Track Listing
| HIStory Begins (Disc 1)/Greatest Hits HIStory, Volume I | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
| 1. | "Billie Jean" (from Thriller) | Michael Jackson | 4:54 | |
| 2. | "The Way You Make Me Feel" (from Bad) | Michael Jackson | 4:57 | |
| 3. | "Black or White" (featuring L.T.B.) (from Dangerous) | Michael Jackson; rap lyrics by Bill Bottrell | 4:15 | |
| 4. | "Rock with You" (from Off the Wall) | Rod Temperton | 3:39 | |
| 5. | "She's Out of My Life" (from Off the Wall) | Tom Bahler | 3:37 | |
| 6. | "Bad" (from Bad) | Michael Jackson | 4:07 | |
| 7. | "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (featuring Siedah Garrett) (from Bad) | Michael Jackson | 4:11 | |
| 8. | "Man in the Mirror" (from Bad) | Siedah Garrett, Glen Ballard | 5:18 | |
| 9. | "Thriller" (from Thriller) | Rod Temperton | 5:57 | |
| 10. | "Beat It" (from Thriller) | Michael Jackson | 4:18 | |
| 11. | "The Girl Is Mine" (featuring Paul McCartney) (from Thriller) | Michael Jackson | 3:41 | |
| 12. | "Remember the Time" (from Dangerous) | Teddy Riley, Michael Jackson, Bernard Belle | 3:59 | |
| 13. | "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" (from Off the Wall) | Michael Jackson | 6:04 | |
| 14. | "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (from Thriller) | Michael Jackson | 6:02 | |
| 15. | "Heal the World" (from Dangerous) | Michael Jackson | 6:24 |
| HIStory Continues (Disc 2) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
| 1. | "Scream" (featuring Janet Jackson) | James Harris III, Terry Lewis, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson | 4:38 | |
| 2. | "They Don't Care About Us" | Michael Jackson | 4:44 | |
| 3. | "Stranger in Moscow" | Michael Jackson | 5:43 | |
| 4. | "This Time Around" (featuring The Notorious B.I.G.) | Michael Jackson, Dallas Austin, Bruce Swedien, René Moore | 4:20 | |
| 5. | "Earth Song" | Michael Jackson | 6:46 | |
| 6. | "D.S." (featuring Slash) | Michael Jackson | 4:50 | |
| 7. | "Money" | Michael Jackson | 4:41 | |
| 8. | "Come Together" (The Beatles cover) | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | 4:02 | |
| 9. | "You Are Not Alone" | R. Kelly | 5:45 | |
| 10. | "Childhood" (Theme from Free Willy 2) | Michael Jackson | 4:28 | |
| 11. | "Tabloid Junkie" | Michael Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis | 4:32 | |
| 12. | "2 Bad" (featuring Shaquille O'Neal) | Michael Jackson, Bruce Swedien, René Moore, Dallas Austin | 4:49 | |
| 13. | "HIStory" (backing vocals by Boyz II Men) | Michael Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis | 6:37 | |
| 14. | "Little Susie" | Michael Jackson | 6:13 | |
| 15. | "Smile" (Charlie Chaplin cover) | Charlie Chaplin; John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons | 4:56 |
- The earliest French, German, and Dutch pressings of the album contain a hidden 16th track in the 1st disc, which is a 20-second message from Michael to his fans in the matching countries.
- Some of the earlier versions of the album contain a different intro in the title track, "HIStory" which was sampled from "The Great Gate of Kiev" in Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Later versions replaced it with a similar orchestra piece.
- The earliest pressings of this album contain "They Don't Care About Us" with the uncensored lyrics.
Read more about this topic: HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book I
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