HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I

~ Release by Michael Jackson (see all versions of this release, 19 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: HIStory Begins
2▼CD: HIStory Continues
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Scream
recording engineer and mixer:
Steve Hodge (engineer and producer) and Bruce Swedien
producer:
Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”), Jimmy Jam (James Harris of Jam & Lewis) and Terry Lewis (US hip-hop/soul songwriter, producer & label owner)
keyboard and percussion:
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
vocals:
Janet Jackson
recording of:
Scream
writer:
Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”), Jimmy Jam (James Harris of Jam & Lewis) and Terry Lewis (US hip-hop/soul songwriter, producer & label owner)
Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson4.64:39
2They Don’t Care About Us
assistant recording engineer:
Eddie DeLena (engineer)
recording engineer:
Bruce Swedien
synthesizer programming:
Brad Buxer and Chuck Wild
mixer:
Eddie DeLena (engineer) and Bruce Swedien
additional electric guitar:
Slash (Guns N’ Roses guitarist)
electric guitar:
Trevor Rabin (South African musician and score composer)
keyboard and synthesizer:
Jeff Bova, Brad Buxer, Jason Miles (jazz producer/keyboardist) and Chuck Wild
percussion:
Brad Buxer
background vocals:
Los Angeles Children's Chorus
music videos:
They Don't Care About Us by Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
recording of:
They Don’t Care About Us
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
part of:
MJ: The Musical
Michael Jackson3.654:44
3Stranger in Moscow
recording engineer:
Bruce Swedien
bass synthesizer:
David Paich
electric guitar:
Steve Lukather
keyboard and synthesizer:
David Paich and Steve Porcaro
background vocals and lead vocals:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
recording of:
Stranger in Moscow
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
part of:
MJ: The Musical
Michael Jackson3.85:44
4This Time Around
producer:
Dallas Austin
guest lead vocals [rap]:
The Notorious B.I.G.
recording of:
This Time Around
lyricist:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
composer:
Dallas Austin, Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”), René Moore and Bruce Swedien
Michael Jackson4.154:21
5Earth Song
co-producer:
Bill Bottrell
producer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1995)
recording of:
Earth Song
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
part of:
MJ: The Musical
Michael Jackson3.556:46
6D.S.
recording of:
D.S.
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
Michael Jackson4.24:49
7Money
recording of:
Money
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
part of:
MJ: The Musical
Michael Jackson3.64:42
8Come Together
producer:
Bill Bottrell
cover recording of:
Come Together
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
is based on:
You Can’t Catch Me
Michael Jackson4.154:03
9You Are Not Alone
producer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”) and R. Kelly
recording of:
You Are Not Alone
lyricist and composer:
R. Kelly
publisher:
R. Kelly Publishing, Inc. and Universal Music–Z Songs
Michael Jackson3.55:45
10Childhood (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”)
Michael Jackson3.54:28
11Tabloid Junkie
producer:
Jimmy Jam (James Harris of Jam & Lewis) and Terry Lewis (US hip-hop/soul songwriter, producer & label owner)
recording of:
Tabloid Junkie
writer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”), James Harris III (James Harris of Jam & Lewis) and Terry Lewis (US hip-hop/soul songwriter, producer & label owner)
part of:
MJ: The Musical
Michael Jackson4.154:32
122 Bad
producer:
Jimmy Jam (James Harris of Jam & Lewis), Terry Lewis (US hip-hop/soul songwriter, producer & label owner) and Bruce Swedien
guest lead vocals [rap]:
Shaquille O’Neal (performs as DJ Diesel aka Diesel)
samples:
King of Rock (LP version) by Run‐D.M.C.
recording of:
2 Bad
lyricist:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
composer:
Dallas Austin, Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”), René Moore and Bruce Swedien
part of:
MJ: The Musical
Michael Jackson4.34:50
13HIStory
producer:
Jimmy Jam (James Harris of Jam & Lewis) and Terry Lewis (US hip-hop/soul songwriter, producer & label owner)
recording of:
HIStory
writer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”), James Harris III (James Harris of Jam & Lewis) and Terry Lewis (US hip-hop/soul songwriter, producer & label owner)
Michael Jackson3.86:34
14Little Susie
recording of:
Little Susie
lyricist and composer:
Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
Michael Jackson3.46:14
15Smile
producer:
David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
cover recording of:
Smile (song version w/ lyrics)
lyricist:
Geoffrey Parsons (lyricist) and John Turner (lyricist)
composer:
Charlie Chaplin (filmmaker)
publisher:
Bourne France Éditions Musicale, Bourne Music Ltd., Bourne, Inc. and Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) (in 1954)
sub-publisher:
Editions Vedette Sprl and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
is based on:
Smile (Modern Times; original instrumental version)
part of:
Chaplin
Michael Jackson3.64:56