 Jackson said that the recording of " The Girl Is Mine " was one of his most enjoyable moments in the studio . He stated , " One of my favourite songs to record , of all my recordings as a solo artist , is probably " The Girl Is Mine " , because working with Paul McCartney was pretty exciting and we just literally had fun . It was like lots of <unk> and playing , and throwing stuff at each other , and making jokes . We actually recorded the ( instrumental ) track and the vocals pretty much live at the same time , and we do have footage of it , but it 's never been shown . " He concluded , " Maybe one day we 'll give you a sneak preview of it . " The footage of the pair was later shown at The Paul McCartney World Tour . 
