Jackson reportedly used to attend Queen concerts and had dinner with Freddie Mercury to discuss a prospective collaboration after becoming a fan of the band. “I think one of the tracks would have been on the Thriller album if I finished it, but I missed out,” Mercury said. On a separate interview, Mercury went on to discuss the process of As a single, this was released as a Mercury-only track in 1985. "There Must Be More to Life Than This" was the eighth track in Mercury's solo debut, "Mr. Bad Guy." However, it was originally I remember going to dinner with him.” Freddie Mercury (pictured) and Michael Jackson started recording in MJ's home studio in 1983 and produced demos for three tracks; 'There Must Be More to Life Than This,' 'State of Shock' and 'Victory.'. Picture: Getty The two first met when Jackson would come to see Queen perform.
I did a little more research and found out that there are tons more unreleased Michael Jackson songs/demos to this day, some featuring other popular artists like Ice Cube, Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, and Freddie Mercury.
Freddie Mercury was a singer-songwriter and musician whose music reached the top of U.S. and British charts in the 1970s and 1980s. As the frontman of Queen, Mercury was one of the most talented Freddie Mercury has always been in awe of Michael Jackson even before he joined Queen. It was in 1983 when they decided to collaborate on three demos – “There Must Be More to Life Than This”, “State of Shock”, and “Victory.” Mercury went to Jackson’s home studio in Encino, California to record them. cAH9sb. 47640345286497120355125396
