The top hits from the top performer on Earth.
- -While Jackson had a long-standing history of dealing with socially concious material "Earth Song" was the first song that overtly dealt with the environment and animal welfare.
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- -The Earth song video was filmed in 4 geographic regions: The Amazon Rainforest, A war zone in Croatia, Tanzania, and Warwick New York.
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- -"They Don't Care About Us" remians as one of Michael Jackson's most controversial songs because of it's alleged anti-semetic lyrics as well as the videos' images of Salvadorean shantytowns.
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- -"Jam" was featured on the 1992 NBA Championship video "Untouchabulls."
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- -Michael Jackson wrote "The Way You Make Me Feel" at the request of his mother who wanted a song with a shuffling kind of rhythm.
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- -The style, mannerisms, and clothes used in "Smooth Criminal" were reused in the video game adaptation of Moonwalker.
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- -The lyrics of "Billie Jean" refer to a real-life experience, in which a mentally ill female fan claimed that Jackson had fathered one of her twins.
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- -When Quincy Jones called Eddie Van Halen to do the guitar solo for "Beat It," Eddie thought it was a prank call.
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- -The "Beat It" video includes about 80 genuine gang members, to add authenticity to the production, as well as 18 professional dancers.
Scream
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By: M. Jackson
Released: 10/14/2009
Genre: Documentary
The song is a duet featuring Michael Jackson and his sister Janet Jackson. It is cited primarily as an aggressive, retaliatory song directed at the tabloid media's coverage of the child sexual abuse charges against Jackson in 1993.