Forget the ultra-produced single version and the too-slick-for-its-own-good duet featuring JT.
This stripped-bare rendition of MJ's "Love Never Felt So Good" — originally recorded in 1983 and bundled into this year's posthumous Xscape collection — comes more or less unadorned: just handclaps, co-writer Paul Anka on piano, and Jackson's wholly disarming, gut-punching, leave-a-lump-in-your-throat voice.
An Off the Wall-worthy treasure (yes, really, and discovered in 2014, no less), this one isn't destined to become a wedding dance-floor classic like its glossier counterparts; instead, save it for last-call at any cocktail lounge, and just wait for the tears to pepper your Old Fashioned.
K.M.