All in Your Name


"All in Your Name" is a song written and performed by Barry Gibb and Michael Jackson. It was recorded in 2002, and released on 25 June 2011, Death of [Michael Jackson|the second anniversary of Jackson's death] in 2009.

Writing and background

Billboard reported on 20 December 2002 that Gibb wrote a song with Jackson recently in protest of the United States government's plan to invade Iraq. There are rumors that Jackson showed up one day with a partly written song and talked Gibb into contributing to it. The date was probably in the summer of 2002. A fan said that Gibb has a demo recording of it, but Gibb himself would not confirm that any of this happened.
Gibb explains:

Release

Barry Gibb sings lead vocals for much of the song, with short sections performed by Michael Jackson. The cover of the single featured Gibb and Jackson in the recording studio in 1985, when they were jointly producing Diana Ross' song "Eaten Alive".
The creative process for the song was recorded and eventually edited into a music video, released on Gibb's website after the release of the song.

Personnel