History Trivia / HistoryPastPresentAndFutureBookI

* 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}}'' sessions). Despite this, it would be Michael Jackson's final international number one hit during his lifetime.

** "Earth Song": Originally titled "What About Us", was cut from ''Dangerous''

* GenreAdultery: 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}}'' sessions). Despite this, it would be Michael Jackson's final international number one hit during his lifetime.

* ContentLeak: Two weeks before "Scream" was officially released as a single, three radio stations in Los Angles and Philadelphia leaked the song early; and Michael himself happened to be listening to the Los Angles 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.

* "Blood on the Dance Floor" was the former TropeNamer for VampireDance.

* CutSong: There's at least seven songs between [=''HIStory''=] and ''Blood on the Dance Floor'' that were holdovers from prior albums:

* GenreAdultery: 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}}'' sessions). Despite this, it would be Michael Jackson's final international number one hit during his lifetime.
* HeAlsoDid: Certain tracks from VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles that were composed by Jackson were reused for [=''HIStory''=]:
** The original credits theme was remixed for "Stranger In Moscow", right down to the beatboxing.
** 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.

* NamesTheSame: There's at least ''three'' different "Susie"'s throughout the [=HIStory=] series:
** The titular "Little Susie" from the original album, who was a little girl who was left by herself in an apartment.
** The FemmeFatale from "Blood on the Dance Floor", who seduced Jackson as part of a plot to stab him.
** And finally, the Susie from "Superfly Sister", who was notorious for making guys wait before letting them have sex with her.

* "Blood on the Dance Floor" was the former TropeNamer for VampireDance.

* GenreAdultery: The title track of "Blood On the Dance Floor" was derided by many critics due to it's New Jack Swing sound, which, by 1997 was considered outdated, 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}}'' sessions). Despite this, it would be Michael Jackson's final international number one hit during his lifetime.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[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.

* HeAlsoDid: Certain tracks from VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles that were composed by Jackson were reused for [=''HIStory''=]:
** The original credits theme was remixed for "Stranger In Moscow", right down to the beatboxing.
** 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.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The main reason why ''Blood on the Dance Floor'' even exists. Long-time fans weren't happy about the first disc being greatest hits material, as they already owned the albums, and the double-LP package in general raised the price of the album, which hurt its sales. By releasing the remix album, they were able to provide new songs for fans, along with new spins on songs from the second disc.

** Averted for the album in general. Evan Chandler, who claimed Jackson molested his son in the mid 90s, filed a lawsuit against him over the album, claiming that it breached their confidentiality agreement, but the case was ultimately thrown out.

** Averted for the album in general. [[https://youtu.be/SgMPe2-HBDQ Evan Chandler]], who claimed Jackson molested his son in the mid 90s, filed a lawsuit against him over the album, claiming that it breached their confidentiality agreement, but the case was ultimately thrown out.

** Averted for the album in general. Evan Chandler, who claimed Jackson molested his son in the mid 90s, filed a lawsuit against him over the album, claiming that it breached their confidentiality agreement, but the case was ultimately thrown out.

* HeAlsoDid: Certain tracks from Sonic3AndKnuckles that were composed by Jackson were reused for [=''HIStory''=]:

** "Stranger In Moscow": Was written as a poem in 1993, and its eventual backing track was composed for ''Sonic3AndKnuckles''. Was fleshed out and recorded in 1994.

** The original version of Knuckles' theme (and by extension, the mini-boss theme from Sonic 3) was reused for "Ghosts", which was written around the same time.

** "Ghosts" and "Is It Scary": Both were written in 1993 as a tie-in for ''Film/AddamsFamilyValues'', but were dropped due to the child molestation accusations breaking out. Jackson would eventually use the songs for [[Film/MichaelJacksonsGhosts a short film.]]

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Music/RKelly, the writer of "You Are Not Alone", got into hot water in 2007 when a judge ruled he had plagiarised 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.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: RKelly, the writer of "You Are Not Alone", got into hot water in 2007 when a judge ruled he had plagiarised 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.
* "Blood on the Dance Floor" was the former TropeNamer for VampireDance.

* Certain tracks from Sonic3AndKnuckles that were composed by Jackson were reused for [=''HIStory''=]:
** The original credits theme was remixed for "Stranger In Moscow", right down to the beatboxing.
** The original version of Knuckles' theme (and by extension, the mini-boss theme from Sonic 3) was reused for "Ghosts", which was written around the same time.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: RKelly, the writer of "You Are Not Alone", got into hot water in 2007 when a judge ruled he had plagiarised 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.