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1	* ContentLeak: Two weeks before "Scream" was officially released as a single, three radio stations in Los Angeles and Philadelphia leaked the song early; and Michael himself happened to be listening to the Los Angeles station when he heard the song played. Epic Records immediately sent out cease and desists, since the song was supposed to be a tightly-kept secret among Jackson's inner circle and the label's upper management.
2	* CreatorBreakdown: The new material on the album came in the wake of the 1993 child molestation allegations, and much of it is ''very'' bitter and/or depressing as a result. "D.S.", a bludgeoning attack against the investigating District Attorney Tom Sneddon, is probably the most extreme example.
3	* CreatorDrivenSuccessor: "2 Bad" is one to Jackson's 1987 hit "Music/{{Bad}}," even going as far as to reuse certain lyrics in the beginning of the song.
4	* CreatorsOddball: The title track of "Blood On the Dance Floor" was derided by many critics due to it's New Jack Swing sound and was seen as a big mistake on Jackson's part (the song, for what it's worth, was originally an outtake from the ''Music/{{Dangerous\|Album}}'' sessions). Despite this, it would be Michael Jackson's final international number one hit during his lifetime.
5	* HeAlsoDid: Certain tracks from VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles that were composed by Jackson were reused for [=''HIStory''=]:
6	** The original credits theme was remixed for "Stranger In Moscow", right down to the beatboxing.
7	** The original version of Knuckles' theme (and by extension, the mini-boss theme from Sonic 3) was reused for "Blood on the Dance Floor", which was written around the same time.
8	* RefittedForSequel: There's at least seven songs between [=''HIStory''=] and ''Blood on the Dance Floor'' that were [[CutSong holdovers from prior albums]]:
9	** [[Music/TheBeatles "Come Together"]]: Was a B-side for the "Remember the Time" single, but didn't make either ''Bad'' or ''Dangerous''.
10	** "Earth Song": Originally titled "What About Us", was cut from ''Dangerous.''
11	** "Stranger In Moscow": Was written as a poem in 1993, and its eventual backing track was composed for ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles''. Was fleshed out and recorded in 1994.
12	** "Blood on the Dance Floor": Nearly made the cut for ''Dangerous'', but was dropped due to the album already being too long.
13	** "Superfly Sister": Recorded and completed for ''Dangerous'', But was shelved when Jackson dropped the song's producer, Bryan Loren (Who also co-wrote and produced [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "Do The Bartman"]] with Jackson), in favor of Teddy Riley being the main producer for ''Dangerous''.
14	** "Ghosts" and "Is It Scary": Both were written in 1993 as a tie-in for ''Film/AddamsFamilyValues'', but were dropped due to contractual disputes between Paramount and Epic Records (many believe that the 1993 child molestation accusations got Jackson booted, but there's no evidence to support this). Jackson would eventually use the songs for [[Film/MichaelJacksonsGhosts a short film.]]
15	* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Music/RKelly, the writer of "You Are Not Alone", got into hot water in 2007 when a judge ruled he had plagiarized a Belgian song when making the track. Jackson was cleared of guilt as he did not write or compose the song, but "You Are Not Alone" was consequently banned from airplay in Belgium, and R. Kelly lost all rights to royalties from the song, which went to the original composers, Danny and Eddy Van Passel.
16	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
17	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8KH1UsIUYw Teddy Riley wanted to remix "Blood on the Dancefloor"]] and bring its sound closer to the pop/R&B trends of the time, but MJ refused.
18	** Like ''Dangerous'', ''[=HIStory=]'' was originally going to be a standard GreatestHitsAlbum, until Jackson had ended up recording enough new songs to fill out a new album. The first disc is [[TheArtifact a remnant]] of the original idea.
19	** Jackson produced a song called "Faces", and wanted Nelson Mandela to record an intro for the track. Mandela was receptive to the idea and Jackson recorded a reference for him, but Mandela's handlers advised him not to associate with Jackson due to his then-recent child abuse accusations. As a result, Jackson scrapped the song before recording any singing for the track.

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