when was michael jackson bad album released

He sings, 'I'm bad, you're bad, who's bad, who's the best?' He's saying when you're strong and good, then you're bad. He comes back to the old neighborhood when he's on a break from school and the kids from the neighborhood start giving him trouble.

It's about this kid from a bad neighborhood who gets to go away to a private school. In Jackson's 1988 autobiography Moonwalk, Jackson wrote: because you sure aren't singing that to me, and I sure ain't singing it to you.' Prince instead submitted his song 'Wouldn't You Love To Love Me', but Jackson rejected it, so it was instead given to Taja Sevelle. Then I said 'Who's going to sing that to who?'. Jackson planned to duet on 'Bad' with musician Prince, but Prince declined the invitation in a later interview, Prince said: 'The first line of that song is 'your butt is mine'. It was co-produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones, and included as the title track on Jackson's seventh studio album, released in 1987. Michael Jackson wrote and recorded 'Bad' in 1986. It has been praised by critics as one of the most iconic and greatest videos of all time Jackson's outfit has been recognized as an influence on fashion. The video, inspired in part by the film West Side Story, shows Jackson and a group of gangsters portraying a street gang dancing in a subway station, set at the Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station. It was directed by Martin Scorsese and co-starred Wesley Snipes in one of his first appearances. The short film for 'Bad' premiered in a TV special, Michael Jackson: The Magic Returns, on CBS during prime time on August 31, 1987. Internationally, the song was also commercially successful, charting at the top of the charts in Ireland, Norway, Spain and the Netherlands as well as charting in the top ten in Australia, Austria, Canada, France, West Germany, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden and the United Kingdom. 'Bad' is certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It also charted on the Hot R&B Singles, Hot Dance Club Play and Rhythmic chart at number one. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained there for two weeks, becoming the album's second number-one single, and Jackson's eighth number one entry on the chart. 'Bad' received positive reviews, with some critics noting that 'Bad' helped give Jackson an edgier image. Jackson stated that the song was influenced by a real-life story he had read about, of a young man who tried to escape poverty by attending private school but ended up being killed when he returned home. The song was written and composed by Jackson, and produced by Quincy Jones and Jackson. It was released by Epic Records on September 7, 1987, as the second single from Jackson's seventh studio album of the same name. ' Bad' is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson.

When was michael jackson bad album released