MICHAEL JACKSON: Give it to me CD 1993 UK. Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens, Guns N’ Roses’ Slash, Eddie Van Halen. Check video

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Michael Jackson   Give In To Me
Label: Epic   659069 2
Format: CD, Single
Country: UK
Released: 1993
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Pop Rock
Tracklist
1 Give It To Me (Album Version) 5:26
Guitar Slash
2 Dirty Diana (Album Version) 4:52
Guitar Steve Stevens [With Billy Idols guitarist Steve Stevens]
3 Beat It (Album Version) 4:17
Guitar Eddie Van Halen

Track 1 – Special version taken from the Epic CD/MC/LP “Dangerous”
Track 2 – Taken from the Epic CD/MC/LP “Bad”
Track 3 – Taken from the Epic CD/MC/LP “Thriller”
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“Give In to Me” is the tenth track on Michael Jacksons 1991 studio album Dangerous. The single peaked at number one in New Zealand for four consecutive weeks, and at number two on the UK Singles Chart. Stylistically, “Give In to Me” is a hard rock ballad which featured Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash. The song, also considered a heavy metal ballad, has an aggressive sexual flavor. The single was never released in North America or Asia. The single release is notable for its B-sides, which include the album versions of two of Jacksons other hard rock songs, “Dirty Diana” and “Beat It”, which also include guest appearances by hard rock guitarists (Steve Stevens and Eddie Van Halen, respectively).

Music video:
The music video for “Give In to Me” features Jackson performing the song on stage at an indoor rock concert with ex-Guns N’ Roses guitarists Slash and Gilby Clarke, as well as the bands touring keyboardist Teddy Andreadis. Loud explosions are later heard with visuals of stylized electrical arcs, Jackson dances as they run down his body. Slashs Les Paul is hit in the frets which increases the speed of the riffs. The last scene shows one electrical arc running down Jacksons body, an unintentional effect that was left in. The video is featured on the video albums: Dangerous – The Short Films and Michael Jacksons Vision.
According to Jacksonwhen he was interviewed by Oprah Winfreyit was shot in just about two hours in Germany in late August 1992. The pyrotechnics appearing on the video are computer-generated and were added later on.

Chart (1993) Peak position
Australian Singles Chart 4
Austrian Singles Chart 12
Dutch Singles Chart 3
European Hot 100 Singles 3
French Singles Chart 7
Irish Singles Chart 2
New Zealand Singles Chart 1
Norwegian Singles Chart 7
Swedish Singles Chart 15
Swiss Singles Chart 7
UK Singles Chart 2
Chart (2009) Peak position
Swiss Singles Chart 35
UK Singles Chart 74
Chart (2011) Peak position
Hungarian Singles Chart 8

Personnel:
Written, composed, and produced by Michael Jackson and Bill Bottrell
Recorded, mixed, bass, drums, mellotron, and guitar by Bill Bottrell
Guitars recorded by Jim Mitchell; assisted by Craig Brock
Special guitar performance by Slash
Solo and background vocals by Michael Jackson
Guitar by Tim Pierce