Michael Jackson: The Stripped Mixes

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Michael Jackson: The Stripped Mixes
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Compilation album / Remix album by Michael Jackson
Released July 7, 2009 (online)
July 21, 2009 (CD)
Genre R&B, Soul, Pop, Jazz
Length 38:29
Label Motown Records
Michael Jackson chronology
Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection
(2009)
Michael Jackson: The Stripped Mixes
(2009)
Singles from Michael Jackson: The Stripped Mixes
  1. "I'll Be There (Minus Mix)"
    Released: June 9, 2009

Michael Jackson: The Stripped Mixes, also simply known as The Stripped Mixes, is a collection of Michael Jackson's classic songs.

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[edit] Production

Less than an hour after the memorial service for Michael Jackson at the Staples Center, Universal Music Group announced The Stripped Mixes, a collection of Michael's classic songs. The Stripped Mixes was to feature "stripped" mixes of Michael Jackson's classic Motown-era songs.[1] The previously unreleased "stripped" mix of the song "I'll Be There" by the The Jackson 5 was released onto iTunes as a prelude to The Stripped Mixes.[2][3] The album was released to iTunes and other download stores on July 7, 2009.[4][1] The CD version of the album has been announced to be released on July 21, 2009.[1]

[edit] Tracks

All songs sung by Michael Jackson except tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 9 and 11 (sung by The Jackson 5.)

# Title Writer(s) Length
1. "I'll Be There (Minus Mix)" (from Third Album) Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis, Willie Hutch 3:55
2. "Ben (Stripped Mix)" (from Ben) Don Black, Walter Scharf 2:42
3. "Who's Lovin' You (Stripped Mix)" (from Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5) Smokey Robinson 4:24
4. "Ain't No Sunshine (Stripped Mix)" (from Got to Be There) Bill Withers 4:08
5. "I Want You Back (Stripped Mix)" (from Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5) The Corporation 3:48
6. "ABC (Stripped Mix)" (from ABC) The Corporation 3:11
7. "We've Got a Good Thing Going (Stripped Mix)" (from Ben (album)) The Corporation 3:15
8. "With a Child's Heart (Stripped Mix)" (from Music & Me) Basemore, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy 4:07
9. "Darling Dear (Stripped Mix)" (from Third Album) Gordy/Gordy/Story 2:33
10. "Got to Be There (Stripped Mix)" (from Got to Be There) Elliot Willensky 3:15
11. "Never Can Say Goodbye (Stripped Mix)" (from Maybe Tomorrow) Clifton Davis 3:11

[edit] References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Free press staff and news services (July 8, 2009). "World remembers Michael". Detroit Free Press. Detroit Free Press 615 W. Lafayette, Detroit, MI 48226: Freep.com. http://www.freep.com/article/20090708/FEATURES01/907080330. Retrieved on Thursday, July 9, 2009. 
  2. Gordy, Berry (June 25, 2009). "NEW!! Michael Jackson Stripped Mixes" (ASPX). Motown Records. http://classic.motown.com/news.aspx?bid=87. Retrieved on Thursday, July 9, 2009. 
  3. "Album of New Mixes of Early Michael Jackson and Jackson 5 Classics, Michael Jackson: The Stripped Mixes, Released Today". PR Newswire Association, LLC.. 350 Hudson Street, Suite 300, New York, NY 10014: PR Newswire. July 7, 2009. http://sev.prnewswire.com/entertainment/20090707/LA4330907072009-1.html. Retrieved on Friday, July 10, 2009. 
  4. "The Stripped Mixes" (WOA). 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California, USA: iTunes/Apple, Inc.. July 7, 2009. http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=322853747&s=143441. Retrieved on Thursday, July 9, 2009. 

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