Summary
"Price of Fame" is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson. It was originally planned to be the theme for a Pepsi commercial but was replaced by an edited version of "Bad".[2] It was released on the Bad 25 album. Later, the Pepsi version was released online on 2015.
| "Price of Fame" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Michael Jackson | |
| from the album Bad 25 | |
| Released | September 18, 2012 |
| Recorded | 1986[1] |
| Studio | Hayvenhurst (Encino, Los Angeles)[1] |
| Genre | |
| Length | 4:33 |
| Label | |
| Songwriter(s) | Michael Jackson |
| Producer(s) | Michael Jackson |
| Licensed audio | |
| "Price of Fame" on YouTube | |
Background and recording edit
"Price of Fame" was recorded for a Pepsi ad that was scrapped late in development but was put into the Bad 25 album. According to Matt Forger, the song was mixed by Bill Bottrell.[3]
Critical reception edit
Joe Vogel, who has written two books about Jackson, described the opening as reminiscent of the Police song "Spirits in the Material World". He also compared the verses to "Billie Jean" and the chords to "Who Is It". He also praised the vocal performance as "powerful" and said "listen to the way he bits into the lyric: 'My father never lies!'", and contrasted the song to the "easy bliss" of "Free", the previous track.[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Lecocq, Richard; Allard, François (2018). "Bad". Michael Jackson All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track. London, England: Cassell. pp. 461–63. ISBN 9781788400572.
- ^ Halstead, Craig (2007). Michael Jackson: For the Record. Authors OnLine. ISBN 978-0-7552-0267-6.
- ^ "Abortion, Fame, and 'Bad': Listening to Michael Jackson's Unreleased Demos". The Atlantic. September 11, 2012.
- ^ "Abortion, Fame, and 'Bad': Listening to Michael Jackson's Unreleased Demos". The Atlantic. September 11, 2012.