Michael Jackson - Ben - OST - Live Performance - The 45th Annual Academy Awards® (1973) - HQ Sound

Song: Ben.


Sung & Performed by: Michael Jackson.


Song written by: Don Black and Walter Scharf.


Album: "Ben" August 4, 1972.


Song Record Label: Motown Records.


Film: Ben.


Starring: Lee Montgomery, Joseph Campanella and Arthur O'Connell.


Directed by: Phil Karlson.


Story and Screenplay written by: Gilbert Ralston.


US Theatrical Release Date: 23 June 1972.


Distributed by: © Cinerama Releasing.


Niceties by: http://www.youtube.com/IAmOnlyLove



Synopsis!
"Ben" is a number-one hit song written by Don Black and Walter Scharf and recorded by the teenaged Michael Jackson for the Motown label in 1972. The song, the theme of a 1972 film of the same name (the sequel to the 1971 killer rat movie Willard), spent one week at the top of the U.S. pop chart. It also reached number-one on the Australian pop chart, spending eight weeks at the top spot. The song also later reached a peak of number seven on the British pop chart.
The song became the first of 13 number-one pop hits for Jackson in the United States and his first number-one as a solo artist.
Later included on Jackson's album of the same name, "Ben" won a Golden Globe for Best Song and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.

About Movie!
"Ben" is a 1972 film about a young boy (played by Lee H. Montgomery) and his pet rat, Ben. This film is a sequel to the 1971 film Willard. *Where Willard Ended... Ben Begins. And This Time He's Not Alone!.*

A lonely boy befriends the rat that leads the swarm of trained/telepathic rats found in Willard. This rat, whom the boy names Ben, becomes the boy's best friend and keeps his spirits up in the face of bullying. However, the balance of power between the human and rat begins to shift, with Ben beginning to control the boy and the swarm becoming increasingly irrational and violent. Eventually, the police destroy many members of the rat colony, while others are sent to testing labs; Ben, however, survives.




.....Lyrics.....

Ben, the two of us need look no more
We both found what we were looking for
With a friend to call my own
I'll never be alone
And you, my friend, will see
You've got a friend in me
(you've got a friend in me)

Ben, you're always running here and there
You feel you're not wanted anywhere
If you ever look behind
And don't like what you find
There's something you should know
You've got a place to go
(you've got a place to go)

I used to say "I" and "me"
Now it's "us", now it's "we"
I used to say "I" and "me"
Now it's "us", now it's "we"
Ben, most people would turn you away
I don't listen to a word they say
They don't see you as I do
I wish they would try to
I'm sure they'd think again
If they had a friend like Ben
(a friend) Like Ben
(like Ben) Like Ben....End

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[VickyBjorn]

3 people don't have a friend like Ben

[eyeswideopen1993]

He was such an adorable, talented child. He had a lot of personal problems. So sad.

[alejandro13ful]

@eyeswideopen1993 thats life imbalance

[CicoMichael4e]

MIKE LOVE U <3

[36midnight]

A gifted child indeed!!!.

[amoroso2504]

cuando escucho estas hermosas canciones de Michael, es dificil no humeder las mejillas, preciosa letra q llega al alma y estruja nuestros sentimientos.....

[carlito45two]

That's a talent that is unexplainable!

[2011themessage]

Anyone can learn to sing, its the emotion behind the song and the conection with the audience that takes something special. That's what Michael had, he emotes when he sings. Michael could sing heavy metal rock and make it sound like a love song

[leocadiolucas]

Musicalidade perfeita!

[DorEverForever]

For all time, Michael, an inexhaustible source of delight and spirituality.

[TheQueenjacko]

ben...i have a friend like Ben...

[VickyBjorn]

@Surion7125 Uhm no I don't think people are insulted that easily (although you apparently are). It was a little joke, for all I care people can like or dislike this song as much as they want. Regardless of the fact they have a friend like Ben or not by the way.