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"Chicago 1945" is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson. The song was originally recorded in 1982—a week after the release of Thriller. Jackson intended the track for Victory, Bad, HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I, and Invincible but went unreleased from all considered albums. The lyrics tell a story about three girls who went out and mysteriously disappeared all night in Chicago. The song features a lot of Chicago references scattered throughout.



Background
After the release of Thriller, Porcaro submitted a few grooves to Jackson. Sometime later, MJ called Steve and told him he wanted to do something with one of them. Apparently, Jackson had gone to the library and read about Chicago in the 1930s-40s, and that’s how he came up with the idea for the song. He and Porcaro met and recorded nine continuous vocal takes and left the studio for what would become “Chicago 1945.”

Featured appearances
The song first appeared on June 23-26, 2014 during Brad Sundberg's exclusive series of In The Studio with MJ seminars called “The Homecoming” in Los Angeles. It was last showcased in London after being recorded by an attendee who happened to leak the song in early November of 2022.

Failed releases
It was first intended for The Jacksons Victory but failed to make the cut. Later during the 1986 Bad sessions, it was reworked but failed to be selected. it was also for HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I, finally intended for Invincible, but yet still didn't make both albums.

Porcaro was approached by the estate about using the song on Xscape, but declined to give permission on the basis that the song didn't need any "contemporizing", and that he disapproves of the estate's "straight to remix" approach to Michael's unreleased material.

Registered in the ASCAP for Pocaro and BMI for Jackson. Registered under the U.S Copyright Office in 2022 and 1989.

Leaked versions
On November 13, 2022, a 3-second snippet of the song surfaced the internet and was later followed by a 4-minute LQ version recorded from Brad Sundberg's in London. A 5-minute LQ version emerged a day later.

On January 27, 2023, the full song was shared to the internet and leaked in studio quality after an attendee stole Brad Sundberg's laptop and hard drive during a seminar in Brussels along with 50 GB of MJ content. Some of which are unreleased.

Fans highly believe that the version leak is the 1986 version.

Chicago references
The song features a lot of Chicago 30s-40s references, including:
 * 1) Chicago Cubs lost against the Detroit Tigers (1945)
 * 2) The capturing of Al Capone (May 17, 1929)
 * 3) Joe DiMaggio's first homerun (1936)
 * 4) Chicago Tribune
 * 5) World's fair