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Michael Jackson Unreleased Songs: The Era-by-Era Guide

Outtakes and early versions from Off the Wall to Invincible, his final sessions and the posthumous albums — the Michael Jackson vault, era by era.

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Michael Jackson recorded far more than he released. Each of his albums from Off the Wall to Invincible was chosen from a much larger set of songs, and what was left over has surfaced slowly over the decades — some of it on official releases, much of it not at all. On unreleased.world his vault holds 283 unreleased tracks across 12 projects and 12 eras, counted live from the catalogue. This guide takes it era by era; to listen, you can open the Michael Jackson tracker on unreleased.world.

songs to stream
283
eras
12
projects
12
on the community tracker
1,050
known only from snippets
52
The Michael Jackson vault on unreleased.world and on the community tracker it syncs, counted live — this page refreshes hourly.

Who was Michael Jackson?

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) sang lead in the Jackson 5 at Motown before a solo career that made him one of the best-selling artists in history. His albums for Epic — Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), HIStory (1995), Blood on the Dance Floor (1997) and Invincible (2001) — include Thriller, widely cited as the best-selling album of all time. Since his death in 2009, his estate and his label have released the posthumous albums Michael (2010) and Xscape (2014), built from recordings he left unreleased.

What the tracker lists

The community tracker lists 1,050 Michael Jackson songs and versions, each filed under the album it was recorded for. Most of them have never been heard: the majority are songs the tracker marks as confirmed or rumoured to exist, with nothing of them out. What you can stream here is the part that has surfaced — demos, early versions and outtakes.

The numbers on this page are read from the catalogue and the community tracker every hour, so they will keep changing as songs surface.

Every Michael Jackson era, in order

The community Michael Jackson tracker files 1,017 entries — songs and their alternate versions — into 12 eras, oldest first. Every one of them has its own page on unreleased.world, with the full tracklist and every song ready to play.

  1. 1Got To Be There1 entry · 1 song here
  2. 2Off The Wall33 entries · 4 songs here
  3. 3Thriller63 entries · 22 songs here
  4. 4Bad99 entries · 24 songs here
  5. 5Dangerous235 entries · 60 songs here
  6. 6HIStory: Past, Present, And Future: Book I137 entries · 16 songs here
  7. 7Blood On The Dance Floor: HIStory In The Mix11 entries · 5 songs here
  8. 8Invincible152 entries · 51 songs here
  9. 9Post-Invincible48 entries · 25 songs here
  10. 10Final sessions97 entries · 27 songs here
  11. 11Michael48 entries · 30 songs here
  12. 12XSCAPE93 entries · 18 songs here

The eras worth knowing

Off the Wall, Thriller and Bad

The three albums he made with Quincy Jones are where the vault begins in earnest. Off The Wall (4 tracks), Thriller (22 tracks) and Bad (24 tracks) each hold outtakes and early versions. The tracker notes that Bad was first conceived as a much longer record and cut to eleven songs, and its grails, listed below, are drawn heavily from the Bad sessions — many of them songs known to exist that have never been heard.

Dangerous and HIStory: the deepest eras

Dangerous (60 tracks) is the largest era on the tracker, which lists 235 entries for it. HIStory: Past, Present, And Future: Book I (16 tracks) follows; by the tracker's count, dozens of songs and ideas were made for it and fifteen were chosen.

Invincible and the final sessions

Invincible (51 tracks) covers the four years from the end of the HIStory World Tour in 1997 to the album in 2001. The tracker then keeps Post-Invincible (25 tracks) and Final sessions (27 tracks) for the recordings of his last years, up to 2009.

The posthumous albums

The last two eras follow the albums released after his death: Michael (30 tracks) (2010) and XSCAPE (18 tracks) (2014).

The Michael Jackson tracker's grails and favourites

Beside the full list, many community trackers keep two short ones: grails — the songs collectors prize most, some of which have never surfaced in full — and a best-of. These are the Michael Jackson tracker's own, in its order and synced every hour, with what has surfaced of each and a link wherever unreleased.world can play it.

Grails

  • “Buffalo Bill” — Bad, confirmed, unheard
  • “Tomboy [V2]” — Bad, confirmed, unheard
  • “What You Do To Me” — Bad, confirmed, unheard
  • “Groove Of Midnight” — Bad, snippet · play it
  • “Bad [V2]” — Bad, rumoured
  • “Chicago 1945 [V2]” — Bad, confirmed, unheard
  • “Dirty Diana [V1]” — Bad, confirmed, unheard
  • “Dream Away [V1]” — Bad, confirmed, unheard

Fan favourites

Every Michael Jackson project on unreleased.world

12 projects and 283 tracks, each with its own page — the full tracklist, runtimes, plays and the era it belongs to. The largest first. The complete list, every era in the tracker's own order and playable, is the Michael Jackson tracker.

What leaked lately

The newest entries on the Michael Jackson community tracker, refreshed every hour. Anything already on unreleased.world opens straight in the player.

  • Richard Stites - Don't Walk Away [V3] — Invincible (Sep 22, 2026), CD Quality · play it
  • What More Can I Give [V26] — Invincible (Sep 3, 2026), High Quality · play it
  • 🏅 Rocker [V12] — Post-Invincible (Sep 3, 2026), High Quality · play it
  • I Love You More [V3] — Final sessions (Sep 3, 2026), High Quality · play it
  • 🏅 Boy No [V3] — Unclassified (Sep 3, 2026), High Quality · play it
  • ✨ Planet Earth [V1] — HIStory: Past, Present, And Future: Book I (Aug 31, 2026), High Quality · play it

The newest Michael Jackson songs on unreleased.world

The last 8 songs added to the catalogue. Songs arrive as they surface on the community tracker, so this list moves week to week.

The most played Michael Jackson songs here

Counted from plays on unreleased.world itself — what listeners come back to, not what a tracker ranks.

How to stream Michael Jackson's unreleased songs

The Michael Jackson page has every era above, and each project has its own page with the full tracklist. Pick one and press play — streaming is free with an account. The guide to where to listen to unreleased music explains how hubs and trackers work together.

Where to go next

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Michael Jackson unreleased: questions and answers

How many unreleased songs does Michael Jackson have?

unreleased.world has 283 unreleased Michael Jackson songs you can stream, across 12 projects and 12 eras — counted live from the catalogue, so the number moves as new songs arrive. The community Michael Jackson tracker lists 1,050 songs and versions in all, 52 of them known only from snippets.

What are Michael Jackson's biggest unreleased eras?

By songs you can stream: Dangerous (60 songs), Invincible (51 songs) and Michael (30 songs). Every project is listed on the Michael Jackson page, by era.

How many Michael Jackson snippets are there?

The community Michael Jackson tracker lists 52 songs that have only surfaced as snippets — short previews from social posts, livestreams and teasers rather than full files. The glossary of leak terms explains how a snippet differs from a leak and an OG file.

What Michael Jackson songs leaked most recently?

The newest entries on the community Michael Jackson tracker are “Richard Stites - Don't Walk Away [V3]” (Sep 22, 2026), “What More Can I Give [V26]” (Sep 3, 2026) and “Rocker [V12]” (Sep 3, 2026). unreleased.world syncs the tracker every hour, and the Michael Jackson page always lists the latest ones.

Where can I listen to Michael Jackson's unreleased songs?

On unreleased.world. The Michael Jackson page has all 283 songs, organised by era, with a 30-second preview of each — sign in with a free account and the whole song plays.

Why does the Michael Jackson tracker list songs nobody has heard?

Because it records every song known or believed to exist, not only the ones that have surfaced. Most of its entries are marked confirmed or rumoured, with nothing of them out. The songs you can play are on the Michael Jackson page, by era.

Hear it for yourself

Stream every Michael Jackson song in this guide — free, organised by era, in one fast player.

Open the Michael Jackson tracker

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