song american singer michael_jackson ninth track jackson seventh studio album bad song released april fifth single album presents harder rock sound similar beat thriller solo guitar played written produced jackson produced songs lyrics moderate tempo played key major received mixed reviews contemporary music critics criticizing lyrics found song better thriller song commercial success worldwide charting number united_states billboard hot song charted multiple countries including united_kingdom france italy new_zealand fifth final hot number single bad jackson death june song entered charts mainly digital download sales music video filmed live audience released background written michael_jackson produced michael_jackson appeared jackson seventh studio album bad song released april fifth single bad beat second hard rock song solo career lyrics persistent jackson hired guitarist track initial reports time suggested song close friend later denied fact ross started song concerts shortly appearing stage interview special edition bad jones later confirmed song lyrics jackson confirmed interview adding diana princess wales told personally princess favorite songs composition musically pop rock hard rock heavy metal song similar beat talking michael janet_jackson scream evokes jackson pop rock musical direction previously experimented regards song attempt recreate pop rock beat bad review describes hard rock song writing dirty diana trying year beat hard rock song sent orbit guitar solo allmusic stephen_thomas_erlewine considers hard rock song observing album meant moved deeper hard rock deeper adult contemporary deeper hard dance essentially taking portion thriller extreme qualifying track dirty diana jon writer new_york_times viewed song narrator mixes sexual fears jean hard rock lead guitar beat bad review music critic describes heavy metal ballad saying tale seductive fan finds jackson credible heavy metal rock critic said accompanied solo guitarist band philadelphia_inquirer described heavy metal ballad newspaper said plus tap rock crowd style thriller crossover smash beat michael cut heavy metal tinged dirty diana featuring guitar written common time moves moderate tempo beats minute jackson vocals sung range instrumentation consists guitar piano played key major reception critical response received mixed reviews contemporary music critics stephen_thomas_erlewine felt man mirror showcasing jackson worst bad music critic robert_christgau viewed piece metal suck jon described reducing jackson terrified considered confused song thinking jackson convincing kind role boy child trying write song kind woman meets kind places certainly rolling_stone gave song positive review calling filler commented song speed demon makes bad richer better thriller noted substantial recording melody yahoo music commented jackson image little hard swallow image musically worked songs bad man mirror degree thriller chart performance similar bad previous singles charted worldwide peaked number united_states billboard hot july weeks chart album fifth consecutive single peak number hot internationally charted thirty positions music charts charted netherlands germany new_zealand peaking number respectively entered united_kingdom charts july number fourteen following week went number stayed weeks peaked number ireland number seven austria number france peaked number thirty australia following jackson death june music experienced surge popularity july saw strong chart surge mainly digital download sales song charted number eighteen french digital singles chart july july song peaked number entered united_kingdom charts july number following week peaked number music video minute music video song directed won number video world second world music awards held april featured dvd albums number ones michael_jackson vision target version dvd bad woman appears video model chosen hundreds live performance video second seven minute long accompanying video live performance confused actual music video filmed early live audience jackson madison square garden playing guitar video starts screen saying michael_jackson tour white background seconds showing black screen jackson seen distance performing audience source light blue lights jackson performance dressed white button shirt black pants metal leather belts pants singing dancing jackson performance distance clips performing close singing microphone clips guitarist performing jackson begins dancing singing woman walking cat walk dancing near guitarist jackson performance shown distance video ends jackson finishing performance lights turning blue live performances performed concert series second leg 10th song setlist according jackson interview scheduled live performance stadium bad world tour jackson felt song insult diana princess wales attendance removed diana informed song actually personal favorites jackson added song set list performance seen dvd michael_jackson live july concert series choreographer stated interview going performed jackson concerts said jackson planned song died set song include expert pole dancer lure jackson giant steel bed performed feats track listing credits personnel charts weekly charts year end charts
Dirty Diana