DANGEROUS the album written by Carmen ForeverMichaelJfan

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“It’s Music, It’s Rhythm. And my goal in life is to give to the world what I was lucky to receive: The ecstasy of divine union through my Music and my Dance. It’s like my purpose, it’s what I’m here for.”
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“It’s Music, It’s Rhythm. And my goal in life is to give to the world what I was lucky to receive: The ecstasy of divine union through my Music and my Dance. It’s like my purpose, it’s what I’m here for.”
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Michael released Dangerous on November 26,1991.
It is one of the most successful New Jack Swing albums of all time! It was a highly anticipated release and made a strong debut. It became his 2nd album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, where it spent the next 4 consecutive weeks.
Dangerous debuts on the Pop albums chart at No. 1 holding its position for 6 weeks. The album debuts at No. 11 on the Black albums chart, reaching No. 1 in its fourth week and holding its position for 12 weeks. It debuts at No. 1 in several countries around the world: USA, Britain, Australia, Spain, Switzerland, Finland and France.
The album features the music industry’s hottest producers and technical innovators: Teddy Riley, Bill Bottrell, Bryan Loren and Bruce Swedien.
The Music is a beautiful mix of inspirational ballads and blocky, hard-edged grooves influenced by hip-hop.
Michael’s Video and Short Film mastery impacted music and pop culture, and influenced the world! He set the Standard for concepts, dance routines, storylines, innovative special effects and cameo appearances! Pushing the boundaries of the medium, presenting the latest in video technology special effects and reaching even higher levels of achievement in choreography!
He often used his short films to make political statements and advocate for the many causes that he supported.
Dangerous is the fastest selling Number One album of all-time and makes history by entering the charts at No. 1 just 3 shopping days after its release. Sony estimates it sold more than 200,000 copies in hectic trading.
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Michael said he had a particular vision for the follow-up to BAD. “I wanted to do an album that was like Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, so that in a thousand years from now, people would still be listening to it. Something that would live forever. I would like to see children and teenagers and parents and all races all over the world, hundreds and hundreds of years from now, still pulling out songs from that album and dissecting it. I want it to live”.
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The album certainly had a significant lifespan in terms of singles success, yielding 8 singles that reached the top 30 in the Billboard chart.
The 1st single, Black Or White, was the album’s biggest hit, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remaining there for 7 weeks, with similar chart rankings worldwide.
The album’s 2nd single, Remember The Time, spent 8 weeks in Billboards top 5. The album had a 4 week run at the top of the American chart in December 1991, and was the top-selling long-player of 1992.
As of 2008, Dangerous has shipped 7 million copies in the US and has sold 32 million copies worldwide. It is the most successful New Jack Swing album of all time!
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On February 1992, it was announced that Pepsi would once again sponsor Michael when he took to the road with 20 million to cover the forthcoming Dangerous Tour.
The Dangerous World Tour, his second Solo Tour, began on June 27, 1992, and finished on November 11, 1993.
Prior to the Tour, Michael announced all profits would be donated to various charities, most notably his own Heal The World Foundation, named after one of his favorite hit singles from the new album, the inspirational Heal The World.
Michael created the Heal the World Foundation in 1992, to improve the conditions for children throughout the world. The organization brought underprivileged children to his Neverland Ranch to spend a day to play on the park rides, watch movies in the theater, enjoy all the animals in the petting zoo, ride the train, and have the choice of any candy or sweet treat you can imagine and popcorn too….a grand time! Michael went to great lengths to ensure the best care and safety of all the children while they were there. All the rides and everything there was wheelchair accessible. Everything was modified for physically challenged children. In the theater, there were specially designed rooms with glass walls furnished with hospital beds set up so that the critically ill children could lay in bed and watch the movies.
Michael always had such a profound commitment to children!
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“Our children are the most beautiful, most sweet, most treasured of our creations. And yet, every minute at least 28 children die. Today our children are at risk of being killed by diseases and by the violence of war, guns, abuse and neglect. Children have few rights and no-one to speak for them. They have no voice in our world. God and nature has blessed me with a voice. Now I want to use it to help children speak for themselves. I have founded the Heal The World Foundation to be the voice of the voiceless: The Children.”
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Heal the World Foundation has 3 Main Goals: ♥ ♥ ♥
1. To make the safety, health and development of children the world’s highest priority.
2. To be the voice of the voiceless by focusing world-wide attention on the needs and rights of all children and by providing children with a forum to express their unique vision for healing the world.
3. To help create a world where children will live without violence, where children will be free of disease and have healthy lives, and where each generation will have the opportunity to grow into fully participating members of the world community.
The Foundation also sent millions of dollars to help children threatened by war and disease all over the world — such as airlifting 43 tons of medical supplies, blankets, winter clothing and shoes onto a DC-8 cargo jet bound for the children of Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina, a war zone in the former Yugoslavia. Also initiating drug and alcohol abuse education, and donating millions of dollars to programs and other charities for the care of suffering children. In one instance, Michael directed full payment for a Hungarian child’s (Bela Farkas) liver transplant.
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♦ ♪ The King Of LOVE ~ Heal the World ♪ ♦

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On September 30, 1992 an estimated 6,000 people pour into the streets to witness the Michael Jackson procession make it’s way to the Leaganul Pentru Copii Sfinta Ecaterina orphanage to formally open a playground for 500 orphans, funded by Michael. President Iliescu and the world’s press are there.
Outside, Michael is mobbed by children, on his way to the newly — restored Casino theater for a rare press conference to officially launch Heal the World Foundation in the presence of the Prime Minister.
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On October 1, 1992 Michael performs at the Complexul Sportiv National Stadium in Bucharest, Romania before a capacity crowd of 70,000 — with an additional 20,000 police and troops in attendance!
Tickets sell for half the usual price, but this is still more than a third of the average monthly salary in Romania.
The country has never seen anything like it and many of the older members of the audience — used to more placid entertainment — are bewildered. It was a unique moment for Romania emerging from the darkness of communism, a concert in which many did not even dare to dream….for some the dream was fulfilled.
The concert, Michael’s only show in a former Iron Curtain country, is attended by the Prime Minister (who presents Michael with a ceremonial uniform) and other political figures.
One senate spokesman says, “This event is worth 10 years of diplomacy with the West. At last the West will recognize us as a proper European country and not a strange name in an atlas”.
Andy Morahan, who directed Give In To Me, uses more than 14 camera operators to tape the concert, which is broadcast live on radio and TV to 61 countries around the world, including 21 in Europe.
Michael chose this particular concert to be televised because the whole point of his Dangerous Tour was to raise funds and awareness for his Heal The World Foundation.
Bucharest, with its notorious orphanages, was the ideal spring-board to officially propel the Heal The World Foundation, and to point out the predicament of the Romanian babies.
Michael decided to stay in the beautiful Ceausescu’s Palace at Snagov located on Lake Snagov 40 kilometers from Bucharest. It was built in the ’30’s by Prince Nicholas, the younger brother of Charles II and greatly expanded in the ’80’s by the Ceausescu family.
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♦ Michael and The Romanian Police ♦
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♦ Photos of the Beautiful Ceausescu's Palace at Snagov ♦
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♥ (Special thankx to my dear friend Pieta for sharing the photos link) ♥
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For the Dangerous Tour the visual effects were as impressive as the Music. The Tour kicks off at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany.
Michael plays to a sell-out crowd of 72,000 ecstatic fans, who see him perform 18 numbers, including 4 songs from his new album. Michael made a spectacular entry, catapulted onto the empty stage in a move dubbed the ‘toaster’ accompanied by pyrotechnics. Thousands of fans went wild chanting his name as he popped up out of the swirling smoke, seemingly from nowhere. There he stood, for what seemed like forever, in all his stylistic divine glory: Aviator shades, military jacket, high-water pants, white socks, black loafers, a black arm band and one white arm guard.
The exit topped that, Michael zooming out of the auditorium by jet pack. Or, at least, that was how it appeared. In fact, it was an illusion devised by the celebrated Magician David Copperfield. The close of the show hit’s the headlines.
On stage, during the Dangerous Tour, a highlight — for one lucky lady — was Michael’s rendition of She’s Out Of My Life. A girl would be plucked from the audience to share the stage with Michael during the performance of this moving ballad that has been a set-list favorite for over a decade.
Dancing close to Michael while being serenaded was often too much for the chosen few. They wanted to hold him as tightly as possible, and he had to be very handy with the microphone in order to deliver the vocals. No doubt the girls pinched themselves when they retook their seats, and no doubt their friends couldn’t wait to touch the hand of someone who had touched Michael!
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“My main love for what I do is the Fans. I love the Fans. When I’m doing a show and I see the Fans out there dancing and screaming, excited…that’s what I love most”.
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Concerts on the Tour enjoyed by around 3.5 million fans!!
In a moment of pure business genius, Michael sold the broadcast film rights of his Bucharest concert, Michael’s first behind the Iron Curtain, to the American Cable Station, HBO (Home Box Office) for around $20 million — the most ever paid for a Pop concert, making it the largest contract ever for a one-time concert transmitted on TV.
The concert first screened in the States on October 10, 1992. The special receives the highest TV ratings in the history of HBO — also screened in at least 61 other countries.
Released on DVD, as part of The Ultimate Collection Box-set, in 2004, and as a stand alone DVD titled Live In Bucharest: the Dangerous Tour, the following year — however, as well as Bucharest, the DVD also featured footage shot at concerts in London and Madrid.
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One of Michael’s most acclaimed performances came on January 31, 1993, during the halftime show at the 27th Super Bowl at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, CA.
In previous years, the halftime show had several performers. But 1993 would be different — for the first time in its history, a solo performance!
Michael carried the entire halftime show in one of the most prestigious slots in show business, with an electrifying performance rocking the Pasadena Rose Bowl to the rafters! It was broadcast to 1 billion viewers in 70 countries!!
The program drew the largest viewing audience in the history of American television!!! Michael donated his fee to his Heal The World Foundation. ♥
Before an audience of 100,000, Michael was tossed onto the stage as fireworks exploded behind him. As he landed on the canvas, he maintained a motionless “clenched fist, standing statue stance” — one of his Dangerous poses. He remained completely still for several minutes while the crowd cheered, then slowly removed his sunglasses, threw them away and began to perform.
Michael performs a medley of Jam, Billie Jean, Black Or White and Heal The World.
The finale, Heal The World, included 3,500 local children singing and a video montage of Michael’s global humanitarian efforts.
It was the first Super Bowl in history where the audience figures increased during the half-time show, and was viewed by 135 million Americans, and as many as a billion people worldwide!!
In the 2 weeks following the Super Bowl performance, Michael‘s album Dangerous, moves up the Pop albums chart an amazing 106 places to No. 41. The sales momentum continues as the album rises another 31 places to No. 10 on the Pop albums chart, more than a year after its release.
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♦ ♪ Super Bowl Halftime Show ♪ ♦

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Consciousness expresses itself through creation.
This world we live in is the dance of the creator.
Dancers come and go in the twinkling of an eye but the dance lives on.
On many an occasion when I’m dancing, I’ve felt touched by something sacred.
In those moments, I’ve felt my spirit soar and become one with everything that exists.
I become the stars and the moon. I become the lover and the beloved.
I become the victor and the vanquished. I become the master and the slave.
I become the singer and the song. I become the knower and the known.
I keep on dancing and then, it is the eternal dance of creation.
The creator and creation merge into one wholeness of joy.
I keep on dancing and dancing…and dancing, until there is only…the Dance.
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• ~ Released ~ November 26, 1991
• ~ Recorded ~ June 25, 1990 to October 29, 1991
• ~ Genre ~ R&B, Club/Dance, Dance-Pop, Urban, Pop Rock, Hard Rock
• ~ Length ~ 76:58
• ~ Label ~ USA Epic Records
• ~ Producer ~ Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley, Bill Bottrell
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Jam ▬ Why You Wanna Trip On Me ▬ In the Closet ▬ She Drives Me Wild ▬ Remember the Time ▬ Can’t Let Her Get Away ▬ Heal The World ▬ Black Or White ▬ Who Is It ▬ Give In To Me ▬ Will You Be There ▬ Keep The Faith ▬ Gone Too Soon ▬ Dangerous ▬ ♪=♫=♪=♫=♪=♫=♪=♫=♪=♫=♪=♫=♪=♫=♪
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Produced by Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley, Bruce Swedien and Bill Bottrell — Michael wrote or co-wrote 12 of the 14 songs on the album.
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Michael originally planned to follow BAD with a double compilation album, Decade 1980-1990. The project scrapped a year after planned release date, in favor of a new studio album — which Michael decided to record without….QJ.
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‘Michael was growing, and wanted to experiment free of restrictions of the Westlake scene,’ said Bill Bottrell. ‘That’s why he got me and John Barnes to work at his home studio for, like, a year and a half. On and off. We would program, twiddle, and build the tracks for much of that album, send the results on two inch down to Westlake, and they would, at their discretion, re-record, and add things like strings and brass. This is how Michael started to express his creative independence, like a teenager leaving the nest. I eventually got fired from BAD and Frank DiLeo took me to lunch and said, “Don’t worry, next album you will be a producer”, and everybody kept their word.’
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‘I got the call to produce some tracks on Michael Jackson’s Dangerous around 1991,’ said Teddy Riley, who admitted he felt pressure. ‘I didn’t want to be the one to fail Michael, and I’m so grateful it didn’t…I brought R&B back to Michael in its barest form; R&B and funk. We recorded it in California, at Record One, and then we ended up in Larrabee Studios. I was using a lot of vintage stuff to get the sound we needed. Reeds and SSL Xls were mainly the boards we used — I always loved vintage better than digital. It’s way better, much warmer.’
Album headed in a very different direction, prior to Riley’s involvement. ‘Dangerous had already been recorded by Bill Bottrell, but the music didn’t move Michael,’ said Riley, ‘I told Michael: I like Billy. I like his producing, and everything about him. But this is your album, Michael. If this is the right tune, I can utilize what you have in your singing. He said, “Try it. I guess we gotta use what we love.” And we did. I’m quite sure that if anyone else had come up with a better Dangerous, he would have used that — so it’s not actually about me or Billy, it’s about the music. I always say the music is the star.’
‘He was an inspiration to work with,’ said Riley.’ I kinda learned his way of working and stuck with that formula — so he changed the way I worked on production with artists…it’s difficult to pick out the strongest elements on the album. Is it my music or his lyrics? In the end, I’d say it’s both. There was nothing weaker than the other. That’s why it was such a perfect album and such a big seller.’
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The Dangerous sleeve — which took 6 months to complete, is the creation of Mark Ryden who worked closely with both Michael and Sony Music Senior Art Director, Nancy Donald, to develop the very symbolic, acrylic glaze painting.
The cover is a beautiful dreamlike, mysterious illustration of Michael’s Eyes hidden behind a huge theatrical mask. Those warm brown peering eyes are surrounded by a variety of curious objects and hidden details.
Michael wanted the cover to be mysterious and for people to interpret the images for themselves.
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Achieved 12 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s R&B albums chart, and 4 weeks at No. 1 on the Pop albums chart, in the States, and 1 week at No. 1 in the UK.
No. 5 best selling album of 1991 and 1992 in the UK, and No. 6 best selling album of 1992 in the States.
Also hit No. 1 in: Australia, Austria, Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Zimbabwe.
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RIAA 7 x Platinum = 7 million copies.
BPI 6 x Platinum = 1.8 million copies.
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Black Or White ▬ Black Or White (C&C Remixes) ▬ Remember The Time ▬ In The Closet ▬ Jam ▬ Who Is It ▬ Heal The World ▬ Give In To Me ▬ Will You Be There ▬ Gone Too Soon
9 Top 30 singles in the UK equaled the record Michael has set with BAD — and Gone Too Soon made it a record 10 Top 40 hits lifted from one album.
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Grammy Award: Grammy Legend Award.
American Music Awards: Favorite Soul/R&B Album, Male ▬ Favorite Soul/R&B Single, Male ▬ for Remember the Time.
World Music Awards: Best Selling American Artist Of The Year ▬ World’s Best Selling Recording Artist Of The Year ▬ World’s Best Selling Recording Artist Of The Era.
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“I’m committed to my art. I believe that all art has as its ultimate goal the union between the material and the spiritual, the human and the divine. And I believe that is the very reason for the existence of art and what I do. And I feel fortunate in being that instrument through which Music flows”.
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► JAM ♪ ♪ ♪
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http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/11600000/JAM-michael-jackson-1162...
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♦ ♪ Jam ~ Official Short Film ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbHI1yI1Ndk&NR=1
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Song and lyrics written by Michael. Music by Rene Moore, Bruce Swedien, Michael and Teddy Riley. Recorded for his Dangerous album. It’s the 5th single released from the album.
Featured rap by Heavy D.
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‘Jam was a track Michael had the idea for,’ said Riley. ‘He told me to see what I could do with it… it was just a stripped tune until Michael did his vocals and I came in with the icing. I actually added most of the keyboard parts, all of the percussion elements, all of the horn parts, and all of the guitar parts, to make the tune what it is today… that’s the way it worked a lot of the time. He’d come in with an idea and I’d flesh it out in the studio… it was my idea to get the rapper Heavy D to perform on there as well — he was Michael’s favorite rapper at the time.’
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Charted at No. 3 on the R&B singles chart and No. 26 on the Hot 100 in the States, and No. 13 in the UK — hit No. 1 in Zimbabwe.
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‘Jam’ is a basketball term in the States, a theme Michael explored in the promo short film, which was directed by Michael and David Kellogg and features appearances by Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls basketball team, rapper Heavy D and young rap duo, Kris Kross.
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From Bruce Swedien, Michael’s ♪ Recording Engineer ♪ ~
The following little story perfectly illustrates what I mean when I say, “I’ll do anything in the music recording studio they’ll let me do!” My studio pal Rene Moore and I composed and recorded a piece of music for Rene’s album on Motown Records. Rene and I have composed the music for and produced several projects together.
We had been experimenting with the ‘looping’ of old, but extremely high-energy drum and rhythm tracks. Now, that is a great idea, but many recording people have been doing exactly that for quite some time. However, our idea was to take the fantastic feel of these vintage drum performances, and then layer them with new, very contemporary sounds on parallel tracks to bring the sonic value of the groove up to date.
We worked on one of these ideas for some time too on a song to use on Rene’s own album on Motown Records. I even used some sleigh bells from my grandfather’s farm in Minnesota, as a rhythm element!
The song was really beginning to shape up, and one afternoon we both looked at each other and Rene said, “Maybe we had better play this for Michael!” We did, and Michael absolutely loved the concept!
That was how “Jam” from the Michael Jackson album Dangerous came to life. “Jam” was composed by Rene Moore, Bruce Swedien, Michael Jackson, and Teddy Riley.
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Song chosen to open Michael’s Dangerous World Tour concerts.
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Live performance by Michael, at his Dangerous Tour concert in Bucharest, Romania, on October 1, 1992, featured on the DVD released as part of his box-set, The Ultimate Collection, issued in November 2004.
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♦ ♪ Jam ~ Dangerous Tour ~ Bucharest ♪ ♦

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaDlfODoaEE
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♦ ♪ Jam ~ Dangerous Tour ~ BBC Version ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_hsvwviFNg
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♦ ♪ Jam ~ Dangerous Tour ~ Mexico 93 ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_FBa8B69Uc&feature=related
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► WHY YOU WANNA TRIP ON ME ♪ ♪ ♪
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♦ ♪ Why You Wanna Trip On Me ♪ ♦

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeZSoIAPeDM
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Written and composed by Teddy Riley and Bernard Belle. Song Michael recorded for his album, Dangerous.
Inspired by the things people say about Michael. ‘We knew people were after him, people all talking about him,’ said co-writer Teddy Riley. ‘But we didn’t get too direct, we didn’t say anybody’s name, ‘cause when you’re too direct it gets boring.’
‘The element I’m most proud of in this song is my guitar playing,’ said Riley. ‘I thought he (Michael) was going to get another person to play on it but he wanted my good self playing. That was something special to me — I was using an acoustic Ovation guitar.’
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Played over the closing credits on Michael’s home video, Dangerous — The Short Films.
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► IN THE CLOSET ♪ ♪ ♪
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♦ ♪ In The Closet ~ Short Film ♪ ♦

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwvix7uEQg0
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♦ ♪ In The Closet ~ Backstage ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pcofkgWiCI
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♦ ♪ In the Closet ~ Remix ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgdcdiCibyM
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Written and composed by Michael with Teddy Riley, and recorded for his album, Dangerous. It’s the 3rd single released from the album.
Originally titled (Coming) Out Of The Closet, and intended as a duet by Michael and Madonna. Demo version believed to exist — no official release.
Demo version also recorded by Michael solo, which has leaked on the internet — no official release. Other demo versions also known to exist.
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‘He (Michael) did a demonstration record for me,’ said Riley, ‘and he was the one who actually came up with the structure of how the song should come out. He would work out these string lines on the synthesizer, then he came up with these mouth sounds that were very percussive — sort of like a drum machine, but different. And it all worked.’
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Credited to Michael and ’Mystery Girl’ — whose identity was rumored to be Madonna or Paula Abdul, but proved to be Princess Stephanie of Monaco.
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Third single from Dangerous, released ahead of Who Is It, when Michael heard director Herb Ritts’ ideas for the promo short film.
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Promo premiered on April 23, 1992. This short film Michael co-directs with Herb Ritts.
A classic example of Michael’s dancing skills. This sepia-toned video was a collaboration between Michael and high-fashion celebrity photographer Herb Ritts, and featured British super model Naomi Campbell as the romantic interest. The female vocals, mimed by Naomi, were actually Princess Stephanie of Monaco.
It was banned in South Africa because of its ’very sensual nature which could offend viewers.’
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Hit No. 1 on the R&B singles chart in the States, and charted at No. 6 on the Hot 100 and No. 8 in the UK.
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RIAA Gold Record (USA million seller).
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Live performances, as part of HIStory World Tour concerts, televised in Germany and New Zealand.
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♦ ♪ In The Closet ~ HIStory Tour, Germany ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86bm0HZSw8Y
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► SHE DRIVES ME WILD ♪ ♪ ♪
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♦ ♪ She Drives Me Wild ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbgrurMduis
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Written and composed by Michael with Teddy Riley, and recorded for his album, Dangerous.
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Percussion used on the track included motor sounds, trucks, cars screeching, motor bikes revving, car horns — and samples of Michael’s tiger! Rap by Wrecks-N-Effect (a.k.a. Aqil Davidson & Markell Riley).
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‘My biggest memory from that recording was that we used all car sounds as drum sounds and it came out perfectly,’ said Riley. ‘I didn’t go out into the field and record actual car sounds and take it back to the studio, I had a sample CD that was really cool. It wasn’t something I’d done before; it was the first time I went for unusual sounds in the place of drums.’
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B-side of Heal The World.
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► REMEMBER THE TIME ♪ ♪ ♪
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♦ ♪ Remember The Time ~ Official Short Film ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeiFF0gvqcc&NR=1
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Written and composed by Michael with Teddy Riley and Bernard Belle, and recorded for his album, Dangerous. It’s the 2nd single released from the album.
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‘One of the biggest things Michael really surprised me with on Dangerous was his vocal delivery on Remember The Time,’ said Riley. ‘That really blew me away… that was the sound I was thinking of for the album… I’d describe that sound as, really, like the New Jack Swing sound.’
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Several demo versions known to exist — no official release.
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Second single lifted from the album — dedicated to Diana Ross.
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Hit No. 1 on the R&B singles chart and No. 3 on the Hot 100 in the States, and No. 3 in the UK. Also achieved No. 1 in New Zealand.
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RIAA Gold Record (USA million seller).
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Promo 9 minutes short film, had an Egyptian theme. Michael hired Boyz’ n the Hood director John Singleton. The video continued in Michael’s tradition of introducing innovative special effects, stunning group dance scenes and featured cameos. The spectacular clip was set in a mythical ancient Egypt. Features comedian Eddie Murphy as Pharaoh Ramses, supermodel Iman as Queen Nefertiti and pro-basketball star Magic Johnson as a slave. Michael shared his first on-screen kiss with Iman (Mrs. David Bowie).
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American Music Award: Favorite Soul/R&B Single, Male.
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Performed by Michael at the Soul Train Awards in March 1993 — Michael twisted his ankle during rehearsals the day before, so sang seated in a fancy gold chair. See this amazing performance in Michael’s Awards Section shown after all 14 songs.
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► CAN’T LET HER GET AWAY ♪ ♪ ♪
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♦ ♪ Can’t Let Her Get Away ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1nOYeNAU-0
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Written and composed by Michael with Teddy Riley, for his album, Dangerous.
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‘This was mostly from a sample CD that I just put together myself,’ revealed Riley, ‘and it kind of reminded me of the James Brown sound. I could feel it. I thought I’d bring a shadow of some of the greatness of the James Brown production sound to this.’
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Released as a promo 12” single in Costa Rica.
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Featured in the film, The Meteor Man (1993).
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► HEAL THE WORLD ♪ ♪ ♪
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♦ ♪ Heal The World ~ Official Short Film ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWf-eARnf6U&NR=1
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Song written and composed by Michael, and recorded for his album, Dangerous.
Another one of Michael’s profound statements on world crisis! The song’s message and video’s social commentary features clips of children in areas suffering from war, pestilence and civil unrest. It is one of the few videos in which Michael does not appear.
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Prelude composed, arranged and conducted by Marty Paich.
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‘Heal The World is one of my favorite of anything I have ever recorded,’ said Michael in 1996, ‘because it is a public awareness song. It is something that I think will live in the hearts of people for a long time, because it is about something that is very special, and something that is very innocent and something that is very important.’
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‘This has strong global issues — it was a big song,’ said Teddy Riley. ‘I didn’t produce it though, all I did to that song was complement it… I did quite a lot of the percussion on there, I did that on there to bring something extra to the mix.’
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Fifth single lifted from the album in the States, sixth in the UK and elsewhere. Fared poorly in the States, peaking at No. 27 on the Hot 100 and No. 62 on the R&B singles chart, but hit No. 2 in the UK — kept out of the top spot by Whitney Houston’s mega-hit, I Will Always Love You.
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Anti-war promo short film, directed by Joe Pytka, didn’t feature Michael, but instead focused on impoverished children living in countries suffering from civil unrest.
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Lyrics included in Michael’s book of poems and reflections, Dancing The Dream, published in 1992.
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Gave its name to Michael’s Heal The World Foundation, which was officially launched on September 30, 1992 in Bucharest, Romania. A playground at an orphanage, and a medical mission to Romania by 12 qualified doctors/medical staff, were among the first projects the Foundation funded.
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Live performance by Michael, at his Dangerous Tour concert in Bucharest, Romania, on October 1, 1992, featured on the DVD released as part of his box-set, The Ultimate Collection issued in November 2004.
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♦ ♪ Heal The World ~ Dangerous Tour in Bucharest ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjz7__gj4kk
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Version including a special message from Michael featured on the rare promo CD single, Signature Series, released in the States in 1993.
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Performed by Michael on January 19, 1993, at An American Reunion: The 52nd Presidential Inaugural Gala, for the incoming President, Bill Clinton, and during the half time interval at the American Super Bowl Final 12 days later.
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♦ ♪ Heal The World ~ Presidential Inaugural Gala ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vmRTDab-mE
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♦ ♪ Heal The World ~ Super Bowl Performance ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFXFyNTwCdk&feature=related
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Live performances, as part of concerts staged during Michael’s HIStory World Tour, screened in Germany and New Zealand.
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♦ ♪ Heal The World ~ HIStory Tour ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwsBAR29Qgg&feature=related
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Short, impromptu live performance on December 16, 1998, when Michael attended the grand opening of The Royal Towers of Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas — Michael was handed a microphone and asked to sing which, somewhat reluctantly, he did.
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Performed by Monica, Deborah Cox, Mya, Rah Digga and Tamia during the Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration, The Solo Years concerts, staged at New York’s Madison Square Garden on September 7, + 10, 2001.
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Performed by invited guests and Michael’s ‘This Is It’ dancers at the finale of the ‘A Celebration of the Life of Michael Jackson 1958-2009’ Memorial concert at the Staples Center on July 7, 2009.
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♦ ♪ Black Or White ~ Official Short Film ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2AitTPI5U0
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♦ ♪ Full Panther Dance ~ Prejudice Is Ignorance ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgj8V3OMrjU&feature=related
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Written and composed by Michael, with rap lyrics by Bill Bottrell.
A catchy modest celebration of colorblindness and racial harmony, features a bright pop melody surrounded by swirling hard rock guitars played by Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash.
It’s developed from a track which was intended for the BAD album. In 1989, when Michael began work on Dangerous, he asked Bill Bottrell, who wrote the rap lyrics and co-produced the track, to dig it out of the vault.
Opening guitar first recorded at Michael’s Encino home. ‘That piece of music, the beginning part that Slash plays on, was recorded at Michael’s house,’ confirmed Bottrell. ‘Michael asked me to dig it out of the vault in August of 1989. He had in mind to use it as the intro to Black Or White — it took a long time before we got Slash on it.’
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‘For me, the best thing about Black Or White,’ said Bottrell, ‘was that his (Michael’s) scratch vocal remained untouched throughout the next year (of work on Dangerous), and ended up being used on the finished song.’
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‘I didn’t produce this but, again, I added percussion to the track,’ said Teddy Riley. ‘I used wood percussion — cow bells, shakers and things like that.’
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Lead single from Michael’s album Dangerous, single and album both released in November 1991.
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Fastest No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in the States since 1969, when Get Back by the Beatles also conquered the chart in just 3 weeks. No. 1 for 7 weeks, but stalled at No. 3 on the R&B singles chart.
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RIAA Platinum Record Award (USA million seller).
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No. 8 best selling single of 1991 in the States.
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First single by an American to enter the UK singles chart at No. 1 since Elvis Presley’s It’s Now Or Never in 1960. Spent 2 weeks in pole position.
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Also No. 1 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cuba, Denmark, Finland, France, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Zimbabwe.
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Grammy Nomination: Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male.
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On November 14, Michael aired the song’s 11-minute short film.
Michael reunited with Thriller director John Landis for this opus featuring Michael dancing around the world and the technological innovation of face-morphing.
It features Macauley Culkin, Michael’s niece, Brandi, Bart Simpson, George Wendt, who plays ‘Norm’ in Cheers, and rapper, Heavy D.
Fox Network, BET and MTV simultaneously premiere the short film for Black Or White.
MTV, who declare it Michael Jackson Week and give the video the highest airplay to date. The video is seen in 27 countries around the world by approximately 500 million people.
24 hours after the premiere, TV stations around the world, but especially in America, receive complaints (both of delight and dismay) regarding the video’s somewhat violent 4-minute conclusion, which causes widespread controversy.
Michael’s publicist says that Michael’s dance sequence is meant to portray his interpretation of the panther’s wild and animalistic behavior. Michael succumbs to public pressure by agreeing to edit out the final 4 minutes of the video, and issues a statement.
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Michael issued a press statement that read:
~ It upsets me to think Black Or White could influence any child or adult to destructive behavior, either sexual or violent. I’ve always tried to be a good role model and, therefore, have made these changes to avoid any possibility of adversely affecting any individual’s behavior. I deeply regret any pain or hurt that the final segment of Black Or White has caused children, their parents or other viewers.
Black Or White will become Michael’s highest-ever debuting single of any of his previous albums. It becomes his biggest hit since Billie Jean, staying on top of the pop charts for 7 consecutive weeks.
Michael became the first artist to have No. 1 pop hits in 3 different decades: the ’70’s, ’80’s, and ’90’s.!!!
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Final segment edited out of most future screenings, but made available on the home video Dangerous — The Short Films, issued in 1993.
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~ In His Own Words: Prejudice ~
Ebony, December 1984
Michael: The main thing that I hate most is ignorance, like the prejudice problems of America. I know it is worse in some other countries. But I wish I could borrow, like from Venezuela or Trinidad, the real love of color-blinded people and bring it to America.
Ebony: You are making some observations with intense feelings. Please continue.
Michael: I’m prejudiced against ignorance. That’s what I’m mainly prejudiced against. It’s only ignorance and it’s taught, because it’s not genetic at all.
The little children in those (countries) aren’t prejudiced. I would like for you to put this in quotes, too. I’m really not a prejudiced person at all. I believe that people should think about God more and creation…Look at the many wonders inside the human body — the different colors of organs, colors of blood — and all these different colors do a different thing in the human body.
It’s the most incredible system in the world; it makes an incredible building, the human being. And if this can happen with the human body, why can’t we do it as people? And that’s how I feel. And that’s why I wish the world could do more. That’s the only thing I hate. I really do.
Ebony: What you have just said is not only compassionate but compelling. How do you communicate such feelings since you don’t make public appearances to express your views in public forums?
Michael: I try to write, put it in song. Put it in dance. Put it in my art to teach the world. If politicians can’t do it, I want to do it. We have to do it. Artists, put it in paintings. Poets, put it in poems, novels. That’s what we have to do. And I think it’s so important to save the world.
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International Monitor Awards: Music Video with the Best Special Effects.
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NAACP Image Awards: Outstanding Music Video.
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Michael performed Black Or White for the first time at MTV’s 10th Anniversary Special in November 1991. Joined on stage by Slash, former Guns ‘N Roses guitarist, who also played guitar on the recorded track. Slash also joined Michael on stage in Tokyo, Japan, at his Dangerous World Tour concerts on December 30 + 31, 1992.
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♦ ♪ Black Or White MTV 10th Ann. Special 1991 ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJDS6cajI1Y
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Live segment, from Michael’s Dangerous World Tour, screened at the Billboard Awards in December 1992.
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Live performance by Michael, at his Dangerous Tour concert in Bucharest, Romania, on October 1, 1992, featured on the DVD released as part of his box-set, The Ultimate Collection, issued in November 2004.
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♦ ♪ Black Or White ~ Dangerous Tour ~ Bucharest ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTg42Vyj1Uo&NR=1
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♦ ♪ Black Or White ~ Mexico ~ cherry picker ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaf8-Hm7UOE
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Live performances from Michael’s HIStory World Tour shown as part of televised concerts in Germany and New Zealand.
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♦ ♪ Black Or White ~ HIStory Tour ~ Royal Brunei ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXuebsMu5Yc
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♦ ♪ Black Or White ~ Copenhagen ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIRZEr2TanA
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Also in 1992, song used in Michael’s Japanese advert for Kirara Basso.
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Performed by Michael and Slash during the Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration, the Solo Years concerts, staged at New York’s Madison Square Garden on September 7 + 10, 2001.
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♦ ♪ Black Or White ~ 30th Ann. Celebration, Solo Years concert ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFNAGrJONBs&feature=related
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► WHO IS IT ♪ ♪ ♪
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♦ ♪ Who Is It ~ Official Short Film ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr4iBaz5ZAE
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♦ ♪ Who Is It ~ I H S Mix ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCra_4gBUUI
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Song written and composed by Michael, and recorded for his album, Dangerous — early versions were allegedly titled Lying To Myself and It Doesn’t Seem To Matter. The latter was mentioned in Revolution magazine, in a list of supposed songs for the album. It’s the 6th single released from the album.
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Extended demo version featured different harmonies, some of which have been released on various remixes.
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‘This reminds me so much of Dirty Diana,’ said producer Teddy Riley. ‘I think he (Michael) recaptured that sound on this song… I think he went back to his roots of recording with this song to record an incredible track. I thought it would take someone like QJ to really put an incredible track like that together, I thought it would take someone like QJ to get that sound, but Michael came up with it!’
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Charted at No. 6 on the R&B singles chart and No. 14 on the Hot 100 in the States, and No. 10 in the UK — hit No. 1 in Zimbabwe.
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Released instead of Give In To Me in the States, following Michael’s brief ‘beat box’ rendition during his televised interview with O. — what Bruce Swedien, referring to Michael’s vocal ‘beat box’ percussion, called his ‘how now brown cow’.
Following Michael’s acappella rendition of Who Is it during the O interview, US radio stations are swamped with requests for the single. Sony react quickly and decide to release Who Is It instead of Give In To Me as the next single from the Dangerous album. In order to increase public interest in the song Sony, in collaboration with MTV, devise a competition whereby entrants are to create a video to Michael’s Who Is It.
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World premiere of promo short film, directed by David Fincher, on BBC2’s Def II show in the UK on July 13, 1992.
While the video clips showcasing Michael’s performance is the best-known part, the actual video followed the storyline of a cheating girlfriend working for an escort agency.
Michael was unhappy with the original edit of the short film, and had it re-edited — the first version was withdrawn, and the later version shown and included on his home video, Dangerous — the Short Films.
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Promoted in the States with a montage of Michael’s previous short films and in concert footage.
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Remix included on the first acetate version of the expanded, special edition of Michael’s Dangerous album in 2001 — bonus disc cancelled.
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♦ ♪ Who Is It Pepsi Commercial ~ Behind The Dreams ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FAxVniVuVQ&feature=related
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► GIVE IN TO ME ♪ ♪ ♪
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♦ ♪ Give In To Me ~ Official Short Film ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ7qXHjxj_0
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♦ ♪ Give In To Me ~ Alternate Acoustic Mix ♪ ♦
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc5rTZhIdeE
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Written and composed by Michael with Bill Bottrell, and recorded by Michael with special guest Slash — from Guns N’ Roses — on guitar.
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‘He sent me a tape of the song that had no guitars other than some slow picking.’ said Slash. ‘I called him and sang over the phone what I wanted to do.’
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Slash, at the time, was just leaving for Africa, so he and Michael managed to work it out so they could record Slash’s contribution when he returned from Africa. ‘I basically went in and started to play — that was it, ’ said Slash. ‘Michael just wanted whatever was in my style. He just wanted me to do that — no pressure. He wa