Blood on the Dance Floor (song)
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| Single by Michael Jackson | ||||||||||||||
| from the album Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix | ||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Dangerous" (Roger's Dangerous Club Dance Mix) | |||||||||||||
| Released | March 21, 1997 | |||||||||||||
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| Recorded | March 1991 – January 1997 | |||||||||||||
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| Length | 4:11 | |||||||||||||
| Label | Epic | |||||||||||||
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"Blood on the Dance Floor" is a song by Michael Jackson. The song was released as the first single from the remix album, Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix. Jackson and Teddy Riley created the track in time for the 1991 release of Dangerous. However, it did not appear on that record and was minimally altered before commercial release in 1997. The song is about a predatory woman by the name of Susie, who seduces Jackson before plotting to stab him with a knife. The composition explores a variety of genres ranging from dance, funk and new jack swing.
Commentators compared "Blood on the Dance Floor" to music from Dangerous. Others commented on the song's perceived aggressive tone and the vocal style, the broad genres heard and possible lyrical interpretations of the song. Reviews at the time of release were largely mixed, but contemporary reviews have been favorable. The song was promoted with a music video that premiered on Top of the Pops. It centered on Susie seducing Jackson in a courtship dance, before opening a switchblade. "Blood on the Dance Floor" was the only track from the remix album performed on the HIStory World Tour. The lead single peaked at number one in several countries, including the UK.
Teddy Riley came up with the song's title while Michael recorded the piece for his Dangerous album in 1991—it failed to make the final track listing. Teddy was reportedly upset that Jackson did not call him to "vacuum clean this old master" upon realizing it would be included on Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix. Riley wanted to update the musical composition before it appeared on the remix album.
Instruments played in the song include a guitar and piano, the latter of which has an F2-Eb5 range in scientific pitch notation. Jackson's vocal range on the track is C3-Bb5 and aspects of the song are performed in the key A-flat major. Genres that have been attributed to the song are dance,funk and new jack swing. Jackson incorporates many of the vocal traits associated with his work, such as hiccups and gasps.Neil Strauss of The New York Times suggests that the predatory woman in the title track, "Susie", is a metaphor for AIDS. However, in an interview with Adrian Grant, Jackson denied that the song was about AIDS.
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