HIStory (song)

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"HIStory"
Ghostssinglecover.jpg
Single by Michael Jackson
from the album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
A-side "Ghosts"
ReleasedJuly 30, 1997 (1997-07-30)
Recorded
  • February 5, 1994 – March 28, 1995 (original version) [1]
  • 1997 (remix)
Genre
Length
  • 4:01 (radio edit)
  • 6:37 (original album version)
  • 8:00 (remix album version)
Label Epic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Michael Jackson
  • Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Michael Jackson singles chronology
"Blood on the Dance Floor"
(1997)
"HIStory" / "Ghosts"
(1997)
"Is It Scary"
(1997)
Licensed audio
"HIStory" (original version) on YouTube

Note: The Mark Picchiotti remixes were alternatively titled "HIStory" (Mark!'s Phly Vocal) and "HIStory" (Mark!'s Future Dub) on certain releases, notably a few widely distributed promo records in the United Kingdom.

Charts

All entries charts as "HIStory / Ghosts" except where noted.

Personnel

Tony Moran's HIStory Lesson remix

See also

References

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