Speechless (Michael Jackson song)
Michael Jackson wrote the ballad after a water balloon fight with children in Germany. Executives at Jackson’s record label, Epic Records, responded positively to the track when given a preview. The track featured backing vocals from Andraé Crouch and his gospel choir. A remixed version of the track was released as a promotional single in 2001.
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Michael Jackson wrote the ballad after a water balloon fight with children in Germany. Executives at Jackson’s record label, Epic Records, responded positively to the track when given a preview several months before Invincible’s release. The track featured backing vocals from Andraé Crouch and his gospel choir. A clip of Jackson singing \”Speechless\” was included in the 2009 documentary-concert film Michael Jackson’s This Is It. A remixed version of the track was released as a promotional single in 2001, featuring rapper Jay-Z. The song was one of only two songs from Invincible to be written solely by Jackson. It was digitally edited by Buxer and Stuart Brawley, and was mixed by Bruce Swedien, who later said, \”Everything with Michael is a stand-out moment but an absolutely gorgeous piece of music called ‘Speech Less’ was really an event.
Michael sings the first eight bars a cappella. At the end, he closes it off a cappella – it was Michael’s idea to add the a cappella parts. The chorus includes the lines, “Though I’m with you, I am far away and nothing is for real” The song starts in the key of B♭ major and transitions to C major. After the bridge the song transitions to D Major as a choir starts singing, the last two choruses in E Major, ending with a solo a caappella ending by Jackson and the song’s vocal range is from F3 to B4. It is one of the songs included on Jackson’s tenth studio album, Invincible.
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