2004 box set by Michael Jackson
The Ultimate Collection Released November 16, 2004 Length 70 :48 (Disc 1) 48:18 (Disc 2) 71:06 (Disc 3) 62:28 (Disc 4) 122:05 (DVD) Label Producer Michael Jackson Various
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The Ultimate Collection is a box set by American recording artist Michael Jackson . It was released on November 16, 2004 by Epic Records and consists of four audio CDs and one DVD . The album sold 57,000 copies in 2004 only[3] , and on May 16, 2013, it was certified Platinum as a multi-disk package by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for physical shipments of 200,000 copies[4] . The DVD marked the first appearance of Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour , which was later released as an individual title on July 25, 2005.
Album information
Much of the music is drawn from the height of Jackson's career, particularly from the principal seven albums: Off the Wall , Thriller , Bad , Dangerous , HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I , Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix and Invincible . Notable tracks on the box set include the first release of the demos of songs such as "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) ", "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) ", "Cheater " and the original demo of "We Are the World " featuring Jackson as a soloist. The set also contains 8 unreleased songs, including "In the Back", "Beautiful Girl", "The Way You Love Me" and "We've Had Enough".
The song "The Way You Love Me" was remixed for the posthumous album Michael with the title "(I Like) The Way You Love Me ", and was released as a single on July 8, 2011.
Rarities
The Ultimate Collection box set also contains songs previously out of print:
To sum up, fourteen previously unreleased songs and demos are included in "The Ultimate Collection", such as "Beautiful Girl," "Cheater" and the demo to "We Are the World".
Track listing
Disc 1 Title Writer(s) Album 1. "I Want You Back " The Corporation (Berry Gordy , Freddie Perren , Deke Richards , Alphonzo Mizell )Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 2:58 2. "ABC " The Corporation ABC 2:57 3. "I'll Be There " Berry Gordy, Bob West, Willie Hutch , Hal Davis Third Album 3:56 4. "Got to Be There " Elliot Willensky Got to Be There 3:23 5. "I Wanna Be Where You Are " Arthur "T-Boy" Ross , Leon Ware Got to Be There 2:59 6. "Ben " Walter Scharf , Don Black Ben 2:44 7. "Dancing Machine " (Single Version) Hal Davis, Don Fletcher, Dean Parks Dancing Machine 2:37 8. "Enjoy Yourself " (Alternate Version) (recorded 1976, during The Jacksons sessions) Kenny Gamble , Leon Huff The Jacksons 3:40 9. "Ease on Down the Road " (featuring Diana Ross ) (from The Wiz ) (recorded August 1977 & 1978, during The Wiz sessions) Charlie Smalls The Wiz 3:19 10. "You Can't Win " (alternate version recorded for Epic Records, original version from The Wiz ) (recorded August 1977 & 1978, during The Wiz sessions) Charlie Smalls The Wiz 7:18 11. "Shake a Body" (Early Demo) (previously unreleased) (recorded August 1978, during Destiny sessions) Michael Jackson , Randy Jackson 2:09 12. "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) " (Single Edit) Michael Jackson, Randy Jackson Destiny 3:44 13. "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough " Michael Jackson Off the Wall 6:04 14. "Rock with You " (Album Version #2) Rod Temperton Off the Wall 3:39 15. "Off the Wall " Rod Temperton Off the Wall 4:06 16. "She's Out of My Life " Tom Bahler Off the Wall 3:38 17. "Sunset Driver" (Demo) (previously unreleased) (recorded August 1978 & 1979 – 1982, during Off The Wall & Thriller sessions) Michael Jackson 4:03 18. "Lovely One " Michael Jackson, Randy Jackson Triumph 4:50 19. "This Place Hotel " (a.k.a. "Heartbreak Hotel") Michael Jackson Triumph 5:44
Disc 2 Title Writer(s) Album 1. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' " Michael Jackson Thriller 6:03 2. "The Girl Is Mine " (featuring Paul McCartney ) Michael Jackson Thriller 3:42 3. "Thriller " Rod Temperton Thriller 5:58 4. "Beat It " Michael Jackson Thriller 4:18 5. "Billie Jean " (Album Version #2) Michael Jackson Thriller 4:53 6. "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) " (Demo) (previously unreleased) (recorded April & October – November 8, 1982, during Thriller sessions) Michael Jackson, Greg Phillinganes 3:46 7. "Someone in the Dark" (Edited Single Version) (recorded June 1982, during E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial sessions) Alan Bergman , Marilyn Bergman , Rod TempertonE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 4:54 8. "State of Shock " (featuring Mick Jagger ) Michael Jackson, Randy Hansen Victory 4:30 9. "Scared of the Moon" (Demo) (previously unreleased) (recorded early 1983, during Bad sessions) Michael Jackson, Buz Kohan 4:41 10. "We Are the World " (Demo) (previously unreleased) (recorded January 28, 1985) Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie 5:20 11. "We Are Here to Change the World" (from Captain EO ) (previously unreleased) (recorded 1985, during Captain EO sessions) Michael Jackson, John Barnes 2:53
Disc 3 Title Writer(s) Album 1. "Bad " (7' Single Mix) Michael Jackson Bad 4:07 2. "The Way You Make Me Feel " (Album Version #2) Michael Jackson Bad 4:58 3. "Man in the Mirror " Siedah Garrett , Glen Ballard Bad 5:20 4. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You " (Radio Edit) (featuring Siedah Garrett ) Michael Jackson Bad 4:13 5. "Dirty Diana " (Album Version #2) Michael Jackson Bad 4:41 6. "Smooth Criminal " (Album Version #3) Michael Jackson Bad 4:17 7. "Cheater " (Demo) (previously unreleased) (recorded March 13 & 17, 1987, during Bad sessions) Michael Jackson, Greg Phillinganes 5:09 8. "Dangerous " (Early Version) (previously unreleased) (recorded 1985 – 1989 & September 1990 – February, August 22 & October 29, 1991, during Dangerous sessions) Michael Jackson, Bill Bottrell , Teddy Riley 6:40 9. "Monkey Business" (previously unreleased) (recorded 1989, during Dangerous sessions) Michael Jackson, Bill Bottrell 5:46 10. "Jam " (featuring Heavy D ) Michael Jackson, René Moore , Bruce Swedien , Teddy Riley Dangerous 5:39 11. "Remember the Time " Teddy Riley, Michael Jackson, Bernard Belle Dangerous 4:00 12. "Black or White " Michael Jackson; rap lyrics by Bill Bottrell Dangerous 4:16 13. "Who Is It " (IHS Mix) Michael Jackson 7:57 14. "Someone Put Your Hand Out " (previously unreleased) (recorded 1987, 1990 & 1991 – April 1992, during Bad & Dangerous sessions) Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley 5:25
Disc 4 Title Writer(s) Album 1. "You Are Not Alone " (Extended Version) (recorded September & November 6 & 8, 1994 – March 1995, during HIStory sessions) R. Kelly HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I 6:03 2. "Stranger in Moscow " Michael Jackson HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I 5:44 3. "Childhood " (theme from Free Willy 2 ) Michael Jackson HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I 4:28 4. "On the Line " (recorded 1995 & January – July 1996, during HIStory & Get On The Bus sessions) Michael Jackson, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds 4:53 5. "Blood on the Dance Floor " Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix 4:12 6. "Fall Again " (Demo) (previously unreleased) (recorded 1999, during Invincible sessions) Walter Afanasieff , Robin Thicke 4:22 7. "In the Back" (previously unreleased) (recorded 1994 - 2004, during HIStory & Invincible sessions) Michael Jackson, Glen Ballard 4:31 8. "Unbreakable" (featuring The Notorious B.I.G. ) Michael Jackson, Rodney Jerkins , Fred Jerkins III , LaShawn Daniels , Nora Payne, Robert Smith Invincible 6:26 9. "You Rock My World " (Album Edit) Michael Jackson, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, Nora Payne Invincible 5:09 10. "Butterflies " Andre Harris , Marsha Ambrosius Invincible 4:40 11. "Beautiful Girl" (Demo) (previously unreleased) (recorded 1998 & 2004, during Invincible sessions) Michael Jackson 4:03 12. "The Way You Love Me " (previously unreleased) (recorded Mid 1998 – 2004, during Invincible sessions) Michael Jackson 4:30 13. "We've Had Enough" (previously unreleased) (recorded 1999 – 2000, during Invincible sessions) Michael Jackson, Rodney Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels, Carole Bayer Sager 5:45
DVD: Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour (previously unreleased) Title Writer(s) 1. "Jam " Michael Jackson , René Moore , Bruce Swedien , Teddy Riley 8:16 2. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' " Michael Jackson 5:13 3. "Human Nature " Steve Porcaro , John Bettis 5:02 4. "Smooth Criminal " Michael Jackson 6:00 5. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You " (duet with Siedah Garrett ) Michael Jackson 4:45 6. "She's Out of My Life " Tom Bahler 4:53 7. "I Want You Back /The Love You Save " Berry Gordy , Freddie Perren , Alphonzo Mizell , Deke Richards 2:17 8. "I'll Be There " Berry Gordy, Bob West, Willie Hutch , Hal Davis 4:33 9. "Thriller " Rod Temperton 5:51 10. "Billie Jean " Michael Jackson 7:44 11. "Workin' Day and Night " Michael Jackson 10:04 12. "Beat It " Michael Jackson 7:24 13. "Will You Be There " Michael Jackson 6:51 14. "Black or White " Michael Jackson, Bill Bottrell 6:38 15. "Heal the World " Michael Jackson 8:53 16. "Man in the Mirror " Siedah Garrett , Glen Ballard 13:28
Limited Japanese Edition bonus tracks
The Jacksons perform track 11.
The addition of "Another Part of Me" pushes the number of tracks down by one (i.e. "Someone Put Your Hand Out " starts off Disc 4).
Sampler CD
"Someone Put Your Hand Out"
"Someone Put Your Hand Out " (on disc three of The Ultimate Collection ) is a song originally written by Michael Jackson in 1987 for the Bad album and re-written in April 1992 with Teddy Riley, having failed to make it on to Jackson's 1991 album Dangerous . It was released May 1992 in Europe as an exclusive Pepsi promotional single, to promote Jackson’s upcoming Dangerous World Tour . 500,000[citation needed ] copies were made available by collecting a winning token from certain Pepsi products. A cassette single of "Someone Put Your Hand Out" was also released as part of an exclusive Pepsi promotional pack in June 1992 throughout Europe. The promotional pack also included a Michael Jackson poster, a promotional sticker, and a press release about Jackson’s upcoming Dangerous World Tour. An instrumental version of the song was played by Michael Jackson's band during some of the concerts of the Dangerous World Tour.
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