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"Be Not Always"

Date range assessed by the fact that Marlon confirmed that the song “[had been] co-written” by March of 1984, so it was most likely recorded in the months that followed.

Joe Jackson, father, “Jet” Magazine (October 22, 1984)

When Michael recorded that song, he cried all the way through it and had tears lapping under his chin when he finished.

Marlon Jackson, co-writer and brother, Chris Cadman’s “Michael Jackson the Maestro”

“Michael and I have co-written a song about children,” revealed Marlon in March 1984. “We wrote a song called ‘Be Not Always’ and it’s about children.”