By Brian Crecente, 12:20 PM on Mon Mar 27 2006, 4,649 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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Someone shot me a YouTube upload of a short documentary examining the possible connections between Michael Jackson's music and the music of Sonic 3. Before you starting thinking this is a conspiracy, rumor has it that Jackson was initially signed on to do the music for a Sonic game but dropped when the scandals started.

The video does an excellent job of comparing and examining specific songs, like the Carnival Night Zone 3 Jam and the credit song, which bares a striking similarity to Jackson's Stranger in Moscow.

Some of the other songs in the game have chord progressions that are identical to Jackson songs.

Watch the video for yourself and let us know what you think.

[Thanks Joel]