The new Michael Jackson single, “This Is It,” debuted online this morning. The mid-tempo love ballad was reportedly recorded during the sessions for his 1991 Dangerous album – which could be the reason it sounds so dated.
The opening lyrics read: “This is it, here I stand/ I’m the light of the world, I feel grand/ Got this love I can feel/ And I know, yes, for sure, it is real.” Jackson goes on to tell his unnamed lover that he feels as if he’s seen their face “a thousand times,” and, eerily, that “I know that you have got addicted with your eyes/ But you say you gonna live it for yourself.”
The song will play over the credits of the documentary of the same name, which hits theaters October 28 for a limited two-week run. The track will appear twice on the two-disc soundtrack, as both the vocal version and an instrumental take.
“This Is It” may be the first of many previously unreleased Jackson songs that will be issued in the wake of the singer’s death, with reports that there are 100 or more tunes in the vault that fans have not heard.
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