win song win pop soul song written performed american recording artist michael_jackson played musical film retelling wonderful wizard movie featured entirely african american cast based broadway musical original soundtrack version recorded michael_jackson went studio recorded track recording released january second single original motion picture soundtrack following release ease road michael solo chart single inch version split song half length version released inch single later included single charted united_states reached number billboard hot number singles chart release song received music critics song performed contemporary singers win michael_jackson repeatedly sings line game vocally overdubbed resulting track titled rain girl single jackson landmark album thriller despite rain identical win lyrically identical word rain jackson credited song composers composition win originally written performed pre broadway baltimore run stage version sung chorus slaves number cut musical official broadway opening wasn performed movie version consideration years later producers resurrected song solo michael_jackson replace born day yesterday solo broadway musical win corresponding scene movie african americans jackson stated autobiography lyrics win humiliation feelings stated people experienced point life singer added song feeling people don actively hold work quietly hold win opens lines win break game people things gon change look like staying wrote book broadway musical stated verses win black message song musically track described pop soul song boston_globe according sheet music published track performed common time tempo beats minute adds song composed range scene corresponds win begins played stuck air pole remains hidden mock asking let state remain pole role tell let able walk straw paper dummy tries reason birds reading relevant quotations figures rationale freed crow thou shall honor thou shall stop reading bits paper literature thou shall pole addition birds tell sing crow anthem win song concludes comes hiding releases pole dance way yellow brick road search singing ease road song heard live replacing born day yesterday analysis author gentlemen essays states offers important treatment ordinary african american men living wake civil rights movement watson writes intend cause physical harm beginning scene recalls experiences ritual black men united_states author states refusal allow read literature reminiscent laws forbade black slaves educated watson writes desire knowledge help interpret institutions shape life signifies slave narrative emphasis literacy freedom african american slave narratives document african americans literacy understood essential path freedom watson continues insistence reading useless dangerous leads takes especially haunting reminder ways slavery continue contemporary african americans reinforce hands song refrain win child game aims aspirations freedom insistence reading stupid suggests education promise liberation game race racism create crow dismissal education western thought fails offer alternative crow attempt discipline displacing hope crow called book knowledge valuable perceive real knowledge street pole seemingly unable anthem suggests unwilling find opportunities present location provides crow chorus song revealing says loss hope crow unlike hopeless crow chorus like crow reflects inability realize promise upward mobility watson continued analysis writing despite attempts confidence gives indication intends efforts liberate physically watson concluded study scene stating encounter help realize contrary crow pursuit knowledge help win opportunities improving life release reception january win released second single original motion picture soundtrack double album distributed september single issued september release ease road duet jackson played protagonist win distributed jackson solo single issued company epic executives signed brothers label win entered singles chart january reached number remained chart weeks month later february entered billboard hot peaked number single stayed chart weeks win released britain picture disc song single failed enter british charts jackson wall released august picture disc supplemented album release win received positive reviews music critics journalist said song best asserted jackson famous vulnerability power voice win combined perfect casting film boston_globe stated halfway song jackson lets tune pop soul true delight horns hand funky loose jackson writer wrote book michael_jackson life music singer performance win bright moments remake wizard jefferson wrote biography michael_jackson entertainer sang song film rough gospel edges desperation added feels genuine painful scene jackson death said amazed quality singer performance added sang hell song legacy win referenced performed occasions blockbuster film extra terrestrial snippet song heard car radio scott performed song michael_jackson 30th anniversary special celebration second season american idol contestant sang win movie theme night entertainment_weekly writer said song choice oddly appropriate hopeful eliminated competition performance decades release win stated song dropped theater productions said musical black message everybody enjoy expressed opinion win longer relevant stating changed black people win track listings limited edition picture disc single win win charts
You Can't Win (song)