Jackson performed this song with Britney Spears at Madison Square Garden for the 2001 concert show celebrating thirty years of Jackson being a solo artist.
Jennifer Beals, Tisha Campbell, Jasmine Guy, Lisa Bonet, Ashley Judd, Marisa Tomei, Mariska Hargitay, Kim Fields, Paula Abdul, & Catherine Zeta Jones auditioned for the female lead in this video.
This would be one of the last songs Jackson rehearsed in preparation for the planned This Is It concert series. Unfortunately, the shows would never be because of Michael's untimely passing in 2009.
The song comes from Jackson's seventh album Bad. It was also released as the third single off the album.
The music video, like a lot of Jackson's videos, was lengthy for the time. This one clocks in at almost ten minutes, even though the original song is only about five minutes.
Michael Jackson: [moan] Jackson does his infamous moan at 8 minutes and 40 seconds, and again at 8 minutes and 48 seconds.
Michael Jackson: [dance break] Jackson has a dance break at the eight minute mark, which lasts a little over a minute.