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Don't Be Messin' 'Round

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"Don't Be Messin' 'Round" is a previously unreleased song by Michael Jackson released as the twelfth track on Bad 25. It made it's debut as the B-side to the 2012 reissue of the "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" single.

Background[]

The song was recorded throughout multiple points of Jackson's career, seemingly being one of his favorite songs he crafted. It was re-recorded numerous times since it's creation in the Fall of 1981 at Hayvenhurst, being re-recorded between February 19, 1986 and the 2000s. It was considered for 6 studio albums by Jackson, the most out of every known song by the artist, these albums are Thriller, Bad, Dangerous (retitled to "Messin' 'Round), HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I, and the scrapped eleventh studio album (retitled again to "Don't Be Messin'" and revealed by fan and researcher Damien Shields who had access to unpublished notes found in his Los Angeles house[1]). Unfortunately, it was completely left off on all of the albums.

The song's producers changed over time as well. The Thriller version had Jackson himself credited only, but the Bad version was made with Bill Bottrell, the Dangerous version was made with Teddy Riley at Record One, and the 2000s rework had Brad Buxer tinkering with it.[2] It's unknown however if Jackson had ever re-recorded the vocals past the album sessions it originated from.

Audio[]

Lyrics[]

[Intro]
Da-da-da
Da-da da-da
Da-da-da-da
Da-da da-da
Da-da da-da-da
Da-da da-da
Da-da-da-da
Da-da da-da-da
Da-da

[Verse 1]
Are you ready for a real good time?
Are you ready for a real good treat?
There'll be so much dancing, singing
Are you the girl, meant to me

[Chorus]
So don’t be messin' 'round, don’t be messin' 'round (With me)
Don’t be messin' 'round (With me), hey, hey, hey
So don’t be messin' 'round, don’t be messin' 'round (With me)
Don’t be messin' 'round (With me), hey

[Verse 2]
If I started now in the deep
Think you said this feeling is your life
I’ll be so proud if you let me love you, girl
Let me love you for a little while

[Chorus]
Don’t be messing around, don’t be messing around
Don’t be messing around (With me) hey hey hey
So don’t be messing around, don’t be messing around
Don’t be messing around (With me) hey
O-ho, yeah, yeah
O-ho, yeah, o-ho, yeah, o-ho, yeah

[Verse 3]
Now, she started finger-popping to the beat
So I said let’s get right on the floor
She said to keep your mind on dancing
Won't be no romancing
No, no, don't mess around with me
I ain't playing

[Chorus]
Don’t be messing around, don’t be messing around (with me)
Don’t be messing around (With me) hey hey hey
So don’t be messing around, don’t be messing around (with me)
Don’t be messing around (With me) hey hey
Bridge!

[Bridge]
Da-da-da da-da
Da-da-da-da
Da-da-da da-da
Da-da-da-da
Da-da-da da-da
Da-da-da-da
Da-da-da da-da

[Chorus]
Ba-ba-ba-la-ba-la
Ba-ba-la-ba-la
Ba-ba-ba-la-ba-la
Ba-ba-ba-la bam
Ba-ba-ba-la-ba-la
Ba-ba-la-ba-la
Ba-ba-ba-la-ba-la
Ba-ba-ba-la bam

Chh, aah, chh, aah, chh, aah, chh, aah
Chh, aah, chh, aah, chh, aah
Chh, aah, chh, aah, chh, aah
Ooh!
Ba-la ba-ba-ba-la
Ba-la ba-ba-la

[Chorus]
So don’t be messing around, don’t be messing around
Don’t be messing around (With me) hey hey hey
So don’t be messing around, don’t be messing around (With me)
Don’t be messing around (With me) hey hey
So don’t be messing around, don’t be messing around (With me)
Don’t be messing around (With me) hey hey hey
So don’t be messing around, don’t be messing around (With me)
Don’t be messing around (With me) hey hey

[Outro]
Listen to me
Dow-dow-dow-dow-do-do-dow-dow
Dow-dow-dow-dow-do-do-dow
Dow-dow-dow-dow-do-do-dow-dow
Dow-dow-dow-dow-do-do-dow
Dow-dow-dow-dow-do-do-dow-dow
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Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • "Don't Be Messin' 'Round" is one of the only songs Jackson recorded a version of for nearly all of his albums.
  • On May 25, 2020, a collector, Korg Nex released his "redux" of another demo of "Don't Be Messin' 'Round".[4]
  • The song was also rumored to be first worked on for Off the Wall in 1978, and later for Invincible. If true, it'd mean he worked on it for all of his Epic Records albums, although, this is unconfirmed.
  • The Bad and HIStory versions of the song were recorded at Hayvenhurst, Westlake Studios, and The Hit Factory.

References[]

  1. ↑ https://x.com/DamienShields/status/1616392097149652993
  2. ↑ https://publicrecords.copyright.gov/detailed-record/23539142
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://www.discogs.com/release/3652726-Michael-Jackson-I-Just-Cant-Stop-Loving-You
  4. ↑ https://youtu.be/WqVe0V3qol0
Discography
Studio albums
Got to Be There • Ben • Music & Me • Forever, Michael • Off the Wall • Thriller • Bad • Dangerous • HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I • Invincible
Other albums
Farewell My Summer Love • Decade • Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix • The Ultimate Collection • Thriller 25 • 11th Studio Album • Michael • Bad 25 • Xscape • Scream • Thriller 40
Singles
"Got to Be There" • "Rockin' Robin" • "I Wanna Be Where You Are" • "Ain't No Sunshine" • "Ben" • "With a Child's Heart" • "Music & Me" • "We're Almost There" • "Just a Little Bit of You" • "You Can't Win" • "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" • "Rock with You" • "Off the Wall" • "She's Out of My Life" • "Girlfriend" • "One Day in Your Life" • "The Girl is Mine" • "Billie Jean" • "Beat It" • "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" • "Human Nature" • "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" • "Thriller" • "Happy" • "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" • "Bad" • "The Way You Make Me Feel" • "Man in the Mirror" • "Dirty Diana" • "Another Part of Me" • "Smooth Criminal" • "Leave Me Alone" • "Liberian Girl" • "Black or White" • "Remember the Time" • "In the Closet" • "Jam" • "Who Is It" • "Heal the World" • "Give In to Me" • "Will You Be There" • "Gone Too Soon" • "Scream/Childhood" • "You Are Not Alone" • "Earth Song" • "They Don't Care About Us" • "Stranger in Moscow" • "Blood on the Dance Floor" • "HIStory/Ghosts" • "Smile" • "You Rock My World" • "Butterflies" • "Cry" • "What More Can I Give" • "One More Chance" • "The Girl is Mine 2008" • "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008" • "Hold My Hand" • "Mind Is the Magic" • "Hollywood Tonight" • "Behind the Mask" • "(I Like) The Way You Love Me" • "Love Never Felt So Good" • "A Place with No Name" • "Blood on the Dance Floor X Dangerous (The White Panda Mash-Up)"
Promotional singles
"Someone in the Dark" • "Speed Demon" • "Someone Put Your Hand Out" • "This Time Around" • "Is It Scary" • "Speechless" • "Unbreakable" • "Cheater" • "This Is It"
Non-single songs
"Girl Don't Take Your Love from Me" • "In Our Small Way" • "Wings of My Love" • "Maria (You Were the Only One)" • "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" • "You've Got a Friend" • "Greatest Show on Earth" • "People Make the World go Round" • "We've Got a Good Thing Going" • "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" • "My Girl" • "What Goes Around Comes Around" • "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" • "You Can Cry on My Shoulder" • "Up Again" • "All the Things You Are" • "Too Young" • "Doggin' Around" • "Euphoria" • "Morning Glow" • "Johnny Raven" • "Take Me Back" • "Cinderella Stay Awhile" • "We've Got Forever" • "You Are There" • "Dapper Dan" • "Dear Michael" • "I'll Come Home To You" • "Workin' Day and Night" • "Get on the Floor" • "I Can't Help It" • "It's The Falling In Love" • "Burn This Disco Out" • "Someone in the Dark" • "Baby Be Mine" • "The Lady In My Life" • "Just Good Friends" • "Why You Wanna Trip on Me" • "She Drives Me Wild" • "Can't Let Her Get Away" • "Keep the Faith" • "Dangerous" • "D.S." • "Money" • "Come Together" • "Tabloid Junkie" • "2 Bad" • "Little Susie / Pie Jesu" • "On the Line" • "Morphine" • "Superfly Sister" • "Carousel" • "Streetwalker" • "Fly Away" • "Heartbreaker" • "Invincible" • "Break of Dawn" • "Heaven Can Wait" • "2000 Watts" • "You Are My Life" • "Privacy" • "Don't Walk Away" • "The Lost Children" • "Whatever Happens" • "Threatened" • "Shout" • "Sunset Driver" • "Scared of the Moon" • "We Are Here to Change the World" • "Monkey Business" • "Fall Again" • "In the Back" • "Beautiful Girl" • "We've Had Enough" • "For All Time" • "Got the Hots" • "Best of Joy" • "(I Can't Make It) Another Day" • "Much Too Soon" • "Don't Be Messin' 'Round" • "I'm So Blue" • "Abortion Papers" • "Free" • "Price of Fame" • "Al Capone" • "Chicago" • "Loving You" • "Slave to the Rhythm" • "Do You Know Where Your Children Are" • "Blue Gangsta" • "Xscape" • "Starlight" • "Who Do You Know" • "The Toy" • "What a Lovely Way to Go" • "She's Trouble"
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