This new Akon song leaked a few days ago, and the big deal is that it features a cameo by Michael Jackson. The song is expected to show up on both artists' forthcoming albums. So, without further ado:

Billboard interviewed the song's writer, Claude Kelly, who was apparently shocked when he heard Jackson's vocal on it: "I wrote the song and gave it to Akon with the intention of it going to maybe Whitney Houston, but Akon said he wanted to cut it himself. I thought, 'It doesn't get any bigger than this.' A few months after, Akon plays the song for me and all of a sudden I hear Michael Jackson's voice. I was literally shaking by the time the song was over." Oddly, the same article says that the song "has since been pulled off the Internet". Apparently the folks at Billboard have never heard of Imeem.

Perhaps this gentle song signals a change of perspective for Akon. After all, it wasn't too long ago that he wanted to do a tad more than hold hands: