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Justin Timberlake Debuts New Album With Uncanny Michael Jackson Tribute

Justin Timberlake, music man of 2013, is streaming his new album on iTunes. There's a "secret" track buried at the end of the album called "If I Had a Pair of Wings." Close your eyes: this is a Michael Jackson tribute. The song is a ballad sung with minimal acoustic guitar and strings, and sounds very much like the King of Pop. It's actually uncanny.

Timberlake has buried the track inside what's marked as an 11-minute track that starts with the 5-minute-long "Not Such a Bad Thing." At first you think, oh no, an 11-minute song. But halfway through, "Not Such a Bad Thing" fades out and "Wings" launches. I wonder what Jackson fans will say.