Human Nature (Michael Jackson Song)
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Human Nature is a song from 1983 written by Steve Porcaro (music) and John Bettis (lyrics). It first appeared on Michael Jackson's album Thriller and is 3:45 minutes long.
Emergence
Human Nature was published on July 12, 1983.
The song was written by Steve Porcaro , keyboardist for the band Toto , who wrote it for his daughter. Porcaro and his bandmate David Paich were working with producer Quincy Jones on the album Thriller at the time . Jones had asked Paich for some song ideas, and Paich gave him a cassette with some demos, including Human Nature , which was not actually intended for Jones. Jones took over the song and asked John Bettis to write the lyrics.
reception
The song received many positive reviews. In the New York Times , John Rockwell described it as a "spooky ... ballad with an irresistible refrain". Rolling Stone magazine wrote that the ballad was modeled on the Michael Jackson classic She's Out of My Life .
occupation
- Producer - Quincy Jones
- Solo & background vocals - Michael Jackson
- David Paich, Steve Porcaro & Steve Lukather - arrangement
- David Paich - Synthesizer ( Yamaha CS-80 )
- Steve Porcaro - Synthesizer & Synthesizer Programming
- Steve Lukather - electric guitar
- Jeff Porcaro - drums
- Paulinho da Costa - percussion
- Michael Boddicker - E-mu emulator
Cover versions
- 1985: Miles Davis
- 1992: SWV (Right Here)
- 1994: Nas (It Ain't Hard to Tell)
- 2000: Tupac Shakur (Thug Nature)
- 2002: Jason Nevins (I'm in Heaven)
- 2003: Youngblood Brass Band
- 2003: Before Four
- 2004: Boyz II Men
- 2006: Ne-Yo feat. LL Cool J (So Sick)
- 2009: Tarrus Riley
- 2010: Vijay Iyer
- 2011: Chris Brown (She Ain't You)