Blood on the Dance Floor (song)
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| Single by Michael Jackson from the album Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix |
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| Released | March 21, 1997 | ||||
| Format | CD single | ||||
| Recorded | 1997 | ||||
| Genre | R&B | ||||
| Length | 4:13 | ||||
| Label | Epic Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Michael Jackson | ||||
| Producer | Michael Jackson Teddy Riley |
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| Michael Jackson's Visionary chronology | |||||
| "Stranger in Moscow" (2006) |
"Blood on the Dance Floor" (2006) |
"The Girl Is Mine 2008" (2008) |
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"Blood on the Dance Floor" was a hit record for Michael Jackson in 1997. It became a #1 hit for Jackson in the UK. The song did not appear again when The Essential Michael Jackson was released.
In 2007, it was revealed that the song debuted at #2 on the United World Chart, where it remained for 2 weeks. This was only "revealed" in 2007 due to the fact that the United World Chart had not been established in 1997 and only now, Media Traffic (the company that publishes the chart) is calculating charts years before the United World Chart had originally been made. On the cover of the single it shows Jackson performing Smooth Criminal on tour.
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[edit] Music video
The video was filmed in the Netherlands and was shot during the HIStory tour. The video starts with a knife being thrown into a wall and Michael (wearing his hair in a braid) walking into a salsa club. A pretty woman in a red dress walks up to him then climbs up on the table and starts to dance. Michael smitten by this point sings about her. The video concludes with them dancing together and on the same note it started with a knife in the wall.
And unreleased version of the music video was edited because it was seen as too raw and sexy. This version had Jackson rubbing the girl's hips and another part cut out was the girl with a flick knife.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Original release
[edit] UK single #1
- "Blood on the Dance Floor" – 4:12
- "Blood on the Dance Floor" (TM's Switchblade Mix) – 8:39
- "Blood on the Dance Floor" (Refugee Camp Mix) – 5:27
- "Blood on the Dance Floor" (Fire Island Vocal Mix) – 8:57
- "Blood on the Dance Floor" (Fire Island Dub) – 8:55
[edit] UK single #2
- "Blood on the Dance Floor" – 4:12
- "Blood on the Dance Floor" (TM's Switchblade Edit) – 8:39
- "Blood on the Dance Floor" (Fire Island Radio Edit) – 8:57
- "Dangerous" (Roger's Dangerous Club Mix) – 6:55
[edit] U.S. single
- "Blood on the Dance Floor" – 4:12
- "Blood on the Dance Floor" (TM's Switchblade Edit - long) – 4:11
- "Blood on the Dance Floor" (Refugee Camp Edit) – 3:19
- "Blood on the Dance Floor" (Fire Island Radio Edit) – 3:50
- "Blood on the Dance Floor" (TM's Switchblade Mix - long) – 10:00
- "Dangerous" (Roger's Dangerous Club Mix) – 6:55
[edit] Visionary single
- CD side
- "Blood on the Dance Floor" (Album version)
- "Blood on the Dance Floor" (Fire Island Vocal Mix)
- DVD side
- "Blood on the Dance Floor" (Music video)
[edit] Mixes
- Album version - 4:12
- Fire Island Vocal Mix - 8:55
- Fire Island Radio Edit
- Fire Island Dub - 8:57
- TM's Switchblade Mix - 8:39
- TM's Switchblade Edit - 3:22
- T&G Pool of Blood Dub
- Refugee Camp Mix - 5:19
- Refugee Camp Edit - 3:21
- Refugee Camp Dub
- A Cappella
- A Different Dance Floor
[edit] Credits
- Written and composed by Michael Jackson
- Produced by Michael Jackson and Teddy Riley
- Engineered by Teddy Riley, Dave Way and Mick Gizauski
- Mixed by Mick Gizauski
- Vocal arrangement by Michael Jackson
- Keyboards and synthesizers: Teddy Riley and Brad Buxer
- Drum programming: Teddy Riley and Brad Buxer
- Digital systems programming: Matt Carpenter
- Additional engineering by Eddie DeLena and Andrew Scheps
- Assistant engineers: Rich July, Sam Curtis and Jon Mooney
[edit] External links
| Preceded by "I Believe I Can Fly" by R Kelly |
UK Singles Chart Number 1 single 27 April 1997 – 4 May 1997 |
Succeeded by "Love Won't Wait" by Gary Barlow |
