Leave Me Alone

February 13, 1989

Leave Me Alone is a radio - pop song by Michael Jackson. He was coupled on 13 February 1989 as eighth single from the album Bad, but not in the U.S. and Canada. Especially in Western Europe, the song was a success. It even reached number 1 on the charts in the UK No. 2, in Spain. In Switzerland, the song reached number 10 in Austria ranked 15th In Germany, the song went to # 16

History

Leave Me Alone was written by Michael Jackson himself, in response to media reports and rumors that emerged after the global success of Thriller, for example, that Jackson under a kind of oxygen tent sleeping. The fact that Jackson chimpanzee Bubbles stayed, was described as alienation from reality.

This song was released as a bonus track on the CD versions of Bad as well as the edition on Musikcassette of 2001. Moreover, a short film for the song was filmed. He is also ironic apart with rumors that were circulating about Michael Jackson, such as his cosmetic surgeries. The film received at the Grammy Awards 1990, the award for the " Best Short Form Music Video". Although the single was successful, the piece was never performed live.

Reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic highlighted the song as best of the album produced and wrote: " why are all of his best songs paranoid anthems " ( " Why are all his best songs paranoid anthems ?") He called also the music video the best of the album.

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