New Michael Jackson Single, 'This Is It,' Out On October 12 Album follows on October 27; film on the 28th.
Not only will fans have the film of "Michael Jackson's This Is It" to look forward to next month — they'll also have a brand-new single, appropriately titled "This Is It," and, as previously reported, an album.
According to a release on Jackson's official site, the song "This Is It" — which features the Jacksons on backing vocals — will be released on October 12, and the two-disc album will be released on the 27th in the U.S. (the 26th internationally). The film follows on October 28.
"This song only defines, once again, what the world already knows — that Michael is one of God's greatest gifts," said John McClain, co-producer of the album.
The song will close disc one of the album, which will consist of previously released versions of classic MJ songs in the order in which they appear in the film, which is culled from rehearsals for Jackson's scheduled string of dates in London.
Disc two offers "previously unreleased versions of some of the artist's classic tracks," although it does not specify the origin of those recordings; MTV News' requests for comment had not been responded to by MJ's rep at press time. This disc also features a previously unreleased spoken-word poem from Jackson titled "Planet Earth."
The compilation will also include a 36-page photo booklet including stills from MJ's final rehearsals for the London shows, which took place in the weeks before his death.
"Michael Jackson's This Is It" — a trailer for which premiered at the VMAs — arrives in theaters on October 28 and runs for a limited two-week engagement, with special screenings in some cities taking place on the 27th.
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.