This is the original demo.... everyone saying ''this is shit'' should shut up. This ''shit'' was what MJ fell in love with when he decided to record it into the masterpiece we all came to know and love. Without guys like Steve Porcaro, Tom Bahler, Rod Temperton and many others, we would not have had many of the MJ classics....

Steve Porcaro (from Toto) wrote this song ans sang this demo. Toto didn't like the song that much because they wanted more Rock. So they gave it away but played most of the instruments for MJ'S Human Nature. I bet they regret it now. Steve Lukather even said it himself as far as I remember. I'm a huge Toto fan and I have to say that I'm glad MJ used it. It's one of the best songs I've ever heard and that's mostly because MJ's smooth voice goes very very good with this melody.

To the uploader, this is not Michael Jackson. This is Steve Porcaro who wrote this song for his daughter because she was getting bullied and it was on a tape that was heard by accident that Michael Jackson ultimately ended up using for his album. Pitiful, people call themselves fans and can't even identify his voice.

how did you think michael sang this demo? haha. completely different voice belonging to steve porcaro.

Good thing it was rewritten and reworked. This happens to be my favorite MJ song!

Steve Porcaro voice. The original Human Nature version written by Porcaro

Actually this is Steve Porcaro singing this demo. This song would definitely would have been lost on TOTO recording it.

I think this is the original demo Quincy stumbled upon while letting the tape run after listening to some other songs submitted by Steve Porcaro & John Bettis of the group Toto. Q being a great producer could hear its potential past the crude scratch vocal.

I've wanted to hear this version ever since I heard Quincy Jones talking about it. Nice to finally hear it. Still my favourite song from Thriller.

Steve Porcaro is singing here. He wrote the song and recorded this demo on the other side of David Paich's demos that got sent to Quincy Jones. I also believe I heard Steve say in an interview that he didn't think the Toto guys would like this song. Anyway, I really like the lyrics on this version because it tells the story of Steve having to explain to his daughter Heather why some kid was being mean to her at school. Kind of subtle but touching.

Steve Porcaro (member of the band Toto) wrote this song for Michael Jackson and this was his demo version presented to Michael and Quincy Jones. Michael and Quincy picked it up, recorded it and made the final tracks on Thriller!

Michael 1-Up this track & took it to a next level with his harmonies & strings. But i love this version, great song written!!!!!!!!!!!

Steve Porcaro, not Michael. L.O.V.E. Michael Forever.

Sexy chords and great melody. Micheal had a great foundation to build on and his vocals really brought it to the next level.

I love the echoes of his lyrics in this demo!

The lyric is a throwaway written for Steve's daughter. She was being bullied at school and this was intended for her. He just kept these lyrics in when recorded it. It was accidentally given to Quincy for "Thriller". The intended song was a David Paich tune. After they heard the song and rejected it, they forgot to turn the cassette player off. There was nothing but dead space after it and they were busy. Then, all of a sudden, this song starts to play. Quincy heard it and knew what it could be. Even in this state, it was strong enough to kick "Carousel" off the album.

This is beautiful plane n simple... Michael just took on 2 the next level

Quincy Jones was an absolute genius for deciding to have MJ do this song. This is one of those kind of songs you never would see an R&B singer of that time do, but MJ made it work so well and it's definitely one of the key songs that makes Thriller the incredibly special pop album it is. This was actually the last song that made the Thriller album, unseating a song called "Carousel", and I think this emerged as a particularly special song.

oh my god this is incredible and enlightening. interesting how this is in C major and MJ's is in D major. Seems they transposed it up to accomodate MJ's higher pitched voice. Also goes to show how collaborative of a project this track was - the subtle refinements to the lyrics and production by Bettis and Quincy Jones, the famous guitar riffs missing from this demo, and of course MJ's singing contributed to the perfect storm of a track we finally got on Thriller.

Beautiful song - for all of them

The music is arranged in a creative way.

Thank you culafi1 for posting this. The song Human Nature was written by the band Toto ("Africa") for Michael. Michael and Quincy Jones heard the demo and fell in love with the song. So this isn't Michael singing.

Steve Porcaro wrote this song for his daughter. She was being bullied and he wrote this to make her feel better. Quincy heard this by accident when it was on the same tape as another tune he was intended to hear. John Bettis was called in to re-write the lyric and that's how we got the "Human Nature" we hear today.

I love this!!! Thanks for posting.

@MrSilksoul With all due respect, it absolutely *was* an accident according to Steve Porcaro. It was on a cassette with another tune they intended to submit to MJ. Q heard the tune they submitted and passed on it. The tape continued to roll after that song ended and Q ended up hearing this demo - which he decided on for "Thriller" - of course, with re-written lyric by John Bettis. I agree that it is *very* Toto. Great tune!

FEELING SPECIAL ONCE AGAIN...THANX 4 THE POST!...,,SO HAPPY!... :D

This is the song by TOTO. Who actually wrote the song. Michael liked it so much, since it was unpublished, he bought it and made it his own. Changed up the lyrics and made it what we know today.

I would be very surprised if this was Michael Jackson. My first thought was what Quincy Jones was speaking of at the end of the Thriller Deluxe album. This was probably the original demo written at the end of another song written for Michael and Quincy. If I recall, Quincy said the only part he heard was the "Why, Why" section. Good find!

The voice in question is likely Steve Porcaro. He composed the music. Only after Quincy heard the track did he bring in John Bettis to write lyrics for the song that would become the "Human Nature" we all know.

and they thought the middle piece was a better intro and the signature intro was born

Steve Porcaro - BRILLIANT - as usual !!!

This is really fascinating.

TOTO really fucked up when they didn't take up the opportunity to record this song

La canción fue compuesta por Steve Porcaro y grabada por él junto a los miembros de Toto. Hace poco la banda interpretó una versión en la nueva gira

demo's nice and so is mj's version.

great song

I won't tell you exactly where I first found this, but based on the place where I first got this, it is physically impossible for this to be "just a cover"

This is Steve Pocaro. The guy from Toto who wrote the song for MJ

michael says in his autobiographie moonwalk that when quincy and he listened to that they tought this is the most beautiful melody they ever heard :D

OMG almost every comment is that it’s not Michael we get it just appreciate the song

Nice, Steve did a credible job on this...now, this shows the magic that Michael had because he took this song and just made it blossom and shine. #musicalgreatness

(Joe Vogel's Man in the Music) Quincy left the tape running until it reached an INSTRUMENTAL version of "Human Nature" (then untitled) which he loved immediately and brought to Jackson. Steve Porcaro had composed the original demo, BUT IT STILLl LACKED A TITLE AND LYRICS. Jones asked John Bettis to complete the task, which he did magnificently (....)

Beautiful *.*

Stop comparing.Withuot htis there is no Human Nature. Give the man credit.

How is this extremely rare when it's the Steve Porcaro demo?!?

the mj voice makes really the difference

This is Toto's demo before it was even considered for MJ

whomever did this, sounds nice to me

steve porcaro's daughter was being bullied at school. she asked why? steve replied its human nature. the lyrics are partially based on bullying

OMG this version is SOOO SAD and depressing! I cry almost evertime I hear it. I mean, some sad songs are good but the Michael Jackson cover is 100000000x better... as his version of any other song anyways :X

this is toto's demo... This wasnt even the song they intended on Quincy Jones hearing, it was a throwaway song on the B side. Quincy heard a diamond in the rough... And for the record Michael did this as best as it could have possibly been done.... Toto were good but come on man

Chrous are soo cool in this version! A good writers demo to me! Toto are one of the best group of the 80's

I am not surprised Steve Porcaro and Toto were associated with the super-production known as Thriller ( Album ) Great session-musicians that united ( Toto )

I love it

@MrSilksoul Again, demo recorded by *Steve* Porcaro, not Jeff. Steve was the synth guy for Toto in the early days. Jeff was one of the most incredible drummers ever. Just clarifying....;)

@KingCorny93...you're right. it's not him. But the demo wasn't recorded by Micheal because it wasn't written specifically for him. It was simply written as a demo and Quincy Jones got his hands on it and had Micheal sing it. Either way I couldn't possibly imagine anybody else singing this tho lol...

Yeah this is the demo to "Human Nature" by Toto. :) Quincy didn't like the lyrics in this one so he hired John Bettis to write different lyrics, the rest is history.

Cool man

lo sensillo suena como lo mas hermoso de MJJ

TOTO!!!!

aight heres the story this is steve from toto he had the idea for this song an was trying to get toto to do it for therselves but the band wanted to go in a more rock format so he stuck this in at the end of a cassett of demos he sent to q for mj to possibly do for thriller>it was a after thought really an had they trun off the tape human nature may not have happened>go fig divine intervension i guess

at first Quincy didn't like it. but when he was trying to fast forward through it, he came upon the end, and change his mind due to the fact, he was looking for a replacement song for the Carousel song he already had

Ahhh....i thought you was saying it was jacko singing on it ....now i know its a toto demo !!!!!..... Thanks for letting me know...very interesting ...cheers mate.

@louie77 Actually Steve Poccaro said they tried to not let Quincy have it for Michael but eventually they gave in.

So that's what Quincy Jones heard at the end of the Toto tape.. great

please retitle the video

@kaicc Sure. Search "Inside Musicast" on Yahoo or Google (they won't let me post the link here). When you get there, search the archives for the Steve Porcaro interview. He goes into detail about the tune.

StevePocaro and David Paich are so smooth, it's not even funny.

@BIGRE21209 Then either he has remembered incorrectly or he's not being truthful. The "why, why" tape-slap thing is in the original Steve Porcaro demo.

Wow..

@boozygrogy YOU ARE SO RIGHT!!! I was thinking of Jeff Porcaro!!!!

ahhh, this is NOT MJ singing!! It is Steve Pocaro's voice singing... HE wrote the song, and MJ and Quincy stumbled upon it on a tape of songs Steve Pocaro had sent over to them to review for possible recording.

this is steve pocaro's demo, he then gave it to quincy jones......................and that's how it became a hit

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This sounds more like Steve Pocaro’s voice than MJ’s deep voice. Can see why Quincy was impressed though.

and the other song they gave him on that tape was For All Time.

yea this is steve p from toto.but its def the original demo of human nature

@culafi1 But very often songwriters record a version of the song before they give the song to the artist to give the singer an idea of what the song should sound like. For instance there are early versions of Butterflies, Heaven Can Wait, Whatever Happens and Break Of Dawn known which contain (almost) nothing of Michaels vocals...

This is the original demo sung by Steve Pacarro on the tape he have Mike..

@moopy999 Alot of people don't know about Toto. Yet everyone has sampled their music. From my understanding it was Jeff Porcaro who did it.

I don't believe this is the original version because Quincy Jones said that he made up the "why, why" part after hearing the demo with MJ. If you don't believe me about, Quincy then just listen to the bonus track on the thriller special edition where Quincy says what i told you guys! ZING!

This is not Michael... this is the original Porcaro demo

Also, "Thriller" the album, had several members from Toto in it.

@culafi1 : Do you not remember where you found this or do you have a secret spot where you found it? ;-)

Es inconfundible la voz de Steve Porcaro, sino comparen con la canción " It's a Feeling " del album TOTO IV que es contemporáneo con el thriller. Una buena base de construcción que le dio TOTO a este tema.

It isn't...it's Steve Lukather (I think) singing; Steve Porcaro (both are of the band Toto) wrote the song. Since MJ's death, Toto has performed this song.

@siaisthebest It's not Michael---it's the writer of the song, Steve Porcaro of Toto; it was going to be on Toto IV, but the band didn't feel it fit in. The song was then given to Quincy Jones---and the rest is history.

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@chem1988 Thanks for the info. The person who uploaded this needs to change that title. lol

@iyadh71 It isn't on any Toto album. However, Toto has added it to their recent concerts.

@Gates4President Well to be more exatly it is Steve Lukather who is singing with Toto

human nature has to be the finest songs written. but one error why does it say on michael jackson's version ''why why does he do me that way?'' a bit dirty dont you think? it says on here why why do they do it that way?

hey it's toto!

its sounds good i think they should have used this melody

Untill now I'd only read about this demo ... COOL ... I was so sure the arpeggiated lead synth was a Steve Porcaro idea, but nope (:

Toto

@TheIntruders It is ;-)

This could be the writers demo I know Mj had a very deep voice but it's not Mj

@kaicc No, its Steve Porcaro of Toto

quincy jones plus a 750,000 budget