Jackson's brand new song 'This is it' a 'rip off'

SHOOT: The Michael Jackson money train rumbles on. The Jackson story I think epitomises how money trumps reality, apparently even in the popular mindset.

clipped from news.yahoo.com It will be available to buy as part of a two-disc album that hits the shelves internationally on October 26 and in North America on October 27 to coincide with the global limited release of the Jackson rehearsal footage movie "This is It" on October 28. Fans said the "This Is It" song has the same melody and almost identical lyrics to a little-known 1991 recording by Puerto Rican singer SaFire. A version of the SaFire song, called "I Never Heard," was posted on YouTube on Monday. In Los Angeles, 1960s teen idol and songwriter Paul Anka told celebrity web site TMZ.com that he had written the song with Jackson in 1983, and that Jackson himself had recorded it under the title "I Never Heard" in the early 1990s. Anka told the website that those handling Jackson's estate had apologized for "ripping off my song."