The video featured Macaulay Culkin (among others) and was directed by John Landis, also the director of the "Thriller" short film. MTV and the other music video networks decided to excise the last four minutes of the "Black or White" video for all subsequent airings, and Jackson issued a statement apologizing to anyone who had been offended, and explaining that he tried to interpret the animal instinct of panthers into a dance. This destructive behaviour was intended to imply a message of anti-racism, however.
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The last four minutes of the video also induced much controversy, as it depicted Jackson smashing store windows and destroying a car with a crowbar. The video is extremely noteworthy for featuring one of the earliest examples of computer-generated morphing. "Black or White" was originally over ten minutes long, it premiered simultaneously on Novemon MTV, VH1, BET, and FOX.
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The director of the video was photographer Herb Ritts, who also photographed Jackson in a series of promotional shots for the release of the Dangerous album. "In the Closet" featured Jackson and supermodel Naomi Campbell as lovers. The video also featured a cameo by NBA player Magic Johnson. The video for "Jam", directed by David Kellogg, showed Jackson and Michael Jordan playing basketball and dancing together, while "Remember the Time" was set in an ancient Egyptian palace, and starred Eddie Murphy and Iman as the pharaoh and his queen. Several of the music videos taken from the Dangerous album had complex storylines and dance sequences, and featured cameo appearances by celebrities. The major hits included "Black or White", "Remember the Time", "In the Closet", "Heal the World", "Who Is It", "Jam", and "Will You Be There".Īs was becoming the standard for Jackson, the album's music videos were among the most costly and innovative of their time. The album gained a total of 73x Platinum certifications throughout the world. The album spawned seven top ten hit single's in the UK - Jackson's best in the UK. The RIAA certified Dangerous at 7x Platinum, internationally the album has sold an estimated 30 million copies, tying it with Bad as the second best-selling album of Jackson's career. Jackson ended his association with Quincy Jones, and enlisted the producing talents of new jack swing inventor Teddy Riley. In March of 1991, Michael Jackson signed an all new 15 year, 6 album deal with Sony that November he delivered his first - Dangerous. On a recent ITV documentary The One And Only Michael Jackson, collaborators stated that Jackson started Dangerous with 60 songs, suggesting that there are far more outtakes than those leaked online or released subsequently. "Work That Body" (snippet leaked online)."What About Us" (later became "Earth Song").
"Someone Put Your Hand Out" (Released on Pepsi promo cassette, also later included on The Ultimate Collection)."Serious Effect" (with LL Cool J) (leaked online)."Satisfy You" (Duet with Brian Loren, leaked online)."Monkey Business" (appeared on The Ultimate Collection)."Dangerous" (early version, appeared on The Ultimate Collection).Assistant engineers: Brad Sundberg, Bart Stevens, Thom Russo, John Chamberlain, Rail Rogut, Dan Bosworth, Julie East and Elaine Anderson.Additional engineering by Dave Way, Matt Forger, Jean-Marie Horvat, Richard Cottrell and Kevin Gilbert.Technical directors: Brad Sundberg and Thom Russo.Recorded and mixed by Bruce Swedien, Teddy Riley and Bill Bottrell.Guest appearances on this album were made by rapper L.T.B, Princess Stephanie of Monacco (credited as the "Mystery Girl"), and Slash. The album has sold over 21 million copies worldwide to date. This was the first solo album by Michael Jackson that was not produced by Quincy Jones. The Dangerous album was released on November 26, 1991, and became the fastest selling number one album, breaking the records by entering the charts at #1 only 3 days after it's release! It was also the first album released by Sony music that had a Thursday release date, rather than the traditional Monday release.