Liberian Girl
July 2, 1989
5:05 ( 12 " Edit)
Liberian Girl is a R & B pop ballad of Michael Jackson. It was coupled on 2 July 1989 as a ninth and final single from the album Bad, but not in the U.S. and Canada. In Europe, the song achieved some success. It reached number 13 in the UK, Ireland No. 1 on the charts. In Switzerland, the song reached # 12 in France, 15 Place In Germany, the song went to # 23
History
Liberian Girl, a love ballad was written by Michael Jackson in 1983 and was for the album Victory of the Jackson Five in the conversation. The song starts with spoken words in Swahili: " Naku Penda pia, pia Naku Taka, Mpenziwe " ("I love you too, I also want you, my love !") These were spoken by the South African singer Letta Mbulu, even though Swahili is not widespread in southern Africa.
Music Video
To the piece a then highly acclaimed music video directed by James Yukich was filmed. Numerous celebrities waiting in the plot of the video on a film set on Michael Jackson, who is but to not see. Only at the end of the video Jackson is shown laughing sitting on a camera crane. Among the celebrities count out loud credits:
- Beverly Johnson
- Malcolm -Jamal Warner
- Sherman Hemsley
- Brigitte Nielsen
- Paula Abdul
- Carl Weathers
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Quincy Jones
- Jackie Collins
- Amy Irving
- Jasmine Guy
- Rosanna Arquette
- Lou Diamond Phillips
- Olivia Newton-John
- John Travolta
- Corey Feldman
- Steven Spielberg
- Debbie Gibson
- Blair Underwood
- Weird Al Yankovic
- Bubbles
- Suzanne Somers
- Lou Ferrigno
- Don King and "Son "
- Mayim Bialik
- Virginia Madsen
- David Copperfield
- Billy Dee Williams
- Richard and Emily Dreyfuss
- Danny Glover
- Olivia Hussey
- Dan Aykroyd
- Steve Guttenberg