Liberian Girl (3:50)
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“Liberian Girl” was the ninth and final single to be released from Michael Jackson’s 1987 album Bad and was released in Europe and Australia only. Jackson dedicated the song to one of his best friends, Elizabeth Taylor.
Music video
Directed by Jim Yukich, the video for the song featured many of Jackson’s celebrity friends. As named in the closing titles, featured in the video are:
Paula Abdul
Rosanna Arquette
Dan Aykroyd
Mayim Bialik
Bubbles
Jackie Collins
David Copperfield
Emily Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss
Corey Feldman
Lou Ferrigno
Debbie Gibson
Danny Glover
Steve Guttenberg
Jasmine Guy
Whoopi Goldberg
Sherman Hemsley
Olivia Hussey
Amy Irving
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Beverly Johnson
Quincy Jones
Don King
Virginia Madsen
Olivia Newton-John
Brigitte Nielsen
Lou Diamond Phillips
Ricky Schroder
Steven Spielberg
Suzanne Somers
John Travolta
Blair Underwood
Carl Weathers
Billy Dee Williams
“Weird Al” Yankovic
Samples
This song was sampled in 2Pac’s songs “Letter 2 My Unborn” and “The Thug in Me” (Original Version).
It has been sampled in MC Lyte’s song “Keep on Keepin’ On” in 1996.
This song is also sampled in Jennifer Lopez’s song “If You Had My Love” (Dark Child Master Mix).
It also has been sampled in Roi Heenok’s song “La coka coka”.
This song is also sampled in Mac Dre’s song “Black Buck Rogers”.
Music video
Directed by Jim Yukich, the video for the song featured many of Jackson’s celebrity friends. As named in the closing titles, featured in the video are:
Paula Abdul
Rosanna Arquette
Dan Aykroyd
Mayim Bialik
Bubbles
Jackie Collins
David Copperfield
Emily Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss
Corey Feldman
Lou Ferrigno
Debbie Gibson
Danny Glover
Steve Guttenberg
Jasmine Guy
Whoopi Goldberg
Sherman Hemsley
Olivia Hussey
Amy Irving
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Beverly Johnson
Quincy Jones
Don King
Virginia Madsen
Olivia Newton-John
Brigitte Nielsen
Lou Diamond Phillips
Ricky Schroder
Steven Spielberg
Suzanne Somers
John Travolta
Blair Underwood
Carl Weathers
Billy Dee Williams
“Weird Al” Yankovic
Samples
This song was sampled in 2Pac’s songs “Letter 2 My Unborn” and “The Thug in Me” (Original Version).
It has been sampled in MC Lyte’s song “Keep on Keepin’ On” in 1996.
This song is also sampled in Jennifer Lopez’s song “If You Had My Love” (Dark Child Master Mix).
It also has been sampled in Roi Heenok’s song “La coka coka”.
This song is also sampled in Mac Dre’s song “Black Buck Rogers”.
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Shouts
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peanuthead94 wrote:
I love you Liberian girl...(:
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i-zombie wrote:
favorite MJ song.. Hands down!
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kkkiku wrote:
michael, you came and changed my world .
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musa1 wrote:
With this song, i believed michael was human. And then he died!
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DirtyDiana123 wrote:
i love this song! it will always be the greatest singers of all times he will always be the king of pop RIP Michael jackson
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mixmami4 wrote:
RIP mj this is the best song off all times
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Lysheba wrote:
alexia, Liberia is a country in West Africa, so the girl is Liberian, not a Librarian-but i'm not sure if you're being serious lol great song anyways!
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alexia_N wrote:
Why isn't it spelled like "Librarian Girl"? Did he misspell it intentionally?
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Normarc94 wrote:
allllll the tiiiiiiiiiiime
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mjcake wrote:
this is one of those songs that u listen to as u go to sleep and imagine MJ with a smile on his pretty face. aaaaah, excuse my random obsessive love for him.
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LadyMary wrote:
I dreamt of this song tonight :)
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deppophile_X wrote:
you know that you came and you changed my world. I love you..All the time <3
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Aquamalus wrote:
masterpiece
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frankmarkerink1 wrote:
Love this one!
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Retro_Saiyan wrote:
I find this pretty and peaceful song to be oddly calming.
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shallommmm wrote:
for ever
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Vogeltje1618 wrote:
Nice one!
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EIRLYSS wrote:
Too amazing for words. I love the speaking in the beginning; it's so sensual!
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boycrazee0512 wrote:
MJ... you know that you came and you changed my world.
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nDroae wrote:
59 people scrobbling Librarian Girl :-P
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