Even if you don’t do it on your channel, you should definitely watch the full length version of the video. Wesley Snipes is in it and it’s his first acting role. Also, MJ, Jeffrey Daniels from Shalamar (he taught Mike the moonwalk) and dancer Gregg Burge did the choreography.
I heard Prince was supposed to be on this but he didn't like the beginning lyrics where Jackson said "Your butt is mine." so he declined...actually he said that in an interview with Chris Rock.
Some reactions to consider 🤔: Teena Marie ft Gerald LeVert- A Rose By Any Other Name (TeenaMarieVEVO channel), Johnny Rivers- Baby I Need Your Lovin' Live (Ed Sullivan Show YT channel) or Steely Dan- Do It Again Live (Solrac Etnevic YT channel).
A very bad reaction 🥷🏼! Nice new reaction set up 👍🏾! Yes, the choreography was on point. Especially that one part that made you cover your mouth when the dance lifter himself up by the back of his collar then moonwalked away. It was filmed in A NYC subway station (Brooklyn's Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets station), as well as in parts of Harlem (for the long music video version). You gotta watch the long version even if you don't react to it because it sets up the entire reason why he is claiming to still be bad. It will make this shorten music video make even more sense. Plus, there are some surprising cameos in the full music video. I see 👁👁 that you have reacted to Michael Jackson before: Ed Sullivan Show Jackson 5 medley (Stand!, Who's Loving You & I Want You Back), Got To Be There, Dancing Machine- Live, Show You The Way To Go, Jam, You Rock My World, Billie Jean, Billie Jean- Live Motown 25, I'll Be There- Live, Remember The Time, Remember The Time- Live, Human Nature- Live, Man In The Mirror, Smooth Criminal- Live, Blame It On The Boogie, All I Do Is Think Of You- Live, Dangerous- Live, Michael Jackson w/ James Brown at 2003 BET Awards, Dirty Diana, Say Say Say, All In Your Name, Rock With You, Show You The Way To Go, The Love You Save (Ed Sullivan Show), They Don’t Care About Us (Brazil Version), Smooth Criminal, The Way You Make Me Feel, Black Or White, Thriller, Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough, ABC- Live, Enjoy Yourself, Beat It, You Are Not Alone and Scream w/ Janet Jackson. Bad was released as the second off of Michael Jackson's 1987 album: Bad. It was written by Michael Jackson. It was produced by Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones. Michael Jackson sang lead and background vocals. The song has a tempo of 60 beats per minute, making it one of Michael Jackson's slowest songs. The song reached #1 on the R&B chart chart, #1 on the Hot 100, #1 on the Dance Club chart, #1 on the Cash Box 100 and #33 on the Adult Contemporary chart. It also reached #1 in Canada, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Norway and Belgium. It was a top ten hit in every major global music market. The music video was directed by Martin Scorsese. It was choreographed by Michael Jackson, Jeffrey Daniel and Gregg Burge. It features appearances from Roberta Flack, Wesley Snipes, Paul Calderon, Jaime Monroy and Jaime Perry. The full music video for "Bad" is an 18-minute short film written by novelist and screenwriter Richard Price, shot by Michael Chapman, and directed by Martin Scorsese. The music video was shot in Brooklyn over a 6-week period during November and December 1986. The music video has many references to the 1961 film: West Side Story, especially the "Cool" sequence. The music video used a different version of the song as opposed to the commercially released version. This version, using a different organ solo in the middle, hasn't been commercially released as of yet. Some of the music video's scenes were shot in Harlem, where Michael Jackson was shaken by sights in a poverty-stricken neighborhood. "I think he was overwhelmed by what he saw", Martin Scorsese said. "These tenements had, when you come in the front hall, there's an apartment in the back on the ground floor. There was an unfortunate person in there, in bed pretty much, coughing and seemed like on his last days. Michael said: 'Do you see what's in there?'. And I said: 'Yeah I know'. He was in the place and it worked for him. It worked for him as a performance, but his compassion for the people came through. It was very moving". In the music video, Music Jackson portrays a teenager named Darryl, who has just completed a term at an expensive private school. He returns to the city and takes the subway back to his neglected neighborhood. Darryl finds his home empty, but is later greeted by his old gang-friends, led by "Mini Max" (a then mostly unknown Wesley Snipes). At first, relations are friendly but slightly awkward, as the gang starts to realize how much Darryl has changed and how uncomfortable he has become with their criminal activities. Darryl later takes the gang to the subway station (Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets in Brooklyn) in an attempt to show them that he is still "bad" by attempting to rob an elderly man. He has a change of heart at the last minute and Mini Max chastises him, telling Darryl he is no longer bad. With Darryl provoked, the video then cuts to him and a group of street youths dancing while he sings the song "Bad". Darryl insists that Mini Max is headed for a fall which is nearly Darryl's undoing. Eventually, Mini Max accepts that Darryl is better off without him and leaves him in peace after a final handshake. The full music video was not commercially released until it was included in the video albums: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory (long version on DVD and short version in VHS), Number Ones (short version), Michael Jackson's Vision (long version) and the Target version DVD of Bad 25 (short version). The full music video was introduced in a TV special: "Michael Jackson: The Magic Returns", on Primetime, a CBS television show on August 31, 1987. The full music video won awards at various prestigious award ceremonies including Favorite Single (Soul/R&B) at the American Music Awards and Biggest Selling Album by a Male Soloist in the UK from the Guinness Book of World Records. The full music video has been praised by critics as one of the most iconic and greatest videos of all time; Michael Jackson's outfit has been cited as an influence on fashion. The music video received a nomination for choreography at the 1988 MTV Video Music Awards Ceremony. The music video for the song: "Bad", and Michael Jackson's song: "The Way You Make Me Feel", video were both nominated for Best Choreography. However, Janet Jackson's music video for the song: "The Pleasure Principle", won the award. Michael Jackson wrote this song, which crafted a new image for the singer, who now wore leather and chains and acted tough. The title was hip with the times as well, as teenagers were using the word "bad" to mean "seriously cool". It was rebellious without being controversial, and it worked well for Michael Jackson despite the ludicrous album cover. This song was conceived as a duet with Prince. As Michael Jackson's producer Quincy Jones explained in an interview for the 2001 special edition of Bad, he liked the idea of drama between the two artists, and pictured them battling it out in the video. Quincy Jones, who helped organize the "We Are The World" project, may have been the only person alive who could arrange a meeting between the two superstars, and that's what he did. When Prince heard the song, he told Quincy Jones that it would be a hit without him, and turned down the project. Prince isn't big on collaborations he doesn't control, and appearing on Michael Jackson's album would have been out of character for him. According to a 1997 VH1 interview with Prince, the purple maestro was never onboard with the song due to its lyrical contest. He stated: "The first line in that song is: 'your butt is mine', so I was saying: 'Who gonna sing that to whom?. Because you sure ain't singing it to me, and I sure ain't singing it to you'. So right there we got a problem." The song was performed during Michael Jackson's Bad world tour concert series from 1987 to 1989, in both the first and second leg, as the final song in the first leg and sixteenth song in the second leg in the setlist. The song was also included on the first leg only of Michael Jackson's Dangerous World Tour. A live version of the song at Wembley 1988 and Yokohama 1987 are available on the DVD Live at Wembley July 16, 1988. In 1987, UK actor and comedian Lenny Henry made a spoof of this song and gave it the title: "Mad". The American TV series: Glee, did a Michael Jackson tribute episode in 2012 titled: "Michael", which included an a cappella version of the song: "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 of February 18, 2012. The song has been covered by other artists including 📻: Billie Eilish, Ray Stevens, Carol Dexter, John Oswald, Hugo Strasser, Khalil Fong, Sáloa Farah, Bob Baldwin and more. Critical Reception 🗣: Davitt Sigerson, a writer for Rolling Stone magazine, commented that the track" needs no "defense" and he generally praised Jackson's vocal performance in the song. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic listed "Bad", along with two other songs from the album, as being top picks from the album's eleven tracks. In separate review of the song, Stephen Thomas Erlewine commented that Michael Jackson's vocals "sounded like [he was] the love child of James Brown and Mavis Staples" and added that "musically speaking, in this case, 'Bad' is very good". He also noted that the track's "authority and boasting helped to humanize" Michael Jackson and "changed his image", remarking that it was "fun hearing him talking trash and being his own bigger booster". Jennifer Clay of Yahoo Music noted that while Michael Jackson's new edgier image was a "little hard to swallow", the image worked musically on the album's songs "Bad", "Man In The Mirror", and "Dirty Diana". Song Credits 📝: Michael Jackson: solo and background vocals Jimmy Smith: Hammond B3 Midi organ solo Greg Phillinganes: synthesizer solo John Robinson: drums Douglas Getschal: drum programming David Williams: guitar Kim Hutchcroft, Larry Williams: saxophones Gary Grant, Jerry Hey: trumpets Paulinho Da Costa: percussion Christopher Currell: Synclavier keyboards, digital guitar, rubboard John Barnes, Michael Boddicker, Greg Phillinganes: synthesizers ****CONTINUE BELOW****
Lyrics 🗒: Your butt is mine Gonna tell you right Just show your face In broad daylight I'm telling you On how I feel Gonna hurt your mind Don't shoot to kill Come on Come on Lay it on me All right I'm giving you On count of three To show your stuff Or let it be I'm telling you Just watch your mouth I know your game What you're about But they say the sky's the limit And to me that's really true But my friend you have seen nothin' Just wait 'til I get through Because I'm bad, I'm bad, come on (bad, bad, really, really bad) You know I'm bad, I'm bad, come on, you know (bad, bad, really, really bad) You know I'm bad, I'm bad, come on, you know (bad, bad, really, really bad) And the whole world has to Answer right now Just to tell you once again Who's bad The word is out You're doin' wrong Gonna lock you up Before too long Your lyin' eyes Gonna tell you right So listen up Don't make a fight Your talk is cheap You're not a man You're throwin' stones To hide your hands But they say the sky's the limit And to me that's really true And my friends you have seen nothin' Just wait 'til I get through Because I'm bad, I'm bad, come on (bad, bad, really, really bad) You know I'm bad, I'm bad, come on, you know (bad, bad, really, really bad) You know I'm bad, I'm bad, come on, you know (bad, bad, really, really bad) And the whole world has to Answer right now Just to tell you once again Who's bad We can change the world tomorrow This could be a better place If you don't like what I'm sayin' Then won't you slap my face Because I'm bad, I'm bad, come on (bad, bad, really, really bad) You know I'm bad, I'm bad, come on, you know (bad, bad, really, really bad) You know I'm bad, I'm bad, come on, you know (bad, bad, really, really bad) And the whole world has to Answer right now Just to tell you once again You know I'm bad, I'm bad, come on (bad, bad, really, really bad) You know I'm bad, I'm bad, you know it, you know it (bad, bad, really, really bad) You know, you know, you know, come on (bad, bad, really, really bad) And the whole world has to Answer right now Just to tell you once again You know I'm, woo, I'm bad, you know it (bad, bad, really, really bad) You know I'm bad, I'm bad, baby (bad, bad, really, really bad) You know, you know, you know it, come on (bad, bad, really, really bad) And the whole world has to Answer right now Just to tell you once again You know I'm bad, I'm bad, you know it (bad, bad, really, really bad) You know I'm bad, I'm bad, woo (bad, bad, really, really bad) You know I'm bad, I'm bad, you know it (bad, bad, really, really bad) And the whole world has to Answer right now Just to tell you once again Who's bad? Michael Jackson Info 📰: Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana. He passed away on June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. He was a singer, songwriter, dancer, actor and philanthropist. His musical influences include: James Brown, Little Richard, Jackie Wilson, Diana Ross, Fred Astaire, Sammy Davis Jr, Gene Kelly and David Ruffin. Dubbed the "King Of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over a four-decade career, his contributions to music, dance and fashion, along with his publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture. Michael Jackson influenced artists across many music genres; through stage and video performances, he popularized complicated dance moves such as the moonwalk, to which he gave the name, as well as the robot. The eighth child of the Jackson family, Michael Jackson made his public debut in 1964 with his older brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon as a member of the Jackson 5 (later known as The Jacksons). Michael Jackson began his solo career in 1971 while at Motown Records. He became a solo star with his 1979 album: Off The Wall. His music videos, including those for "Beat It", "Billie Jean" and "Thriller" from his 1982 album Thriller, are credited with breaking racial barriers and transforming the medium into an artform and promotional tool. He helped propel the success of MTV and continued to innovate with videos for the albums Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book I (1995) and Invincible (2001). Thriller became the best-selling album of all time, while Bad was the first album to produce five US Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles. On March 25, 1983, Michael Jackson reunited with his brothers for Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, an NBC television special. The show aired on May 16 to an estimated audience of 47 million, and featured The Jacksons and other Motown stars. Michael Jackson's solo performance of "Billie Jean" earned him his first Emmy Award nomination. Wearing a glove decorated with rhinestones, he debuted his moonwalk dance, which Jeffrey Daniel had taught him three years earlier, and it became his signature dance in his repertoire. In 1984 at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards, Thriller won eight Grammy Awards, and Michael Jackson won an award for the E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial storybook. Winning eight Grammys in one ceremony is a record he holds with the band Santana. The Grammy Awards Show success transformed Michael Jackson into a dominant force in global pop culture. On January 27, 1984 Michael and other members of The Jacksons filmed a Pepsi commercial at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. During a simulated concert before a full house of fans, pyrotechnics accidentally set Michael Jackson's hair on fire, causing second-degree burns to his scalp. He underwent treatment to hide the scars and Pepsi settled out of court. Michael Jackson donated the $1.5 million settlement to the Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, California. Michael Jackson signed a second agreement with Pepsi in the late 1980s for $10 million. The second campaign covered 20 countries and provided financial support for his Bad album and 1987-88 world tour. The Victory Tour of 1984 headlined The Jacksons and showcased Michael Jackson's new solo material to more than two million Americans. It was the last tour he did with his brothers. Following controversy over the concert's ticket sales, he donated his share of the proceeds, an estimated $3 to 5 million, to charity. During the last concert of the Victory Tour at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, he announced his split from The Jacksons live on stage during the Jackson 5 performance of the song: "Shake Your Body". MJ's charitable work continued with the release of "We Are The World" (1985), co-written with Lionel Richie, which raised money for the poor in the US and Africa. It earned $63 million (equivalent to $158,728,032 in 2021), and became one of the best-selling singles of all time, with 20 million copies sold. It won four Grammy Awards in 1985, including Song of the Year for MJ and Lionel Richie as its writers. The project's creators received two special American Music Awards honors: one for the creation of the song and another for the USA for Africa idea. In 1984 Robert Holmes à Court announced he was selling the Sony ATV Music Publishing catalog comprising the publishing rights to nearly 4,000 songs, including most of the Beatles' material. MJ's purchase of the Sony ATV Music catalog was finalized on August 10, 1985. This would lead to a strain in his relationship with Paul McCartney. ****CONTINUE BELOW****
MJ's world tours 🏟: Bad (1987-1989), Dangerous World Tour (1992-1993), HIStory World Tour (1996-1997) MJ & Friends (1999) as a solo artist were some of the biggest and best of any artist in music history. In 2009, while he was preparing for a series of comeback concerts: This Is It, Michael Jackson died from an overdose of propofol administered by his personal physician, Conrad Murray, who was convicted in 2011 of involuntary manslaughter. His death triggered reactions around the world, creating unprecedented surges of Internet traffic and a spike in sales of his music. On July 7, 2009 a televised memorial service for Michael Jackson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles was viewed by an estimated 2.5 billion people globally. On September 3, 2009 the body of Michael Jackson was entombed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Michael Jackson is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated sales of over 400 million records worldwide. He has won hundreds of awards, making him one of the most-awarded artists in popular music. His awards include 39 Guinness World Records, including the Most Successful Entertainer of All Time, as well as the Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and 26 American Music Awards, including the Artist of the Century and Artist of the 1980s. He also received the World Music Awards' Best-Selling Pop Male Artist of the Millennium and the Bambi Pop Artist of the Millennium Award. Michael Jackson was inducted onto the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1980 as a member of The Jacksons, and in 1984 as a solo artist. He was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Vocal Group Hall of Fame as a member of the Jackson 5 in 1997 and 1999, respectively, and again as a solo artist in 2001. In 2002, he was added to the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2010, he was the first recording artist to be inducted into the Dance Hall of Fame, and in 2014, he was posthumously inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame. In 2021, he was among the inaugural inductees into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame. Jackson 5 Albums 📀: 1. Motown Records (Jackson 5) Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 (1969) ABC (1970) Third Album (1970) Jackson 5 Christmas Album (1970) Goin' Back To Indiana (1971) Maybe Tomorrow (1971) Lookin' Through The Windows (1972) Skywriter (1973) G.I.T.: Get It Together (1973) Dancing Machine (1974) Moving Violation (1975) The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992) 2. CBS/Epic Records (The Jacksons) The Jacksons (1976) Goin' Places (1977) Destiny (1978) Triumph (1980) Victory (1984) 2300 Jackson Street (1989) Michael Jackson Albums 📀: Got To Be There (1972) Ben (1972) Music & Me (1973) Forever, Michael (1975) Off The Wall (1979) Thriller (1982) Bad (1987) Dangerous (1991) HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book I (1995) Invincible (2001) Michael (2010) Xscape (2014) Michael Jackson Tour History 🏟: 1. Jackson 5 The Jackson 5 First National Tour (1970) The Jackson 5 Second National Tour (1971) The Jackson 5 US Tour (1971 - 72) The Jackson 5 European Tour (1972) The Jackson 5 World Tour (1973 - 75) The Jackson 5 Final Tour (1976) The Jacksons Tour (1977) Goin' Places Tour (1978) Destiny World Tour (1979 - 80) Triumph Tour (1981) Victory Tour (1984) 2. Michael Jackson Bad (1987-1989) Dangerous World Tour (1992-1993) HIStory World Tour (1996-1997) MJ & Friends (1999) New Year's Eve 2000 Concerts (1999-2000 *Cancelled) Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2001) This Is it (2009-2010 *Cancelled) Filmography 📽: The Wiz (1978) Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983) Captain EO (1986) Moonwalker (1988) Michael Jackson's Ghosts (1997) Men In Black II (2002) Miss Cast Away And The Island Girls (2004) Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) Bad 25 (2012) Michael Jackson's Journey From Motown To Off The Wall (2016) Some more good Michael Jackson songs 🎶: P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing), Dear Michael, Got To Be There, Workin' Day And Night, Human Nature, It's The Falling In Love, The Girl Is Mine, Do You Know Where Your Children Are, Liberian Girl, Ben, The Lady In My Life, With A Child's Heart, I Just Can't Stop Loving You, Baby Be Mine, Who Is It, Off The Wall, Invincible, She's Outta My Life, Girl Don't Take Your Love From Me, Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', 2 Bad, Smile, This Time Around, Leave Me Alone, Dangerous, Gone Too Soon, Keep Your Head Up, Love Never Felt So Good, Will You Be There, Ain't No Sunshine, In The Closet, Breaking News, You Are Not Alone, Heal The World, Earth Song, HIStory, Love Is Here And Now You're Gone, Butterflies, Music And Me, Stranger In Moscow, Blood On The Dance Floor, I Wanna Be Where You Are, Blue Gangsta, Xscape, Everybody's Somebody's Fool, Happy, Just Good Friends, Unbreakable, Best Of Joy, Slave To The Rhythm, Greatest Show On Earth, You Can Cry On My Shoulder, Monster, Speed Demon, 2000 Watts, Another Part Of Me, We're Almost There, One Day In Your Life, Whatever Happens, It's The Falling In Love, Is It Scary, Hold My Hand, My Girl, What Goes Around Comes Around, Rockin' Robin, Morning Glow, I Wanna Be Where You Are, Wings Of My Love, You've Got A Friend, Heartbreaker, Up Again, Carousel, Don't Walk Away, In Our Small Way, Threatened, All The Things You Are, Johnny Raven, Doggin' Around, People Make The World Go Round, Too Young, Heaven Can Wait, We're Almost There, Get On The Floor, The Lost Children, Burn This Disco Out, You Are There, One Day In Your Life, Just A Little Bit Of You, This Place Hotel, Cinderella Stay Awhile, I'll Come Home To You, Shoo Be Doo Be Doo Da Day, Euphoria, Privacy, We've Got Forever, Much Too Soon, Will You Be There, Dapper-Dan, Streetwalker, Music And Me Take Me Back, Who Is It, Girlfriend, Why You Wanna Trip On Me, In The Closet, She Drives Me Wild, Can't Let Her Get Away, Heal The World, Gone Too Soon, You Are My Life, Give In To Me, I'm So Blue, Fly Away, Keep The Faith, Tabloid Junkie, Little Susie, A Place With No Name, Hollywood Tonight, Speechless, Come Together, Morphine, Break Of Dawn, (I Can't Make It) Another Day, Ghosts, Childhood, Behind The Mask, D.S., (I Like) The Way You Love Me, Someone In The Dark, Money, Whatever Happens, Don’t Be Messin’ Round, Cry, Price Of Fame, Chicago, Loving You, Superfly Sister and Maria (You Were The Only One). Fun Fact 🕵🏾: "Weird Al" Yankovic recorded a parody of the song titled: "Fat", for his 1988 album: Even Worse. Michael Jackson granted "Weird Al" Yankovic permission to film the music video for his parody song: "Fat", on the actual NYC subway set used for his "Bad" music video.
Forever Loving 🥰 MJ!!
The master at his best.
Even if you don’t do it on your channel, you should definitely watch the full length version of the video. Wesley Snipes is in it and it’s his first acting role. Also, MJ, Jeffrey Daniels from Shalamar (he taught Mike the moonwalk) and dancer Gregg Burge did the choreography.
That wasn't his first acting role, but it's because of this performance in this music video that he got the role of Nino Brown.
I loved your reaction to the guy moonwalking on the skates
Also because I see that you reacted to Andy Gibb’s “Shadow Dancing” a while back: can you react to his song “Love Is Thicker Than Water”?
Yeah!, that video was NICE
Please react to Michael Jackson in the studio recording childhood you will love it is beautiful
Reaction Rodrigo Teaser BAD Cover
React to Michael Jackson's Ghost and One More Chance
That’s the same location where he flim the wiz from
I heard Prince was supposed to be on this but he didn't like the beginning lyrics where Jackson said "Your butt is mine." so he declined...actually he said that in an interview with Chris Rock.
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Some reactions to consider 🤔: Teena Marie ft Gerald LeVert- A Rose By Any Other Name (TeenaMarieVEVO channel), Johnny Rivers- Baby I Need Your Lovin' Live (Ed Sullivan Show YT channel) or Steely Dan- Do It Again Live (Solrac Etnevic YT channel).
There is no BAD. MJ music oir videos
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A very bad reaction 🥷🏼! Nice new reaction set up 👍🏾! Yes, the choreography was on point. Especially that one part that made you cover your mouth when the dance lifter himself up by the back of his collar then moonwalked away. It was filmed in A NYC subway station (Brooklyn's Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets station), as well as in parts of Harlem (for the long music video version). You gotta watch the long version even if you don't react to it because it sets up the entire reason why he is claiming to still be bad. It will make this shorten music video make even more sense. Plus, there are some surprising cameos in the full music video.
I see 👁👁 that you have reacted to Michael Jackson before: Ed Sullivan Show Jackson 5 medley (Stand!, Who's Loving You & I Want You Back), Got To Be There, Dancing Machine- Live, Show You The Way To Go, Jam, You Rock My World, Billie Jean, Billie Jean- Live Motown 25, I'll Be There- Live, Remember The Time, Remember The Time- Live, Human Nature- Live, Man In The Mirror, Smooth Criminal- Live, Blame It On The Boogie, All I Do Is Think Of You- Live, Dangerous- Live, Michael Jackson w/ James Brown at 2003 BET Awards, Dirty Diana, Say Say Say, All In Your Name, Rock With You, Show You The Way To Go, The Love You Save (Ed Sullivan Show), They Don’t Care About Us (Brazil Version), Smooth Criminal, The Way You Make Me Feel, Black Or White, Thriller, Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough, ABC- Live, Enjoy Yourself, Beat It, You Are Not Alone and Scream w/ Janet Jackson.
Bad was released as the second off of Michael Jackson's 1987 album: Bad. It was written by Michael Jackson. It was produced by Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones. Michael Jackson sang lead and background vocals. The song has a tempo of 60 beats per minute, making it one of Michael Jackson's slowest songs. The song reached #1 on the R&B chart chart, #1 on the Hot 100, #1 on the Dance Club chart, #1 on the Cash Box 100 and #33 on the Adult Contemporary chart. It also reached #1 in Canada, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Norway and Belgium. It was a top ten hit in every major global music market.
The music video was directed by Martin Scorsese. It was choreographed by Michael Jackson, Jeffrey Daniel and Gregg Burge. It features appearances from Roberta Flack, Wesley Snipes, Paul Calderon, Jaime Monroy and Jaime Perry. The full music video for "Bad" is an 18-minute short film written by novelist and screenwriter Richard Price, shot by Michael Chapman, and directed by Martin Scorsese. The music video was shot in Brooklyn over a 6-week period during November and December 1986. The music video has many references to the 1961 film: West Side Story, especially the "Cool" sequence. The music video used a different version of the song as opposed to the commercially released version. This version, using a different organ solo in the middle, hasn't been commercially released as of yet.
Some of the music video's scenes were shot in Harlem, where Michael Jackson was shaken by sights in a poverty-stricken neighborhood. "I think he was overwhelmed by what he saw", Martin Scorsese said. "These tenements had, when you come in the front hall, there's an apartment in the back on the ground floor. There was an unfortunate person in there, in bed pretty much, coughing and seemed like on his last days. Michael said: 'Do you see what's in there?'. And I said: 'Yeah I know'. He was in the place and it worked for him. It worked for him as a performance, but his compassion for the people came through. It was very moving".
In the music video, Music Jackson portrays a teenager named Darryl, who has just completed a term at an expensive private school. He returns to the city and takes the subway back to his neglected neighborhood. Darryl finds his home empty, but is later greeted by his old gang-friends, led by "Mini Max" (a then mostly unknown Wesley Snipes). At first, relations are friendly but slightly awkward, as the gang starts to realize how much Darryl has changed and how uncomfortable he has become with their criminal activities. Darryl later takes the gang to the subway station (Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets in Brooklyn) in an attempt to show them that he is still "bad" by attempting to rob an elderly man.
He has a change of heart at the last minute and Mini Max chastises him, telling Darryl he is no longer bad. With Darryl provoked, the video then cuts to him and a group of street youths dancing while he sings the song "Bad". Darryl insists that Mini Max is headed for a fall which is nearly Darryl's undoing. Eventually, Mini Max accepts that Darryl is better off without him and leaves him in peace after a final handshake.
The full music video was not commercially released until it was included in the video albums: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory (long version on DVD and short version in VHS), Number Ones (short version), Michael Jackson's Vision (long version) and the Target version DVD of Bad 25 (short version). The full music video was introduced in a TV special: "Michael Jackson: The Magic Returns", on Primetime, a CBS television show on August 31, 1987.
The full music video won awards at various prestigious award ceremonies including Favorite Single (Soul/R&B) at the American Music Awards and Biggest Selling Album by a Male Soloist in the UK from the Guinness Book of World Records. The full music video has been praised by critics as one of the most iconic and greatest videos of all time; Michael Jackson's outfit has been cited as an influence on fashion.
The music video received a nomination for choreography at the 1988 MTV Video Music Awards Ceremony. The music video for the song: "Bad", and Michael Jackson's song: "The Way You Make Me Feel", video were both nominated for Best Choreography. However, Janet Jackson's music video for the song: "The Pleasure Principle", won the award.
Michael Jackson wrote this song, which crafted a new image for the singer, who now wore leather and chains and acted tough. The title was hip with the times as well, as teenagers were using the word "bad" to mean "seriously cool". It was rebellious without being controversial, and it worked well for Michael Jackson despite the ludicrous album cover.
This song was conceived as a duet with Prince. As Michael Jackson's producer Quincy Jones explained in an interview for the 2001 special edition of Bad, he liked the idea of drama between the two artists, and pictured them battling it out in the video. Quincy Jones, who helped organize the "We Are The World" project, may have been the only person alive who could arrange a meeting between the two superstars, and that's what he did. When Prince heard the song, he told Quincy Jones that it would be a hit without him, and turned down the project. Prince isn't big on collaborations he doesn't control, and appearing on Michael Jackson's album would have been out of character for him.
According to a 1997 VH1 interview with Prince, the purple maestro was never onboard with the song due to its lyrical contest. He stated: "The first line in that song is: 'your butt is mine', so I was saying: 'Who gonna sing that to whom?. Because you sure ain't singing it to me, and I sure ain't singing it to you'. So right there we got a problem."
The song was performed during Michael Jackson's Bad world tour concert series from 1987 to 1989, in both the first and second leg, as the final song in the first leg and sixteenth song in the second leg in the setlist. The song was also included on the first leg only of Michael Jackson's Dangerous World Tour. A live version of the song at Wembley 1988 and Yokohama 1987 are available on the DVD Live at Wembley July 16, 1988.
In 1987, UK actor and comedian Lenny Henry made a spoof of this song and gave it the title: "Mad".
The American TV series: Glee, did a Michael Jackson tribute episode in 2012 titled: "Michael", which included an a cappella version of the song: "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 of February 18, 2012.
The song has been covered by other artists including 📻: Billie Eilish, Ray Stevens, Carol Dexter, John Oswald, Hugo Strasser, Khalil Fong, Sáloa Farah, Bob Baldwin and more.
Critical Reception 🗣:
Davitt Sigerson, a writer for Rolling Stone magazine, commented that the track" needs no "defense" and he generally praised Jackson's vocal performance in the song.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic listed "Bad", along with two other songs from the album, as being top picks from the album's eleven tracks. In separate review of the song, Stephen Thomas Erlewine commented that Michael Jackson's vocals "sounded like [he was] the love child of James Brown and Mavis Staples" and added that "musically speaking, in this case, 'Bad' is very good". He also noted that the track's "authority and boasting helped to humanize" Michael Jackson and "changed his image", remarking that it was "fun hearing him talking trash and being his own bigger booster".
Jennifer Clay of Yahoo Music noted that while Michael Jackson's new edgier image was a "little hard to swallow", the image worked musically on the album's songs "Bad", "Man In The Mirror", and "Dirty Diana".
Song Credits 📝:
Michael Jackson: solo and background vocals
Jimmy Smith: Hammond B3 Midi organ solo
Greg Phillinganes: synthesizer solo
John Robinson: drums
Douglas Getschal: drum programming
David Williams: guitar
Kim Hutchcroft, Larry Williams: saxophones
Gary Grant, Jerry Hey: trumpets
Paulinho Da Costa: percussion
Christopher Currell: Synclavier keyboards, digital guitar, rubboard
John Barnes, Michael Boddicker, Greg Phillinganes: synthesizers
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Lyrics 🗒:
Your butt is mine
Gonna tell you right
Just show your face
In broad daylight
I'm telling you
On how I feel
Gonna hurt your mind
Don't shoot to kill
Come on
Come on
Lay it on me
All right
I'm giving you
On count of three
To show your stuff
Or let it be
I'm telling you
Just watch your mouth
I know your game
What you're about
But they say the sky's the limit
And to me that's really true
But my friend you have seen nothin'
Just wait 'til I get through
Because I'm bad, I'm bad, come on (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know I'm bad, I'm bad, come on, you know (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know I'm bad, I'm bad, come on, you know (bad, bad, really, really bad)
And the whole world has to
Answer right now
Just to tell you once again
Who's bad
The word is out
You're doin' wrong
Gonna lock you up
Before too long
Your lyin' eyes
Gonna tell you right
So listen up
Don't make a fight
Your talk is cheap
You're not a man
You're throwin' stones
To hide your hands
But they say the sky's the limit
And to me that's really true
And my friends you have seen nothin'
Just wait 'til I get through
Because I'm bad, I'm bad, come on (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know I'm bad, I'm bad, come on, you know (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know I'm bad, I'm bad, come on, you know (bad, bad, really, really bad)
And the whole world has to
Answer right now
Just to tell you once again
Who's bad
We can change the world tomorrow
This could be a better place
If you don't like what I'm sayin'
Then won't you slap my face
Because I'm bad, I'm bad, come on (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know I'm bad, I'm bad, come on, you know (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know I'm bad, I'm bad, come on, you know (bad, bad, really, really bad)
And the whole world has to
Answer right now
Just to tell you once again
You know I'm bad, I'm bad, come on (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know I'm bad, I'm bad, you know it, you know it (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know, you know, you know, come on (bad, bad, really, really bad)
And the whole world has to
Answer right now
Just to tell you once again
You know I'm, woo, I'm bad, you know it (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know I'm bad, I'm bad, baby (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know, you know, you know it, come on (bad, bad, really, really bad)
And the whole world has to
Answer right now
Just to tell you once again
You know I'm bad, I'm bad, you know it (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know I'm bad, I'm bad, woo (bad, bad, really, really bad)
You know I'm bad, I'm bad, you know it (bad, bad, really, really bad)
And the whole world has to
Answer right now
Just to tell you once again
Who's bad?
Michael Jackson Info 📰:
Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana. He passed away on June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. He was a singer, songwriter, dancer, actor and philanthropist. His musical influences include: James Brown, Little Richard, Jackie Wilson, Diana Ross, Fred Astaire, Sammy Davis Jr, Gene Kelly and David Ruffin. Dubbed the "King Of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over a four-decade career, his contributions to music, dance and fashion, along with his publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture. Michael Jackson influenced artists across many music genres; through stage and video performances, he popularized complicated dance moves such as the moonwalk, to which he gave the name, as well as the robot.
The eighth child of the Jackson family, Michael Jackson made his public debut in 1964 with his older brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon as a member of the Jackson 5 (later known as The Jacksons). Michael Jackson began his solo career in 1971 while at Motown Records. He became a solo star with his 1979 album: Off The Wall. His music videos, including those for "Beat It", "Billie Jean" and "Thriller" from his 1982 album Thriller, are credited with breaking racial barriers and transforming the medium into an artform and promotional tool. He helped propel the success of MTV and continued to innovate with videos for the albums Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book I (1995) and Invincible (2001). Thriller became the best-selling album of all time, while Bad was the first album to produce five US Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles.
On March 25, 1983, Michael Jackson reunited with his brothers for Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, an NBC television special. The show aired on May 16 to an estimated audience of 47 million, and featured The Jacksons and other Motown stars. Michael Jackson's solo performance of "Billie Jean" earned him his first Emmy Award nomination. Wearing a glove decorated with rhinestones, he debuted his moonwalk dance, which Jeffrey Daniel had taught him three years earlier, and it became his signature dance in his repertoire.
In 1984 at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards, Thriller won eight Grammy Awards, and Michael Jackson won an award for the E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial storybook. Winning eight Grammys in one ceremony is a record he holds with the band Santana. The Grammy Awards Show success transformed Michael Jackson into a dominant force in global pop culture.
On January 27, 1984 Michael and other members of The Jacksons filmed a Pepsi commercial at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. During a simulated concert before a full house of fans, pyrotechnics accidentally set Michael Jackson's hair on fire, causing second-degree burns to his scalp. He underwent treatment to hide the scars and Pepsi settled out of court. Michael Jackson donated the $1.5 million settlement to the Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, California. Michael Jackson signed a second agreement with Pepsi in the late 1980s for $10 million. The second campaign covered 20 countries and provided financial support for his Bad album and 1987-88 world tour.
The Victory Tour of 1984 headlined The Jacksons and showcased Michael Jackson's new solo material to more than two million Americans. It was the last tour he did with his brothers. Following controversy over the concert's ticket sales, he donated his share of the proceeds, an estimated $3 to 5 million, to charity. During the last concert of the Victory Tour at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, he announced his split from The Jacksons live on stage during the Jackson 5 performance of the song: "Shake Your Body".
MJ's charitable work continued with the release of "We Are The World" (1985), co-written with Lionel Richie, which raised money for the poor in the US and Africa. It earned $63 million (equivalent to $158,728,032 in 2021), and became one of the best-selling singles of all time, with 20 million copies sold. It won four Grammy Awards in 1985, including Song of the Year for MJ and Lionel Richie as its writers. The project's creators received two special American Music Awards honors: one for the creation of the song and another for the USA for Africa idea.
In 1984 Robert Holmes à Court announced he was selling the Sony ATV Music Publishing catalog comprising the publishing rights to nearly 4,000 songs, including most of the Beatles' material. MJ's purchase of the Sony ATV Music catalog was finalized on August 10, 1985. This would lead to a strain in his relationship with Paul McCartney.
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MJ's world tours 🏟: Bad (1987-1989), Dangerous World Tour (1992-1993), HIStory World Tour (1996-1997) MJ & Friends (1999) as a solo artist were some of the biggest and best of any artist in music history.
In 2009, while he was preparing for a series of comeback concerts: This Is It, Michael Jackson died from an overdose of propofol administered by his personal physician, Conrad Murray, who was convicted in 2011 of involuntary manslaughter. His death triggered reactions around the world, creating unprecedented surges of Internet traffic and a spike in sales of his music. On July 7, 2009 a televised memorial service for Michael Jackson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles was viewed by an estimated 2.5 billion people globally. On September 3, 2009 the body of Michael Jackson was entombed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
Michael Jackson is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated sales of over 400 million records worldwide. He has won hundreds of awards, making him one of the most-awarded artists in popular music. His awards include 39 Guinness World Records, including the Most Successful Entertainer of All Time, as well as the Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and 26 American Music Awards, including the Artist of the Century and Artist of the 1980s. He also received the World Music Awards' Best-Selling Pop Male Artist of the Millennium and the Bambi Pop Artist of the Millennium Award. Michael Jackson was inducted onto the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1980 as a member of The Jacksons, and in 1984 as a solo artist. He was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Vocal Group Hall of Fame as a member of the Jackson 5 in 1997 and 1999, respectively, and again as a solo artist in 2001. In 2002, he was added to the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2010, he was the first recording artist to be inducted into the Dance Hall of Fame, and in 2014, he was posthumously inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame. In 2021, he was among the inaugural inductees into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame.
Jackson 5 Albums 📀:
1. Motown Records (Jackson 5)
Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 (1969)
ABC (1970)
Third Album (1970)
Jackson 5 Christmas Album (1970)
Goin' Back To Indiana (1971)
Maybe Tomorrow (1971)
Lookin' Through The Windows (1972)
Skywriter (1973)
G.I.T.: Get It Together (1973)
Dancing Machine (1974)
Moving Violation (1975)
The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992)
2. CBS/Epic Records (The Jacksons)
The Jacksons (1976)
Goin' Places (1977)
Destiny (1978)
Triumph (1980)
Victory (1984)
2300 Jackson Street (1989)
Michael Jackson Albums 📀:
Got To Be There (1972)
Ben (1972)
Music & Me (1973)
Forever, Michael (1975)
Off The Wall (1979)
Thriller (1982)
Bad (1987)
Dangerous (1991)
HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book I (1995)
Invincible (2001)
Michael (2010)
Xscape (2014)
Michael Jackson Tour History 🏟:
1. Jackson 5
The Jackson 5 First National Tour (1970)
The Jackson 5 Second National Tour (1971)
The Jackson 5 US Tour (1971 - 72)
The Jackson 5 European Tour (1972)
The Jackson 5 World Tour (1973 - 75)
The Jackson 5 Final Tour (1976)
The Jacksons Tour (1977)
Goin' Places Tour (1978)
Destiny World Tour (1979 - 80)
Triumph Tour (1981)
Victory Tour (1984)
2. Michael Jackson
Bad (1987-1989)
Dangerous World Tour (1992-1993)
HIStory World Tour (1996-1997)
MJ & Friends (1999)
New Year's Eve 2000 Concerts (1999-2000 *Cancelled)
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2001)
This Is it (2009-2010 *Cancelled)
Filmography 📽:
The Wiz (1978)
Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983)
Captain EO (1986)
Moonwalker (1988)
Michael Jackson's Ghosts (1997)
Men In Black II (2002)
Miss Cast Away And The Island Girls (2004)
Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009)
Bad 25 (2012)
Michael Jackson's Journey From Motown To Off The Wall (2016)
Some more good Michael Jackson songs 🎶: P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing), Dear Michael, Got To Be There, Workin' Day And Night, Human Nature, It's The Falling In Love, The Girl Is Mine, Do You Know Where Your Children Are, Liberian Girl, Ben, The Lady In My Life, With A Child's Heart, I Just Can't Stop Loving You, Baby Be Mine, Who Is It, Off The Wall, Invincible, She's Outta My Life, Girl Don't Take Your Love From Me, Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', 2 Bad, Smile, This Time Around, Leave Me Alone, Dangerous, Gone Too Soon, Keep Your Head Up, Love Never Felt So Good, Will You Be There, Ain't No Sunshine, In The Closet, Breaking News, You Are Not Alone, Heal The World, Earth Song, HIStory, Love Is Here And Now You're Gone, Butterflies, Music And Me, Stranger In Moscow, Blood On The Dance Floor, I Wanna Be Where You Are, Blue Gangsta, Xscape, Everybody's Somebody's Fool, Happy, Just Good Friends, Unbreakable, Best Of Joy, Slave To The Rhythm, Greatest Show On Earth, You Can Cry On My Shoulder, Monster, Speed Demon, 2000 Watts, Another Part Of Me, We're Almost There, One Day In Your Life, Whatever Happens, It's The Falling In Love, Is It Scary, Hold My Hand, My Girl, What Goes Around Comes Around, Rockin' Robin, Morning Glow, I Wanna Be Where You Are, Wings Of My Love, You've Got A Friend, Heartbreaker, Up Again, Carousel, Don't Walk Away, In Our Small Way, Threatened, All The Things You Are, Johnny Raven, Doggin' Around, People Make The World Go Round, Too Young, Heaven Can Wait, We're Almost There, Get On The Floor, The Lost Children, Burn This Disco Out, You Are There, One Day In Your Life, Just A Little Bit Of You, This Place Hotel, Cinderella Stay Awhile, I'll Come Home To You, Shoo Be Doo Be Doo Da Day, Euphoria, Privacy, We've Got Forever, Much Too Soon, Will You Be There, Dapper-Dan, Streetwalker, Music And Me Take Me Back, Who Is It, Girlfriend, Why You Wanna Trip On Me, In The Closet, She Drives Me Wild, Can't Let Her Get Away, Heal The World, Gone Too Soon, You Are My Life, Give In To Me, I'm So Blue, Fly Away, Keep The Faith, Tabloid Junkie, Little Susie, A Place With No Name, Hollywood Tonight, Speechless, Come Together, Morphine, Break Of Dawn, (I Can't Make It) Another Day, Ghosts, Childhood, Behind The Mask, D.S., (I Like) The Way You Love Me, Someone In The Dark, Money, Whatever Happens, Don’t Be Messin’ Round, Cry, Price Of Fame, Chicago, Loving You, Superfly Sister and Maria (You Were The Only One).
Fun Fact 🕵🏾: "Weird Al" Yankovic recorded a parody of the song titled: "Fat", for his 1988 album: Even Worse. Michael Jackson granted "Weird Al" Yankovic permission to film the music video for his parody song: "Fat", on the actual NYC subway set used for his "Bad" music video.