Man in the Mirror From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search "Man in the Mirror" Single by Michael Jackson from the album Bad Released January 18, 1988 Format CD single Recorded 1987 Genre Soul Length 5:18 (album version) 5:03 (single edit) Label Epic Records Writer(s) Siedah Garrett Glen Ballard Producer Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones Michael Jackson singles chronology "The Way You Make Me Feel" (1987) "Man in the Mirror" (1988) "Dirty Diana" (1988) Bad track listing "Another Part of Me" (6) "Man in the Mirror" (7) "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (8) HIStory track listing "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (7) "Man in the Mirror" (8) "Thriller" (9) Audio sample file info · help "Man in the Mirror" is a song by Michael Jackson. It peaked at number one in the United States when released as a single in the spring of 1988 off his seventh solo album, Bad. It is one of Jackson's most critically acclaimed songs and it was nominated for Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards. The song garnered massive airplay and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks. It was only a moderate hit in the UK at the time of its release, peaking at number 21 and becoming the only single from Bad not to reach the UK Top 20 on first release. However, on July 5, 2009, following the news of Jackson's death, the song charted at number 2 in the official UK Singles Chart, having re-entered the chart at 11 the previous week. Contents [hide] 1 Song information 2 Critical reception 3 Chart performance 4 See also 5 Track listing 6 Versions 7 Credits 8 References [edit] Song information The song was composed by Siedah Garrett (who can be heard singing in the background with Jackson) and Glen Ballard. Jackson added background vocals from Garrett, The Winans and the Andrae Crouch Choir, which gave the song its distinctive sound. Garrett had the idea for the song when she was driving to the recording session for "I Just Can't Stop Loving You". On her way, she saw a face in the mirror of her car, and this gave her the idea to write a song titled "Man In The Mirror" as an addition to Jackson's upcoming album. [1] Arranged with a gospel choir, a year after David Bowie used the same device for "Underground", from the fantasy film Labyrinth, other popular artists at the time who had tracks featuring gospel choirs include Debbie Gibson, Guns N' Roses and Madonna for her 1989 number one hit "Like a Prayer". Jackson would utilize a gospel choir again several years later on his hit "Will You Be There". Siedah Garrett also sang on Jackson's "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" [2] and was one of the backing vocalists for Madonna's Re-Invention Tour of 2004. Jackson performed a live, extended version of the song at the 1988 Grammy Awards. He also performed the song as the ending of the concert during the Bad World Tour's second leg, and regularly during the Dangerous World Tour. In the latter, the song was accompanied by stuntman Kinnie Gibson dressed as Jackson flying out of the arena in a jetpack. On July 16, 1996, Jackson also performed "Man in the Mirror" at the Royal Concert Brunei for the last time prior to the United We Stand benefit concert. The video for "Man in the Mirror" is a notable departure from Jackson's other videos mainly because Jackson himself does not appear in the video (aside from a brief clip toward the end of the video in which he can be seen donning a red jacket and standing in a large crowd, somewhat reminiscent of Where's Wally). Instead, it featured a montage of footage from various major news events such as the John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy shootings, Live Aid, Farm Aid, and notable people including Martin Luther King, Lech Wałęsa, Mother Teresa, Desmond Tutu, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Mahatma Gandhi, Mikhail Gorbechev, Ronald Reagan, Muammar al-Gaddafi and Adolf Hitler. This song has been included in most of Jackson's compilation albums, but was notably absent in the Visionary: The Video Singles box set. The song was quoted by Jermaine Jackson during Celebrity Big Brother 2007, while confronting several housemates who had been bullying an Indian housemate, the Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty. The song was played into the house the following morning as an alarm. The song is sampled by Brooklyn MC Papoose during the summer of 2006 on his "Gonna Make a Change." The song describes his rough upbringing and his struggles. Later the song was freestyled by rapper Rhymefest with Michael singing the chorus & singing part of his second verse. Siedah Garett recorded a more stripped down acoustic version of the song for her 2004 album Siedah. The song has been performed on The X Factor by contestant Diana Vickers and American Idol by winner, Kris Allen. Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog also sings the song to an annoyed supporter of Jackson during his 2005 child molestation trial on an episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien. An instrumental version of "Man In The Mirror" was played at Jackson's memorial service on July 7, 2009, as his casket was being carried out of the center. [edit] Critical reception Richard Corliss, writing in Time Magazine in 2009, described the song as "toweringly indulgent but well-meaning", praising it as one of Jackson's most powerful vocal performances and "accessible social statements" as well as noting its "fleeting glimpse of autobiography."[3] [edit] Chart performance "Man In The Mirror" was the fourth consecutive number-one single for Jackson's Bad in the United States. The single debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at #48 on February 6, 1988, and reached #1 by its eighth week on the chart, on March 26, 1988, where it remained for two weeks. It originally charted at #21 in the United Kingdom on 1988. However, following Jackson's death on June 25, 2009, "Man in the Mirror" re-entered the UK Singles Chart at #11, the following week the song peaked at #2 held off by Cascada. In Australia The song originally charted at 39, but, like in the UK, after the singer's death the song re-entered the chart and charted at number 8, much higher than it's original release. Chart (1988) Peak position Australia 39 Austria 10 Canada 6 Germany 23 Netherlands 13 Ireland 3 Israel 2 UK Singles Chart 21 US Billboard Hot 100 1 Chart (2009) Peak position Australian ARIA Singles Chart 8 Austrian Singles Chart 17 Danish Singles Chart 12 Irish Singles Chart 3 New Zealand Singles Chart 9 Norwegian Singles Chart 15 Spanish Singles Chart 50 Swedish Singles Chart 19 Swiss Singles Chart 22[4] UK Singles Chart 2 UK R&B Chart 1 US Billboard Hot Digital Songs[5] 3 [edit] See also Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story, a 2004 TV film about Jackson's life. Starring Flex Alexander. [edit] Track listing "Man In The Mirror" (Single Mix) – 5:03 "Man In The Mirror" (Album Mix) – 5:17 "Man In The Mirror" (Instrumental) – 5:03 The single sleeve incorrectly lists the running time for the single mix and instrumental as 4:55. [edit] Versions Album Version 5:18 Single Mix 5:03 Instrumental 5:03 [edit] Credits Written and composed by Siedah Garrett and Glen Ballard Solo and background vocals: Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garret, The Winans and The Andrae Crouch Choir Snap: Ollie E. Brown Guitar: Dan Huff Keyboards: Greg Phillinganes Synthesizers: Glen Ballard and Randy Kerber Background vocals: Siedah Garrett, The Winans: Carvin, Marvin, Michael and Ronald Winans and The Andrae Crouch Choir: Sandra Crouch, Maxi Anderson, Rose Banks, Geary Faggett, Vonciele Faggett, Andrew Gouche, Linda Green, Francine Howard, Jean Johnson, Perry Morgan and Alfie Silas Rhythm arrangements by Glen Ballard and Quincy Jones Synthesizer arrangement by Glen Ballard, Quincy Jones and Jerry Hey Vocal arrangement by Andrae Crouch Music video directed and edited by Don Wilson Music video produced by Chuck Haifley, Seth Blair, and Don Wilson Preceded by "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley Billboard Hot 100 number one single March 26, 1988–April 2, 1988 Succeeded by "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" by Billy Ocean Preceded by "Fishnet" by Morris Day Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs number one single March 26, 1988 Succeeded by "Wishing Well" by Terence Trent D'Arby Preceded by "Boom Boom Pow" by Black Eyed Peas UK R&B Chart number-one single July 5, 2009 - Succeeded by incumbent [edit] References ^ Joel Whitburn's Number One Hits ^ Man In The Mirror Songfacts ^ Special Commemorative Edition: Michael Jackson 1958-2009. TIME Magazine. July 2009. p. 34. ^ "Swiss Singles Chart Archives". hitparade.ch. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Michael+Jackson&titel=Man+In+The+Mirror&cat=s. Retrieved on July 18, 2009. ^ [1] [hide]v • d • eMichael Jackson singles Got to Be There "Got to Be There" · "Rockin' Robin" · "I Wanna Be Where You Are" · "Ain't No Sunshine" Ben "Ben" Music & Me "With a Child's Heart" · "Happy" Forever, Michael "We're Almost There" · "Just a Little Bit of You" The Wiz "Ease on Down the Road" · "You Can't Win" · Off the Wall "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" · "Rock with You" · "Off the Wall" · "She's Out of My Life" · "Girlfriend" One Day in Your Life "One Day in Your Life" Thriller "The Girl Is Mine" · "Billie Jean" · "Beat It" · "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" · "Human Nature" · "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" · "Thriller" Bad "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" · "Bad" · "The Way You Make Me Feel" · "Man in the Mirror" · "Dirty Diana" · "Another Part of Me" · "Smooth Criminal" · "Leave Me Alone" · "Liberian Girl" Dangerous "Black or White" · "Remember the Time" · "In the Closet" · "Jam" · "Who Is It" · "Give In to Me" · "Heal the World" · "Will You Be There" · "Gone Too Soon" HIStory "Scream/Childhood" · "You Are Not Alone" · "Earth Song" · "They Don't Care About Us" · "Stranger in Moscow" Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix "Blood on the Dance Floor" · "HIStory/Ghosts" Invincible "You Rock My World" · "Cry" · "Butterflies" Number Ones "One More Chance" Thriller 25 "The Girl Is Mine 2008" · "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008" Notable collaborations and album tracks "Say Say Say" · "Somebody's Watching Me" · "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin'" · "We Are the World" · "Get It" · "Dangerous" · "D.S." · "Why" · "I Need You" · "What More Can I Give" · "Do the Bartman" Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_Mirror" Categories: 1988 singles | 1988 songs | Michael Jackson songs | ARC Weekly Top 40 number-one singles | Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles | Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles | Slow jams | 1980s ballads | Songs written by Glen Ballard