What More Can I Give
What More Can I Give is a benefit song by the American singer Michael Jackson who died in 2009 . The song was intended to raise $ 50 million for the survivors of the victims of September 11, 2001 . The world premiere was on October 21, 2001 at the United We Stand: What More Can I Give benefit concert in Washington, DC , where well-known musicians such as James Brown , Al Green , Carole King , Rod Stewart , Bette Midler , America and Huey Lewis performed live occurred.
production
The song was recorded in September 2001 under the Michael Jackson and Friends project in an English and a Spanish version with the title Todo Para Ti . Rubén Blades wrote the Spanish text. More than 35 other artists were involved in the recording, including Aaron Carter , Anastacia , Beyoncé , Carlos Santana , Céline Dion , Gloria Estefan , Luther Vandross , Mariah Carey , Jon Secada , * NSYNC , Nick Carter , Reba McEntire , Ricky Martin , Billy Gilman , Hanson , Boyz II Men , 3LW , Tom Petty , Jesse McCartney , Ziggy Marley and Shakira . For the Spanish version, Rubén Blades, Julio Iglesias , Thalía , Olga Tañón , Alejandro Sanz , Juan Gabriel and Laura Pausini could also be won.
Dispute over publication
Due to a dispute between Jackson and the Sony label , the song was never released as a single, only made available for a short time as a paid download on the Internet or as a promo single for DJs. First, Sony canceled the target for 2001 release date in view of the appearance of Michael Jackson's album Invincible . But even months after Invincible was released , Sony refused to release the single. The record company later claimed that Jackson's family prevented the release after it became known that the single's executive producer, Marc Schaffel, was a former porn producer and they refused to associate Michael Jackson with him on a benefit single .
Music video
A music video was recorded during the recording and was shown at the 2002 Bambi Awards and the 2003 Radio Music Awards. Michael Jackson received a Humanitarian Award at the Radio Music Awards in Las Vegas in October 2003.