Following the release of the lead single “Love Never Felt So Good“, the label decided to start promoting “Slave to the Rhythm” as the second promotional single, before the impact of the second official single “A Place With No Name“, which impact American urban adult contemporary radio on August 12th. A 24-second snippet of the full song was released posthumously by website TMZ.com on July 16, 2009, three weeks after the singer's death. The full version leaked online on December 3, 2013. The track resembles "A Horse with No Name", a hit song by rock band America. At the time of the leak, America stated that they were "honored" that Michael Jackson chose to sample their work. It has been claimed that there are "dozens and dozens" of unreleased Jackson songs that could be issued for several years to come.
