The two met at the home of Michael’s manager, Frank DiLeo, on November 27, 1987, and drafted a list of images and stories to include.
Michael worked closely with director Don Wilson to create an impactful short film. Michael himself is only featured briefly in a crowd shot toward the end of the film. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Willie Nelson and Bob Geldof are among those whose humanitarian work is showcased. In contrast to Michael’s other short films of the Bad era, “Man in the Mirror” tells a story not through performance, but through powerful images of oppression, homelessness, hunger, police brutality and other ills of the world, as well as events and leaders of the 20th century whose work is reflective of the song’s message to “make that change.” John F. That’s the truth.” A review of Bad in Rolling Stone in 1987 called the song “among the half dozen best things Jackson has done.” Don’t be looking at all the other things. “‘Man in the Mirror’ has a great message,” he wrote in his 1988 memoir Moonwalk. “Man in the Mirror,” written by Siedah Garrett (Michael’s duet partner on “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You”) and Glen Ballard, is one of only two songs on Bad not written by Michael Jackson and, even though it wasn’t a song he wrote himself, it was a message that was strongly identified with him and reflective of his own philosophies, as demonstrated through his actions and expressed in some of his own lyrics. 1 singles from one album on the Billboard Hot 100 - making Michael the first artist to achieve this milestone. In the U.S., “Man in the Mirror” was the fourth of five consecutive No. 1 in four countries in 1988, topping the charts in the United States, Italy, Belgium and Poland and reaching Top 5 in Canada, Ireland and New Zealand. Michael Jackson’s short film for “Man in the Mirror” was the third of nine short films produced for recordings from Bad, one of the best selling albums of all time. Produced by Quincy Jones for Quincy Jones ProductionsĬo-Produced by Michael Jackson for MJJ Productions, Inc.įrom the album Bad, released August 31, 1987 Written by Siedah Garrett and Glen Ballard
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