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Bad is the seventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson. It was released on August 31, 1987, by Epic Records. Written and recorded between 1985 and 1987, Bad was Jackson's third and final collaboration with the producer Quincy Jones. Jackson co-produced and composed all but two tracks, and adopted an edgier image and ...
Michael Jackson – Bad. 1987. For the first short film for one of five consecutive record-breaking No. 1 hits from “Bad,” Michael Jackson and director Martin Scorsese created an epic 18-minute tale of urban and racial challenges in the 1980s. “Bad” was named the second greatest of Michael’s short films by Rolling Stone in 2014.
Jul 22, 2014 · Bad (1987) 22nd July 2014 Elizabeth Amisu. Abstract: Michael Jackson starred in and produced upwards of forty films in a career which showcases many of the most watched short films of all time. The four-minute sequence often perceived to be Bad (dir. Martin Scorsese, 1987) is in fact the epicentre of a much longer narrative.
- Elizabeth Amisu
The American TV series Glee did a Michael Jackson tribute episode in 2012 titled "Michael", which included an a cappella version of "Bad" featuring the Beelzebubs as part of The Warblers. This cover debuted and peaked at number 80 at Billboard Hot 100 , number 48 at Billboard Digital Songs , number 90 at Billboard Canadian Hot 100 , and number 29 at Billboard Adult Pop Songs chart at the week ...
- Bad: The Mini-Film
- MJ vs. Prince
- A Spike Lee Joint
- Fat Boys
- Post-Punk Punch
- Studio Geniuses
- The More The Merrier
- Album Sales Stats
- Music Video Box
- MJ's Paparazzi Pushback
Martin Scorsese, the famed Hollywood director of such classic films as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Mean Streets, directed the music video for "Bad," which stars a young Wesley Snipes as Jackson's antagonist. But like John Landis' groundbreaking video for "Thriller," this video takes on a longer form, and at nearly 18 minutes lands in short-film te...
"Bad" was originally conceived as a duet between Jackson and Prince, but Prince didn't want to say the opening line, "Your butt is mine"; nor did he want the line said to him. In retrospect, he was also glad that he didn't end up in the music video. "The Wesley Snipes character? That would have been me," Prince told Chris Rock in a 1997 interview. ...
Bad 25, a documentary by Spike Lee that explores the making of the Badalbum, premiered at the 2012 Venice Film Festival and will make its American broadcast debut this Thanksgiving on ABC. Among its revelations: The mysterious "Annie" mentioned on "Smooth Criminal" refers to the name given to CPR dummies, and its oft-repeated word, "shamon," is act...
"Bad" was famously parodied by Weird Al Yankovic, who had previously struck comedy gold when he changed Michael Jackson's "Beat It" to "Eat It." Following Jackson's lead, Yankovic returned with an album and song, both called "Fat," which included an accompanying video featuring Yankovic dressed like an overweight Jackson engaging in a similar subwa...
Alien Ant Farm, a rock band from Riverside, Calif., released a high-energy cover of Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" and took the single back to the top of the chartsin a fresh way. The new version went No. 1 on the pop charts in Australia and New Zealand as well as No. 1 on the now-defunct Billboard Modern Rock Charts.
Jackson wrote nine of the album's 11 songs. "Man in the Mirror" was penned by Siedah Garrett, who duets with Jackson on "I Just Can't Stop Loving You," and Glen Ballard, who later co-wrote Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill. "Just Good Friends,"a duet with Stevie Wonder, was written by Terry Britten and Graham Lyle, the songwriting duo behind h...
One of three guest stars on the album, South African jazz singer Letta Mbulu introduces "Liberian Girl"with a Swahili chant. The music video features a motley assortment of star cameos, including Whoopi Goldberg, Don King, Lou Ferrigno, Olivia Newton-John, David Copperfield, Jackie Collins, Carl Weathers, Sherman Hemsley and many more.
Bad was Michael Jackson's seventh studio album. It debuted at the top of the charts at No. 1, where it stayed for six weeks and earned five No. 1 singles, a feat that set a Billboard record that wasn't equaled until Katy Perry's Teenage Dreamalbum in 2010. The album has been certified for sales in excess of $8 million in the United States; worldwid...
Ten of the 11 songs on Bad were accompanied by an elaborate music video. The only one not given the visual treatment? "Just Good Friends,"a collaboration with friend Stevie Wonder.
An adorably animated music video for "Leave Me Alone"pokes fun at Jackson's tabloid troubles. He goes on a wild ride being chased by paparazzi, dances with the bones of the Elephant Man and dodges the shocking claims of newspaper headlines like, "Michael Weds Alien," "Jackson's 3rd Eye Starts Sunglasses Fad," "Michael and Diana Same Person" and "Bu...
Michael Jackson: Bad (Music Video 1987) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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Jan 3, 2020 · Planned to have been recorded with rappers Run-D.M.C. for Jackson’s Bad album, but the collaboration never came into fruition. The song was recorded with a full vocal in November 1986 and revisited in early 1987 during the Bad sessions. Remains unreleased. Changes (demo) : Written by Michael Jackson.
