This article is about the unreleased song. You may have been looking for the Eddie Cascio song.
"Water" is an unreleased song written and produced by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson.
Background[]
"Water" was produced with Neff-U and recorded in 2008.[1] According to Damien Shields, it includes water splashes (as the title suggests), and only the chorus and background vocals for the chorus were ever recorded.
| “ | Recorded in MJ’s final years. Production includes water splash sounds. Only lyrics: “Inches of water, water, trying to take a piece of my mind/Inches of water, water, trying to take a piece of my time.” Very nice background vocals: “Inches of water, ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo. | ” |
–Damien Shields, X, October 21, 2022[2] | ||
Leak History[]
A snippet of "Water" first leaked online alongside "Adore You" and "Michael's Affirmation" on August 12, 2023. A second, longer HQ snippet of "Water" leaked on September 27, 2024, after being provided for the 9th episode of Damien Shields' Faking Michael podcast.[3] On August 11, 2025, an LQ recording of nearly the full track was leaked by the YouTube channel Zx1.[4] On October 25, 2025, a longer seminar snippet with the Intro got leaked by Motif on YouTube. On January 9, 2026, an HQ snippet of the instrumental part was leaked by LegendZx1.
- Partial leak - (
listen) - Snippet #1 - ( listen)
- Snippet #2 - ( listen)
- Snippet #3 - (
listen) - Snippet #4 - ( listen)
Lyrics[]
[Chorus]
Inches of water, water
Tryin' to take a piece of my mind
Inches of water, water
Tryin' to take a piece of my time
Inches of water, water
Tryin' to take a piece of my mind
Inches of water, water
Tryin' to take a piece of my time
[Outro]
Inches of water, ooh, ooh, ooh
Inches of water, ooh, ooh, ooh
Inches of water, ooh, ooh, ooh
Trivia[]
- It is rumored that Jackson sang a bit of "Water" right after the "Billie Jean" rehearsals in the Michael Jackson's This Is It movie.[5]