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"Stand by Me"

Date range of Michael’s sending of message assessed by the fact that “Stand by Me” was released on August 22, 1986.

Corey Feldman, actor of “Teddy Duchamp” character, “Variety” (July 28, 2016) (archived)

Corey Feldman: I remember talking to Michael Jackson at a certain point. It was right after we’d gotten home. He sent me a message, saying, ‘Hey I just saw your movie. Great work.’ They were asking if they could use one of my songs in the film or he was going to write an original song for it, and it was around that time that they decided to go with an all-50s soundtrack.

“Stand by Me (25th Anniversary Edition)” Blu-ray commentary (March 22, 2011) (archived)

Instead of Ben E. King’s original version of the song, the producers were in talks with Michael Jackson to do a cover version of it for the movie… Rob Reiner decided the original was best since it was set in that era.