A Place with No Name

"A Place with No Name"
Single by Michael Jackson
from the album Xscape
ReleasedAugust 12, 2014 (2014-08-12)
Recorded1998
Studio
  • Hit Factory Criteria (Miami)
  • Milkboy (Philadelphia)
  • Sterling Sound (New York City)
  • Jungle City (New York City)
GenreSynth-funk[1]
Length
  • 3:58 (single version)
  • 5:35 (album version)
  • 4:57 (original cut version)
  • 5:18 (original uncut version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Michael Jackson singles chronology
"Love Never Felt So Good"
(2014) 		"A Place with No Name"
(2014) 		"Blood on the Dance Floor x Dangerous"
(2017)
Music video
"A Place with No Name" on YouTube
Audio sample

"A Place with No Name" is a song by American singer Michael Jackson released on the second posthumous Jackson album, Xscape (2014). A 24-second snippet of the full song was released posthumously by website TMZ.com on July 16, 2009, three weeks after Jackson's death. The full version leaked online on December 3, 2013.[2] The track is based on "A Horse with No Name", the hit 1972 song by rock band America. At the time of the leak, America stated that they were "honored" that Michael Jackson chose to sample their work.

It has been claimed that there are "dozens and dozens" of unreleased Jackson songs that could be issued for several years to come.[3][4] The song was contemporized by Norwegian producers Stargate for Xscape, along with the original version. "A Place with No Name" was released to American urban adult contemporary radio on August 12, 2014.[5]

  1. ^ "Revisiting Michael Jackson's 'Xscape' (2014) | Retrospective Tribute". May 11, 2019.
  2. ^ Shields, Damien (December 6, 2013). "Michael Jackson's "A Place With No Name" – The story behind the song". Damienshields.com. Archived from the original on July 2, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  3. ^ Montgomery, James (July 20, 2009). "America 'Honored' By Michael Jackson's 'A Place With No Name' Sample". MTV. Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
  4. ^ "Many unreleased songs". The Straits Times. July 2, 2009. Archived from the original on July 5, 2009. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
  5. ^ "Urban/UAC Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on July 30, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2014.