Michael Jackson BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR Original Studio Multitracks (Listening Session & Analysis) 

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One of the best MJ songs. Highly underrated and too little known. This song deserves so much more.

I got to work with Michael Jackson on his "Invincible" album with Rodney Jenkins. It was the most fun studio sessions we had but felt a little star struck because it's Michael F'ing Jackson. Out of all the artists and bands I have worked with in my professional career for the past 27yrs, Mike is the most fun, professional and generous. He would buy lunch for the studio musicians and all of techs and engineers. MJ was the high point of my career, I was only 22-23yrs old at the time. MJ has a scat and beat box vocal technique for certain songs, Mike is very tight on vocal harmonies. I subbed you last night because if your deconstruction of Smooth Criminal. Thanks for sharing this, I'm not a singer but I am a musician, writer and producer. I'm a "hired gun" sort to say and I live by my own quote... "Let's 'Brian Wilson' the hell out of this beat." . Again, thnx for sharing, if you do any more MJ. Do "Butterflies" because I worked on that track, plus you might enjoy the vibe.

I’m a rock and metal guy, but Michael was a genius. Those harmonies and vocal grooves are unbelievable.

Michael Jackson is literally “detail oriented” personified. His attention to detail and execution is what makes listening to his music an experience like non other!

The reason why i listen to Michael's music as much as i do is because he could literally do anything with his voice, and you always catch things you miss, even after hundreds of hours of play. The man truly was a genius, and i adore these multitracks.

Can we now say that MJ is also the king of Human Beatboxing? Oh my word what a gem he was and always will be!!

Michael is just naturally talented. He was never a fan of fixing his voice in post production, he likes it raw and genuine. One of a kind, we'll truly never get another MJ incarnation Btw, is it possible you could do one of his songs from his Dangerous album, such as 'In the Closet' or 'Who Is It"?

He was a genius, what he put in to his songs? Mind blowing. He doesn’t get anywhere near enough credit. He knew exactly what he wanted, how he wanted it to sound, and how to get it. Genius personified.

I absolutely LOVE Michael Jackson's voice. From the time he was young until an adult---I couldn't wait to hear his voice singing on a track. He just had a beautiful, unique sound and he could do SO MUCH with his voice! I miss him so much on this planet. The world has never been the same without him.

Michael Jackson's music is way too good to be affected by cancel culture. The guy was a musical genius. Just imagine the pressure on his shoulders when he had to perform such intricate vocals live! Crazy stuff!

Mj plays every i strument in his head when he composed his music. That then flows out of his body thru his voice and movements to the rythm of the beat. Its insane. Havent seen anyone else do that

Oh yeah love this MJ content. I hope people won’t forget about him, he was the best artist ever.

MJ was so talented it’s unreal. The amount of effort he put into his music is clear for all to see. And this video was so educational btw thanks I didn’t know much about ‘percussive breathing’ but now I do :)

What's most interesting to me when it comes to performances like these, specifically the 'beatboxing' that MJ's doing, is that I used to beatbox myself, back in 7th grade till about 10th grade, which was roughly 6-7 years ago. I learned it off of youtube and what not, but the thing is, all beatboxers use the same sounds, we literally have names for most, and the strategy is the same for all beatboxers that use those sounds. Sure it might sound different from beatboxer to beatboxer, just like voices are different from artist to artist, but Michael's beatboxing is unlike any other. He doesn't use much of, if not, *any* of the I guess "official" beatboxing sounds, he just invented his own sounds/noise that he makes with his voice which is insane to me. Just wanted to point this out to any people who are like "oh sure, Michael knew how to beatbox, ain't no big deal, I've seen other people do that". It's not like that! Michael invented his own thing that can't even be called beatboxing. Absolutely amazing, love the video and love YOU Chris! Thanks for all the stuff like this!!!!

I have always been raised on and a fan of his artistry, but you have given me a different appreciation of his work. He was so underrated as a vocalist and a musician. The man literally can imitate any instrument he hears and make entire songs in his head.

It's so crazy after being a Michael fan for years, this man still manages to top out his own ingenuity over and over again 🦄💫....and suprise me when I thought I've heard it all😄🦄💫

I'd love if we could get to listen to the "Money" multitrack, so many hidden lyrics there! Amazing video by the way man

22:07, goosebumps man. Goosebumps.

I think the reason he was so good at using his voice in percussive ways was because that's how he arranged and composed his songs he'd record all the percussive and the melodic elements into a tape recorder and present that to musicians so he had to be good to be able to get them to play it like how he heard it in his head given the fact he was also a perfectionist

Michael Jackson has such amazing vocals and vocal range. Not easy to do and especially with the beatboxing. A true king!!

I've always loved Michaels music and was always impressed by him, but these deep dives into these multitracks has given me a whole new respect for how much of a genius he truly was, so awesome!

I can almost guarantee that the beatbox was how the track was first conceived as he would lay down a beat box on a tape recorder and then start to write the lyrics and melodies and harmonies plus other instrumental ideas with his vocal layers before a producer gets the raw home demo. The beatbox added in is a salute in various tracks to how he conceptualised tracks. True pioneer. He explained this process a few times, once during court depositions about plagiarism… jackson wrote half of thriller this way (he wrote half of the album while systematically claiming all the albums biggest hits). He wrote all but 2 songs on bad this way. Quincy Jones was handed some of the most iconic tracks on a plate to polish. Jackson was the architect, Quincy and subsequent producers were his builders. People misconceive how jackson worked and see Quincy as the architect which is normally the case with artists. Not Michael jackson. He subtly but substantially drove his own projects forward. This is why any producer who worked with jackson sold infinite multiples of record numbers when compared to projects with other artists. The difference is jackson himself. Any producer who worked with him broke all their own records and never replicated those numbers with any other artist.

He is simply the king of pop, rock, disco, R and B and popular music in general like Beethoven in classic music 🎼🎶

This tune, and his song "Jam" are killer and never seem to be on anyone's radar. And this isn't Quincy, it's Teddy Riley producing....thanks Chris!

Is It Scary is a masterpiece. We all have a request 😀

The kind of money I would pay just to hear the pure break downs of the harmonies, thank you for sharing this with us

I saw him in court explain how he make his music and he blew the judge away and didn’t get in trouble. It was on tv

I find it not normal that he produced, wrote, composed most of his iconic songs! Unmatched talent 🙌

3:26 PURE MJ, I always love that thing in Blood on the Dancefloor

Another one great video.Thank you. Check Michael Jackson's Stranger in Moscow.I think it's his best song. Both vocally and lyrically. Keep your great work.👌👏👏👏👏

Blood on the dance floor was created during the Dangerous Era but they left it out and when they were doing History in the mix in 1997 Michael picked it up again. Teddy Riley said that MJ released it exactly as it was back in 1991. He said he told MJ they should give it a freshen up but MJ said no, that it was perfect as it was! lol

This was one of the first albums I bought as a kid. Superfly Sister was really great too. It's insane how much vision he has for how it all works together holistically.

8:40 This syncopated beat gave me a Mikegasm. Dayuuuum that was cool. His voice is incredible here.

*THE number of ways MJ* was able to say/sing a word was infinite. His vocal modulations skills were maxed out. It can not be any better, but it in extremely unique cases, it can be matchable.

Thank you Chris!! Your Michael Jackson breakdowns with studio multi tracks has really opened up a new diverse world of using your voice which couldn't have been discovered on just a regular recording.

Michael incorporated a lot of chest slaps to compliment his vocals as well. You can see it in his live performances, so you know he did the same in the booth.

I love how you dissect the multi-tracks. It gives justice to MJ's vocal abilities and I love the enthusiasm, you are really entertaining to watch.

Everyone says they wanna be MJ as the icon, not enough people want to be like MJ the artist, these tracks are crazy hes doing things people still haven’t been able to catch up to

This is one of my absolute favourite MJ dance track, the production is insane. Right from the outset it packs such a punch 💜

I just ran across your channel...so impressive to hear the music broken down. Just emphasizes what a genius he was.

This is my favorite Michael song of all time. Nothing gets me up like this one.

Thank you for this analysis, it’s awesome. I can now here the individual components that I wouldn’t have otherwise noticed.

MJ was truly one of a kind

Every time one of these MJ vox analysis video drops in my feed - that’s like another tiny christmas lool. Btw, this one is the case where i would be like a boy jumping from a school desk saying “I heard it all in the mix!!” loool. Seriously while other videos more kind of revealed these body/mouth perc details for me - BOTDF was always associated with all these backings for me since childhood. A couple of years ago I even got it on repeat specifically to catch as many as I could. And now I can see that I actually did so for 99% of it. I can’t thank you enough for these pieces of content, but especially thank you for bringing these “not so huge” songs from MJ’s discography - Liberian Girl, BOTDF, Dirty Diana, Earth Song, along with others. While they are (as the most part of man’s legacy) quite famous - but certainly they are not Beat it, Smooth Criminal or Billy Jean. This makes these vox analysis videos just extremely valuable for me.

Crazy ,crazy, crazy !!! Gênio, Michael jackson forever.

Man this made me love the song even more

Chris, I'm STILL listening to this. I got to the part where he's basically acapella. You notice how pitch perfect he is? God!

I like Michael’s latter work even more than his iconic hits, it becomes progressive and it shows his evolution and growth as an artist and mastery of the craft.

These are blowing my mind. Massive MJ fan and had no idea how much went into these tracks when you break it down. I’ve seen videos of his beat boxing but hadn’t realised it was in these tracks, now I know I can hear it.

your speechless reaction on his beatboxing - gold :))) y'can't sit still on your chair LOL 6:35...iiieeHHEEEEE .. Did you do They don't care about us?? That secret of that rhythm, everybody were wondering how it was made, perhaps fx delays or what...no the secret was his beatboxing underneath a quit simple beat...

As a musician and MJ fan these videos blow be away. This stuff is just epic!

This was really fun to listen to. Michael made Magic!!! Thanks for uploading.

Agghhhhh! I just love how passionate you are about picking these tracks apart. I find myself staring wide eyed with a huge grin at my screen like some creep when watching these videos 😂. It really is exciting hearing the isolated tracks and appreciating each element. You get it. Your detailed analysis is brilliant! Thank you :)

Michael was the king of voice--the best instrument known to man. So mind-blown after watching this. I was a hardcore Michael fan from 13-18 yo. I had my ipod mini with only MJ songs (about 130). I remember loving this song when I discovered it, but didn't understand what made it sound so intense. Now I understand how deeply he layered this song and why they made so many mixes.

I now know why this is one of my faves of his. OMG OMG OMG ! Your breakdown is awesome.

If you listen closely you can hear Michael’s beatboxing and percussion through out the song with the music

The song was a Number One here in England, and still fondly remembered today, always been a fan, grew up hearing him on the radio, seeing him on TV, watching all his videos. I was always in awe

Love hearing anything of Michael's! Thank you for bringing this to us! He is and will remain one of the most awesome legends of our time!

Michael Jackson is the best

God, I love this song! I could hear some of that mouth percussion myself when listening casually, and I was blown away by how much heart MJ poured into his performance.

I don't know if you've got the chance to pick and choose tracks, but I've always wanted to hear breakdowns of tracks like Tabloid Junkie, Money or Morphine. I find the HIStory/Blood on the Dance Floor era to be some of his most interesting work. It's really great that you're doing these videos regardless.

Chris......THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AMAZING DISSECTION AND INDEPTH ANALYSIS OF Blood. Another commenter expresses word-for-word how I feel about this song. I love it so much I'm trying to get it as my phone ring-tone! You obviously know so much about music and sound engineering. I can't express to you how much I enjoyed this! I subscribed and look forward to much more of your work on MJ's incredible music. You are so talented, You should get in touch with Brad Sundberg. He worked with Michael exclusively from the late '80's to the early 2000's. He does seminars called In the Studio With MJ. I went to the one in LA in 2017. I met Matt Forger, Brian Vibberts and Brad Buxer. What a great time I had. Best wishes to you. You are so effective in explaining and communicating on a rather difficult subject. I always loved MJ. But after his untimely and tragic death, I became obsessed with learning all about him. He was truly a genius! Again, thanks for making this available to his fans!

There are two songs that MJ worked on with Teddy Riley in the Dangerous album that perhaps you would be interested in. Both songs have inspired Bruno Mars. In "Can't Let Her Get Away" Michael beat boxes but also raps sort of. Jam is the other song and this one is like he sings it all with one breath! Like all the words are jammed together! Very difficult to sing!

MJ's super percussive/rhythmic stuff from the 90s make up probably my favorite era of his music-especially the HISstory albums and Dangerous, are so dynamic, and have lots of production gems in there to make the mixes super interesting. Awesome breakdown once again, Chris!

He was a master of invention ❤️

The guitar was performed by the legendary Nile Rodgers from the group Chic !

My favorite RU-vid channel in the world right now! Please keep it up!

As michael’s voice started to age he could take that older voice and expand it deeper. His range was insane. And how his mixes were perfect. This type of stuff should have been explored when the man was alive. He was a musical genius how he could hear this when it needed to be added

Keep 🎶 MJ's legacy alive. He's fascinating!! THANK YOU! You notice the things that I think MJ would be thrilled to know that you're highlighting. He cared about everything in his work. ❤ I love Michael's beat box and breathing and all his unique sounds. He's the BEST❗#michaeljacksoninnocent

The Requiem is right. The Invincible album is underated and not enough explored. Thanks for the video, Blood' is one of my favourite tracks of all time. I learn to dance on that track and groove!

PLEASE DO “WHY YOU WANNA TRIP ON ME” ‼️

What a treat. Please get your hands on some of the “Dangerous” tracks like “Can’t Let Her Get Away.”

I would love see you break down his song 2000 Watts where he specifically uses a deeper tone or what some say was his natural tone of voice. The song in itself is an underrated masterpiece.

I AM OUT OF MY MIND ...... I CAN'T EVEN CAPTURE THE EUPHORIA ... THIS IS SOSSOOSOSOSOSOSO PRECIOUS ... TO LEARN FROM THE KING OF MUSIC.. THANK YOU FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT PRESERVATION OF THE LEGACY.

MJ was the musical center in my life. Very iconic and I miss him. 22:45 ->Just wanted to add my understanding in his Beatboxing: I guess he isn’t just making percussion. He’s doing much more: he is TALKING and using the right words at the perfect timing to have this lovely rhythm. What I understand in his beatboxing part is: “open your.., I said open your eyes; open…I said open your eyes”. Hope someone can get me and maybe agrees. ❤❤❤ cheers from Germany🇩🇪

I love how geeked out you get reacting to this stuff lol. It’s my favorite part of your vids

always love Michael Jackson content. keep em coming! 😍

I’ve only just discovered these videos. Incredible. I’ve always felt that the bass line defines the beat while the kick and snare are both behind the beat on this track. Not sure if they’re placed there, or just a long attack setting on the drum synth, but man does it deliver a heavy groove. MJ really understood how to use his backing vocals to anchor the melody, and really exaggerate the nuances on the lead vocal to add all that character. That must’ve come from all his experience with the Jacksons, whose backing vocals were so clean. Great lesson for anyone layering their own vocals. Thanks for letting us hear this. 👍

this is so interesting because I can so easily see the way he's moving in the booth while recording these. Such a physical performance, using all of his body.

Blood on the dance floor was my first MJ album and in my opinion it is so much more than just a remix album!

DAMN I love these video of MJs Multitrack universes. I wish I had some of these. I use to be into all these type recordings well I guess I still am if im listening to them with you and im 60 yrs old. MJs mutitracks are so layered beautifully that without breaking them down you wouldn't really notice them without having a good hear for sound and music. However by letting watchers of your video they will get a sense of how so very talented MJs was. He set the bar up higher in music mixes since his first days with Quincy. Great Video Dude.

16:32 gave me chills

You should do a listening session and analysis for Money by Michael Jackson

This was incredible. Would absolutely LOVE to hear tabloid junkie!

MJ out of this world. Thanks so much for this video! Grate channel

Thank you for the analysis of this song. I am a huge MJ fan and I love listening to the intricate details of his vocalisations. I love to find the accapella versions on some of the singles he released and it is just facinating. The vocals on 'Who Is It' are just astounding.

Well, that's quite unbelievable

I screamed when I saw which record you we’re doing next !!!!!!!! My absolute favorite

As a younger artist/aspiring producer this is huge

This is crazy cool! The mastery! The time and effort! This makes me appreciate MJ more as a musician ! Wow! Thank you for this !

Fantastic... finally more mature MJ... the other guy had the track for 2 Bad, absolute masterpiece to hear MJ I'd love you to analyze it. Keep going... these tracks are gold and you do a great job Chris

Blood on the dance floor is MY favorite song of all time , despite his many many hits blood on the dance floor was revolutionary he still managed to keep up and innovate so much even in his later years. Blood on the dance floor will remain my favorite all time song and album of his.

Thank you so much for highlighting one of my very favourite MJ songs. Genius, indeed!

Been watching this video with an EQ monitor. So cool to see how each part falls into the mix. Can't thank you enough for these videos.

This is crazy bro . MJ was unbelievable talented. His voice was an instrumental. Loved it man you are amazing bro. Can we do Michael Jackson’s Ghosts.

Oh thank you so very much for this video!!! I'm in love with this song for many-many years, but I've never been able to look inside of it. Now I have to listen to it 5 (hundreds) more times😅 thank you very much❤❤❤ Wishing you all the best!

Thank you for sharing! Blood on the dance floor is a masterpiece with timeless sound! It is mindblowing to hear these little details and these show the hard work behind his songs and the thing how detailed oriented he was.

I love it Chris your energy is so great to see and I see the work and effort you put in and it's phenomenal

So awesome to hear the break down of one of my favorite MJ tracks, thank you so much for this!