High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "This Is It" is a song co-written by American pop star and musician Michael Jackson and singer-songwriter Paul Anka. The song was recorded by the former and featured as a track on the album, This Is It (2009), which accompanies the 2009 concert documentary Michael Jackson`s This Is It. This was premiered worldwide on Jackson`s official website on October 12, 2009. Sony Music Entertainment misleadingly referred to the song as a "new single" during its promotion, but it was later confirmed that the song would only be sent for airplay, and not be available to buy as a single release.