"Speechless" is a song by the American recording artist Michael Jackson (pictured), included on his tenth studio album, Invincible (2001). It was released in South Korea as the lead single from the album, and elsewhere as a promotional single. The singer was inspired to write the ballad after a water balloon fight with children in Germany. Jackson collaborated on the production with musicians such as Jeremy Lubbock, Brad Buxer, Novi Novoq, Stuart Bradley and Bruce Swedien. Andraé Crouch and his gospel choir provided backing vocals. Executives at Jackson's record label, Epic Records, responded positively to the track when given a preview several months before Invincible‍ '​s release. The song received mixed reviews from music critics; commentary focused on its a cappellas and lyrics. A clip of Jackson singing "Speechless" was included in the 2009 documentary-concert film Michael Jackson's This Is It.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1780:

American Revolutionary War: A mainly Loyalist force rejected the Continental Army troops' surrender at the Battle of Waxhaws and continued killing the Patriot soldiers, including men who were not resisting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waxhaws

1852:

Swedish operatic soprano Jenny Lind concluded a widely successful concert tour of the US under the management of showman P. T. Barnum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Lind_tour_of_America,_1850%E2%80%9352

1911:

English dramatist W. S. Gilbert of the songwriting duo Gilbert and Sullivan died while saving a young woman from drowning in his lake. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._S._Gilbert

1935:

The Messerschmitt Bf 109, the most produced fighter aircraft in history, had its first flight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109

1953:

New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary and Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_British_Mount_Everest_expedition

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

apothegm: A short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apothegm

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. No one sees anything funny in a tree falling down. No one sees a delicate absurdity in a stone falling down. No man stops in the road and roars with laughter at the sight of the snow coming down. The fall of thunderbolts is treated with some gravity. The fall of roofs and high buildings is taken seriously. It is only when a man tumbles down that we laugh. Why do we laugh? Because it is a grave religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.   --G. K. Chesterton https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton