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About This Track
“Black or White” is the lead single from Michael Jackson’s Dangerous album. It was released in November, 11 1991. “Black or White” is a mix of rock, and dance-pop.Written, composed, and arranged by Jackson with the rap lyrics by Bill Bottrell, it is a song that promotes racial harmony. The song’s introduction and main riff are performed by guitarist Slash and Bill Bottrell.
The song peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, the UK Singles Chart and in 20 other countries. It reached #1 on many singles charts in 1991, as well as becoming the second-best selling single of 1991.
To prepare the audience for the special occasion of the televised premiere of the “Black or White” video, Epic records released the song (without the accompanying images) to radio stations just two days in advance. In a period of twenty-four hours, “Black or White”, described by the record company as “a rock ‘n’ roll dance song about racial harmony”, had been added to the playlists of 96 percent of 237 of the United States of America’s top forty radio stations the first day of release.
“Black or White” was the first single off of Dangerous, produced by Michael Jackson and Bill Bottrell, it began to be promoted on radio stations the first week of November 1991 in New York and Los Angeles. “Black or White” was officially released one week later. It was written and composed by Jackson with rap lyrics by Bill Bottrell, the song’s introduction and main riff were played by Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash and Bill Bottrell.
The song peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, the UK Singles Chart and in 20 other countries. It reached #1 on many singles charts in 1991, as well as becoming the second-best selling single of 1991.
To prepare the audience for the special occasion of the televised premiere of the “Black or White” video, Epic records released the song (without the accompanying images) to radio stations just two days in advance. In a period of twenty-four hours, “Black or White”, described by the record company as “a rock ‘n’ roll dance song about racial harmony”, had been added to the playlists of 96 percent of 237 of the United States of America’s top forty radio stations the first day of release.
“Black or White” was the first single off of Dangerous, produced by Michael Jackson and Bill Bottrell, it began to be promoted on radio stations the first week of November 1991 in New York and Los Angeles. “Black or White” was officially released one week later. It was written and composed by Jackson with rap lyrics by Bill Bottrell, the song’s introduction and main riff were played by Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash and Bill Bottrell.
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EricValeev wrote:
Dangerous!
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miyum123 wrote:
annoying intro but actual song sends an amazing message
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RobertMonster wrote:
the intro is amazing.. the song, much more hahaha <3
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simpletwist wrote:
could do without the intro, but i do adore this song
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naynay1129 wrote:
def in my top 5 favorite songs of all time
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DannyCrater wrote:
Best MJ song everrrrrr;)
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guardian1983au wrote:
Best song ever.
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aineb wrote:
2 493 741 scrobbli 493 464 Słuchaczy
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allaboutmaggie wrote:
If you're an MJ fan, you will like my video of me covering my favourite MJ song:) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tow2penQshk
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dengerous01 wrote:
i love michael jackson
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Rafa-Music wrote:
epic song
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PauloJackson wrote:
It don't matter if you're black or white!
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ge_mig_arsenik wrote:
I only listen for the intro
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ucrazyutaraptor wrote:
best song best video!
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KrystianM wrote:
im gonna listen to it ok! [2]
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shaunaitcheson wrote:
great song!!! king of pop!!
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mrjlkb wrote:
No doubt The King Pop!
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sabrinahayworth wrote:
but dad, this is the best part! [6]
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All_Star_xD wrote:
The King Of Pop......he was the greatest.......for all times......[2]
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Dangerous_Man wrote:
I love the bridge that comes right before the rap. Got so much energy! [2]
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