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Knockin' on Heaven's Door
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"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
Single by Bob Dylan
from the album Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
B-side
"Turkey Chase"
Released
July 13, 1973
Recorded
February 1973
Genre
Folk rock, gospel
Length
2:32
Label
Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Bob Dylan
Producer(s)
Gordon Carroll
Bob Dylan singles chronology
"George Jackson"
(1971) "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
(1973) "A Fool Such as I"
(1973)
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a song written and sung by Bob Dylan, for the soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. Released as a single, it reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Described by Dylan biographer Clinton Heylin as "an exercise in splendid simplicity",[1] the song, in terms of the number of other artists who have covered it, is one of Dylan's most popular post-1960s compositions.
Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.[2]
Contents
1 Chart history
1.1 Weekly charts
1.2 Year-end charts
2 Cover versions
2.1 Eric Clapton version
2.2 Guns N' Roses versions
2.2.1 Charts
2.2.2 Certifications
2.3 Dunblane tribute
2.4 Other cover versions
3 Sampled version
4 Soundtrack inclusions
5 In popular culture
6 References
Chart history[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1973-74)
Peak
position
Australia KMR[3] 10
Canada RPM Top Singles[4] 10
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[5] 6
Ireland (IRMA)[6] 9
Netherlands 51
UK (OCC) 14
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 12
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[8] 5
US Cash Box Top 100[9] 10
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1973)
Rank
Australia[10] 92
Canada[11] 93
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[12] 104
Cover versions[edit]
Eric Clapton version[edit]
In January 1975 Eric Clapton played on Jamaican singer Arthur Louis' recording of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" arranged in a reggae style. Subsequently, Clapton recorded his own reggae-style version of the song which was released in August 1975, two weeks after Louis's version was released as a single in July 1975.[13] Clapton's single peaked at No. 38 in the UK Singles Chart. The single was less successful in the US, only reaching No. 109 in Cash Box. Clapton's 1996 boxed set Crossroads 2: Live in the Seventies features a performance recorded in London in April 1977. The song was also performed during the Journeyman and One More Car, One More Rider world tours in 1990 and 2003. Additionally, the song has been included on several Clapton compilation albums, such as Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton, Backtrackin', The Cream of Clapton and Complete Clapton.[14]
Guns N' Roses versions[edit]
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
Song by Guns N' Roses
from the album Days of Thunder (soundtrack)
Released
June 26, 1990
Genre
Hard rock, blues rock
Length
5:36
Label
Geffen
Songwriter(s)
Bob Dylan
Producer(s)
Mike Clink
Guns N' Roses
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
1992 UK picture sleeve
Single by Guns N' Roses
from the album Use Your Illusion II
Released
1992
Genre
Hard rock, blues rock
Length
5:30
Label
Geffen
Songwriter(s)
Bob Dylan
Producer(s)
Mike Clink
Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses singles chronology
"Live and Let Die"
(1991) "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
(1992) "November Rain"
(1992)
In 1987, Guns N' Roses started including the song in their live sets. A live version of the song was released on the maxi-single of "Welcome to the Jungle" the same year. They recorded a studio version in 1990 for the soundtrack of the film Days of Thunder which reached No. 18 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart in 1990. This version was later slightly modified for the 1991 album Use Your Illusion II (basically discarding the responses in the second verse). Released as the fourth single from the album, it reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart and the New Zealand Singles Chart. Elsewhere, the single topped the charts of Belgium and the Netherlands. In Ireland, where the song also reached No. 1, it became Guns N' Roses' third (and to date last) number-one single as well as their ninth consecutive top-five hit.
Their performance of the song at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992 was used as the B-side for the single release and was also included on their Live Era: '87–'93 album, released in 1999.[15] The music video for this version of the song was directed by Andy Morahan.[16]
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts
Chart (1992)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[17]
12
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[18]
3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[19]
1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[20]
7
France (SNEP)[21]
7
Germany (Official German Charts)[22]
5
Ireland (IRMA)[23]
1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[24]
1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[25]
1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[26]
2
Norway (VG-lista)[27]
6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[28]
10
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[29]
5
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[30]
2
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[31]
18
Year-end charts
Chart (1992)
Position
Australia (ARIA)[32]
35
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[33]
9
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[34]
5
Germany (Official German Charts)[35]
9
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[36]
1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[37]
20
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[38]
8
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Australia (ARIA)[39]
Gold
Italy (FIMI)[40]
Platinum
Dunblane tribute[edit]
In 1996 and with the consent of Dylan, Scottish musician Ted Christopher wrote a new verse for "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" in memory of the schoolchildren and teacher killed in the Dunblane school massacre. This has been, according to some sources, one of the few times Dylan has officially authorized anybody to add or change the lyrics to one of his songs.[41][42] This version of the song, including children from the village singing the chorus with guitarist and producer of Dylan's album Infidels (1983), Mark Knopfler, was released on December 9 in the UK and reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart and Scottish Singles Chart.[43][44] The proceeds went to charities for children.[45] The song was featured on the compilation album Hits 97, where all royalties from the song were given to three separate charities.
Other cover versions[edit]
Two different live versions by Fairport Convention recorded in February 1974 at the Troubadour in Los Angeles were released. One on the Sandy Denny box set Who Knows Where the Time Goes in 1985, and the other on her anthology A Boxful of Treasures in 2004.[46]
A live version by Cold Chisel appears on their 1981 live album Swingshift.[47]
A live version by Television appears on their 1982 album The Blow-Up.
Danny & Dusty released a version of the song on their 1985 album The Lost Weekend.
Heaven released a version of the song on the group's 1985 album, Knockin' On Heaven's Door.[48]
Randy Crawford released a version of this song on her album Rich and Poor in 1989, featuring Eric Clapton and David Sanborn.
Vlado Kreslin released his live version on his album Pikapolonica in 1996. It was performed by Beltinška banda.
S Vremena Na Vreme released a cover on their live album Unplugged in 1997.[49]
The Brazilian singer Zé Ramalho released a Portuguese version of Dylan's song called "Batendo na Porta do Céu" in his 1997 album Antologia Acústica (Acoustic Anthology).
Warren Zevon released a version of the song on his 2003 album The Wind, shortly before his death from cancer in September of that year.
Avril Lavigne released a cover version on the bonus CD of her My World video release in 2003, as one of the B-Sides from her single "Nobody's Home", it was also used in the Olympic soundtrack of Unity: The Official Athens 2004 Olympic Games Album and afterwards as a Japanese bonus track for her 2011 album Goodbye Lullaby.
Larry Norman released his cover on his 2004 album Sessions. With the exception of the chorus line, the song has completely original lyrics.[50]
Roger Waters released a cover version on his album Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Volume 1.
Wyclef Jean recorded a version of the song, which was used in the 2004 documentary Ghosts of Cité Soleil.
Babyface released a version on his 2007 album Playlist.
A version by Antony and the Johnsons was included on the Bob Dylan cover album I'm Not There, which served as the soundtrack for the film of the same name.
Both Jerry Garcia Band and the Grateful Dead often covered the song in their live sets, one recorded example being the Jerry Garcia Band live album Don't Let Go
Meir Ariel, an Israeli singer, covered the song with a Hebrew version in a 1998 concert later released as an album, Doors Are Opened By Themselves. The chorus is sung in both Hebrew and English.
Bryan Ferry recorded a version of the song on his album Dylanesque.
Ján Boleslav Kladivo released a Slovak version on his 1995 debut album Nahá
Sampled version[edit]
Gabrielle's single "Rise" (2000) sampled from this song.
Soundtrack inclusions[edit]
Film/TV show
Year
Performer
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid 1973 Bob Dylan
Renaldo & Clara 1978 Bob Dylan & Roger McGuinn
Lethal Weapon 2 1989 Randy Crawford, Eric Clapton & David Sanborn
Days of Thunder 1990 Guns N' Roses
Shake Rattle & Roll 2 (segment "Aswang") 1990 Guns N' Roses
Rush 1991 Bob Dylan
Total Balalaika Show 1994 Leningrad Cowboys and Alexandrov Ensemble
Lawn Dogs 1997 Bob Dylan
The Dybbuk of the Holy Apple Field 1997 Roger Waters
Knockin' on Heaven's Door 1997 Selig
Treasure Planet 2002 Bob Dylan
Windstruck 2004 Youme
Be Cool 2005 Bob Dylan
Las Vegas (episode 45, "Letters, Lawyers and Loose Women") 2005 Bob Dylan
Six Feet Under (episode 61, "All Alone") 2005 Bob Dylan
ER (episode 260, "Darfur") 2006 Scoob Serious
Salvador (Puig Antich) 2006 Bob Dylan
I'm Not There 2007 Antony & the Johnsons
Supernatural (episode 35, "Houses of the Holy") 2007 Bob Dylan
Cold Case (episode 84, "Blood on the Tracks") 2007 Bob Dylan
Big Love (episode 2-08, "Kingdom Come") 2007 Bob Dylan
My Name is Earl 2008 Bob Dylan
Come Dio Comanda 2008 Antony & the Johnsons
Heaven's Door 2009 Angela Aki
Supernatural (episode 98, "Dark Side of the Moon") 2010 Bob Dylan
Lifted 2011 Uriah Shelton
Blue Bloods (Season 4, Episode 7, "Drawing Dead") 2013 Rick Devin[51]
The 100 2015 RAIGN
Sense8 (episode 9, "Death Doesn't Let You Say Goodbye") 2015 Antony & the Johnsons
Containment, episode 5, "Like a Sheep Among Wolves" 2016 RAIGN
Misty[52] 2018 KLANG
In popular culture[edit]
Nick Talevski used the title for his book, Knocking On Heaven's Door: Rock Obituaries.[53] A version of this song was performed by Raign for the TV show "The 100"
An alternate name for the 24th episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion is "Knockin' on Heaven's Door".
The title is used as the name of Rohan Kishibe's Stand, "Heaven's Door", in the fourth part of the manga "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure", Diamond is Unbreakable.
The title was used for the 12th episode of Angel Beats! and Bob Dylan along with the song was mentioned in the episode by T.K. and Hinata
Covered by The Jenerators, the song was used during a tribute to the death of cast member Miguel Ferrer of NCIS: Los Angeles at the end of the Season 8 Episode 16 "New Tricks", broadcast on March 5, 2017. Ferrer was a member of The Jenerators.[54]
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Bob Dylan singles discography
1962
"Mixed-Up Confusion" / "Corrina, Corrina"
1963
"Blowin' in the Wind" / "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
1965
"The Times They Are a-Changin'" / "Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance"
"Maggie's Farm" / "On the Road Again"
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" / "She Belongs to Me"
"Like a Rolling Stone" / "Gates of Eden
"Positively 4th Street" / "From a Buick 6"
"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" / "Highway 61 Revisited"
1966
"One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)" / "Queen Jane Approximately"
"Rainy Day Women ♯12 & 35" / "Pledging My Time"
"I Want You" / "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" (live with The Hawks)
"Just Like a Woman" / "Obviously 5 Believers"
1967
"Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" / "Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine"
"If You Gotta Go, Go Now" / "To Ramona" (only in Europe)
1968
"Drifter's Escape" / "John Wesley Harding"
"All Along the Watchtower" / "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"
1969
"I Threw It All Away" / "Drifter's Escape"
"Lay Lady Lay" / "Peggy Day"
"Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You" / "Country Pie"
1970
"If Not for You" / "New Morning"
"Wigwam" / "Copper Kettle"
1971
"Watching the River Flow" / "Spanish is the Loving Tongue"
"George Jackson" (band version) / "George Jackson" (acoustic version)
1973
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" / "Turkey Chase" (instrumental from Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid)
"A Fool Such as I" / "Lily of the West"
1974
"On a Night Like This" / "You Angel You"
"Something There Is About You" / "Tough Mama"
"Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" (live with The Band)
"All Along the Watchtower" / "It Ain't Me Babe"
1975
"Tangled Up in Blue" / "If You See Her, Say Hello"
"Million Dollar Bash" / "Tears of Rage"
"Hurricane" (Part 1) / "Hurricane" (Part 2)
1976
"Mozambique" / "Oh Sister"
"Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again" (live) / "Rita May"
1978
"Baby, Stop Crying" / "We Better Talk This Over"
"Changing of the Guards" / "Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)"
"Is Your Love In Vain?" / "We Better Talk This Over"
1979
"Maggie's Farm (live) / "All Along the Watchtower"
"Forever Young" (live) / "All Along the Watchtower" / "I Want You"
"Man Gave Names to All the Animals" / "When You Gonna Wake Up?"
"Gotta Serve Somebody" / "Trouble in Mind"
"Precious Angel" / "Trouble in Mind"
1980
"Slow Train" / "Do Right to Me Baby"
"Solid Rock" / "Covenant Woman"
"Saved" / "Are You Ready?"
1981
"Heart of Mine" / "Let It Be Me"
"Dead Man, Dead Man" / "Lenny Bruce"
1983
"Union Sundown" / "Angel Flying too Close to the Ground"
"I and I" / "Angel Flying too Close to the Ground"
"Sweetheart Like You" / "Union Sundown"
1984
"Jokerman" / "Isis"
1985
"Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love)" / "We Better Talk this Over"
"When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky" / "Emotionally Yours"
1986
"Band of the Hand" / "Joe's Death" (Michael Rubini)
"Got My Mind Made Up" / "The Usual"
1988
"Silvio" / "Driftin' too Far from the Shore"
1989
"Everything Is Broken" / "Death is Not the End"
"Slow Train" (live with The Grateful Dead)
1990
"Political World" / "Ring Them Bells" (only in the UK and Australia)
"Most of the Time" / "Most of the Time (edit piece)
"Unbelievable" / "10,000 Men"
1991
"Series of Dreams" / "Seven Curses"
"Blind Willie McTell" / "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (from The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3)
"Step it Up and Go" — (no b-side)
1993
"My Back Pages" (with Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison) — (no b-side)
1995
"Dignity" (live on MTV Unplugged) / "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" (live version)
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" / "John Brown" (both live on MTV Unplugged)
1998
"Not Dark Yet" / "Tombstone Blues" (live) / "Ballad of a Thin Man" (live) / "Boots of Spanish Leather" (live)
"Love Sick" / "Tombstone Blues" (live)
2000
"Things Have Changed" / "Make You Feel My Love" (live) / "Hurricane" / "Song to Woody" (live)
2006
"Someday Baby" / "Someday Baby" (edit piece)
"Rollin' and Tumblin'" / "Not Dark Yet" / "High Water (for Charley Patton)"
2007
"Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" (Mark Ronson remix version) / "Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" (album version)
2008
"Dreamin' of You" (edit piece) / "Dreamin' of You" (album version)
2009
"Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" / "Down Along the Cove" (live)
"I Feel a Change Comin' On" / "I Feel a Change Comin' On" (edit piece)
"Must Be Santa" / "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"
2010
"The Times They Are a-Changin'" (demo version) / "Like a Rolling Stone"
2012
"Duquesne Whistle"
2013
"Wigwam" (demo version) / "Thirsty Boots"
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This article is about the Michael Jackson song. For the Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel song, see Black or White (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel song). For the 2014 American film, see Black or White (film).
"Black or White"
Single by Michael Jackson
from the album Dangerous
B-side
"Smooth Criminal"
Released
November 11, 1991 (1991-11-11)
Format
7" single
12" single
CD, Cassette single
video single
Recorded
June 25, 1990 – October 29, 1991
Genre
Pop rock
hip hop
new jack swing
Length
4:16 (album version)
3:19 (single version)
Label
Epic
Songwriter(s)
Michael Jackson
Bill Bottrell
Producer(s)
Michael Jackson
Bill Bottrell
Michael Jackson singles chronology
"Do the Bartman"
(1990) "Black or White"
(1991) "Remember the Time"
(1992)
"Do the Bartman"
(1990) "Black or White"
(1991) "Remember the Time"
(1992)
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"Black or White" is a single by American singer and songwriter Michael Jackson. The song was released by Epic Records on November 11, 1991 as the first single from Jackson's eighth studio album, Dangerous. It was written, composed and produced by Michael Jackson and Bill Bottrell.
Contents
[hide]
1 Background
2 Composition
3 Reception
4 Remixes
5 Music video
6 Controversy and censorship
7 Track listings
8 Covers and cultural impact
9 Charts and certifications
9.1 Weekly charts
9.2 Year-end charts
9.3 Decade-end charts
9.4 Certifications
10 Personnel
11 References
12 External links
Background[edit]
"Black or White" was written, composed and produced by Michael Jackson and Bill Bottrell,[1] and was picked as the first single from the album Dangerous. An alternate version was first heard by Sony executives on a plane trip to Neverland, as the third track of the promotional CD acetate. It began to be promoted on radio stations the first week of November 1991 in New York and Los Angeles.[1][2] "Black or White" was officially released one week later, on November 5, 1991.[2]
Composition[edit]
The song has elements of dance, rap and hard rock music such as Bill Bottrell's guitars and Jackson's vocal style. This song is played in the key of E major, with Jackson's vocal spanning from E3 to B4, and its tempo is measured at 115 BPM.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
The song's main riff is often incorrectly attributed to Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash. His guitar playing is actually heard in the skit that precedes the album version of the song. Slash also played the main riff in live performances of this song.[10][11]
The vocal melody of the verses has been compared to that of the Duran Duran song 'Hungry Like The Wolf'.
Reception[edit]
To prepare the audience for the special occasion of the televised premiere of the "Black or White" video, Epic records released the song (without the accompanying images) to radio stations just two days in advance. In a period of twenty-four hours, "Black or White", described by the record company as "a rock 'n' roll dance song about racial harmony", had been added to the playlists of 96 percent of 237 of the United States of America's top forty radio stations the first day of release.[12]
"Black or White" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 35.[13] A week later it shot up to number three and in its third week, December 7, 1991, it ascended to number one, making it the fastest chart topper since The Beatles' "Get Back", which also won the Hot 100 in just three weeks in 1969.[13][14] It closed the year at number one, and remained at the top of the singles chart into 1992 for a total of seven weeks, making Michael Jackson the first artist to have number one popular hits in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.[14] In the UK, the single became the first single by an American to go into the singles chart at number one since 1960, when "It's Now or Never" by Elvis Presley did in the same manner.[13] Around the world, "Black or White" hit number one in 20 countries, including the US, the UK, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Turkey, Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the Eurochart Hot 100, number two in Germany and Austria and number three in the Netherlands.[13][14][15] The single was certified platinum in the US, selling over one million copies and became the second best selling single of the year.[12][14]
Reviews of the song were generally favorable. David Browne praised: "He still knows how to fashion a hook that will take up permanent residence in your brain (away from its video, Black or White is spare and effortless)"[16] Rolling Stone's Allan Light in his Dangerous review, compares the song unfavourably to "Beat It": "Neither this slow-burn solo nor the Stones-derived riff on 'Black or White' offers the catharsis of Eddie Van Halen's blazing break on 'Beat It'".[17] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic highlighted the song.[18] The prestigious Pazz & Jop critics' poll ranked "Black or White" at number 19.[19]
Remixes[edit]
The Clivillés & Cole remixes for "Black or White", released as a promotional single in 1992, also charted on many European countries. In the UK, it reached number 14, and in Ireland, number 11. The promotional single also surprisingly peaked at number 18 in Australia.[20] Despite the favourable European response to this remix, it was never included on a Michael Jackson album or compilation, except on the third disc of the French & UK versions of Jackson's greatest hits album King of Pop.
Music video[edit]
The music video for "Black or White" was first broadcast on MTV, BET, VH1, and Fox (giving them their highest Nielsen ratings ever)[21] as well as the BBC's Top of the Pops in the UK[22] on November 14, 1991.[23] Along with Jackson, it featured Macaulay Culkin, Tess Harper, and George Wendt.[24] The video was directed by John Landis, who previously directed Thriller. It was choreographed by Vincent Paterson. It premiered simultaneously in 27 countries, with an audience of 500 million viewers, the most ever for a music video.[23]
The first few minutes of the video feature an extended version of the song's intro. During this interlude (sometimes compared to Marty Callner's 1984 "We're Not Gonna Take It" video for Twisted Sister[25]) an 11-year-old kid (Macaulay Culkin) is dancing to rock music in his bedroom at night, causing four baseball team bobbleheads (from left to right, the Giants, the Pirates, the Dodgers, and the Rangers) to bobble. This attracts the attention of his grouchy father (George Wendt), who furiously orders him to stop playing the music and go to bed. After his father storms out and slams the door behind him (causing a Michael Jackson poster on the door to fall off and its glass frame to smash), the boy retaliates by setting up large speaker cabinets (with levels of "LOUD", "LOUDER", and "ARE YOU NUTS!?!", respectively; with the dial turned up all the way to "ARE YOU NUTS!?!") behind his father's reclining chair, donning leather gloves and sunglasses, strapping on a Wolfgang guitar and playing a power chord, and telling the father to "Eat this!".[21] The sound then shatters and destroys the house windows and sends his father (seated in the chair) halfway around the world, where the actual song begins.[21] The kid's mother (Tess Harper), comments that his father will be very upset when he gets back. The album version of the song does not feature Culkin's nor Wendt's voice; they are replaced by voice actors performing a similar intro. The boy's father crashes in Africa, and Jackson sings "Black or White", surrounded by various cultures scene-by-scene.[23]
The video shows scenes in which African hunters begin dancing by using moves from West African dance[dubious – discuss], with Jackson following their moves and them mirroring his; as do, in sequence, traditional Thai dancers, Plains Native Americans (located at the Vasquez Rocks formation in California), an Odissi dancer from India and a group of Russians[21] (wearing Ukrainian clothing and dancing Hopak). Jackson walks through visual collages of fire (defiantly declaring "I ain't scared of no sheets; I ain't scared of nobody"), referring to KKK torch ceremonies before a mock rap scene shared with Culkin and other children.[23] The group collectively states, "I'm not gonna spend my life being a color." The final verse is performed by Jackson on a large sculpted torch, which the camera pans out to reveal as the Statue of Liberty. Jackson is seen singing on Lady Liberty's torch surrounded by other famous world edifices including The Giza Sphinx, Hagia Sophia, Pamukkale, The Parthenon, Taj Mahal, St. Basil's Cathedral, Pyramids of Giza, Golden Gate Bridge, Big Ben and the Eiffel Tower.
At the end of the song, several different people, of differing races and nationalities, including actor Glen Chin, model Tyra Banks, actress Khrystyne Haje, actor Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter, and voice actress and singer Cree Summer dance as they morph into one another (shown as "talking heads"). This technique, previously executed without digital assistance in the Godley & Creme video for "Cry", known as morphing, had been previously used only in films such as Willow and Terminator 2. The morphing visual effects were created by Pacific Data Images.[13]
The music video of the song appears on the video albums: Dangerous: The Short Films (long version), Video Greatest Hits – HIStory (long version, without graffiti on VHS version but with graffiti on DVD version), Number Ones (short version), and Michael Jackson's Vision (long version without graffiti).
Controversy and censorship[edit]
A comparison between the two versions of Michael Jackson's "Black or White" music video: the original version and the computer-altered racist graffiti version (with the messages reading "Hitler Lives" with "swastika", "Nigger Go Home", "No More Wetbacks" and "KKK Rules"). Coincidentally, the "Nigger Go Home" message has the G's made to look like the number 6 to make the content a little less offending to viewers, hence referencing the Illuminati and the 666.
Controversy was generated concerning the last four minutes of the original music video. Jackson walks out of the studio as a black panther and then morphs into himself.[23] Then he walks outside to perform some of his most physically complicated dance techniques, in a similar way to "Billie Jean". The scene is also very similar to that of a commercial Jackson appeared in for L.A. Gear in 1989. This part contained sexually suggestive scenes when Jackson starts to grab his crotch,[21] and then zips his pants up. In the original version, Jackson is seen smashing windows,[21] destroying a car and causing an inn (called the "Royal Arms") to explode. Jackson later apologized saying that the violent and suggestive behavior was an interpretation of the animal instinct of a black panther, and MTV and other music video networks removed the last four minutes from subsequent broadcasts.[23] To make the vandalism and violence more understandable to viewers, an altered version was produced, with racial messages added via CGI graffiti to the windows Jackson breaks. The version included in the box set Michael Jackson's Vision is the aired, televised version without the graffiti, and does not include the "prejudice is ignorance" title card.
To date, the uncut version has generally been seen in the United States on MTV2 only between the hours of 01:00 and 04:00, as part of their special uncensored airing of the "Most Controversial Music Videos" of all time. The extended version is also available on Jackson's DVDs. The original version (without graffiti) is available on the DVD releases of Video Greatest Hits – HIStory with the VHS and Laserdisc release containing the aired version, and online at MTVMusic.com. It was still shown in its entirety for some years in Europe. Indeed, UK channel MTV Classic aired the full video at 14:00 on April 11, 2010, including the brief cameo by Bart Simpson and Homer Simpson before the "prejudice is ignorance" image. MTV Classic have continued to air the full video post-watershed and recently aired in September 2012.
The uncut version was shown in Australia at 11:45 pm AEST on Saturday June 2, 2012 as the first song on the weekly late night, guest-programmed music video show Rage, on ABC1.
The first version made available in the iTunes Store contains neither the panther scene nor The Simpsons' cameo, and is cut after the morphing sequence. Since then, a new version has been released with the graffiti and The Simpsons cameo called "Black or White (Michael Jackson's Vision)."
Starting in 1992, Nocturne Video Productions began playing the "Panther Segment" of the video as an interlude during Michael's Dangerous world tour. The clip is 20 seconds shorter than the original, omitting all the violence and the sexually suggestive scenes.[23] The scene of the pants re-zipping was retained. In predominantly Islamic countries during the HIStory Tour, the scene was replaced with the Carmina Burana "Brace Yourself" montage originally used as the intro in the previous Dangerous Tour. On March 28, 2009, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's music video program Rage aired the uncensored, original graffiti version in its entirety in a 720p digital broadcast. Even though the short, censored version continues to air periodically to this day, some television channels still broadcast the complete racist messages version.
Track listings[edit]
Maxi CD
"Black or White" (single version) – 3:22
"Black or White" (instrumental) – 3:22
"Smooth Criminal" – 4:13
7" single and 3" CD
"Black or White" (single version) – 3:22
"Black or White" (instrumental) – 3:22
12" single
"Black or White" (The Clivilles & Cole House/Club Mix) – 7:36
"Black or White" (The Clivilles & Cole House/Dub Mix) – 6:34
"Black or White" (House with Guitar Radio Mix) – 3:53
"Black or White" (single version) – 3:22
"Black or White" (Instrumental) – 3:22
"Black or White" (Tribal Beats) – 3:38
The Clivillés & Cole Remixes
"Black or White" (The Clivillés & Cole House / Club Mix) – 7:36
"Black or White" (The Clivillés & Cole House / Dub Mix) – 6:34
"Black or White" (The Underground Club Mix) – 7:29
"Black or White" (House With Guitar Radio Mix) – 3:53
"Black or White" (Tribal Beats) – 3:38
UK PAL VHS promo
"Black or White" (Extended Version) (Music Video) - 6:23
Visionary CD side
"Black or White" (single version) – 3:22
"Black or White" (Clivillés & Cole House Guitar Radio Mix) – 3:53
Visionary DVD side
"Black or White" (Music Video) – 11:00
Covers and cultural impact[edit]
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"Black or White" has been covered by some artists since its release.
In 1991, "Weird Al" Yankovic recorded a parody of "Black or White" titled "Snack All Night", which was never released. Although Jackson was a long-time supporter of Yankovic's work and had approved past parodies, he told Yankovic that he was reluctant to approve a parody of "Black or White" because of the message of the song.[26] Yankovic believes that Jackson's rejection of the parody was ultimately for the best, because he was unsatisfied with the quality of the song and its scrapping left room on his next album for "Smells Like Nirvana", one of his biggest hits.[26] As with other rejected parodies, Yankovic has performed "Snack All Night" during his concerts.[27]
In 2009, singer Adam Lambert performed the song on the 8th season of American Idol during the Michael Jackson episode,[28] which was re-aired on June 29, in a tribute to the death of Jackson on June 25.
In the early 1990s, the children's show Sesame Street also spoofed the song with a song called "Wet or Dry". Little Chrissy responds to the question of what makes him happy: he likes having fun "no matter if he's wet or dry", and demonstrates by playing his piano on both a stage and underwater (surrounded by fish). "Wet" and "dry" are further demonstrated with several kids, Mr. Handford, and Maria getting buckets of water dumped on them. Both the song and video spoof "Black or White".
In 2013, as the new rules in the COP for rhythmic gymnastics allowed music with words. The Georgian gymnast Salome Phajava used a shortened version for her ribbon routine.
In 2013, the song was featured on a heavy metal tribute album as a tribute to Jackson's memory and legacy. The cover song featured Lajon Witherspoon of Sevendust on vocals and Bruce Kulick, formerly of KISS, on guitar.
The music video, particularly the "Panther Segment", have been referenced or parodied by television shows and artists.
The video, including the "Panther Segment" was parodied by the sketch comedy TV show In Living Color, in which Tommy Davidson appeared as Jackson, but instead of a panther, Davidson morphs from a tiny black kitten. At the end of the video, Jackson is arrested, and as he is being led off by the police, he muses, "I guess I really am black."[29]
The "Panther Segment" was also parodied by the popular American sketch comedy television series MADtv.
In 1991, English rock band Genesis parodied the "Black or White" video in the ending of their video for "I Can't Dance", in which member Phil Collins imitates Michael Jackson's "panther" fit in front of a stark white background.[30]
The "face morphing" portion of the video was satirized in a music video spoof "Garfield Rap" on a 1993 episode of Garfield and Friends.[31]
In 2011, Brooklyn hip hop group Das Racist released a music video for their song, titled "Michael Jackson", parodying the "Black or White" video. The song is features on the group's album Relax.[32]
In 2012, the television show Glee covered the song in the episode "Michael", it features primary voices from Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Chris Colfer and Naya Rivera, and backing vocals from the rest of the cast. Jenna Ushkowitz and Darren Criss are not featured in the song or the performance. This cover debuted and peaked at number 64 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 42 at Billboard Digital Songs, and number 69 at Billboard Canadian Hot 100 chart at the week of February 18, 2012.[33]
Charts and certifications[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1991–92)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[34] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[35] 2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[36] 1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[37] 3
Canadian RPM 10 Dance[38] 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles[39] 1
Cuba Singles Chart[15] 1
Denmark (Tracklisten)[15] 1
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles[15] 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[40] 1
France (SNEP)[41] 1
Germany (Official German Charts)[42] 2
Irish Singles Chart[43] 1
Israel Singles Chart[15] 1
Italy (FIMI)[44] 1
Mexico (Mexican Airplay)[15] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[45] 3
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[46] 2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[47] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[48] 1
Spain (AFYVE)[49] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[50] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[51] 1
Turkish Singles Chart[52] 1
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[53] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[54] 1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[55] 23
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[56] 2
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)[57] 1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[58] 3
Zimbabwean Singles Chart[15] 1
Chart (1992) (Clivilles & Coles remixes)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[20] 18
Irish Singles Chart[43] 11
UK (Official Charts Company)[59] 14
Chart (2006)
Peak
position
France (SNEP)[41] 64
Irish Singles Chart[43] 22
Italy (FIMI)[60] 7
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[46] 24
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[61] 2
UK (Official Charts Company)[59] 18
Chart (2009)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[34] 6
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[35] 17
Denmark (Tracklisten)[62] 22
European Hot 100 Singles[63] 25
France (SNEP)[64] 9
Hot Canadian Digital Singles[57] 8
Italy (FIMI)[60] 7
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[46] 21
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[47] 16
Norway (VG-lista)[48] 18
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[61] 22
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[50] 11
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[51] 7
UK (Official Charts Company)[59] 25
US Billboard Hot Digital Songs[57] 13
Chart (2011)
Peak
position
Hungary (MAHASZ)[65] 6
Chart (2016)
Peak
position
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[66] 64
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1991)
Position
Australia (ARIA)[67] 34
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[68] 19
End of year chart (1992)
Position
Australia (ARIA)[67] 83
US Billboard Hot 100[69] 14
Decade-end charts[edit]
Chart (1990–1999)
Position
US Billboard Hot 100[70] 39
Belgium Belgian Entertainment Association (BEA)[71] 77
Certifications[edit]
Country
Certification
Sales
Australia 2× Platinum[72] 140,000[72]
Canada Gold[73] 50,000
France (SNEP)[74]
Silver 125,000[75]
Germany Gold[76] 250,000
New Zealand Platinum[77] 15,000[77][78]
United Kingdom Silver 200,000
United States Platinum[14] 1,000,000[14]
Personnel[edit]
Written and composed by Michael Jackson
Rap lyrics by Bill Bottrell
Produced by Michael Jackson and Bill Bottrell
Recorded and mixed by Bill Bottrell
Bryan Loren: Drums
Brad Buxer and Bill Bottrell: Percussion
Bryan Loren (moog) and Terry Jackson (bass guitar): Bass
Brad Buxer, John Barnes and Jasun Martz: Keyboards
Bill Bottrell: Guitar
Tim Pierce: Heavy metal guitar
Michael Boddicker, Kevin Gilbert: Speed sequencer
Morphing Sound Effect: Scott Frankfurt
Rap performance by L.T.B. (pseudonym for Bill Bottrell)[79]
"Intro":
Composed by Bill Bottrell
Directed by Michael Jackson
Engineering and sound design: Matt Forger
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External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
Preceded by
"I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single
November 30, 1991 – January 18, 1992 Succeeded by
"Let's Talk About Sex" by Salt-n-Pepa
Preceded by
"Dizzy" by Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff UK number-one single
November 23–30, 1991 (2 weeks) Succeeded by
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" by George Michael and Elton John
Preceded by
"Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" by P.M. Dawn Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
December 7, 1991 – January 18, 1992 Succeeded by
"All 4 Love" by Color Me Badd
Preceded by
"Song of Ocarina"
by Jean-Philippe Audin and Diego Modena French (SNEP) number one single
January 25, 1992 – February 2, 1992 Succeeded by
"Song of Ocarina"
by Jean-Philippe Audin and Diego Modena
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