"Earth Song" is a song by Michael Jackson featured on Jackson's 1995 HIStory album. The song's music video depicts the Earth being destroyed by humans, and alludes to environmental and poverty issues in the world. The visuals present the destruction of rainforests by loggers, majestic animals killed by poachers, and a North American forest burnt to stumps. The video also shows the devastation of 1990s aggressions between Bosnia and Bosniaks returning to their shattered homes. The video's scene was recorded in Croatia, due to instability in Bosnia at the time. The video includes stock footage of the Serbian army shelling of Bosnian villages. In the end, Michael and all the suffering native peoples depicted cry, kneel, and dig into the dirt, which magically triggers the world to swirl backwards in time, returning everything to its original, peaceful state.When it was released in December of 1995, it debuted at number #1 in the United Kingdom, where it remained for the next 6 consecutive weeks, becoming the Christmas number-one single of 1995, and the first #1 of 1996. It would become Jackson's most successful single release in the United Kingdom to date, achieving sales in excess of 1 million there, and remained on the UK Singles Chart for 19 weeks in total. The single sold 3.15 million copies worldwide, making it Jackson's fourth most successful single in terms of sales, despite no U.S. release.However, some critics considered both the song and the video to be pompous and overbearing, a charge repeated by Jarvis Cocker as a partial explanation for his invasion of Jackson's stage during a performance of "Earth Song" at the 1996 BRIT Awards. Fans said that the critics failed to fully read the lyrics of the song, or look at the video more closely. They point out there were no indications of a "messiah complex" that some critics claimed, and in the video, Jackson represented himself as a mendicant who prays for a better tomorrow, along with the nations of the world. The posture adopted by Jackson while performing this song at the BRIT Awards in fact originated in the video to his earlier single, "Will You Be There". The "Earth Song" video is available on the DVDs HIStory on Film, Volume II and Number Ones. It was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Short Form Video.
"HIStory - Past, Present And Future, Book I"1995 Album Single
Information:Label: Epic
Catalog#: 662569 2F
ormat: CD, Maxi-Single
Country: Austria
Released: 1995
Genre: Electronic, Hip HopStyle: RnB/Swing, House
Bitrate Info:Very High Quality/Mp3/V-0/Variable BitrateRipped From CD Secure Mode Using EACConverted from FLAC to Mp3 with dbpoweramp
Tracklisting:
1
Earth Song (6:46)
Co-producer - Bill Bottrell
2
Earth Song (Hani's Radio Experience) (3:33)
Co-producer - Bill Bottrell Remix - Hani
3
Earth Song (Hani's Around The World Experience) (14:47)
Co-producer - Bill Bottrell Remix - Hani
4
You Are Not Alone (Knuckluv Dub Version) (9:38)
Co-producer - R. Kelly Remix - Frankie Knuckles
5
MJ Megaremix (10:33)
Mixed By - Ronnie Ventura
1
Earth Song (6:46)
Co-producer - Bill Bottrell
2
Earth Song (Hani's Radio Experience) (3:33)
Co-producer - Bill Bottrell Remix - Hani
3
Earth Song (Hani's Around The World Experience) (14:47)
Co-producer - Bill Bottrell Remix - Hani
4
You Are Not Alone (Knuckluv Dub Version) (9:38)
Co-producer - R. Kelly Remix - Frankie Knuckles
5
MJ Megaremix (10:33)
Mixed By - Ronnie Ventura
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