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Black or White was the first single taken from Michael Jackson’s Dangerous album, released on November 1991. The single is considered the biggest selling rock song of the 1990s. “Black or White” is a mix of hard rock, dance and rap, but basically it is a hard rock song like “Beat It”.
Written, composed, and arranged by Jackson with the rap lyrics by Bill Bottrell, it is a song that promotes racial unity. The song’s introduction and main riff, reminiscent of that of “Hurts So Good” by John Mellencamp are performed by guitarist Slash and Bill Bottrell.
The song peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart, as well as in 18 other countries.
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.
Written, composed, and arranged by Jackson with the rap lyrics by Bill Bottrell, it is a song that promotes racial unity. The song’s introduction and main riff, reminiscent of that of “Hurts So Good” by John Mellencamp are performed by guitarist Slash and Bill Bottrell.
The song peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart, as well as in 18 other countries.
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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spacefaceinfurs wrote:
booooooooooooooring
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daydummamelia wrote:
I love the fact that the kid from Home Alone(forget his name!), is in this video! He's GREAT!
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claudestar wrote:
I like the video when one face turns into another!
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Z3R0FiR3 wrote:
You can't make a 90's mix without this song. This song IS the 90s!
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KaraDecaJackson wrote:
This is classic from when I was born in 1991. Rip: Mike we miss you angle of god.
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humanxonature wrote:
<33333333333333333333333333
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Cherisse86 wrote:
"don't tell me you agree with me when i saw you kicking dirt in my eye! hee hee!!!" thats right!
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Yipieh wrote:
makes me feel like having fun and dancing around in a crowd of people, even if i sit alone in the dark.
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djscratch39 wrote:
r.i.p michael what a true legend to the music industry may your music live on forever
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Roxxieangel wrote:
r.i.p U ROCK U WERE THE POP U WERE THE KING U WERE MA LIFE I HAVE MA TATTOO N ILL LOVE U 4EVA U WILL B A LEGEND N U ALREADY R !!!!!!!!!!R.I.P!!!
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Jetkidd wrote:
Damn this song makes me wanna dance
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Vikuttia wrote:
<3
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DarthBec wrote:
that part where he turns into a panther is sooo cool at the end we miss you Michael
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DarthBec wrote:
this is one of my favourite videos ever :)
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thinkofengland wrote:
i love that line. also, "don't tell me you agree with me when i saw you kicking dirt in my eye!"
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boycrazee0512 wrote:
I'm not gonna spend my life being a color.
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CyberThug1080i wrote:
The Great one........
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rainbowxveins wrote:
love. him. </3 miss you mj RIP!
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Sharpey4 wrote:
WOOP WOOP MJ i know ur living with elvis
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HappyCountrygal wrote:
love ya michael, RIP you will be missed if only the world would have taken your songs seriously it would have maybe been a different place.
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