
Man in the Mirror to wydany w 1988 singel z albumu Michaela Jacksona zatytu³owanego Bad z 1987 roku.

* Synthesizer arrangement by Glen Ballard, Quincy Jones and Jerry Hey

* Rhythm arrangements by Glen Ballard and Quincy Jones * Background vocals: Siedah Garrett, The Winans: Carvin, Marvin, Michael and Ronald Winans and The Andrae Crouch Choir: Sandra Crouch, Maxi Anderson, Rose Banks, Geary Faggett, Vonciele Faggett, Andrew Gouche, Linda Green, Francine Howard, Jean Johnson, Perry Morgan and Alfie Silas * Synthesizers: Glen Ballard and Randy Kerber * Solo and background vocals: Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garret, The Winans and The Andrae Crouch Choir * Written and composed by Siedah Garret and Glen Ballard we knew that afternoon that we had something special." "We (her and Ballard) sat down and almost instantly, we came up with the music, lyric and melody for the first verse and chorus. "This song is very special to me," said Siedah. It is also recorded by co-writer Siedah Garrett in 2003, for her solo album, SIEDAH!. Kennedy and Mother Teresa, plus Adolf Hitler and Idi Amin. It hit no.1 on both American charts, but surprisingly struggled to no.21 in the UK.Ī promo short film, which didn't feature Michael, spliced footage of people who have endeavoured to 'make that change' with notorious figures - people like Martin Luther King, John F. You do whatever you want.Written by Siedah Garrett and Glen Ballard, and recorded by Michael for his album, Bad, issued in September 1987.

It wasn’t so much the money, it was more like, “You know what, we’ve made big videos, this is just… I don’t know what I want, so I want you to make the video. They wanted to keep the costs down because Michael paid for all the studios.

“We’re in study and Michael says ‘I want you to make a video for ‘Man in the Mirror’ and I will not be in it.’ He was getting ready for the tour and rehearsing. However, Jackson sometimes paired his songs with music videos that were a little more low-key.ĭuring an interview with Billboard, Epic Records executive Larry Stessel recalled the creation of one of his videos. Bad included some huge, memorable singles, such as the title song, “The Way You Make Me Feel,” and “Smooth Criminal.” Each of those songs has a memorable music video. In 1987, Jackson released one of his most famous albums: Bad. Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones | Chris Walter/WireImage A director had permission to do whatever he wanted for this Michael Jackson videoįirstly, a little background.
