MJ's names in This is it booklet

LLJLLJ Posts: 140
edited January 1970 in His Music & (Short) Films
Did anyone notice the author names differ from the songs written in This is it booklet?

What I mean is, for all the songs (written by MJ), it says "written by Michael J. Jackson" but for Jam it says "written by Michael Jackson".

Not sure if this means anything, I just noticed it and thought it was kind of strange?

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  • CCCC Posts: 2,136
    MAYBE WE MUST TO LOOK WHEN THE SONGS WAS WRITTEN , MAYBE HE REALLY CHANGE HIS ARTISTIC NAME... <!-- s:roll: -->:roll:<!-- s:roll: -->
  • tinker_belltinker_bell Posts: 205
    Perhaps it has something to do with publishing rights of the song-writers or rules applied for name references of the song-writers. It appears that Michael is refered as Michael J. Jackson only in the song-writer graph and only for those songs he has written solely (or with a brother). In all the other cases he is refered as Michael Jackson (producion, vocals, arrangements or song-co-writer).

    The CD booklet also doesn't mention Michael as vocalist in TDCAU and Earth Song... could that mean that we didn't hear them live in the movie but recorded, and since this is a credit for the soundtrack they only mention vocals which we heard live?.. i wouldn't think so though

    1. Wanna be startin' something
    Writen by Michael J. Jackson (solely)
    Co-Produced by Michael Jackson
    Vocals by Michael Jackson
    Vocal arrangements etc. by Michael Jackson (and others)
    2. Jam
    Written by Michael Jackson (and others)
    Produced by Michael Jackson (and others)
    Vocals by Michael Jackson
    Vocal arrangements etc. by Michael Jackson (and others)
    3. They Don't Care About Us
    Writen by Michael J. Jackson (solely)
    Co-Produced by Michael Jackson
    Produced by Michael Jackson
    4. Human Nature
    Vocals by Michael Jackson
    5. Smooth Criminal
    Writen by Michael J. Jackson (solely)
    Co-Produced by Michael Jackson
    Vocals by Michael Jackson
    Vocal arrangements etc. by Michael Jackson (and others)
    6. The Way You Make Me Feel
    Writen by Michael J. Jackson (solely)
    Co-Produced by Michael Jackson
    Vocals by Michael Jackson
    Vocal arrangements etc. by Michael Jackson (and others)
    7. Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
    Writen by Michael J. Jackson (with Randy Jackson)
    8. I Just Can't Stop Loving You
    Writen by Michael J. Jackson (solely)
    Co-Produced by Michael Jackson
    Vocal Arrangements by Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett
    9. Thriller
    Vocals by Michael Jackson
    10. Beat it
    Writen by Michael J. Jackson (solely)
    Vocals by Mihael Jackson
    Arrangements by Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones
    11. Black or White
    Writen by Michael J. Jackson (solely)
    Vocals by Michael Jackson
    12. Earth Song
    Writen by Michael J. Jackson (solely)
    Produced by Michael Jackson
    13. Billie Jean
    Writen by Michael J. Jackson (solely)
    Vocals by Michael Jackson
    Vocal arrangements etc. by Michael Jackson
    14. Man In The Mirror
    Co-Produced by Michael Jackson
    Vocals by Michael Jackson
    15. This Is It
    Writen by Michael J. Jackson (solely)
    Produced by Michael Jackson
    Vocals by Michael Jackson/Jacksons
  • Miss.PeppersMiss.Peppers Posts: 998
    MJ didnt write "This is It" soley... it was co-written.
  • Leah-KimLeah-Kim Posts: 507
    MJ didnt write "This is It" soley... it was co-written.

    Yes by Paul Anka who they also missed out of the TII movie credits too , Which makes me think it was a publicity stunt before the movie or Sony paid Anka a large sum or something.. But i have always found that weird.
  • tinker_belltinker_bell Posts: 205
    MJ didnt write "This is It" soley... it was co-written.

    True, but so say the credits in the booklet. Everybody knows by now it was co-written and they paid Anka 50%... totally wierd. Well sometimes Michael fogets little details of the sort... like with John Landis fo ex. I was so amazed to find out he filed a claim against MJ in January 2009 or so for un-paid royalties. Not to say Michael had to control that personally, but those things happen with big artists.
  • larablarab Posts: 323
    there is this guy called Michael Jackson who used to write songs for the Jackson 5.
    maybe the songs that say "by Michael Jackson" were written buy this guy, and not the real Michael.
  • NinaninaNinanina Posts: 439
    For all songs, he has written, he's officially listed as MICHAEL JOE JACKSON.
    I looked for that while we were discussing the Joe vs Joseph thing on MJHD.

    I'll have a look for the link and will edit my post then.
    Here it is: <!-- m -->http://tinyurl.com/mjsonglistings<!-- m -->
  • azazel31azazel31 Posts: 38
    because if you read Moonwalker you will learn that Michael met an Englishman who is the autor of some Michaels song texts..and he's name is Michael Jackson ..<!-- s:) -->:)<!-- s:) --> <!-- s:mrgreen: -->:mrgreen:<!-- s:mrgreen: -->
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