Burning The Ground Exclusive 1987
“The Way You Make Me Feel” is a song by American singer Michael Jackson. It was released by Epic Records on November 9, 1987, as the third single from his seventh studio album, Bad. It was written and composed by Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones and Jackson.
The song received positive reviews from contemporary critics. “The Way You Make Me Feel” became Bad’s third consecutive single to peak at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and charted mainly within the top ten and twenty internationally. A music video for the song was released at the time, showing Jackson pursuing and dancing with model Tatiana Thumbtzen.
The song has been performed on all of Jackson’s world concert tours as a solo artist and was planned to have been performed during the This Is It concerts from 2009 to 2010. Notable live performances of the song by Jackson include at the 30th Grammy Awards (1988).
“The Way You Make Me Feel” generally charted within the top ten and top twenty positions on music charts worldwide. The song climbed to number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 on the chart’s issue date of December 26, 1987. After charting within the top ten for five weeks, the song peaked at number one on the Hot 100 on January 23, 1988. “The Way You Make Me Feel” became the album’s third consecutive single to reach number one on the Hot 100. The song charted on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at number nine, and on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi Single Sales chart at the peak of number three. The song also charted at number one on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart and Dance Club Play Singles chart.
The song entered the United Kingdom singles charts at number sixteen on December 5, 1987. The following week the song moved up thirteen spaces to number three, which was the song’s peak position. The song stayed at its peak position for two consecutive weeks, and remained on the country’s chart for ten weeks, before falling out of the top 100 positions, only to re-enter the charts two weeks later.
The song has sold over 2 million digital copies as of August 2018.
The music video for “The Way You Make Me Feel” was directed by Joe Pytka and was filmed in June 1987 at Skid Row, Los Angeles. It was choreographed by Jackson and Vincent Paterson. The short version of the video is six minutes and forty-four seconds long and the full version is nine minutes and thirty-three seconds long. The video begins with a group of men trying to pick up women, but failing. One of the men, Jackson, is told to go home and not to hang around with the other guys anymore. When Jackson walks home, an elderly man (played by Joe Seneca), who is sitting on the steps of his house, tells him to just be himself. Jackson notices a woman, played by model/dancer Tatiana Thumbtzen, walking down the streets alone.
Shortly after, Jackson walks out of an alley and stands in front of Thumbtzen while she is walking down the street. However, she ignores him and keeps walking, which prompts the other guys to make fun of him. Jackson shouts at them, which gets the attention of everyone, including Thumbtzen. After walking up to her, Jackson begins singing “The Way You Make Me Feel” to her while also dancing. Uninterested, Thumbtzen walks away. He follows her, having been cheered on by his friends to pursue her. This leads to the man to continue to pursue the woman throughout the neighborhood. The video ends with the man eventually winning the woman over, and embracing her, while a fire hydrant sprays out water. The videoclip features an appearance by his sister La Toya as one of Thumbtzen’s friends.
The music video was released on October 31, 1987, and received one nomination at the 1988 MTV Video Music Awards Ceremony. The video, alongside Jackson’s “Bad” video, was nominated for Best Choreography, but lost to Jackson’s younger sister Janet’s video “The Pleasure Principle”.
The music video was included on the video albums: Video Greatest Hits – HIStory (long version on DVD and short version on VHS), Number Ones (short version), Michael Jackson’s Vision (long version) and the Target version DVD of Bad 25 (long version).
The introduction of the full version of the video also samples the Roy Ayers 1985 song “Hot” (written by Binky Brice, Philip Hunter Field and James Mtume) from his You Might Be Surprised album.
SIDE A:
The Way You Make Me Feel (Dance Extended Mix) 7:53
The Way You Make Me Feel (Dance Remix Radio Edit) 5:22
SIDE B:
The Way You Make Me Feel (Dub Version) 5:05
The Way You Make Me Feel (A Cappella) 4:30
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | The Way You Make Me Feel | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #1 |
| 1987 | The Way You Make Me Feel | U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | #9 |
| 1987 | The Way You Make Me Feel | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | #1 |
| 1987 | The Way You Make Me Feel | U.S. Billboard Hot DanceMusic/Maxi-Singles Sales | #3 |
| 1987 | The Way You Make Me Feel | U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles | #1 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic – 49 07487
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Dance-pop, Contemporary R&B
CREDITS:
- Co-producer – Michael Jackson
- Mastered By – Brian Gardner
- Photography By [Back] – Greg Gorman
- Photography By [Front] – Sam Emerson
- Producer – Quincy Jones
- Recorded By, Mixed By – Bruce Swedien
- Remix [Re-mixed By] – Bruce Swedien
- Written-By – Michael Jackson
NOTES:
Produced […] for Quincy Jones Productions.
Co-Produced […] for MJJ Productions.
Dedicated to Andrea Patel of Canada.
I love you.
Michael Jackson.
Special Versions From The EPIC Lp “BAD”
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VINYL TRANSFER & AUDIO RESTORATION:
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