Did Michael Jackson write his own songs?

Answer 1

Yes, Michael Jackson wrote many of his own songs, but some of his most famous, such as "Thriller," were written by Rod Temperton, a well-known songwriter, who has written for many famous singers.

Click on the related question below to find out which songs were written by Michael Jackson.

For a full listing of all the songs written by Michael Jackson himself, Click on the Related Link to the BMI website.

Answer 2

There are at least 181 songs written / composed by Michael Joseph Jackson.

* Denotes Co-Written works.

Most notably:

Another Part of Me • Bad • Beat It • Billie Jean • * Black or White • * Bless His Soul • Blues Away • * Break of Dawn • * Can You Feel It • * Childhood • * Dangerous • * Destiny • Dirty Diana • Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough • * Don't Walk Away • Earth Song • * Everybody • Fly Away • * Ghosts • The Girl Is Mine • * Give In to Me • * Give It Up • Heal the World • * Heaven Can Wait • * History • I Just Can't Stop Loving You • * In the Closet • * Jam • * Keep the Faith • Leave Me Alone • Liberian Girl • Little Susie • The Lost Children • * Love Never Felt So Good • * Lovely One • Money • * Push Me Away • * Remember the Time • * Say Say Say • * Scream • * Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) • Smooth Criminal • * Someone Put Your Hand Out • Speed Demon • * State of Shock • Stranger In Moscow • * That's What You Get For Being Polite • They Don't Care About Us • * Things I Do For You • This Place Hotel (Heartbreak Hotel) • * This Time Around • * Walk Right Now • Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' • The Way You Love Me • The Way You Make Me Feel • * We Are Here to Change the World • * We Are the World • * Whatever Happens • What More Can I Give • Who Is It • Will You Be There • Working Day and Night • * You Are My Life • * You Rock My World • * You Were There *This is it*

View Full List Of Published Works Written / Composed By Michael Jackson Here:

http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&fromrow=1&torow=25&affiliation=BMI&cae=2961801&keyID=168593&keyname=JACKSON%20MICHAEL%20JOE&querytype=WriterID

Answer 3

He wrote most of them, yes. Here are some of them off the top of my head, Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) [with some of his brothers]

Billie Jean

Beat It

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'

We Are The World [he wrote it with Lionel Richie]

State Of Shock

Bad

The Way You Make Me Feel

Leave Me Alone

Smooth Criminal

Speed Demon

Liberian Girl

Just Good Friends [?] [with Stevie Wonder]

Jam

Heal The World

Black Or White

In The Closet [with other peoples]

Scream [with Janet]

Childhood

This Is It

yeah I can't remember the rest.

Throughout the course of his long and prolific career, it would be far easier to name the songs that he did not write or co-write. In fact, the only songs in that category which comes to mind are "She's Out of My Life," (from his 1979 Off the Wall album) which was written by Tom Bahler and "Man in the Mirror," (from his 1987 Bad album) which was written by Siedah Garrett and Glen Ballard. Dick Clark once said Jackson was one of the few singers who wrote his own songs.

Answer 4

He wrote Muscles for Diana Ross, We are the World and Joy for Blackstreet.

Answer 5

Michael wrote the majority of his songs himself. Other people who wrote for him include Rod Temperton, R Kelly and Siedah Garrett.

Answer 6

No he didn't, he did write some of his own songs but others such as Thriller, Human Nature and Man in the Mirrorwere written by other people.

Answer 7

Mostly, he wrote songs for everyone to hear. I'm pretty sure there were songs that were for someone specific.

Answer 8

Many songs been sung by Usher

Answer 9

No.