He had to convince his mother the title was not just about sex, and luckily he did. 10 - "Off The Wall" and "She's Out Of My Life." This was the first time an album by a solo artist had ever notched four hits in the Top 10.Īrguably the pinnacle track of the set was "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough." Jackson's composition of the song began in his Encino, Calif., kitchen as something he couldn't stop humming as he went through the day. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 - "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" and "Rock With You" - and another two at No. The unprecedented splash when Off The Wall hit shelves pushed two hits to No. After working on Off The Wall, the five of them went on to win a combined 27 GRAMMYs. All of these musical geniuses went on to further greatness in the years that followed their participation in Jackson's fifth studio album. Lead engineer was the legendary Bruce Swedien and Ed Cherney was one of his assistants. Musicians playing on the album included Patti Austin, George Duke and David Foster, who also co-wrote a track. The band Heatwave had already been nominated for GRAMMYs for songs such as their funk-disco hit "Boogie Nights." Jones reached out to their keyboard player and songwriter Rod Temperton and he submitted three compositions that Jackson featured on the album - its title track, "Rock With You" and the album's closer, "Burn This Disco Down." The challenge for Jackson and Jones was to make the right creative experiments, including Jackson writing songs and producing them and collaborations with Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. Make that change.Michael Jackson's 'Off The Wall' | For The Record Take a look at yourself and then make the change (You gotta get it right, while you got the time) (Take a look at yourself and then make the change) (Take a look at yourself and then make that) Take a look at yourself and then make that They follow the pattern of the wind ya' see
That there are some with no home, not a nickel to loanĬould it be really me, pretending that they're not alone?Ī willow deeply scarred, somebody's broken heart I've been a victim of a selfish kind of love (Take a look at yourself, and then make a change) Take a look at yourself, and then make a change
(If you want to make the world a better place)
If you want to make the world a better place They follow each other on the wind ya' knowĪnd no message could have been any clearer more »īecome A Better Singer In Only 30 Days, With Easy Video Lessons! I'm gonna make a change, It features a montage of clips of children in Africa, Adolf Hitler, the Ku Klux Klan, Martin Luther King Jr., the Kent State shootings, Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Lech Wałęsa, kids in Graduation, and other historical figures. Larry Stessel who was Video Commissioner at Epic Records at the time was the Executive Producer. Don and Michael Jackson developed the idea for the video. The "Man in the Mirror" music video was directed, produced and edited by Don Wilson. The song was remixed for the soundtrack of Jackson's tribute tour Immortal. The song peaked at number 21 in the UK Singles Charts in 1988, but in 2009, following the news of Jackson's death, the song peaked at number 2. It was nominated for Record of the Year at the 31st Grammy Awards. The vocal range is A♭3–C6."Man in the Mirror" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, becoming Jackson's tenth number-one single on the chart, and was certified 3x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Arranged with a gospel choir, the song is played in the keys of G major and A♭ major at a tempo of 100 bpm. It was released in February 1988 as the fourth single from his seventh solo album, Bad (1987). "Man in the Mirror" is a song recorded by Michael Jackson, with lyrics and music by Glen Ballard and Siedah Garrett, and produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones.