This article is about the 1985 unreleased song. You may have been looking for the demo for "(I Like) The Way You Love Me".
"What You Do to Me" is an unreleased song written and produced by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson intended for the Bad and Bad 25 albums.
Background[]
"What You Do to Me" was produced with Bill Bottrell and recorded in the fall of 1985 for Bad, although it wasn't included in the final release.[1] The song is known to be completed enough to be ready for release, as confirmed by Damien Shields.[2]
On October 16, 2022, Shields would reveal details on the song through the X social media platform.
| “ | What You Do To Me has lyrics/vocals. It's a mid-tempo love song. Similar breezy vibe to Free and I'm So Blue. Chorus lyrics: "You just don't know, you just don't know, what you do to me, do to me, do to me, do-do-do, do to me. | ” |
–Damien Shields, X, October 16, 2022[3] | ||
Bottrell himself also mentioned the song alongside "Bad Girl" when asked by a X user if both of the tracks were either worked on by him, or these were solely recorded by John Barnes.
| “ | They both appear in my journals. I don't remember how the songs go. It was just a day or two. Never fleshed out. Maybe some vocals, I don't know. | ” |
–Bill Bottrell, X[4] | ||