Speechless (Michael Jackson song)

Michael Jackson wrote "Speechless" after a water balloon fight with children in Germany. It took him 45 minutes.{{cite news|url=http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/2002/01/29/nptues/index.html|title=Jacko inspired by balloon battle|last=Reiter|first=Amy|date=January 29, 2002|work=Salon.com|access-date=April 17, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021002023210/http://salon.com/people/col/reit/2002/01/29/nptues/index.html|archive-date=October 2, 2002}} In an interview with Vibe magazine, the musician commented, "I was so happy after the fight that I ran upstairs in their house and wrote 'Speechless'. Fun inspires me. I hate to say that, because it's such a romantic song." He added, "But it was the fight that did it. I was happy, and I wrote it in its entirety right there. I felt it would be good enough for the album. Out of the bliss comes magic, wonderment, and creativity."{{cite book| last = Good| first = Karen R.| title = Black skin, white mask| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0yUEAAAAMBAJ| access-date = March 14, 2010| date = March 2002| publisher = Vibe}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}Jones, p. 283 Jackson would consider "Speechless" to be one of his favorite songs on Invincible.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq2snwHdmOU Michael Jackson's interview with Getmusic.com]. Youtube. October 26, 2001

"Speechless" was one of only two songs from Invincible to be written solely by Jackson (the second song being "The Lost Children").Taraborrelli, p. 612 Jeremy Lubbock worked with the musician in arranging and conducting an orchestra. Instrumentalists on the track included Brad Buxer on keyboards, and Novi Novog and Thomas Tally on violas. The violinists consisted of Peter Kent, Gina Kronstadt, Robin Lorentz, Kirstin Fife and John Wittenberg. The track featured backing vocals from Andraé Crouch and his gospel choir, The Andraé Crouch Singers. "Speechless" was digitally edited by Buxer and Stuart Brawley, and was mixed by Bruce Swedien,Liner notes of Invincible by Michael Jackson who later said, "Everything with Michael is a stand-out moment but an absolutely gorgeous piece of music called 'Speechless' was really an event. Michael sings the first eight bars a cappella. At the end, he closes it off a cappella – it was Michael's idea to add the a cappella parts."Grant, p. 296

The lyrics to "Speechless" deal with being lost for words because of love.{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-archive-invincible-review-oct28,0,1825017.story |title=Michael Jackson's 'Invincible' |last=Hilburn|first=Robert |date=October 28, 2001|newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=April 22, 2010}} The song opens with Jackson's singing a cappella: "Your love is magical, that's how I feel, but I have not the words here to explain", which Rick de Yampert of The Daytona Beach News-Journal felt the singer "[crooned] sweetly".{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NJ&p_theme=nj&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EFD2E69F503656E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Jackson trying to be new kid on the block |last=de Yampert|first=Rick |date=November 13, 2001|newspaper=The Daytona Beach News-Journal |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 19, 2010}} The chorus includes the lines, "Speechless, speechless, that's how you make me feel. Though I'm with you, I am far away and nothing is for real." A second a cappella verse bookends the track.{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/87198891.html?dids=87198891%3A87198891&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&type=current&date=Oct+31%2C+2001&author=ROGER+CATLIN%3B+Courant+Rock+Critic&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=%60INVINCIBLE%27%3A+NEW+MATERIAL%2C+ECHOES+OF+PAST&pqatl=google |title='Invincible': new material, echoes of past |last=Catlin |first=Roger |date=October 31, 2001 |newspaper=The Hartford Courant |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 22, 2010 |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308001047/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/87198891.html?dids=87198891%3A87198891&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&type=current&date=Oct+31%2C+2001&author=ROGER+CATLIN%3B+Courant+Rock+Critic&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=%60INVINCIBLE%27%3A+NEW+MATERIAL%2C+ECHOES+OF+PAST&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}

"Speechless" is a ballad,{{cite magazine |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/michael-jackson/5780 |title=Michael Jackson : Invincible |magazine=NME |first=Mark|last=Beaumont |date=October 30, 2001 |access-date=April 16, 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1450395/20011026/jackson_michael.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011102031808/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1450395/20011026/jackson_michael.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 2, 2001 |title=Michael Jackson Revisits Old Self, Rails At Press, Tries Bounce On Invincible |last=Reid|first=Shaheem |date=October 26, 2001 |publisher=MTV |access-date=April 22, 2010}} and labeled it as "neo-gospel". According to Musicnotes.com by Alfred Music Publishing. It adds that the track was performed in common time, with a tempo of 80 beats per minute. The song starts in the key of B{{music|flat}} major and transitions to C major. After the bridge the song transitions to D Major as a choir starts singing, the last two choruses in E Major, ending with a solo a cappella ending by Jackson. The song's vocal range is from F₃ to B₄.{{Cite news |title=Speechless – Michael Jackson Digital Sheet Music (Digital Download) |work=MusicNotes.com |publisher=Alfred Publishing Co. Inc}}

In June 2001, several months before the release of Invincible, "Speechless" was among several songs showcased from the album exclusively to executives of Jackson's music label, Epic Records (a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment). Other songs previewed included "Unbreakable", "The Lost Children", "Whatever Happens", "Break of Dawn", "Heaven Can Wait" and "Privacy", all of which featured on Invincible{{'}}s track listing.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1444513/20010614/jackson_michael.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010818083651/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1444513/20010614/jackson_michael.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 18, 2001|title=Michael Jackson Previews 15 Invincible Tracks|last=Vineyard|first=Jennifer|date=June 14, 2001|publisher=MTV|access-date=April 17, 2010}}{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/74232671.html?dids=74232671:74232671&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+19%2C+2001&author=Megan+Turner&pub=New+York+Post&desc=ACTION+JACKSON+-+WILL+THE+KING+OF+POP+REIGN+AGAIN%3F&pqatl=google|title=Action Jackson – will the King of Pop reign again?|last=Turner|first=Megan|date=June 19, 2001|newspaper=New York Post|format=Payment required to access full article.|access-date=April 17, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307074331/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/doc/333971244.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&type=current&date=Jun%2019%2C%202001&author=Megan%20Turner&pub=New%20York%20Post&edition=&startpage=&desc=ACTION%20JACKSON%20-%20WILL%20THE%20KING%20OF%20POP%20REIGN%20AGAIN%3F|archive-date=March 7, 2016}} Gossip blogger Roger Friedman of Fox News reported that the executives who listened to the previews liked what they heard. Epic Records' president, Dave Glew, said of the tracks, "It's wonderful and amazing. Michael is singing better than ever." He added, "The ballads! The ballads are beautiful, and they're all there."{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/michael-jackson-presents-the-invincible-album-record-execs-go-crazy/|title=Michael Jackson Presents the 'Invincible' Album, Record Execs Go Crazy|last=Friedman|first=Roger|date=June 15, 2001|publisher=Fox News|access-date=April 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203034815/http://www.foxnews.com/story/2001/06/15/michael-jackson-presents-invincible-album-record-execs-go-crazy/|archive-date=2014-02-03|url-status=live}} "Speechless" was later released as a promotional single in 2001. A remixed version of "You Rock My World", featuring rapper Jay-Z, served as the single's B-side.Packaging of the "Speechless" promotional single by Michael Jackson After Jackson's death, a clip of the entertainer singing "Speechless" was included in Michael Jackson's This Is It, a commercially successful documentary-concert film of the singer's rehearsals for his London concert series.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1624952/story.jhtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907023603/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1624952/story.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 7, 2012|title=Inside 'Michael Jackson's This Is It' From The New York Premiere|last=Ditzian|first=Eric|date=October 28, 2009|publisher=MTV|access-date=April 24, 2010}}

"Speechless" was considered to be performed on the cancelled This Is It concerts that planned to run from July 2009 to March 2010. However, this song was ultimately off the final set list. Later members of band shared set lists for the shows. "Speechless" was marked as an additional material. That set list was dated May 22, 2009.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

Craig Seymour of The Buffalo News felt that the song was the only one from the album in which Jackson successfully revisited his past. The journalist said the song was reminiscent of the 1995 chart-topper "You Are Not Alone", as it sounded to him like a track that could have been written by R. Kelly, who penned the number one hit.{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF6A5BCB107E9D8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Same old Jacko |last=Seymour|first=Craig |date=October 26, 2001 |newspaper=The Buffalo News |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 22, 2010}} Writing for the Chicago Sun-Times, Jim DeRogatis described "Speechless" as a "beautifully minimal, heartfelt romantic ballad".{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF8D66AF6AE6C87&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Whiny dancer |last=DeRogatis|first=Jim |date=October 29, 2001 |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 22, 2010}} Music journalist Roger Catlin stated that the song leaned toward "neo-gospel". The New York Post said that "Speechless" was "lullaby-like" and the best song on Invincible, and Jon Pareles of The New York Times praised Jackson's "long lines and creamy overdubbed choruses [sailing] weightlessly" in the ballad, that the journalist felt it was a love song to God.{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/87003320.html?dids=87003320:87003320&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+30%2C+2001&author=&pub=New+York+Post&desc=HAND'S+DOWN%2C+NOT+OUT&pqatl=google |title=Hands down, not out |date=October 30, 2001 |newspaper=New York Post |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307082426/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/doc/333969304.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT&type=current&date=Oct%2030%2C%202001&author=&pub=New%20York%20Post&edition=&startpage=&desc=HAND%27S%20DOWN%2C%20NOT%20OUT |archive-date=March 7, 2016 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/28/arts/music-to-regain-glory-the-new-michael-imitates-the-old.html?pagewanted=2 |title=Music; To Regain Glory, The New Michael Imitates the Old |last=Pareles|first=Jon |date=October 28, 2001 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=April 22, 2010}}

Pop music critic Robert Hilburn described "Speechless", and another song from Invincible ("Butterflies"), as being "as woefully generic as their titles". Ben Rayner of the Toronto Star contested that the a cappellas in "Speechless" were enough to make a person wish that Jackson actually was unable to make a sound.{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/426169381.html?dids=426169381:426169381&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+30%2C+2001&author=Ben+Rayner&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Invincible+incredibly+insipid+%3B+New+album+is+not+the+come-back+Jackson+has+been+hoping+for&pqatl=google |title=Invincible incredibly insipid ; New album is not the come-back Jackson has been hoping for |author-link=Ben Rayner |last=Rayner |first=Ben |date=October 30, 2001 |newspaper=Toronto Star |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 22, 2010 |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308003713/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/426169381.html?dids=426169381:426169381&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+30%2C+2001&author=Ben+Rayner&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Invincible+incredibly+insipid+%3B+New+album+is+not+the+come-back+Jackson+has+been+hoping+for&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }} Michigan Daily writer Dustin J. Seibert wrote that the song was a "shining [example] of what happens when The Gloved One gets beside himself and writes smarmy crap that should be reserved for a CD changer somewhere in a preschool".{{cite news |url=https://www.michigandaily.com/content/jacko-moonwalks-toward-old-form-invincible-michael-jackson-epic-records |title=CD review: Jacko moonwalks toward old form |last=Seibert|first=Dustin J. |date=October 30, 2001 |newspaper=Michigan Daily |access-date=April 22, 2010}} The Fort Worth Star-Telegram said that "Speechless" was one of the weaker tracks from Invincible.{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF8D968E8EFDD0B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=The thriller is gone Jackson's latest shows how far he's fallen |date=November 2, 2001 |newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 24, 2010}} Elliot Sylvester of The Independent felt that the song was "pure Jackson – almost to a formulaic fault".{{cite news |url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=9&click_id=102&art_id=qw1011003480802C436 |title=Invincible shows that Jacko is not |last=Sylvester |first=Elliot |date=January 14, 2002 |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=April 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050115084944/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=9 |archive-date=January 15, 2005 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} The Dallas Morning News{{'}} Thor Christensen said that "Speechless" was "produced by Mr. Jackson in bombastic style à la Celine Dion". He added that as the track ended with an emotional Jackson, it drew a parallel with the singer's 1972 ode to a rat, "Ben".{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F05475351AD8DDA&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Off the wall, out of touch Michael Jackson leans too much on the past for his comeback album |last=Christensen|first=Thor |date=November 4, 2001 |newspaper=The Dallas Morning News |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 22, 2010}}

Vaughn Watson of The Providence Journal hailed "Speechless" as Invincible{{'}}s "best song, and one of Jackson's finest of any album". He added that with the song, the musician acknowledged the pain that accompanies isolation.{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/projo/access/89688166.html?dids=89688166:89688166&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+11%2C+2001&author=VAUGHN+WATSON+Journal+Pop+Music+Writer&pub=The+Providence+Journal&desc=Spears+and+Jackson%3A+Mostly+stuck+in+old+grooves&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026120917/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/projo/access/89688166.html?dids=89688166:89688166&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+11,+2001&author=VAUGHN+WATSON+Journal+Pop+Music+Writer&pub=The+Providence+Journal&desc=Spears+and+Jackson:+Mostly+stuck+in+old+grooves&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 26, 2012 |title=Spears and Jackson: Mostly stuck in old grooves |last=Watson|first=Vaughn |date=November 11, 2001 |newspaper=The Providence Journal |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 22, 2010}} In a review of Invincible, The Wichita Eagle stated that "Speechless", "Don't Walk Away" and "Cry" were among the "sincere ballads" in which Jackson was exemplary.{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WE&s_site=kansas&p_multi=WE&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EFCA634E61EB087&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Still the king |date=November 11, 2001 |newspaper=The Wichita Eagle |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 22, 2010}} Ada Anderson of The Ball State Daily News expressed the view that "Speechless" would become a popular song, and writers for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel stated that the ballad would take time to get used to.{{cite news |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-47885613.html |title=CD Review: Pop king's new album average |last=Anderson|first=Ada |date=November 1, 2001 |newspaper=The Ball State Daily News |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 22, 2010}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/93070637.html?dids=93070637:93070637&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+30%2C+2001&author=Dwight+Roache+Stoneman+Douglas+High+By+Megan+Leap+Spanish+River+High+By+Greg+Overzat+Stoneman+Douglas+High&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=THE+JACKSON+LEGEND&pqatl=google |title=The Jackson legend |last=Roache |first=Dwight |date=November 30, 2001 |newspaper=South Florida Sun-Sentinel |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 22, 2010 |archive-date=October 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026120934/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/93070637.html?dids=93070637:93070637&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+30,+2001&author=Dwight+Roache+Stoneman+Douglas+High+By+Megan+Leap+Spanish+River+High+By+Greg+Overzat+Stoneman+Douglas+High&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=THE+JACKSON+LEGEND&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }} The Dayton Daily News' Ron Rollins described the track as a "pretty love song".{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DDNB&p_theme=ddnb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F51F51B21F77D2F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Recordings on review |last=Rollins|first=Ron |date=November 2, 2001 |newspaper=Dayton Daily News |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 24, 2010}} Music critic Kevin C. Johnson thought that "Speechless" was "one of [Jackson's] typical, whispery ballads that swells as it moves along".{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF8ACBD77152066&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Jackson's 'Invincible' isn't 'bad', just 'old' |last=Johnson|first=Kevin C. |date=November 2, 2001 |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 24, 2010}} A journalist for The Olympian stated that the song was "gorgeous".{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=OLPB&s_site=theolympian&f_site=theolympian&f_sitename=Olympian%2C+The+%28WA%29&p_multi=OLPB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F9B3DAADA5815F9&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Ross Raihala sound affects |date=November 9, 2001 |newspaper=The Olympian |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 24, 2010}}

• Promotional CD single

1. "Speechless" – 3:18
2. "You Rock My World" (Track Masters Mix) (featuring Jay-Z) – 3:28

• Written, composed, produced, lead and background vocals by Michael Jackson.
• Orchestra arranged and conducted by Michael Jackson and Jeremy Lubbock
• Keyboards performed by Brad Buxer
• Viola performed by Novi Novog and Thomas Tally
• Violin performed by Peter Kent, Gina Kronstadt, Robin Lorentz, Kirstin Fife and John Wittenberg

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On June 21, 2010, six performers in the West End of London show Thriller – Live released "Speechless" as a single with the official name "Speechless – A Tribute to Michael Jackson" to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Jackson's death. All proceeds from the recording were donated to the charity War Child.{{cite web|url=http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/news/latest-news/article/item111127/thriller-live-marks-jackson-death-with-memorial-and-single/|title=Thriller Live marks Jackson death with memorial and single | The Official London Theatre Guide |publisher=Officiallondontheatre.co.uk |access-date=2011-07-24}}

• Written and originally produced by Michael Jackson
• Produced, edited and mixed by Dave Loughran
• Executive producer: Adrian Grant for Key Concerts & Entertainment
• Vocal arrangement by John Maher
• Music arranged and performed by Dave Loughran
• Hammond organ performed by John Maher
• Lead vocals: James Anderson, Jean-Mikhael Baque, Kieran Alleyne, Kuan Frye, Mitchell Zhangazha, MJ Mytton-Sanneh
• Choir: Britt Quentin, Hope Lyndsey Plumb, J Rome, Jenessa Qua, Linda John-Pierre, Olamide Oshinowo, Paul Clancy, Terrence Ryan, Wayne Anthony-Cole
• Mastered by Steve Kitch{{cite web |url=http://www.speechlessmjtribute.com/ |title=Speechless – A tribute to Michael Jackson |publisher=Speechlessmjtribute.com |access-date=2011-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716114724/http://www.speechlessmjtribute.com/ |archive-date=2011-07-16 |url-status=dead }}

• Digital download

1. "Speechless – A Tribute to Michael Jackson" (single version) – 4:25{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/speechless-a-tribute-to-michael/id375774363 |title=Speechless (A Tribute to Michael Jackson) – Single by Thriller Live Cast – Download Speechless (A Tribute to Michael Jackson) – Single on iTunes |publisher=iTunes |date=2010-06-21 |access-date=2011-07-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109044622/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/speechless-a-tribute-to-michael/id375774363 |archive-date=2012-11-09 }}

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• {{cite book| last = Grant| first = Adrian| title = Michael Jackson: The Visual Documentary| year = 2009| publisher = Omnibus Press| isbn = 978-1-84938-261-8 }}
• {{cite book| last = Jones| first = Jel| title = Michael Jackson, the King of Pop: The Big Picture: the Music! the Man! the Legend! the Interviews!| year = 2005| publisher = Amber Books Publishing| isbn = 0-9749779-0-X }}
• {{cite book| last = Taraborrelli| first = J. Randy| author-link = J. Randy Taraborrelli| title = The Magic and the Madness| year = 2004| publisher = Headline| isbn = 0-330-42005-4 }}

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• [http://www.discogs.com/Michael-Jackson-Speechless/release/1425530 "Speechless"] at Discogs

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