Black or White

Black or White este o piesă single a cântărețului Michael Jackson de pe albumul Dangerous, lansat în Octombrie 1991. Single-ul este considerat ca fiind cea mai mare vânzare a anilor 1990. Single-ul a ajuns numărul 1 în topul Billboard Hot 100 pentru șapte săptămâni consecutive, fiind single-ul cu numărul 12 al lui Jackson care ajunge pe cea mai înaltă poziție în topul american, și totodată, primul single al acestuia din anii 1990 care a ajuns pe cea mai înaltă poziție. În videoclipul single-ului apare Macaulay Culkin, bun prieten cu Jackson, care la vremea lansării single-ului era vedetă la Hollywood datorită succesului dobândit cu filmul Singur acasă.

Black or White

Copertă
Disc Single de Michael Jackson
Lansare11 octombrie, 1991
Format7" single
12" single
CD single
Înregistrare1990
GenRock
Durată3:22 (versiune single)
4:15 (versiune album)
Casă de discuriEpic
TextierMichael Jackson[1]
Bill Bottrell[*][[Bill Bottrell (American record producer and songwriter)|​]][1] 
CompozitorMichael Jackson[1]
Bill Bottrell[*][[Bill Bottrell (American record producer and songwriter)|​]][1] 
Limba originarălimba engleză 
ProducătorMichael Jackson
Cronologie – Michael Jackson
"Speed Demon"
(1989)		 "Black or White"
(1991)		 "Remember the Time"
(1992)
Alte informații
    Demo

Lansare

Hit-ul a fost lansat pe data de 11 Octombrie 1991.

Recepție

Black or White a luat cu asalt Billboard's Hot 100.

Tracklist

Lansări Originale
  1. "Black or White" (Single Version) – 3:22
  2. "Black or White" (Instrumental) – 3:22
  3. "Smooth Criminal" – 4:16

Black or White: Remixuri
  1. The Clivillés & Cole House/Club Mix
  2. The Clivillés & Cole House/Dub Mix
  3. The Underground Club Mix
  4. House With Guitar Radio Mix
  5. Tribal Beats

Mixuri
  1. Album version – 4:17
  2. Single version – 3:22
  3. Instrumental – 3:22
  4. Clivillés & Cole House/Club Mix - 7:32
  5. Clivillés & Cole Radio Mix – 3:33
  6. Clivillés & Cole House w/Guitar Radio Mix – 3:50
  7. Underground Club Mix

Poziție
Chart (1991) Peak
position
United States - US Billboard Hot 100 1
United Kingdom - UK Singles Chart 1
Australian Singles Chart 1
Brazilia 1
Belgium Singles Chart 1
Canadian Singles Chart 1
French Singles Chart 1
Irish Singles Chart 1
Italian Singles Chart 1
New Zealand Singles Chart 1
Norwegian Singles Chart 1
Singapore 1
Spania 1
Swedish Singles Chart 1
Swiss Singles Chart 1[2]
Austrian Singles Chart 1
German Singles Chart 1
Danish Singles Chart 1
Dutch Singles Chart 1
Chart (2009) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart 17
Danish Singles Chart 22
New Zealand Singles Chart 16[3]
Norwegian Singles Chart 18[4]
Swiss Singles Chart 7[2]
UK Singles Chart 25[5]
US Billboard Hot Digital Songs[6] 13

Certificați
Country Certification Sales
United States Platinum[7] 1,000,000[7]
Australia 2xPlatinum[8] 140,000[8]
New Zealand Platinum[3] 15,000[3][9]

Credite
  • The song is based on "It's All Too Much" written by George Harrison, which appears on The Beatles's 1968 film Yellow Submarine
  • Written and composed by Michael Jackson
  • Rap lyrics by Bill Bottrell
  • Produced by Michael Jackson and Bill Bottrell
  • Recorded and mixed by Bill Bottrell
  • Solo and background vocals: Michael Jackson
  • Drums: Bryan Loren
  • Percussion: Brad Buxer and Bill Bottrell
  • Bass: Bryan Loren (moog) and Terry Jackson (chitară bas)
  • Keyboards: Brad Buxer, John Barnes and Jason Martz
  • Guitar: Bill Bottrell
  • Heavy metal guitar: Tim Pierce
  • Speed sequencer: Michael Boddicker and Kevin Gilbert
  • Morphing Sound Effect: Scott Frankfurt
  • Rap performed by L.T.B.
  • "Intro":
    • Special guitar performance by Slash
    • Directed by Michael Jackson
    • Composed by Bill Bottrell
    • Engineering and sound design: Matt Forger
    • Son played by Andres McKenzie
    • Father played by L.T.B.

Note
  1. ISWC-Net, accesat în
  2. „Swiss Singles Chart Archives”. hitparade.ch. Accesat în .
  3. „The Official New Zealand Music Chart”. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). . Accesat în .
  4. „VG-Lista Topp 20”. Vakthavende Journalist (VG). . Accesat în .
  5. „UK Singles Chart”. The Official UK Charts Company. 11 iulie 2009. Accesat în July 11 2009. Verificați datele pentru: |access-date= (ajutor)
  6. Michael Jackson Breaks Billboard Charts Records | Billboard.com
  8. „Aria 50 Top Singles Charts”. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). . Arhivat din original la . Accesat în .
  9. „The Official New Zealand Music Chart: Charts Facts”. Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). . Accesat în .
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