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Thank You for Life

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"Thank You for Life" is an unreleased song written by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson, intended for either the Music & Me, Forever, Michael, or Off the Wall albums.

Background[]

"Thank You for Life" was first publicly acknowledged by Jackson during his deposition in Mexico in November 1993.[1] According to him, he wrote it by himself, and said that it was originally worked on in 1973/1974. However, records from the U.S. Copyright Office indicate that it was recorded in 1976.[2]

Based on these timeframes, the song could have been intended for one of several projects, including Music & Me, Forever Michael, or Off the Wall.

References[]

  1. ↑ Michael Jackson List of Unreleased Songs Segment from Mexico Deposition November 1993
  2. ↑ Thank You for Life / Michael Jackson. Detailed Record View | U.S. Copyright Public Records System

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Unreleased songs
Leaked/released
"After the Storm" • "Be My Girl" • "Buttercup" • "We Love You" • "Sunset Driver" • "What a Lonely Way to Go" • I Never Heard" • "It Don't Matter to Me" • "Love Never Felt So Good" • "Behind the Mask" • "Carousel" • "Don't Be Messin' 'Round" • "Got the Hots" • "Hot Street" • "Nite Line" • "She's Trouble" • "Slapstick" • "Starlight" • "The Toy" • "Who Do You Know" • "Chicago 1945" • "Dream Away" • "Scared of the Moon" • "State of Shock" (with Freddie Mercury) • "There Must Be More To Life Than This" (with Freddie Mercury)• "Abortion Papers" • "Al Capone" • "Bumper Snippet" • "Cheater" • "Do You Know Where Your Children Are" • "Fly Away" • "Free" • "I'm So Blue" • "Loving You" • "Price of Fame" • "Starlight Sun" • "Streetwalker" • "Throwin' Your Life Away" • "We Are Here to Change the World" • "Best of Joy" • "Bumper Snippet (Kid Part)" • "Deep in the Night" • "For All Time" • "Ghost of Another Lover" • "Happy Birthday Lisa" • "If You Don't Love Me" • "Jane Is a Groupie" • "Man in Black" • "Monkey Business" • "Serious Effect" • "She Got It" • "Slave to the Rhythm" • "Verdict" • "Work That Body" • "You Were There" • "Family Thing" • "Palestine, Don't Cry" • "Christmas Star" • "Faces" • "In the Back" • "Much Too Soon" • "Willing and Waiting" • "Elizabeth, I Love You" • "A Place with No Name" • "Another Day" • "Beautiful Girl" • "Blue Gangsta" • "Bump Like This" • "Fall Again" • "Get Your Weight Off of Me" • "Gone" • "Hollywood Tonight" • "I Have This Dream" • "People of the World" • "Seeing Voices" • "She Was Lovin' Me" • "Shout" • "The Way You Love Me" • "Twilight" • "Voodoo" • "We Be Ballin'" • "We've Had Enough" • "What More Can I Give" (solo version) • "What's a Guy Gotta Do" • "Xscape" • "All in Your Name" (with Barry Gibb) • "Days in Gloucestershire" • "I Am a Loser" • "Why Can't You Hear Me" • "Change" • "Hold My Hand" • "I Want You to Stay" • "Stop Playin'" • "What's Your Name" • "You Are" • "You Are My World" • "A Nice Day to Get Away" • "Climb the Highest" • "Don't Talk Behind My Back" • "Hey Girl" • "Hitch Hiker" • "I Love You (unrelated to the unreleased song written by Taryll Jackson) • "Looking Over the Rainbow" • "Unknown Heritage Auctions Song"
Snippets leaked
"I Can't Get You Off My Mind" • "I've Gotta Be Me" • "It Don't Matter to Me" • "Neverland Landing" • "Changes" • "Groove of Midnight" • "Turnin' Me Off" • "Don't Believe It" • "Dream Girl" • "Garbage" • "Seven Digits" • "Innocent Man" • "Jungle" • "Monster" • "Rampage" • "Thank Heaven" • "You Don't Love Me" • "Adore You" • "Boy No" • "Breed" • "Dark Lady" • "I Love You More" • "Light the Way" • "Remember What I Told You" • "Red Eye" • "Rocker" • "Shut Up and Dance" • "Still the King" • "Think Twice" • "Water" • "World of Candy" • "Unknown Neff-U Song"
Lost
"7 Rooms of Gloom" • "A Place in the Sun" • "A Pretty Face Is (with Stevie Wonder) • "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" • "Bad Company" • "Determination" • "Doing Dirty" • "Fantasy" • "Far, Far Away" • "Goin' to Rio" • "Holiday Inn" • "I'm in Love with You" • "I'm in Tears" • "Iowa" • "Kentucky" • "Nona" • "Ode to Sorrow" • "Power" • "She's Not a Girl" • "Slipped Away" • "Still in Love with You" • "Thank You for Life" • "That Girl" • "The Sky Is the Limit" • "Too Bad" • "What's Your Life" • "You Ain't Gonna Change Nothin'" • "Unknown Humanity Outtakes" • "A Baby Smiles" • "Boots Groove" • "Got to Find a Way Somehow" • "In the Life of Chico" • "Susie" • "Under Your Skin" • "We Are the Ones" • "You Told Me Your Lovin'" • "Somewhere in Time" • "Why Can't I Be?" • "You Not Me" • "Learned My Lesson" • "MJ Melody" • "Nymphette Lover" • "Rolling the Dice" • "Set It On Out" • "Spice of Life" • "Stand Tall" • "Where Is Love?" • "Alright Now" • "Buffalo Bill" • "Happy Song" • "Make a Wish" • "Peter Pan" • "Take My Time" • "Victory" (with Freddie Mercury) • "A Way with Words" • "Apocalypse Now" • "Bad Girl" • "Bill's African Groove" • "Crack Kills" • "Eaten Alive" (MJ & Barry Gibb version) • "Make or Break" • "New Song" • "Scream-o-Blaster" • "Song for Epic" • "The Choir Song" • "Tomboy" • "Trash Can Song" • "What You Do to Me" • "You're the One" • "Unknown Brian Malouf Song" • "All My Children" • "All the Truth" • "Ask Rene" • "Bubbles" • "Call It Off" • "Can't Come Back" • "Colorblind" • "Dreams" • "Get Up" • "Homeless Bound" • "House Groove" • "Janet and MJ Duet" • "Joy" (solo version) • "Killer Dance Teddy Riley groove" • "Pressure" (Dangerous outtake) • "Serious Moonlight" • "She's Got It Baby" • "Son of Thriller" • "Stay" • "The Choice" • "Truth on Youth" • "Ask DD" • "Fanfare 1992" • "Heal L.A." • "Rich Girl" • "Unknown Eddie Murphy Collaborations" • "Bombay Nights" • "Circles" • "D.N.A." • "Diana Ross" • "Evil Eye" • "New Jelly" • "Revenge" • "Sexy Love Song" • "The Best Thing" • "Why" (solo version) • "Unknown HIStory Outtake" • "Be Me 4 a Day" • "Bio" • "Children's Holiday" • "Craze" • "Ekam Satyam" • "Electricity" • "God Don't Love Us Anymore" • "Hot Fun in the Summertime" • "I Love You" • "Oh Yeah" • "Pressure" (Invincible outtake) • "Rise Above It All" • "That" • "The World Is No Church" • "You Are the One" • "Unknown Tim & Bob Collaborations" • "11 P.M." • "Bang Your Head" • "Beatbox 2010" • "Brad Loop" • "Breath" • "Broken Chair" • "Butter Funk" • "Can't Stop Lovin' You" • Children's Hour" • "Coco Butter" • "Come Back" • "D.I.E." • "Dance MJ McKellar" • "Dancing for Love" • "Don't Make Me Stay" • "Don't Walk Away" • "Dreaming" (with will.i.am) • "Earth Love" • "Endt It" • "Everybody Wants to Be a Movie Star" • "For the World" • "Frank Friday Night" • "Green Hornet Groove" • "He Who Makes the Sky Gray" • "Heaven with a Smile" • "I Am That One" • "I Will Miss You" (with will.i.am) • "If I Were to Wish" • "Is She Coming Back" • "King Tutankhamun" • "Lady of Summer" • "Leaving Today to Benin" • "Lonely Bird" • "Love Heals" • "Lovin' You" • "MJ / BB Orchestral Idea" • "Orchestral Holiday Songs" • "Pajamas" • "Pray for Peace" • "Rock Tonight" • "Ron great industrial age song" • "Saturday Woman" • "Seduction" • "She Don't Love Me" • "Silent Spring" • "Song 4" • "Too Late to Turn Back Now" • "Walk Away" • "You Are There" • "You Were There" (unrelated to the 1990 song) • "Unknown 2000s Songs" • "Unknown Akon Collaborations" • "Unknown Indian Ocean Tsunami Song" • "Unknown Jae-R Collaboration" • "Unknown Ne-Yo Collaborations" • "Unknown RedOne Collaborations" • "California Grass" • "Cry" • "Get Around" • "Granite" • "I Forgive You" • "I Have This Love of Me" • "In the Valley" • "Little Girls" • "Llama Lola" • "Lonely Man" • "Lucy Is in Love with Linus" • "Michael McKeller" • "People Have to Make Some Kind of Joke" • "Saved by the Bell" • "Sister Sue" • "Tragedy of a Cheerleader" • "Unknown" • "What's It Gonna Be" • "Who Is the Girl with Her Hair Down" • "Why Shy" • "You Are a Liar "
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