bad michael_jackson song bad song american singer michael_jackson bad released september second single jackson major label seventh studio album song written composed jackson produced jackson jackson stated song influenced real life story read bad received contemporary music critics critics noting bad helped jackson image bad era song peaked number billboard hot remained position chart weeks jackson bad album second number single jackson eighth number entry chart internationally song commercially successful charting countries charting united_kingdom france italy norwegian switzerland swedish charts song peaked number netherlands european charts version music video bad released august broadcast cbs prime time special directed entirely starred appearances prior discovered actor video portrays michael_jackson backup dancers shown performing complex choreography subway station bad covered parodied different artists release song frequently tributes jackson death june song featured animated film featured theatrical trailer animated film angry birds movie synopsis jackson plays teenager named completed term expensive private school returns city takes subway neglected neighborhood finds home greeted old friends leader group emerging relations friendly slightly awkward situation begins deteriorate gang starts realize changed especially notice uncomfortable criminal activities takes gang subway station brooklyn attempt friends bad elderly man change heart minute telling longer bad video cuts group street kids dancing jackson sings bad insists max headed fall nearly eventually accepts final leaves peace end video left watching gang leave background inspiration bad song written recorded michael_jackson january seventh studio album produced jackson serving producer bad originally intended duet jackson musician prince plans jackson autobiography jackson discussed concept bad bad song street kid bad neighborhood gets away private school comes old neighborhood break school kids neighborhood start giving trouble sings bad bad bad best saying strong good bad interview jet magazines released shortly death jackson said gotten idea song true story read time newsweek magazine jackson stated story said student went school upstate new_york tried life planned leave friends returned thanksgiving break added student friends jealousy resulted killing student jackson stated student death included music video case fits details perry perry killed kids neighborhood killed police officer perry brother allegedly attacked badly beat officer attempt composition song written key minor time signature common time jackson vocal range spans track tempo beats minute bad viewed hit road jack progression writer rolling_stone_magazine commented track lyrical content reviewing bad jackson declares world answer right making statement fact extraordinary stardom self coronation lesser funk inviting public dare compared track material man man man world openly referenced note brass introduction song lyrically bad proving people tough jackson asking bad repeating lyric song chorus critical reception bad received contemporary music critics critics noted song helped jackson image edgy bad era writer rolling_stone_magazine commented track needs defense generally praised jackson vocal performance song stephen_thomas_erlewine allmusic listed bad songs album picks album tracks separate review song commented jackson vocals sounded like love child staples added musically speaking case bad good noted track authority helped jackson changed image remarking fun hearing talking trash bigger noted jackson new image little hard swallow image worked musically album songs bad man mirror chart performance bad charted number billboard hot october peaked number october bad stayed position consecutive weeks bad jackson bad album second number single billboard hot jackson eighth number entry chart track charted number bad commercially successful internationally generally charting reaching position music charts bad debuted number united_kingdom charts september following week song charted peak position number remained consecutive weeks bad remained chart positions weeks charted total weeks bad peaked number canadian music charts november bad peaked number sweden october song spent weeks chart october bad debuted number france weeks charting song peaked number november bad debuted new_zealand music charts number october following week moved peak position number song stayed weeks track charted positions weeks song charted number norway thirty ninth week charted positions weeks song successful australian music charts peaking number bad debuted austrian charts number november following week song charted week returned number peak position song debuted number eighty seven dutch september following week song moved number seventy positions higher previous week song peaked number remained position consecutive weeks jackson music entered charts following music issued visionary album track entered spanish charts time april debuted position bad remained positions consecutive weeks song debuted peak position number italy april jackson death june music entered charts worldwide july track peaked number italy number spain number sweden number thirty seven denmark number united_kingdom music video music video bad minute short film written novelist screenwriter directed video references film west story especially cool sequence soundtrack length video different audio track album recording soundtrack included instrumental organ solo album recording video commercially released included video albums video long version dvd short version vhs short version michael_jackson vision long version target version dvd bad short version video introduced special michael_jackson magic returns primetime cbs television august video won awards prestigious award ceremonies including favorite single soul biggest selling album jackson death june began trying convince agency station hang plaque station jackson honor request denied september james commented having michael_jackson visit station huge deal brooklyn new_york 80s renaming station honor map help ensure people don forget source commented subway stations system named named individuals confuse riders choreography choreographer confirmed influence intended contemporary version assistant choreographer commented like train coming screen effect looking worked video influenced west story designing dance routines wanted scene contemporary incorporated movements music video received nomination choreography music awards ceremony video bad michael_jackson way feel video nominated janet_jackson video pleasure principle live performances bad performed tour concert series second leg final song leg sixteenth song second leg setlist song included leg small snippet song sung performance don care concerts occurred death rumored jackson plans perform song certain dates tour live version song available dvd live july cover versions weird recorded parody song titled fat album worse parody video bad called mad parody shown henry performed country version album record didn like covered song album born rock jackson death june bad performed usually medley jackson songs tribute jackson created version new year special music awards tribute jackson dancers performed dance routines jackson music videos music song played background songs chosen bad thriller smooth criminal february song parodied song criticized device american series glee michael_jackson tribute episode entitled michael included cappella version bad featuring cover debuted peaked number billboard hot number number billboard canadian hot number billboard adult pop songs chart week february version song played episode called king mario rearranged song arcade version michael_jackson rearranged song versions game track listings formats official versions album version single mix new album version dance extended mix includes false fade dance remix radio edit dub version cappella club mix remix featuring edit remember time bad immortal version personnel charts reissue august remix released digital single itunes new remix hit bad worked collaboration track listing digital single bad remix feat edit single pre order bonus bad remix featuring mix chart performance digital single prior album release single appeared country music charts debuted number billboard japan hot chart title bad week september peaked number weeks later appeared number week september week september debuted hot_dance_club_songs chart number peaked number critical reception remix received overwhelmingly negative reviews music criticism said song insult jackson memory remix popmatters said version guest verses outright trash reviews single extremely negative single review guardian said remix featuring world worst rapper chart
Bad (Michael Jackson song)