Michael JACKSON: Bad + I cant help it 7″ Check video

Description

Michael Jackson – Bad
Label: Epic
Catalog#: 34 07418
Format: Vinyl, 7″
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop

Tracklist
A Bad 4:05
Mastered By – Brian Gardner
Mixed By, Recorded By – Bruce Swedien
Written-By, Co-producer – Michael Jackson
B I Can’t Help It 4:28
Written-By – S. Wonder* , S. Greene*

“Bad” is a song by American songwriter and recording artist Michael Jackson. “Bad” was released by Epic Records in September 1987, as the second single from Jacksons seventh studio album of the same name. The song was written, composed, and co-produced by Jackson, and produced by Quincy Jones. Jackson stated that the song was influenced by a real life story he’d read about.
“Bad” was generally well received by contemporary music critics, with some critics noting that “Bad” helped Jacksons image become edgier during the Bad-era. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained at the top position of the chart for two weeks, becoming Jacksons Bad albums second number one single, and Jacksons seventh number one entry on the chart. Internationally, the song was also commercially successful, charting within the top ten in eleven countries as well as charting within the top five in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Norwegian, Switzerland and Swedish charts. The song peaked at number one on the Netherlands and European charts.
A music video for “Bad” was directed by Martin Scorsese and released in late 1987. In the video, Jackson and a group of background dancers are shown doing dance routines throughout a subway station. The music videos choreographer stated that the plot and video of the background was strongly influenced by the “Cool” scene in West Side Story. The music video received one nomination at the Video Music Awards in 1988. “Bad” has been covered and parodied by multiple artists since its release as well as becoming a frequent song used during tributes to Jackson after his death in June 2009.

“‘Bad’ is a song about the street. Its about this kid from a bad neighborhood who gets to go away to a private school. He comes back to the old neighborhood when hes on a break from school and the kids from the neighborhood start giving him trouble. He sings, ‘I’m bad, you’re bad, whos bad, whos the best?’ Hes saying when you’re strong and good, then you’re bad.”
In a 1988 interview with Ebony and Jet magazines (which was released on Hulu shortly after his death), Jackson said that he had gotten the idea for the song from a true story that he had read about in Time or Newsweek magazine. Jackson stated that the story said that a student that went to school in upstate New York, who was “from the ghetto”, had tried to make something of his life and planned to leave all of his friends behind when he returned from Thanksgiving break. He added that the students friends’ jealousy resulted in them killing the student.