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In the Back

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"In the Back" is a previously unreleased song written and produced by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson, released as the fifty-first track from The Ultimate Collection. The song isn't currently available on streaming services but can be purchased through iTunes.

Background[]

"In the Back" was first recorded in 1994 for HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I, although it didn't make the cut. It was revisited in 1997 for Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix; it was also featured in early press releases of the album, though "Superfly Sister" was placed instead, as the latter took less work to complete.

"In the Back" was revisited again in 1999 for the Invincible album, but was once again shelved. It was finally included in The Ultimate Collection in 2004, despite it being vocally incomplete.

On February 26, 2025, a segment of a demo of a phone call was leaked through a documentary about "Beautiful Girl" made by Cometa Harlei.[1]

Audio[]

Lyrics[]

[Verse 1]
You're just preaching the Bible
And they still speaking you're a liar
And you still deal with the fires
That they make get bigger
Dah dah dah dah dah dah

Dah dah dah dah dah dah, and you
Dah dah dah dah dah dah, dah dah
Dah dah dah dah dah dah
Dah dah dah dah dah

[Pre-Chorus]
Why you wanna get me?
Dreams don't last forever, oh
Why you wanna fix me?
See, if the police don' take it
God forsake it
I can't take it

[Chorus]
Why you stab me in the back?

[Verse 2]
We're so gonna lose it
And she, knows that is the deal
She, I
Dah dah dah dah dah
Dah dah dah dah
Dah dah dah dah dah dah dah

Dah dah dah dah, people
Dah dah dah dah dah dah dah
Dah dah dah dah, did I
Dah dah dah dah

[Pre-Chorus]
Why you wanna get me?
This dude won't last forever
Why you wanna hit me?
Oh, babe
If the police don't take it
God forsake it
I'll fall breaking

[Chorus]
Why you stab me in the back?

[Pre-Chorus]
Why you wanna fix me?
Things don't last forever, oh no
Why you wanna get me?
We should be together
Why you wanna hit me?
We should be together
Why you wanna get me?
See, if the police don't take it
God forsake it
I won't take it

[Chorus]
Why you stab me in the back?

Ow!

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Trivia[]

  • During the In the Studio With MJ seminar with Brad Buxer and Michael Prince, Buxer played a voicemail Jackson sent of him saying "I got an idea", and proceeding to beatbox "In the Back" while singing the lyrics.[3]

References[]

  1. ↑ Como MICHAEL JACKSON fez a música mais COMPLEXA de sua carreira? | The Beautiful Song
  2. ↑ Michael Jackson - The Ultimate Collection Unboxing 4K
  3. ↑ The Discussion of MJ's Unreleased Tracks

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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
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial • Farewell My Summer Love • Decade • Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix • The Ultimate Collection • Thriller 25 • 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 and 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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