[Source: NME.com] A previously-unreleased Michael Jackson single called “This Is It” is set to be released on Monday 12 October.

A compilation album, also titled This Is It, will follow on Monday 26 October.

The single – the first posthumous new material from the late singer to be released since his death in June – features backing vocals from his Jackson 5 brothers. It features in the closing credits for the forthcoming This Is It documentary film.

A message posted on the singer’s official website, Michaeljackson.com, revealed that the This Is It album will be a two-disc set. The first will feature past hits by Jackson in the order they appear in the film, plus two versions of the new single. The second disc features previously-unreleased mixes of selected hits, plus a spoken word poem from Jackson entitled “Planet Earth”.

Michael Jackson’s This Is It film is set to premiere globally on Wednesday 28 October.