Barry Gibb Feat. Michael Jackson - All In Your Name

Recorded at Middle Ear Studios in December 2002.

("All In Your Name " is dedicated to all of Michael's fans all over the World. Michael and I both love it. We hope you do to. Barry Gibb. June 25 2011)

Billboard reported on 20 December 2002 that Barry wrote a song with Michael Jackson ‘recently’ in protest of the United States government’s plan to invade Iraq (which took place in March 2003). Rumor is that Michael showed up one day with a partly written song and talked Barry into contributing to it. The date was probably in the summer. A fan said Barry has a demo recording of it.

In June 2011 Barry suddenly put two clips of the song on his website, together with video clips, and then released the song for download. Surprisingly it has Barry on lead vocal, with short sections by Michael, using Michael’s voice for emotional bursts in the same way Robin’s voice was sometimes used. The lyrics offer no obvious statement about the war after all.

Michael Jackson — vocal, keyboards
Barry Gibb — vocal, guitar
engineer: ?
producer: ?

Source Gibb songs 2002

LYRICS

(Barry)
Now I got a mission
The story unfolds
What the wise men have told you, is already known
That a woman and a man
Should go by the plan
And we find out how high we can fly

There's just one religion
One family of love
We suffer the children
As God cries above
And the giving, not the taking
With hearts open wide
And it looks like we fall
And it burns like a flame
Any ground that I claim

So what is my life
If I don't believe
There is someone to watch me
Follow my dreams
Take all my chances, like those who dare
And what of our world
What does it become
When the damage is done
And you held out, you said no, you stand up

(Michael)
Only God knows
That it's all in the game
It's all in your name
Carry me to the gates of paradise
They're the same
It's all in your name

(Barry)
Look to Heaven
An angel of peace
To love and protect us
Through all of our tears
And the gateway to peace
It stands open wide
And it looks like we fall
And it burns like a flame
Any ground that I claim

So what is my life
If I don't believe
There is someone to watch me
Follow my dreams
Take all my chances, like those who dare
And where is the peace
We're searching for
Under the shadows of war
Can we hold out, and stand up, and say no

(Michael)
Only God knows
That it's all in the game
It's all in your name
Follow me to the gates of paradise
They're the same
It's all in your name

(Barry)
???
Love you, and understand you
???
will they all know (?)

(Michael)
It's over

(Barry)
Then we'll all know(?)

(Michael)
It's over

(Michael)
see? that it's done(?)

(Barry)
And it's all in your name

(Michael)
It's all in the game
It's all in your name
Follow me through the gates of paradise
They're the same {yeah yeah, yeah yeah}

It's all in the game
It's all in your name
Follow me through the gates of paradise
They're the same
They're the same {yeah yeah}

It's all in the game
It's all in your name
Follow me through the gates of paradise
They're the same

...It's all in your name