Video: WRITTEN BY MICHAEL JACKSON "I Never Heard" by Safire

Those (presumably few) who doubt the rampant cynicism of the post-MJ death blitz would do well to read Ben Sisario's piece in the Times today, which spells out the haste with which the Jackson cam... Continue reading "Paul Anka, First Casualty of the Michael Jackson Cash In" >

As it turns out, the new Michael Jackson song that was released earlier today -entitled "This Is It," to coincide with the imminent concert film of the same name-is a retitled, only slightly reworked version of "I Never Heard," a track that Jackson and ex-teen idol Paul Anka wrote in 1983 that was later recorded by the freestyle singer Sa-Fire. Anka, as you might expect, is really not happy about this, especially since his name has been erased from the new track's list of composers! "They will be sued if they don't correct it," Anka told the [...]