Is It Scary
"Is It Scary " is a 1997 published song by Michael Jackson. Originally, the track for the 1993 film Addams Family Values was written, but due to contractual conflicts, this idea was discarded. So the song was eventually published in 1997 for Jackson's Blood on the Dance Floor - HIStory in the Mix album used. "Is It Scary " was written and produced by Michael Jackson, James Harris III and Terry Lewis.
"Is It Scary " received mixed to negative reviews from critics. Musically, the song show the " darker side " of Jackson, as some of the critics. Some of them compared the composition of material from Marilyn Manson. In November 1997, a radio edit of the song was released as a promotional single in the Netherlands. Promos, which contained remixes were released in the U.S. and in the UK.
Background
Is It Scary by Michael Jackson, James Harris III and Terry Lewis, originally written for the film Addams Family Values , was finally removed from the soundtrack due to contractual conflicts. Paramount Pictures had previously Jackson compelled to write a song that deals with the topic of horror. This then was "Is It Scary ". Originally also a video for the song was planned. Also the track was one of the songs for Jackson's 1995 double album called HIStory - came Past, Present and Future Book I in question. However, he was not used because it did not fit with the other songs on the album. Finally, Jackson used the song in his short film from 1997, Ghosts. Jackson used parts of the lyrics for the title track of the film, which is also found on Blood on the Dance Floor. Jackson, Harris and Lewis worked on the production of the title on Blood on the Dance Floor.
A remix of Is It Scary, called DJ Greek 's Scary Mix, was published on the three titles containing CD single which part of the Ghosts Collector Deluxe Box Sets is. Remixes were also included on Jackson's ultimately not used single Smile. The radio edit was later used on the third disc of the Deluxe Edition of Jackson's greatest hits album King of Pop in 2008 in the UK. Also found was the song on the Deluxe Edition in France. Samples of Is It Scary can be heard during the performance of Thriller in the documentary Michael Jackson's This Is It 2009.
Composition
The title is assigned to the genres of R & B, pop, funk and rock. Was recorded and produced Is It Scary between 1993 and 1996. The song has a length of 5:35 minutes. The Radio Edit is a length of 4:11 minutes.
Promotion
Is It Scary was never released as a commercial single. However, the track was passed on to radio stations and clubs in order for Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix to advertise. Promo singles with the Radio Edit and 12 " singles with three remixes were published in the Netherlands., The U.S. and the UK received 12 " promo singles with remixes of the song by Deep Dish, while Britain also have a 12 " promo single with remixes by Eddie Baez named Eddie 's Love mixes received. absence of any promotion took place and the song was rarely heard on the radio, Is It Scary reached no chart position.
Reactions
Is It Scary received mixed to negative reviews. Quoted Jim Farber of the New York Daily News that Is It Scary having some innovative sounds but no real melodies. Roger Catlin found the Hartford Courant that Ghosts and Is It Scary was the most amazing couple because Jackson the listeners who have read about him in the tabloid press stories, pose the question of whether he was outrageous. Remarked Anthony Violanti of the Buffalo News that the songs from Blood on the Dance Floor. HIStory in the Mix, such as " Superfly Sister", "Ghosts" and " Is It Scary " programmed songs with a core of plastic are one ask how someone who was as talented as Jackson, could produce such tracks.
Jae- Ha Kim, a writer of the Chicago Sun- Times, felt that Is It Scary an even darker side of Jackson's apparent when one try to make you believe the tabloid press. Neil Strauss of the New York Times described "Is It Scary " as " more after the rocker Marilyn Manson sounding when, after the Motown prodigy Michael Jackson. " J. Randy Taraborrelli, a longtime critic Michael Jackson, was a retrospective review of Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mixs reviews in the biography The Magic & the Madness ( 2004). Taraborrelli noted that in certain parts of the world there was more interest in Jackson's personal life, as well. His music