ernestsewell said:

Well it was just more disappointing to me. Because the climax of that song was always my favorite part of it. I just always imagined Rebbie singing that part...But I'm aware that background singers have sung lead parts on songs.

Even her famous late brother had his vocals intertwined with another vocalist on "Butterflies" written by neo-soul duo Floetry member Marsha Ambrosius.I was surprised that that wasn't him on certain parts of that song. But it worked.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Yeah,but we all know that MJ was a great diverse capable vocalist, Mj could deliver the most complicated vocals, I think its safe to say that none of the jacksons could sing except Michael and Jermaine.....

seeingvoices12 said:

You are exactly right on that. Michael had a unique singing voice and could hold his own with any singer. Jermaine wasn't bad either. But I have to stick up for my girl Janet to me she can sing. She just has a light voice. But U need to listen to this live performance of Anytime any place on Saturday Night Live.http://www.youtube.com/wa...zZXSffI11w

Yeah as far as Jackson vocals go, it was always:

1.) MJ
2.) Jermaine
3.) Janet

And the rest in disparaging numbers.

Yeah i've known for some time that it was Martha Wash singing background vocals on "Centipede". Also Michael, in additon to writing the song, also sang pretty much the entire chorus for "Centipede" along with Rebbie, as well as some background vocals. It's a shame though that people are always ripping off Martha Wash. She can sing her ass off and doesn't get enough credit.

As for Rebbie, for some reason, Jackson Family fans love to go on about what a great singer Rebbie is, but I really don't get it. She's better than Latoya and a few others I guess, but her voice is not all that. I also prefer Janet's vocals over Rebbie. Janet's tone is lovely. I like Rebbie though, don't get me wrong but i've always felt that fans of The Jackson Family had/have a tendancy to overrate her voice. I'm like please, I hope y'all know that was Martha Wash hitting all them high notes on "Centipede" not Rebbie . The only legitimately good singers in the family to me are Michael and Jermaine anyway . Everyone else can sing to a lesser extent (except for Latoya lol), but I think those two are the best vocalists and I find Rebbie to be overrated as a vocalist (at least among Jackson fans).

Cinnamon234 said:

Latoya is TalentLess....

and Janet is better than rebbie....Thats for sure.....

seeingvoices12 said:

Co-sign both posts. Janet's vocals sound angelic

Rebbie's vocals always reminded of Patrice Rushen. If she had collaborated with Patrice, she would've had more classic jams added to her name. As for Centipede, I really don't care who sung this and that, it's a great song. Michael wrote a great song and John Barnes took it to the next level in terms of the arrangement.

thatruth said:

Michael should have wrote and produced more songs for other artist.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

There's probably a large laundry list of songs written by Michael but recorded by other artists, but that's very true. I wish Michael would've produced more songs or an entire album by himself, for him or anybody else. People want to say he couldn't do it, I call bullshit on that, I believe he could have, all he needed were his usual players, Mouse, Bruce, Michael Bodderick, Louis Johnson, etc.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Yeah Michael could produce the hell of a single.

thatruth said:

Yeah I can see what you mean there. She and Patrice have the same type of vocals.

thatruth said:

Night Time Lover for Latoya Jackson (originally for Donna Summer)
This Has To Be for The Brothers Johnson (originally written for himself and titled You Not Me)
Muscles for Diana Ross
Love Never Felt So Good for Johnny Mathis
Centipede for Rebbie Jackson
Behind The Mask for Greg Philliganes (written by Yellow Music Orchestra but rewritten by Michael for Thriller)
We Are The World for USA For Africa
Eaten Alive for Diana Ross
You're The One for Jennifer Holliday
I've Never Heard for Safire
Alright Now for Ralph Tresvant
Joy for Blackstreet (originally for either Dangerous or HIStory)
What More Can I Give
People Of The World for J-Friends
Children's Holiday for J-Friends
Happy Birthday Lisa for The Simpsons

bboy87 said:

Cinnie said:

it's not a long list

bboy87 said:

Not many hits on there....

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

ouch. a few "rejected" songs too

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Night Time Lover- #59 UK
Muscles- #10 Pop, #4 R&B
Centipede- #24 Pop, #4 R&B
Behind The Mask- #77 R&B
We Are The World- #1 Pop, #1 R&B
Eaten Alive- #77 Pop, #10 R&B
Joy- #43 Pop, #12 R&B

I forgot to add the music he did for Sonic The Hedgehog 3
[Edited 2/13/10 22:16pm]

bboy87 said:

Still Not the entire List.....

Michael Jackson songs written for others:

1980 Minnie Ripperton-I‘m In Love Again
1980 LaToya Jackson-Night Time Lover- Written/Produced
1980 Brothers Johnson-This Had To Be- Written
1981 Carole Bayer Sager-Just Friends- Produced
1982 Diana Ross-Muscles- Written/Produced
1983 Paul McCartney-Say, Say, Say
1983 Paul McCartney-The Man Both Co-Written with Paul
1984 Rebbie Jackson-Centipede-Written
1984 Rebbie Jackson-Come Alive It's Saturday Night- Written & Produced
1984 Janet Jackson-Don‘t Stand Another Chance
1985 Johnny Mathis-Love Never Felt So Good
1985 Greg Phillinganes-Behind the Mask
1985 USA for Africa-We Are the World- Co-Written with Lionel Richie
1985 Jennifer Holliday-You’re The One
1985 Diana Ross -Eaten Alive- Written-Produced
1988 Deniece Williams -We Are Here To Change The World- Written
1990 Ralph Tresvant -Alright Now- Written & Produced
1991 Safire- Never Heard- Written
1994 BlackStreet-Joy-Written
1995 3T-Why - Produced
1995 3T-Words Without Meaning- Produced
1997 The Simpsons- Happy Birthday Lisa- Written
1998 J-Friends-Children’s Holiday- Written & Produced
1998 Rebbie Jackson -Fly Away- Written & Produced
1999 J-Friends- People of the World- Written & Produced
2001 What More Can I give....Solely Written

I'm bringing my thread back to Martha motherfuckers! Here she is in all her glory.

bboy87 said:

Not bad

seeingvoices12 said:

MJ didn't write nor produce anything for Janet. That track was written & produced by her brother Marlon Jackson. MJ just provided back ground vocals like the other brothers did.

Did LaToya release an lp in 1984? If she did, does that make 1984 the only year that all the siblings were involved in new releases?

And why was LaToya on We Are The World instead of Jermaine, Janet, or even Rebbie? As big as a Jackson fan I've always been for YEEEAAARS I thought LaToya was younger than Michael, that she was after Michael and before Randy. I guess it was because she appeared always so dependent on him.

midiscover said:

True. "Don't Stand Another Chance" was written by Marlon Jackson and John Barnes. It's one of the only, if not the only, song from Janet that was penned by another Jackson. The only other songs Janet has sung on that MJ wrote are "Scream" and, now, "We Are The World".

ernestsewell said:

Don't forget "One More Chance" by Randy (although he wrote it for Victory)

ernestsewell said:

No your missing "2300 Jackson Street". Janet sung on that song along with Marlon,Rebbie and Michael Jackson and the Jackson kids(middle sister La Toya was,at the time of this recording,estranged from the family and therefore does not appear on the song, Tito; Griffin, Gene; Riley,Teddy;Jackie;Randy, Jermaine;all co wrote the song. Michael sung on it but didn't write it. But It was Michael's first collaboration with Teddy Riley before Dangerous......

Read more: http://www.metrolyrics.co...z0fXIrr1J2
co wrote the song with Teddy Riley which was his first collaboration with Michael, before the album Dangerous....

Nick715 said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

MJ didn't write nor produce that flop - 2300 Jackson Street

Try again.

bboy87 said:

I didn´t know Love Never Felt So Good was recorded by Johnny Mathis. Thanks for the info. I´ve just listened to it and I prefer Mike´s version. There´s some passion. Johnny´s cool too, but it´s more of a dance record. There´s not that much passion in it.



BTW who wrote Somebody´s Watching Me?

Nick715 said:

Thanks! Gonna listen to this now!