Wednesday, September 23 2009, 19:35 BST
By Tim Parks, Entertainment Reporter
WENN
Sony Music has confirmed that it plans to release a new Michael Jackson album and single.
The song 'This Is It' will be made available on October 12, two weeks prior to the release of the concert film of the same name, Entertainment Weekly reports.
The track will appear on a two-disc compilation - also titled This Is It - that will follow on October 26.
"Disc one will feature the original album masters of some of Michael's biggest hits arranged in the same sequence as they appear in the film," according to the record label.
"The disc ends with two versions of the never-released 'This Is It'. This song is featured in the film's closing sequence and includes backing vocals by Michael's brothers, the Jacksons."
The second disc will feature "previously unreleased versions" from the late King Of Pop's catalogue of hits. It will also include a spoken word poem entitled Planet Earth and a 36-page commemorative booklet with "exclusive photos of Michael from his last rehearsal".
Former Sony CEO Tommy Mottola recently said that fans can expect to enjoy new music from the popstar for "decades to come".
A new Michael Jackson single and compilation album is going to be released in October of this year. 

Michael Jackson in 1988. 
"This Is It" is the name of what would have been Michael Jackson's tour, the name of his documentary film, and now a new single and compilation album — both titled "This Is It" — which will be released from his record label Sony Music Entertainment.  Sony Music confirmed the plans to release the new two-disc compilation album and single.  John McClain, who co-produced the album, said: "This song only defines, once again, what the world already knows — that Michael is one of God's greatest gifts."

The single will become available from October 12 this year. It is unknown when exactly it was written and recorded although it has been recently reported that he had been working with such artists as Akon and Will.i.am before his death on June 25, 2009. The track features backing vocals from Jackson's brothers and will also feature on the compilation album.

The compilation album will be released internationally on October 26 and in North America on October 27 — just one day before the documentary film will be released.  The album will have two discs.  The first disc will feature some of Jackson's greatest hits, with the "This Is It" single being the last song.  The second disc will feature previously unreleased versions of some of the songs from the singer's catalogue of big hits.  The CD will also contain a 36-page commemorative booklet featuring photos of Michael Jackson from his last "This Is It" rehearsals.