The short film to «You Rock My World,» the Top 10 hit single from Michael Jacksons Invincible, features guest appearances from Chris Tucker, Michael Madsen and Marlon Brando, in one of his final film appearances.
Written and Composed by Michael Jackson, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels and Nora Payne
Produced by Michael Jackson for MJJ Productions, Inc. and Rodney Jerkins for Darkchild Entertainment
From the album Invincible, released October 30, 2001
Released as a single August 22, 2001
THE SHORT FILM
Director: Paul Hunter
Primary Production Location: Los Angeles, California
Michael Jacksons short film for «You Rock My World» was one of two short films produced for recordings from Invincible, Michaels sixth album as an adult solo performer. As a single, «You Rock My World» was a No. 1 hit in France, Spain Portugal, Poland and Romania, and reached the Top 10 in another 16 countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy and Australia. In the United States, the single reached the Top 10 of Billboards Hot 100 (his 28th career Top 10 single in America), Hot R
Talkbox: Bruno Mars
Lead Vocals: Bruno Mars
Background Vocals: Bruno Mars
Talkbox: Byron «Mr Talkbox» Chambers
Recording Engineer: Charles Moniz
Background Vocals: Christopher Brody Brown
Guitar: Dave Foreman
Engineer: Jacob Dennis
Background Vocals: James Fauntleroy
Mixing Engineer: John Hanes
Background Vocals: Philip Lawrence
Mixing Engineer: Serban Ghenea
Executive Producer: Shampoo Press
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LYRICS
I wanna be a billionaire so fucking bad
Buy all of the things I never had
Uh, I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen
Oh every time I close my eyes
I see my name in shining lights yeah
A different city every night alright
I swear the world better prepare
For when Im a billionaire
Yeah I would have a show like Oprah
I would be the host of everyday Christmas
Give Travie your wish list
Id probably pull an Angelina and Brad Pitt
And adopt a bunch of babies that aint never had shit
Give away a few Mercedes like Here lady have this
And last but not least grant somebody their last wish
Its been a couple months that Ive been single so
You can call me Travie Claus minus the Ho Ho
Ha ha get it? Id probably visit where Katrina hit
And damn sure do a lot more than FEMA did
Yeah, cant forget about me, stupid
Everywhere I go, Imma have my own theme music
Oh every time I close my eyes (what you see what you see brah?)
I see my name in shining lights (uhuh uhuh yeah what else?)
A different city every night alright
I swear the world better prepare (for what?)
For when Im a billionaire
Oh oooh oh oooh for when Im a billionaire
Oh oooh oh oooh for when Im a billionaire
Ill be playing basketball with the President
Dunking on his delegates
Then Ill compliment him on his political etiquette
Toss a couple milli in the air just for the heck of it
But keep the fives, twenties, tens and bens completely separate
And yeah Ill be in a whole new tax racket
We in recession but let me take a crack at it
Ill probably take whatevers left and just split it up
So everybody that I love can have a couple bucks
And not a single tummy around me would know what hungry was
Eating good, sleeping soundly
I know we all have a similar dream
Go in your pocket, pull out your wallet
And put it in the air and sing
I wanna be a billionaire so fucking bad (so bad)
Buy all of the things I never had (buy everything ha ha)
Uh, I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen (what up Oprah)
Oh every time I close my eyes, (watch ya see, what you see brah?)
I see my name in shining lights, (uh huh, uh huh, what else?)
A different city every night, oh I
I swear the world better prepare (for what?)
For when Im a billionaire
Oh oooh oh oooh when Im a billionaire
Oh oooh oh oooh
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