Michael Jackson - Human Nature (Live Bad Tour 1987)

"Human Nature" is an R&B song by American recording artist Michael Jackson. It was written by Steve Porcaro and John Bettis, and produced by Quincy Jones for the singer's sixth solo album, Thriller (1982). Initially, Porcaro had recorded a rough demo of the song on a cassette, which was then given to Jones. Enjoying the demo, Jones had the ballad included on the Thriller album. The song was the last selected for the album, ousting "Carousel" from the final track listing. "Human Nature" was released on July 3, 1983, as the album's fifth single. Although not released in the UK, the song achieved chart success in the US. Reaching number two on Billboard's Hot Adult Contemporary chart and number seven on the Hot 100, the song became Jackson's fifth Top 10 hit from Thriller. In New Zealand the single reached number 11. The ballad garnered many positive reviews from music critics. "Human Nature" has been covered and sampled by numerous artists, including Miles Davis, SWV, Nas, Jason Nevins and Boyz II Men. "Human Nature" was written by Steve Porcaro of Toto and John Bettis for Michael Jackson's Thriller album. Initially, Porcaro recorded a rough demo of the song on a cassette. Fellow Toto band member David Paich then gave the demo, along with two songs written by Paich, to producer Quincy Jones, hoping they would be included on Thriller. Jones didn't like Paich's songs, but enjoyed the rough demo of "Human Nature" at the end of the cassette. Jones explained, "All of a sudden, at the end, there was all this silence, there was: 'why, why, dah dah da-dum dah dah, why, why'. Just a dummy lyric and a very skeletal thing—I get goosebumps talking about it. I said, 'This is where we wanna go, because it's got such a wonderful flavour'". The producer asked if the song could be included on Jackson's album, to which Porcaro and Bettis agreed. "Human Nature" was the last song selected for Thriller, ousting "Carousel" from the final track listing.
Thriller Album: Thriller is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson. The album was released on November 30, 1982 by Epic Records as the follow-up to Jackson's critically and commercially successful 1979 album Off the Wall. Thriller explores similar genres to those of Off the Wall, including funk, disco, soul, soft rock, R&B, and pop. Thriller's lyrics deal with themes including paranoia and the supernatural. With a production budget of $750,000, recording sessions took place between April and November 1982 at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California. Assisted by producer Quincy Jones, Jackson wrote four of Thriller's nine tracks. Following the release of the album's first single "The Girl Is Mine", some observers assumed Thriller would only be a minor hit record. With the release of the second single "Billie Jean", the album topped the charts in many countries. At its peak, the album was selling a million copies a week worldwide. In just over a year, Thriller became—and currently remains—the best-selling album of all time. Sales are estimated to be over 110 million copies sold worldwide. Seven of the album's nine songs were released as singles, and all reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album won a record-breaking eight Grammy Awards at the 1984 Grammys. Thriller cemented Jackson's status as one of the predominant pop stars of the late 20th century, and enabled him to break down racial barriers via his appearances on MTV and meetings with President Ronald Reagan at the White House. The album was one of the first to use music videos as successful promotional tools—the videos for "Thriller", "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" all received regular rotation on MTV. In 2001, a special edition issue of the album was released, which contains additional audio interviews, a demo recording and the song "Someone In the Dark", which was a Grammy-winning track from the E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial storybook. In 2008, the album was reissued again as Thriller 25, containing re-mixes that feature contemporary artists, a previously unreleased song and a DVD. Thriller ranked number 20 on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list in 2003, and was listed by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers at number three in its Definitive 200 Albums of All Time. Thriller was preserved by the Library of Congress to the National Recording Registry, as it was deemed "culturally significant".

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[tedtage]

This music is AMAZING! In my humble opinion will never come another artist like Michael Jackson again... He was, and still being amazing...

[Michelle82677]

That's a crying shame what he was doing. It should have been a federal law...just look at him................he knew what he was doing............. just seducing everybody..........

[naio4]

INCREDIBLE! No more words! Point blank I love you Michael & I always will even now that it's been like 2 1/2 years I love you!!

[bighchris49]

The BEST. ..EVER. No contest. And yes this is on the Thriller album

[ThunderKat2012]

This was on the thriller album if I'm not mistaken.

[87BillyJean]

Oh thank You, I love the Bad Tour! It was in year when I was born:) and I think Michael looks the hottest in that time, however I love him always and forever and his perfect for me

[AlvaroMonsterlil]

i just love this..

[lilcrazyaznboy]

The greatest entertainer of all time.. And I'm not just saying..

[AnaJackson7]

@ydestiny71 Amazing!!! LOL

[MrKareemRuiz]

@Sammycsirocker Fuck off rip king mj

[Getrealpeeps]

@ydestiny71 LOL CUTE :) 

[Getrealpeeps]

WHYYYY OH WHYYYY, WHYYY OH WHYYYY DID YOU LEAVE US SOOOO SOON Michael Joseph Jackson?? YOU TRULY ROCKED OUR WORLD, YOU WERE THE KING OF POP, BABY YOU TRULY WERE THE BEST RECORDING ARTIST ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH LOVE YOU ALWAYS MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY!!!! R I P Michael Joseph Jackson