How Michael Jackson Crafted His First Solo Hit

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A closer look at how the King of Pop crafted his first big pop hit, "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough.'
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Anne Danielsen (2012) The Sound of Crossover: Micro-rhythm and Sonic Pleasure in Michael Jackson's “Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough”, Popular Music and Society, 35:2, 151-168, DOI: 10.1080/03007766.2011.616298
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@PhillT1988 5 лет назад

''Don't write the song, let the music create itself'' - Michael Jackson

@Syklonus 5 лет назад

It's true. I'm a songwriter and if the music is taking you in a certain direction then go with it. Forcing the wheel will only cause frustration.

@Realworlddummy 5 лет назад

Because satan write him songs, he sold his soul

@seansean2545 5 лет назад

@@Realworlddummy He harvested the souls of young boys to Satan.

@Char-kd6bl 5 лет назад

@@seansean2545 Yeah no

@seansean2545 5 лет назад

@@Char-kd6bl no yeah?

@max2082 5 лет назад

Off the Wall was Michael Jackson finding his voice as a solo artist. And when he did, it was one of the greatest treasures the world may ever know.

@shenyaet3350 4 года назад

max2082 Beautifully said ❤️❤️❤️

@s0ulsborne 4 года назад

Maria wtf bitch there is no evidence hes innocent period

@emilitious7886 4 года назад

@@AllIsWellaus what evidence?

@lundulaproductions8958 4 года назад

@@AllIsWellaus What evidence?

@letitbe1977 4 года назад

@@AllIsWellaus Show us this evidence you're talking about. We're waiting.

@shenyaet3350 4 года назад

Michael Jackson’s albums were all soo good, that it was impossible to skip. Most albums only have a few good songs, but Mike created music for the soul. Off the wall is my favorite album.

@onesong2001 5 месяцев назад

You've listened to most albums? You must be very old because that would take many lifetimes.

@marshallislandsg5630 5 лет назад

Michael's song had it's own identity. Only few artists' had this quality. RIP King.

@svnkez536 5 лет назад

MJs music makes me really appreciate growing up in the 80s. It was a special time. 💃🕺

@TheRealSiahA 4 года назад

SVNKEZ lucky

@reneehicks4629 4 года назад

Yes it was. I’m so grateful that I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s. I was blessed to see many Jacksons concerts.

@Sophie_b1026 4 года назад

I wish I could of grown up in the 80’s. Sadly I was only 3 when he passed

@scottyovgy2 3 года назад

@@Sophie_b1026 the fact that you're watching nerdwriter1 videos about Michael Jackson at 14 makes you cooler than 99% of kids your age, you're on the right track kid!👍

@Sophie_b1026 3 года назад

scott forsyth thank you so much! That’s so nice of you to say! God bless you 🙏🏻❤️😁

@moonrocked 5 лет назад

Its crazy because Michael Jackson's off the wall was the best selling and highest selling album by a black artist ever selling 20 million worldwide. Then Michael's next album thriller became the bestselling and highest selling album of all time selling over 100 million worldwide... what a jump.

@moonrocked 5 лет назад

@J R exactly

@dtmt502 5 лет назад

Yes white people are always slow with music, and they end up killing it like Rap music.

@slendergrl 5 лет назад

Bingo.

@jarrettcone8949 5 лет назад

I know that's crazy right before Off the Wall Michael already sold 90 million with the Jacksons

@RoundSquareX 5 лет назад

What is more interesting is that MJ predicted these sales prior to the release, and everybody doubted him. Although he wanted "Bad" to sell 100 million, but he eventually got those sales with Thriller. And the CBS President didn't want to sign the Jacksons, people under him had to vouch and insist for The Jacksons, then Walter says "That was my brilliant move signing the Jacksons," when he just got done explaining that he had to be talked into it.

@BadAssMacmillan 5 лет назад

It's impossible to listen to this song without moving your body.

@shyammazumdar3497 5 лет назад

Lol

@sonnyblagrove1778 5 лет назад

Unless you're dead!

@iamhereblossom1588 5 лет назад

I feel that way about most of off the wall. You just can't sit still.

@soap4780 5 лет назад

I agree!!

@dealerovski82 5 лет назад

It's because the devil wrote it.

@sleepybrownbear 5 лет назад

You didn’t mention the best part of how Michael Jackson made songs. He would recreate all of the sounds of the instruments and lyrics with his voice one at a time and layer them. He’d end up with the most awesome acapella music you’ve ever heard. Then he’d bring in other musicians to record the song.

3 года назад

Wow, I didn't know this. Amazing.

@Kaddywompous 3 года назад

What I wouldn’t give to hear demos of that.

@TVDandTrueBlood 2 года назад

@@Kaddywompous There's a lot of demos out there! Just search Michael Jackson acapella demo on youtube! For example this one is beautiful: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eZeYw1bm53Y.html&ab_channel=MJJFreakix3 And for some more examples of his beatboxing ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5C5he8XQCBw.html&ab_channel=IndianTechieGirl

@aegeanmapping 2 года назад

Cap

@camillehardy5529 Год назад

@@Kaddywompous some of them are online like Billie Jean and human nature

@bigb888999 5 лет назад

You used Michael to trick me into learning music theory you win this round Nerdwriter1.

@dariocaporuscio8701 5 лет назад

bigb888999 yes but this video is full of music theory mistakes...

@acharich 5 лет назад

😂😂😂

@jearmeymorgan8297 5 лет назад

Dario Caporuscio please elaborate instead of just sounding pretentious..

@MumbleJumbles 5 лет назад

@@jearmeymorgan8297 Here is a composer's response: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jPcXABJVjI8.html

@dynomiteboy20 4 года назад

Jearmey Morgan Jearmey Morgan first off he ain’t pretentious for saying there are mistakes, you missed them cuz you didn’t study theory (I’m guessing) which is fine just dont get angry about it. Second if you want an example of a mistake nerdwriter1 mixed up the A and B major chords at 5:02. Also the thing about James brown making the emphasis of the first beat of every measure in 4/4 time is just wrong, and the way nerdwriter1 describes syncopations is very misleading and would definitely be marked wrong on a theory test

@ExaltedWarrior 5 лет назад

Is it me or is it extremely hard to pay attention to Nerdwriter while he's jamming Michael Jackson in the background?

@mona9364 5 лет назад

Billy Breakaho EXACTLY 🤣

@Jewel77777 4 года назад

Billy Breakaho It is! I had to keep replaying some parts lol.

@p.c.h.6721 4 года назад

I just listened to the music and tuned out all that analysis 😂

@GgGg-lc9ze 4 года назад

yeah I keep finding myself singing along instead of listening to what he is saying, you can't play MJ and expect us to focus on anything else

@theshevirgo 4 года назад

Man I’ve been bopping my head the entire Time

@T.T.LovesAmbience 4 года назад

This man was a gift to the world. You will never see another. Love him... ❤

@johnking8999 4 года назад

Michael Jackson muisc sounds like it was just made today everytime you hear it

@ching6ay 4 года назад

John King thats exactly what I wana say. 🤔

@CP-wl5ic 4 года назад

That's true,timeless❤

@ma.karenqueenoccianas9506 4 года назад

Riggghhhht??

@sadviolinproductions391 4 года назад

That's exactly how i feel every time I hear his music!!

@angelaclairecostoy4358 3 года назад

I just heard for the first time yesterday blue gangsta and it could very well be a justin timberlake music

@imagoodboy7352 5 лет назад

"Next decade" ??? Nah nah he became the king of pop for a whole CENTURY !! ♥️

@deekshahalder8872 4 года назад

*FOREVER

@s0ulsborne 4 года назад

Eternity

@AntiRiku 4 года назад

''Whatever anyone says +1'' I win

@LooperWackyGubbins 4 года назад

I'm a good boy and still

@robindavies1372 4 года назад

*OF ALL TIME

@eyelandgal 5 лет назад

6:16 what a perfect moment 😂

@yourmidnights13 3 года назад

this comes from a man that literally beatboxes songs into existence because it's already done in his head before he even hears the first chord physically

@terrelmartinez5390 5 лет назад

Now this is the content that I pay my internet bills for

@spritemultipack 5 лет назад

I thought this was gonna be a bout how wrote all his songs in his head and beatboxed into a recorder

@herethererainbows 5 лет назад

Jack Duck me too this was analysis of a song and not very much in how he actually wrote songs

@ademparik 5 лет назад

Fact Fiend?

@plutterton 5 лет назад

Yeah, nerdwriter fucked up.

@ademparik 5 лет назад

Hahaha. The likes of our comments are going "3 2 1 let's jam" COWBOY BEBOY INTENSIFIES

@bigstunna2049 5 лет назад

Same

@jons9218 5 лет назад

It's funny how him and Janet talk the same damn way, they sound exactly alike, its crazy!

@ericsurf6 5 лет назад

Love it. You kicked ass with this one.

@shenyaet3350 4 года назад

Michael was a genius when it was time to create music 🎼 He also never settled for just average. He was a perfectionist.

@soap4780 5 лет назад

I can’t help moving my head like a pigeon listing to this.

@humey2090 4 года назад

Lmao me too😂😂😂

@smellyjackson3702 5 лет назад

Michael Jackson: Pure genius!

@iyiolawilliams6330 4 года назад

Micheal is an epitome of musical genuis. People see musicians as losers but I tell u, it only genuis who have the ability to write what people will listen to.

@onesong2001 5 месяцев назад

Do you like to eat at McDonalds?

@no-nn4rl 5 лет назад

6:16 this is exactly why I love him

@jona.scholt4362 5 лет назад

Dude, that moonwalk in reverse was even more awesome than the actual moonwalk

@LPTV84 5 лет назад

I suggest watching Michael performing billie jean on the bad tour 1988 because he does this strange in place moonwalk while also doing it at an angle.

@shiskeyoffles 5 лет назад

@LPTV84 5 лет назад

@@shiskeyoffles yes.

@jimmydouglas8361 5 лет назад

@@LPTV84 That is referred to as the circle walk. I enjoy that as much as the moonwalk if not more.

@camaradiop3731 5 лет назад

@@jimmydouglas8361 Actually, when you go backwards, it's the backside, when you go circular, THAT'S the Moonwalk. No offense, but when black culture is appropriated (stolen) by the "dominant" culture, it's misnomered; currently, for example, the pound is misnamed the "fist bump".

@krypticunlimited6925 5 лет назад

So basically, he was musical genius

@noway5683 4 года назад

I'm 53 and still get up and Crank it when ever I hear his Music Some of his songs gives me chills down my spine. It's a Shame what they did to him.

@drstew1 4 года назад

No Way your comment moved me.

@leefelixsclown6519 3 года назад

I'm 16 and I love michael jackson..my number one favorite artist I wish I was born in his era....😭😭

@rockhrd108 3 года назад

😔

@PeripheralPurity 5 лет назад

"and jackson banging on a glass soda bottle" Why did i laugh so hard ahahahaha

@williamrayburn5314 4 года назад

PeripheralPurity Totally did not know this factoid either!

@CP-wl5ic 4 года назад

Haha

@amyketchum 3 года назад

This is not a true “fact”. It was Sheila E. Not Michael. It is because of her performance (banging on glass pop bottles in this song) that helped lead her path to knowing/working with Prince.

@wignallyt 2 года назад

@@amyketchum Sheila E is not credited on the album notes.

@nunyabiznes6243 2 года назад

@@amyketchum the demo had MJ banging on bottles before Sheila came in.

@CraftSized 5 лет назад

5:00 just want to point out that the chord names are flipped

@Semakpa 5 лет назад

CraftSized that triggert me way to hard

@Dhoing 5 лет назад

Came here for your comment :-D

@chrislss8 5 лет назад

I re watched that part four times to make sure I wasn't crazy xD figured someone else noticed it...

@bygon432 5 лет назад

Seeing this, and the upside-down notes in the Lord of the Rings video... yeah Nerdwriter doesn't know a lot about music theory does he

@RianJudge 5 лет назад

He tries his best jheez bygon

@AbbreviatedReviews 5 лет назад

First time I've danced through a nerdwriter video, so that's fun. Knowing everything we've learned about Michael Jackson's rough life and upbringing since his died, it's nice to hear something positive about his rise to megastardom.

@JinChohan 5 лет назад

Amazing video. I have to say though Michael's demo sounds exactly like the final. He produced this track himself, even though Quincy is credited.

@jacobstrouble6631 5 лет назад

Quincy gets way too much credit for MJ's success

@dnamrags6062 4 года назад

you heard the iconic intro to this? quincy had to convince MJ to keep it, and look where that got the song

@triggahappyyt5420 5 лет назад

Thank you, a video about MJ that's about his music and creativity, that's what Michael would have wanted. You did a marvelous job, great work bro.

@nehamaaleixandre4879 5 лет назад

Never clicked on a video so fast lmao Nerdwriter video about Michael Jackson!? I’m sold

@Jayfive276 5 лет назад

"Never clicked on a video so fast" AKA "WAAAH! GIVE MY COMMENT LIKES!"

@derpmcgerp8062 5 лет назад

@@Jayfive276 we all want likes. Lol, doesn't invalidate the comment.

@ArnoldsKtm 5 лет назад

Yes!

@fitriabbas6012 5 лет назад

Nehama Aleixandre yesssss

@88Doug 4 года назад

He was a musical genius!

@onesong2001 6 месяцев назад

who couldn't play any instruments. And you're a genius with a low IQ.

@krismilko 5 лет назад

As a huge Michael Jackson fan, thank you so much for doing this video! In order to find out how Michael composed his songs (ex. The Girl is Mine, We Are the World, Dangerous) from the beat to the lyrics, go check out his Dangerous deposition on RU-vid or the 1st hour of the Mexico deposition. It's incredible how he would literally beatbox the rhythm and the beat that was in his head and record it in the tape recorder.

@xabun 5 лет назад

that is why michael jackson is bigger than elvis who didnt write one single song by himself. jackson though has written most of his smash hits by himself, dont stop, beat it, billie jean, bad, the way you make me feel, speed demon, dirty diana, smooth criminal, another part of me, black or white, heal the world, who is it, give in to me, scream, they dont care about us and the list just goes on and on and on and ......

@UltraSenseiHoots 5 лет назад

Elvis may not have written his material (aside from co-writing a couple deep tracks that no one outside of his fanbase has heard of), but he produced and arranged the vast majority of his material. Don't get me wrong, I love MJ, but Elvis was a pretty freaking talented man in his own right.

@kingkylie9655 5 лет назад

lol fuck that culture vulture elvis man only stole from black people and he was barely talented. he only got the branding right thats it !@@UltraSenseiHoots

@acharich 5 лет назад

@@kingkylie9655 👀👀👀

@yungkensei2457 5 лет назад

@Rrrr Tttt a lot of songs Elvis sang was written by otis Redding

@DUB_87 5 лет назад

@@UltraSenseiHoots-Except Elvis stole from black artists and can't even sing or dance like the artists he stole from.

@AMatterofFilm 5 лет назад

I wanna be like you when I grow up.

@DrStench13 5 лет назад

@@fw2345 you know him personally?

@AMatterofFilm 5 лет назад

@@fw2345 How about an extremely successful RU-vidr and writer who brings interesting ideas to the table each and every time?

@AdityaKrishnamurthy 5 лет назад

He is not a Marxist for one

@pasajerodelabrujula8261 5 лет назад

Nerdwriter hasn’t put out something decent in months. The last one he did worthwhile was about Goya’s: Saturn Devouring His Son. Your video on Fury on the Road was very impressive btw.

@broadstrokespro 5 лет назад

You do good stuff too, man.

@marywilson6354 5 лет назад

True that why there are some fools if they think this man's music is gone be muted .

@marymoore5776 3 года назад

His music will never be muted. There is a song that l heard for the first time the other day and l just love it. The song is call We've Had Enough.

@alwaysastudent 5 лет назад

Forever, Michael is one of my top favorites from MJ- it's severely underrated. It was the Motown-era album where MJ spoke about feeling the most free doing. It's where you really began to see his vocal development into the MJ most people are familiar with. You did hear quite a few of the 'grunts' mentioned in the video, during the Jacksons' Philadelphia International phase, and especially a bit later in the Destiny album. And like many have already stated, the accent in DSTYGE falls on the second beat. But yes, James Brown (and Prince later on) were known for accenting on the 'one', especially with songs like 'Super Bad', or 'Sexy MF'. With the final rhythms of DSTYGE, Michael noted in an interview wanted to, as best as he could, emulate the sounds of a kalimba. He was heavily inspired by earth Wind & Fire and Stevie Wonder at that time. And yes, we must pay respects to the amazing Mr. Phillinganes, and John Robinson, whose drumming on Off The Wall was perfectly in the pocket. People underestimate Michael Jackson's brilliance when it came to composition and arrangement. As many people who attempt to duplicate his 'sound', they cannot do it.

@jayv8068 5 лет назад

I think his biggest vocal influence was actually Leo Sayer. Listen to you make me feeling like dancing, thunder in my heart etc

@redturtle2333 3 года назад

Michael Jackson is one of a kind

@Lordran__ 2 года назад

No question

5 лет назад

"Syncopation creates tension in music that you wanna resolve with your body" 😊

@samoneil8853 5 лет назад

the way he weaves a story into every video.. film essay porn

@acharich 5 лет назад

LOOOL & ur comment has 666 likes.. 😅 #illuminaticonfirmed

@cortnitaylorw 5 лет назад

As a full-on Michael Jackson geek, I want to say thank you so much for giving the respect to him that he deserves. I think other than his really dedicated fans, most people (nowadays) see him through the lens of his odd personality later in his life. He really was so special and made significant work in pop music. I really love all his records produced by Quincy Jones and I think Off The Wall is one that his influence was most obvious. Michael had that innate musicality that comes through being a dancer! Like David Byrne said “sometimes the body understands the music before your brain does”

@shenyaet3350 4 года назад

I’m in love with Michael Joseph Jackson ❤️❤️❤️💎

@louierobedillo2497 4 года назад

The home demo for don't stop shows how the song was already done. He was a genius

@dyandersonco 4 года назад

You don’t write a song, the song writes itself. -MJ, 2003

@user-om4ot5zi6m 5 лет назад

Danced my way through this whole video

@mochiball6199 5 лет назад

Mj is the coolest person to step foot on this world

@laynebrock 5 лет назад

Mochiball definitely not the coolest but most talented for sure

@bpeterson1559 5 лет назад

Mochiball well this comment has aged poorly

@BigPurp9 4 года назад

Bennett Peterson nah it hasn’t

@bromigo3012 4 года назад

But he touched kids

@dns3503 4 года назад

@@bromigo3012 Not really but ok 😐

@PersianImm0rtal 5 лет назад

Michael Jackson is KING. FOR ALL TIME.

@AlexeBriand2002 5 лет назад

Ten Army 🙄

@theballereli 5 лет назад

@Ten Army another idiot that doesn't do research. #MJINNOCENT

@complexlifestyle6799 5 лет назад

YES my brother!!!

@leeminyoung98 5 лет назад

@Ten Army you're saying more about yourself than about mj

@juandef4115 5 лет назад

TRUE!! However, James Brown also is! Without James, we may not have had the Michsel we actually did.

@MistahShootrES 5 лет назад

5:01 You messed up the naming for the chords. It’s the other way around. But good video!

@scolhs 5 лет назад

was just gonna comment this 😂

@bjrnvindabildtrup9337 5 лет назад

If only he had known the alphabet he could have avoided that mistake

@sonofsam8366 5 лет назад

Thank you lol

@always.trippin 5 лет назад

was just about to comment that

@kimemia_maina 5 лет назад

me too

@rashelvargas8640 5 лет назад

I cry every time I listen to MJ I don’t know why but I do. March 2019

@binimike7398 4 года назад

...same here...it's stlil hurt to remember the day he died

@ianflawlez 3 года назад

I love Michael till the end of times. Period.

@Lordran__ 2 года назад

LIKEWISE

@katerobinson1988 5 лет назад

Yeah 1988! I turned 30 this year and it's been pretty great :3

@ryancarless7921 5 лет назад

Michael Jackson is one of the best. I'm studying Music stuff for school and this helps.

@beautyandhealth8175 4 года назад

I wish this was what people were more curious about rather than what surgeries he had done. But of course, interviewers knew they wouldn’t make as much money asking questions focused on how he makes music :\

@humey2090 4 года назад

Very true

@jvhnfleming 5 лет назад

Took a university elective in the history and structures of popular music, you basically laid out 2 weeks of the course in one video. The wealth of knowledge you give people on RU-vid is amazing!! Love this one

@thormaster06 5 лет назад

Why is this video only 7 minutes long?! Your analysis paired with Michael Jackson music and I could easily spend 2 hours watching this kind of video for every MJ song!! P.S.: Happy birthday! Welcome to the 30is! I'm already 5 years here and it's fantastic!!

@onesong2001 5 месяцев назад

how long does it take to say "he hummed an idea for a song to musicians and they turned it into music"?

@videotimebaby90 5 лет назад

more people need to talk about michael jackson! he did more than just thriller

@jarrettcone8949 5 лет назад

You're right he sold 90 million records with the Jackson before he made off the wall

@globalcitizenn 5 лет назад

History is an amazingly woke album and sooo underrated .. They don't care about us, Money, Tabloid Junkie, Shout, We've had enough.. all so relevant today

@AlastairjCarruthers 5 лет назад

Yes. He also molested children.

@ethanang3527 3 года назад

@@AlastairjCarruthers go to hell, he did not.

@MrEOM41 Месяц назад

Michael Jackson once said “get out the way of the music” he was always in flow with the creative process.

@milenegraca5709 4 года назад

You just said everything!Everything! Thank you, for explaining what he was. He was the music.

@muhammad6380 5 лет назад

people should Focus on how he was a genius as a musician. Thank you for this.

@onesong2001 5 лет назад

Why do you call him a musician when he couldn't play any instruments? "Singer" is an accurate description.

@onesong2001 5 лет назад

A musician is someone who plays a musical instrument. Musicians play a tune. Singers sing a song. What music did MJ compose that was incredible? This 100% vocal track is what incredible sounds like. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2-hcFcWYM08.html

@AlexeBriand2002 5 лет назад

onesong2001 he played the piano sometimes. he apparently also could play percussions, the proof is in Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough

@kirosasher 2 года назад

@@onesong2001 thats because he beatboxed and hummed the melodies into a tape recorder instead lmfao. in other words he didnt need those man made tools to create real music.

@onesong2001 2 года назад

@@AlexeBriand2002 He did play the piano very badly. I have footage on my channel. Show me something better if it exists. But It doesn't.

@dunngyllite7883 5 лет назад

Every now and then you throw out a vid that strongly emphazises why I subbed to your channel. This is such a vid. When MJ did steamroll the world, I was a teen - the perfect age to get the full MichaelJackson-dosis. I still listen to him on a regular base, and a lot of his music stands the test of time with ease. This closer look at one of his greatest hits ever was refreshing and a true eyeopener. Sidenote: the time and effort you put into the editing is totally not wasted - it makes your vids a smooth and an entertaining watch (doing vids myself I know what I am talking about and can appreciate your work maybe even a bit more). Really good job here, Thanks.

@tr1nket242 5 лет назад

Hey, great video! Just wanted to let you know that in 5:02 you switched the chord and the piano presentation (the chord with 1 white key and 2 black keys is B major, and the chord with 2 white keys and 1 black key is A major)

@charlottehalligan4717 5 лет назад

Michael is the air I breathe, I need him!!!

@sleepysiren9883 5 лет назад

Same!!!

@aty1085 5 лет назад

@Jumiah Minecraft the world might disagree you...

@NationalismDjazair 5 лет назад

Mj is not a pedo.

@shenyaet3350 4 года назад

Jeremy Stone Shut up

@tonythomas2263 4 года назад

Jeremy Stone u will never understand because u really not a real fan

@godsguitar7 5 лет назад

Seeing lots of negative comments, I'm here to balance it out. Michael Jackson no matter what you think about the man himself, had TALENT. There is no denying this at all, he made amazing music and was one of the most intellegent on making music and writing it. He was a visonary, artist, dancer, singer, humanitarian, and more. Forgetting about him is like forgetting about the man who went to the moon or forgetting the founder of our nation. He created many things, pushing the wall between MTV and Black artists down, made it common for over the top music videos, and made us all have fun and groove out to his music.

@camplotsadogs 5 лет назад

you can't fix stupid so don't try

@Char-kd6bl 5 лет назад

WilliamAfton If you're suggesting you're seeing comments about his accusations, first off they're false, he was a good person, secondly literally everyone is talking positive, I haven't seen any negative comments...

@godsguitar7 5 лет назад

Shea Harris You obviously were not here when the video was first uploaded, lots of them. Thank god they are gone.

@godsguitar7 5 лет назад

Susan Steiner what even is this comment

@godsguitar7 5 лет назад

True

@reneehicks4629 4 года назад

I’m so glad I was able to see him perform his songs from the Off the Wall album. He was still with his brothers when this song was out. I was a teenager when the album came out and I got it for a Christmas present.

@differentdoings001 2 года назад

i need a 3hr long doc like this vid educating me on the genius of mj.

@danield8632 4 года назад

This was the first Michael Jackson song I ever heard. I was only 6 years old on my way to watch a movie with my auntie and this was the song she had playing in her car on a cd that I believe was a compilation track. I remember joking with my brothers and sisters in the car that the girl singing sounded like my auntie. I didn't know the person singing was a man, nor did I know it was the man named Michael Jackson. Only three years later he would die and since then, I decided to really discover his music and what I found was a level of perfection I had never heard before. Today I appreciate the amount of effort and songs he got rid of before finally coming out with the beautiful compositions that have been blessing my ears for years now. Long live the king

@redrum5759 2 года назад

Michael Jackson is just amazing, No other comes close, .♥️👑

@ephy9590 5 лет назад

Happy birthday!!! I'm so glad I decided to stay subscribed during my recent sub purge... This video made me emotional. MJ was truly a musical genius. One of my favorite songs of all time and I'm over a decade younger than it!

@hobosdominecraft1 5 лет назад

Who else gets happy when theres still videos about Michael Jackson?

@GreatRustavo 5 лет назад

Hands down, my favorite MJ song!

@kalilkash973 5 лет назад

I don't think I've clicked a video faster.. Nerdwriter and Michael Jackson. That's an automatic thumbs up. Do one on Prince next.

@Missjunebugfreak 5 лет назад

This is one of my favorite MJ songs and to watch this video made about the genius behind the song makes me happy. Keep up the great work.

@shenyaet3350 4 года назад

I grew up listening to that classic off the wall album. Thanks to my pops. He used to play it all of the time, when he took me and my sister on road trips. I honestly used to get tired of listening to it, but over the years I grew up to appreciate the beauty of that album. Back then I didn’t realize how much of a classic that album really was Smh. Rest In Peace Mike 👑❤️

@dariusfloyd312 5 лет назад

The BEST song to me is Wanna be starting somethin ...... So much SOUL n Power through out the whole SONG n it never gets old to listen to.....thanx MJ!!!🙏

@rosanadelarosa7604 5 лет назад

Happy Birthday to you! Thanks for sharing how our beloved Michael Jackson does his music. LONG LIVE MICHAEL JACKSON’S LEGACY 💖💖💖

@miadimaio 5 лет назад

as always, so well crafted. in love with your storytelling power! happy belated ✨

@sign543 4 года назад

While watching this, my excitement for the song just increased and increased BECAUSE it was playing in the background the whole time 😆. By the time it was over, I went straight to my iTunes and BLASTED IT for the next 10 minutes 😆

@sophiablank325 5 лет назад

Happy birthday (for sat) !!!!! We love you and appreciate all the work you do

@sihplak 5 лет назад

Quick thing: at 5:00 you list the chords correctly but name them incorrectly. The blue chord is B major, the red one is A major. The white key behind the last black key in the set of 3 black keys is A, and so that chord with stacked thirds (C# and E) is A major, not B major.

@g0tst1ngs 5 лет назад

Yup, and here I thought it was just weirdly delayed lol

@hifam6451 5 лет назад

Happy 30th, thank you for bringing this insight on MJ, one of the greats of all time!

@Net-hf7pt 2 года назад

This song is so danceable and feels timeless

@okaypearl 4 года назад

amazingly put-together video!

@suesskind 5 лет назад

Fantastic. This deepend my love for Michael Jackons music! And now I also know why

@zaidbarrishi5027 5 лет назад

Yes yes yes! This is amazing, please keep doing videos like this!

@rachaelsworld1116 2 года назад

I don’t know why I just found this video now but thanks for making this really cool analysis I hope you do more of these!

@Drefromthe7th 5 лет назад

this is by far one of my favorite breakdowns by you

@trevormello2 5 лет назад

Amazing Video! Yes, I do agree that this was the turning point for Michael. However, it's insane how underrated/under appreciated his work is before this album.

@globalcitizenn 5 лет назад

Trevor J. Mello True.. he wrote amazing songs with his brothers.. Can you feel it, be not always.. masterpieces