Since Michael Jackson is one of the biggest music stars of all time, many observers want to know everything about him. For example, fans want to know why Jackson dangled his baby from a hotel railing and how much he spent on schooling his kids.

No matter how fascinating Jackson’s personal life was, his fans have always been most interested in his entertainment career. With that in mind, it is amazing that Jackson’s fans don’t realize that the last song Jackson performed was written to change the world.

This article will reveal why Michael Jackson wrote the last song he ever performed. Then, the article will reveal why fans will never hear the last songs that Michael Jackson recorded.

Michael Jackson Wrote “Earth Song” To Change The World Instead Of To Make Money

In 2009, Michael Jackson was preparing to go on tour for the first time in many years. When Jackson was in the middle of practicing his stage show that he hoped would delight fans, tragedy struck seemingly out of nowhere. Much to the shock of his fans, Jackson passed away before his tour could commence.

Only hours before Jackson took his final breath, he was onstage practicing with his team. According to a 2020 Smooth Radio article, the last song that Jackson ever performed was “Earth Song” since he practiced the song last before he passed away.

As part of Smooth Radio’s aforementioned article about “Earth Song”, they also revealed that Jackson didn’t write the track to make money. Instead, Jackson wrote “Earth Song” to inspire people to fight climate change.

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Written for and released as a part of Jackson’s 1995 album “HIStory”, “Earth Song” was released as a single. As a result, Jackson filmed a music video for “Earth Song” that also put the spotlight on climate change.

Smooth Radio’s article quoted Jackson talking about how he wrote “Earth Song” because he felt sorrow about what humanity has done to Earth.

“I remember writing ‘Earth Song’ when I was in Austria, in a hotel. And I was feeling so much pain and so much suffering of the plight of the planet Earth.”

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From there, Smooth Radio went on to quote Jackson talking about what he hoped to accomplish with “Earth Song”.

“And for me, this is Earth’s Song, because I think nature is trying so hard to compensate for man’s mismanagement of the Earth. And with the ecological unbalance going on, and a lot of the problems in the environment, I think earth feels the pain, and she has wounds, and it’s about some of the joys of the planet as well.

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Jackson continued, “But this is my chance to pretty much let people hear the voice of the planet. And this is ‘Earth Song’. And that’s what inspired it. And it just suddenly dropped into my lap when I was on tour in Austria.”

Even though Michael Jackson wanted “Earth Song” to help the planet, that doesn’t mean that the song wasn’t a financial success for him. In fact, according to a Guardian article, “Earth Song” outperformed all the singer’s other songs in one key way.

It is hard to overstate how successful “Earth Song” was in The U.K., according to the outlet. After all, The Guardian reports that “Earth Song” is Jackson’s best-selling single of all time in The United Kingdom.

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According to The Guardian’s 2009 article, the population of The U.K. bought more than one million “Earth Song” singles. If that wasn’t impressive enough, “Earth Song” topped the charts in The U.K. for six weeks.

While topping the charts like that is a big thing whenever that happens, Jackson reigned supreme at a remarkable time. “Earth Song” was the number one song in The U.K. during the 1995 Christmas week.

Michael Jackson’s Fans Likely Will Never Hear The Last Songs He Recorded

During Michael Jackson’s decades-long music career, the legendary singer released a slew of albums. However, Jackson didn’t release any albums during the last several years of his life. After all, Jackson passed away in 2009, and his last album, “Invincible”, was released in 2001.

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As it turns out, however, Jackson was working on new music not too long before he took his final breath. According to a 2022 Express album, Jackson recorded new songs for the last time in his life in 2006.

As the article outlined, Jackson’s 2006 studio sessions were a collaborative effort with will.i.am from Black Eyed Peas. Unfortunately for fans, it is all but certain that they will never hear the songs Jackson recorded with will.i.am.

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As a part of Express’ article, thy revealed it would be impossible for will.i.am to release the songs he recorded with Jackson even if he wanted to. The reason for that is, according to a quote from will.i.am that the article quoted, Jackson walked away with a key part of the songs they recorded together.

“He kept his vocals and I kept the music. We had that understanding.”