks on Michael (everything except HMH and AD). Then there are his poems, handwritten lyrics, material recently registered by the copyright office, songs he wrote for other artists, songs which evolved into others... For example, Much Too Soon and Learned My Lesson are registered as two separate songs, when in fact they are the same.

I'm sure there's a list of released material he has writing credits for (for solo songs at least), so I'll try and find one.
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I meant songs where he only is credited. Like 'written by Michael Jackson'.
 
Blues Away
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
Workin' Day And Night
Heartbreak Hotel
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
The Girl Is Mine
Beat It
Billie Jean
Muscles (for Diana Ross)
Bad
The Way You Make Me Feel
Speed Demon
Liberian Girl
Another Part of me
I Just Can't Stop Loving You
Dirty Diana
Smooth Criminal
Leave Me Alone
Black Or White
Who Is It
Give In To Me
Will You Be There
They Don't Care About Us
Stranger In Moscow
Earth Song
DS
Money
Childhood
Little Susie
Morphine
Speechless
The Lost Children
Centipede (for Rebbie Jackson)
Fly Away (for Rebbie Jackson)
Night Time Lover (for LaToya Jackson)
 
^There's a lot more than that, isn't there? Maybe not solely written by him alone, but he has writing credits on about 3/4 of his released songs. I remember looking it up not too long ago.

EDIT: I just saw the part in the title where it says "solely", my apologies.
 
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cmstrike, the thread title states 'Michael solely'.
 
Blues Away
Don't stop Til You Get Enough
Working Day And Night
Heartbreak Hotel
Sunset Driver
Wanna Be Startin Somethin
The Girl Is Mine
Beat It
Billie Jean
Bad
The Way You Make Me Feel
Speed Demon
Liberian Girl
Another Part Of Me
I Just Can't Stop Loving You
Dirty Diana
Smooth Criminal
Leave Me Alone
Fly Away
Streetwalker
Lisa It's Your Birthday
Heal The World
Black Or White (minus the rap)]
Who Is It
Will You Be There
Do You Know Where Your Children Are
They Don't Care About Us
Stranger In Moscow
Earth Song
D.S
Money
Childhood
Little Susie
Morphine
Speechless
The Lost Children
The way You Love Me
Best Of Joy
Much Too Soon

and i'm sure there's a lot more that i missed
 
^^ I don't think Mike wrote Give In To Me solely...Wasn't it with Bill Bottrell?

EDIT: yes, it was...just checked the album
 
analogue said:
Blues Away
Don't stop Til You Get Enough
Working Day And Night
Heartbreak Hotel
Sunset Driver
Wanna Be Startin Somethin
The Girl Is Mine
Beat It
Billie Jean
Bad
The Way You Make Me Feel
Speed Demon
Liberian Girl
Another Part Of Me
I Just Can't Stop Loving You
Dirty Diana
Smooth Criminal
Leave Me Alone
Fly Away
Streetwalker
Lisa It's Your Birthday
Heal The World
Black Or White (minus the rap)]
Who Is It
Will You Be There
Do You Know Where Your Children Are
They Don't Care About Us
Stranger In Moscow
Earth Song
D.S
Money
Childhood
Little Susie
Morphine
Speechless
The Lost Children
The way You Love Me
Best Of Joy
Much Too Soon

and i'm sure there's a lot more that i missed
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Be not Always was also solely written by him.
 
analogue said:
Wasn't the P.Y.T demo also written by him?
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According to Wiki: "The original demo version of the song was written by the Jackson and Greg Phillinganes."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.Y.T._(Pretty_Young_Thing)

I never knew that. It was just strange to me how different the end product has been compared to the demo. But then it turns out it basically is a completely different song and the only thing they have to do with each other is the title. Even the writers are different. Hm, strange.

(I love both versions.)
 
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