D.S. (song)

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“D.S.”

Cover of HIStory

Song by Michael Jackson

Album

HIStory

Released

1995

Genre

Pop rock

Length

4:49

Writer

Michael Jackson

Composer

Michael Jackson

Producer

Michael Jackson

HIStory track listing

"Earth Song"
(5)

“D.S.”
(6)

"Money"
(7)

"D.S." is a song by Michael Jackson from his 1995 HIStory double album. It is track six on the second disc, one of the three songs from that disc whose lyrics are printed in the lyric booklet, and is four minutes and forty-nine seconds in length.

Many believe that the "cold man" of this song's lyrics^[1] is Thomas W. Sneddon Jr. as when sung, "Dom S. Sheldon" sounds very close to "Thomas Sneddon". In addition, the lyrics reference a "B.S.T.A.", which sounds similar to "S.B.D.A." or "Santa Barbara District Attorney".

In 1993 the father of a boy named Jordan Chandler accused Michael Jackson of child molestation. The media reported on this news constantly and damaged Michael Jackson's career. Thomas Sneddon is the district attorney of Santa Barbara County, California who prosecuted Michael Jackson twice, in 1993 and in 2005. The second set of charges against Jackson resulted in a long trial, which ultimately ended in Jackson being acquitted.

[edit] Song style

The song has a distinct rock feel to it, with a guitar solo performed by former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash, who had previously worked with Jackson on his Dangerous album. Before the guitar solo in the song, Jackson screams the name "Slash!" - leading to Slash's part in the song.

Jackson has always included a rock track on each album since the success of "Beat It" from Thriller. Other 'rock' songs of his include; "Beat It", "Dirty Diana", "Give in to Me", "Morphine" and "Privacy".