2 0 0 7 ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁song ▁with ▁producer ▁Ther on ▁" Ne ff - U " ▁Fe em ster . ▁Jackson ▁first ▁put ▁down ▁a ▁sketch ▁of ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁then ▁he ▁began ▁working ▁out ▁the ▁music ▁with ▁long time ▁friend ▁and ▁collabor ator , ▁Brad ▁B ux er , ▁who ▁co - w rote ▁the ▁song . ▁Over ▁the ▁next ▁ten ▁years , ▁Jackson ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁track ▁numerous ▁times . ▁Jackson ▁and ▁Brad ▁B ux er ▁continued ▁t ink ering ▁with ▁it ▁in ▁Las ▁Veg as ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁when ▁Jackson ▁lived ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁he ▁asked ▁recording ▁engineer ▁Michael ▁Prince ▁to ▁put ▁the ▁latest ▁mix ▁of ▁the ▁song ▁on ▁CD ▁so ▁he ▁could ▁listen ▁to ▁it ▁and ▁see ▁what ▁might ▁be ▁improved , ▁but ▁he ▁never ▁got ▁around ▁to ▁working ▁on ▁it ▁again . ▁Ted dy ▁R iley ▁co - produ ced ▁the ▁song ▁along ▁with ▁Ther on ▁" Ne ff - U " ▁Fe em ster ▁following ▁Jackson ' s ▁death . ▁R iley ▁also ▁wrote ▁a ▁new ▁bridge , ▁performed ▁by ▁T ary ll ▁Jackson , ▁that ▁included ▁different ▁lyr ics ▁from ▁those ▁left ▁by ▁Jackson . ▁The ▁track ▁use ▁the ▁background ▁ch orus ▁from ▁The ▁H urt , ▁a ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁song ▁by ▁The ▁Jack s ons ▁released ▁on ▁their ▁Vict ory ▁album . ▁ ▁On ▁December ▁ 3 , ▁