The short film to Michael Jackson’s “Earth Song,” his best-selling single in the United Kingdom, earned Michael the Doris Day Music Award from the Humane Society’s Genesis Awards. The urgent need to address the issues facing the planet and all that inhabit it were on the forefront of Michael’s mind when he created this song and short film; issues that are even more urgent today.
For the first of nine short films for the “Bad” album, Michael Jackson enlists acclaimed filmmaker and director Martin Scorsese and together they create an epic 18-minute tale of urban and racial challenges in the 1980s inspired by the real life story of Edmund Perry. The «Bad» recording is the second of five consecutive No.1 singles from the album making Michael the first artist to achieve this milestone and in 2014 Rolling Stone ranked this short film second on a list of Michaels 20 greatest short films.
Chorus:
Because Im bad, Im bad come on
You know Im bad, Im bad come on, you know
You know Im bad, Im bad come on, you know
And the whole world has to
Answer right now
Just to tell you once again
Whos bad
℗ 2014 Capitol Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Released on: 2015-11-06
Producer: Jimmy Napes
Producer, Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer, Mixer, Programmer: Steve Fitzmaurice
Studio Personnel, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer: Darren Heelis
Studio Personnel, Asst. Recording Engineer: Mike Horner
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Steve Price
Studio Personnel, Asst. Recording Engineer: Jeremy Murphy
Associated Performer, Vocals: Sam Smith
Associated Performer, Drums, Percussion: Sylvester Earl Harvin
Associated Performer, Piano: Reuben James
Associated Performer, Bass Guitar: Jodi Milliner
Associated Performer, Guitar: Ben Thomas
Associated Performer, String Arranger: Simon Hale
Associated Performer, Strings: Everton Nelson
Studio Personnel, Mastering Engineer: Tom Coyne
Composer Lyricist: James Napier
Composer Lyricist: Sam Smith
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