MICHAEL JACKSON: Dirty Diana CD. 3 Inch 1988 cardsleeve. 3″ single with adapter. RARE. With Billy Idol’s guitarist Steve Stevens. Check video

Description

Michael Jackson   Dirty Diana
Label: Epic  EPC 651546 2
Format: CD, Mini
Country: Europe
Released: 1988
Genre: Pop
Style: Synth-pop, Disco
Tracklist
1 Dirty Diana 4:40
2 Dirty Diana (Instrumental) 4:40
3 Dirty Diana (Album Version) 4:52

Co-producer Michael Jackson
Guitar Steve Stevens
Mastered By Brian Gardner
Producer Quincy Jones
Written-By, Composed By Michael Jackson
Barcode: 5 099765 154627
Matrix / Runout: CDEPC 651546 11
Rights Society: BIEM/STEMRA
Label Code: LC0199
Other (Distribution Code): CB 611

“Dirty Diana” is a song by American songwriter and recording artist Michael Jackson featuring guitarist Steve Stevens. It is the ninth track from Jacksons seventh studio album, Bad. The song was released by Epic Records on April 18, 1988 as the fifth single from the album. The song presented a harder rock sound similar to that of “Beat It” from the album Thriller. “Dirty Diana” was written and co-produced by Jackson, and produced by Quincy Jones. The songs lyrics pertain to groupies. “Dirty Diana” has a moderate tempo and is played in the key of G minor.
“Dirty Diana” was generally well received by contemporary music critics. The song was also a commercial success worldwide in 1988, charting at number one on the United States Billboard Hot 100, The song also charted within the top ten in multiple countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Italy and New Zealand. “Dirty Diana” was the fifth and final number-one single on the Hot 100 from Bad. In 2009, after Jacksons death in June, the song re-entered charts, mainly due to digital download sales. A music video for “Dirty Diana” was filmed in front of a live audience and was released in 1988.

Background and composition:
“Dirty Diana” was written and co-produced by Michael Jackson, and produced by Quincy Jones. It appeared on Jacksons seventh studio album, Bad. The song was released by Epic Records on April 18, 1988 as the fifth single from Bad. After “Beat It”, “Dirty Diana” was the second hard rock song of his solo career, more specifically a hard rock ballad, with lyrics about a persistent groupie. Jackson hired Billy Idols guitarist Steve Stevens to back him on the track. Initial reports at the time suggested the song was a poke at his close friend Diana Ross, however this was later denied. In fact, Ross started using the song as an overture at her concerts shortly before she appears on stage. In an interview from the special edition of Bad, Jones later confirmed that the songs lyrics were about groupies. Jackson also confirmed this during an interview with Barbara Walters, adding that it was not about Diana, Princess of Wales, though he was told personally by the Princess that it was her favorite among his songs.