"Leave Me Alone" was the eighth single to be released from Michael Jackson's 1987 album Bad. It only appeared on the CD versions of the album and was not issued as a single in the United States. The song was also featured as a segment in Jackson's 1988 fantasy movie Moonwalker and charted at #1 in the UK's New Musical Express. The song was re-released on April 17, 2006 as part of the Visionary: The Video Singles set.
On the official Radio One UK chart, the song peaked at number two, held from the top spot by Simple Minds Belfast Child song and was the 44th best-selling single of 1989 in the UK.
Despite the success of the single, this song has never appeared on any of Jackson's world tours.
The music video for "Leave Me Alone", directed by Jim Blashfield, won the Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video at the Grammy Awards of 1990. The video was also featured in Moonwalker. In essence, the video is an amusement park consisting of stylistically crude images based around Jackson's successful career since 1982's Thriller. Consistent with the song's lyrical content, there is an emphasis on the tabloid view of Jackson's personal life and public image, referring to the nickname "Wacko Jacko" given to him by the press, and the various headlines associated with him in the 1980s. Lampooning rumours that he tried to purchase the "Elephant Man's" bones, Jackson dances with stop motion "Elephant Man" bones in the video. This particular segment (without the image of the bones) was used for the single's cover art. At the end of the video, it is revealed that a gigantic Jackson himself is the amusement park. He breaks free, tearing the park to pieces.
This VCRS version of the clip contains the audio stream as it appeared on the CD Album i.e. no background sound effects. We thought it would offer a nice rare alternative for fans.
Despite being a classic video clip & song it rarely appears on any official (post album) releases. But to their credit the original video clip (with the sound effects & minus the logos lol!) can be viewed on Michaels own YouTube channel via the following link:
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hey this video had more of a meaning then the lyrics remember when he was tied down right? well that was symbolic for when the illuminati had him by giving him and enticing him with worldly things but in the end he breaks free from them and their empire and everything crumbles before him and hes standing tall. the lord revealed that to me! bet no one thought of that one. thats what it meant i always wondered what he was trying to say other than the cool effects but everyone was spreading rumours
michael was definately not like other men.he was like a once in a lifetime deal,and we had to blow it because we thought he did something terrible,and he probably didn't even do it. he say leave me alone just stop dogging me aroud,we couldn't even do that.
i think elizabeth has done a nice job for being michael's freind for a long time,at least since 1985 or something?and they were always the bestest friends. but michael trusted people to an uncomfortable extent,and that's why he was taken advantage of.he only saw good in people.but some of those people were not good,and even accused him of stuff he didn't do just to get some cash. god bless you michael.
thevidoechater I'm so glad that there are people like you who understand this! It seems like every "friend" he had though it was their duty to make him trust him and then betray him... And Michael trusted these people because he ALWAYS saw good in EVERYONE! The only thing that comforts me is that inspite of all of this there were people who were faithful to him till the end and never betrayed him, such as Elizabeth...
i don't know why he had to leave us at only 50,it's sad.but the good news is he's finally,i believe,in peace.because i don't know only god knows everything.
He just needed a friend. If there was any way for me to be there with him, I would have done everything to be that friend. Why did he had to go so soon ♥
they(society)could not stop fucking with him,it's the truth.michael may have been a little eccentric,but they painted him some type deranged psychopath who was always arpound children. michael was a good man,who needed a real freond to stick by him abd not just for his fame. SO YOU'RE RIGHT.
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he say leave me alone just stop dogging me aroud,we couldn't even do that.
i really think he's in heaven.
but michael trusted people to an uncomfortable extent,and that's why he was taken advantage of.he only saw good in people.but some of those people were not good,and even accused him of stuff he didn't do just to get some cash.
god bless you michael.
I'm so glad that there are people like you who understand this! It seems like every "friend" he had though it was their duty to make him trust him and then betray him... And Michael trusted these people because he ALWAYS saw good in EVERYONE! The only thing that comforts me is that inspite of all of this there were people who were faithful to him till the end and never betrayed him, such as Elizabeth...
p.s.michael is severley cute in this video.
If there was any way for
me to be there with him,
I would have done
everything to
be that friend. Why did
he had to go so soon ♥
michael was a good man,who needed a real freond to stick by him abd not just for his fame.
SO YOU'RE RIGHT.