Michael Jackson's "This Is It" Soundtrack Details Announced

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At the stroke of midnight EST on October 12th, the never-before-released Michael Jackson song "This Is It," the closer from the upcoming concert rehearsal film This Is It, will premiere at the King of Pop's official Website, it was announced today. As Rolling Stone previously reported, "This Is It" features background vocals by the Jackson brothers. The film will begin its two-week theatrical run with special advance screenings on October 27th, with a wider release set for October 28th.

See photos from Jackson's This Is It rehearsals here.

Additionally, the track list for the two-disc This Is It soundtrack, due out October 27th, was also revealed. The first disc will feature the original masters of some of Jackson's biggest hits in an order that corresponds with how the songs would have appeared in the This Is It concerts. Two versions of "This Is It" will close out the first disc, the original and an orchestral take. Disc Two of This Is It will feature three demos — "She's Out Of My Life," "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" and "Beat It" — plus the spoken-word piece "Planet Earth." The two-disc set will also include a 36-page booklet featuring photos from Jackson's last This Is It rehearsal before his death on June 25th.

Look back at Michael Jackson's life in photos.

Check out the This Is It track list below:

This Is It Disc One
1. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
2. "Jam"
3. "They Don't Care About Us"
4. "Human Nature"
5. "Smooth Criminal"
6. "The Way You Make Me Feel"
7. "Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)"
8. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
9. "Thriller"
10. "Beat It"
11. "Black Or White"
12. "Earth Song"
13. "Billie Jean"
14. "Man In The Mirror"
15. "This Is It"
16. "This Is It (Orchestra Version)"

This Is It Disc Two
1. "She's Out Of My Life (Demo)"
2. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (Demo)"
3. "Beat It (Demo)"
4. "Planet Earth (Poem)"

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“V.T.T.L.O.T.F.D.G.F.”

Fishbone | 1985

Quite a few musicians have utilized initials for song titles -- Michael Jackson's "P.Y.T.," Abba's "S.O.S.," Donald Fagen's "I.G.Y.," etc. But the more curiously initialed tune has to be "V.T.T.L.O.T.F.D.G.F.," short for "Voyage to the Land of the Freeze-Dried Godzilla Farts." Fishbone's original guitarist, Kendall Jones, explained to Rolling Stone, "When Norwood [Fisher] wrote it, he introduced it to the band saying, 'Man, I've been hearing about all these Nazi right-wing groups on the news saying the Holocaust was staged. So what if America said it never dropped two atom bombs on Japan, that it was actually Godzilla popping a couple off?' Only Norwood would come up with something that out." The same year "V.T.T.L.O.T.F.D.G.F." was released, the film Godzilla 1985 appeared in North America.

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