![]() McCartney believed his friend to be joking, but in 1985 the joke became a reality and the friendship fractured. Taking the information to heart, Jackson used to joke to McCartney that one day he would own the former-Beatle’s songs. Perhaps in an effort to regain some territory in the equation, McCartney had begun to acquire the rights to other artist’s catalogs (including Buddy Holly’s) and explained to Jackson the advantages of owning the rights to music already beloved by the public. “It meant that whatever the lion’s share of the songs we did were taken by someone else.” “Very early on we got managed into a little situation,” McCartney said about originally losing the rights during a 1989 interview. Having penned many of The Beatles’ biggest hits, McCartney was understandably unhappy that he no longer received full and ongoing compensation from the catalog. ![]() It was during this period of mutually advantageous collaboration that McCartney reportedly explained to Jackson just how lucrative music publishing rights could be, especially in light of the fact that in the late 1960s, McCartney had lost his stake in Northern Songs, the publishing company he set up with fellow Beatle John Lennon. The two would eventually go on to have hits with the duets “The Girl Is Mine,” the lead single from Jackson’s hit album Thriller (1982), and “Say, Say, Say” that was featured on McCartney’s album Pipes of Peace (1983). McCartney and Jackson became friendly in the mid-1970s when they met to discuss possible songwriting collaborations. McCartney taught Jackson how lucrative it was to own other artist's catalogs The Beatles singer/songwriter found himself to be on the wrong end of the above scenario when words of wisdom he imparted to friend Michael Jackson came back to haunt him over rights to the Beatles song catalog, which Jackson would acquire in 1985. When that advice comes back to bite the very person who offered it in the first place, well, it can be a cruel twist of fate. ![]() Offering helpful advice to a friend is often human nature at its best.
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