 " HIStory " / " Ghosts " is a double A @-@ side single from Michael Jackson 's 1997 remix album Blood on the Dance Floor : HIStory in the Mix . The original version of " HIStory " was released as a track on Jackson 's 1995 studio album HIStory , but was never released as a single . " Ghosts " was a brand new recording . " HIStory " was composed by Michael Jackson , James Harris III and Terry Lewis before it was remixed by Tony Moran in 1997 . The original version contained many historic audio clips and samples . The remix does not have the audio clips and samples . 
