Liberian Girl
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| Single by Michael Jackson from the album Bad |
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| Released | July 1989 | |||||||||||||
| Format | CD single | |||||||||||||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||||||||||||
| Genre | R&B/Adult Contemporary | |||||||||||||
| Length | 3:52 | |||||||||||||
| Label | Epic Records | |||||||||||||
| Producer | Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones | |||||||||||||
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"Liberian Girl" was the ninth and final single to be released from Michael Jackson's 1987 album Bad and was released in Europe and Australia only. Michael dedicated the song to his best friend Elizabeth Taylor.
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[edit] Music video
Directed by Jim Yukich, the video for the song featured many of Jackson's celebrity friends. [1] As named in the closing titles, featured in the video are:
- Paula Abdul
- Rosanna Arquette
- Dan Aykroyd
- Mayim Bialik
- Bubbles
- Jackie Collins
- David Copperfield
- Emily Dreyfuss
- Richard Dreyfuss
- Corey Feldman
- Lou Ferrigno
- Debbie Gibson
- Danny Glover
- Steve Guttenberg
- Jasmine Guy
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Sherman Hemsley
- Olivia Hussey
- Amy Irving
- Malcolm Jamal-Warner
- Beverly Johnson
- Quincy Jones
- Don King
- Virginia Madsen
- Olivia Newton-John
- Brigitte Nielsen
- Lou Diamond Phillips
- Ricky Schroder
- Steven Spielberg
- Suzanne Somers
- John Travolta
- Blair Underwood
- Carl Weathers
- Billy Dee Williams
- "Weird Al" Yankovic
[edit] Trivia
- This song was sampled in 2Pac's songs "Letter 2 My Unborn" and "The Thug in Me" (Original Version).
- It also has been sampled in MC Lyte's song "Keep on Keepin' On" in 1996.
- This song is also sampled in Jennifer Lopez's song "If You Had My Love" (Dark Child Master Mix).
[edit] Track listings
- 7" single
- "Liberian Girl" (edit) – 3:39
- "Girlfriend" – 3:04
- 12" single
- "Liberian Girl" (edit) – 3:39
- "Get on the Floor" – 4:44
- "Girlfriend" – 3:04
[edit] Credits
- Written and composed by Michael Jackson
- Solo and background vocals: Michael Jackson
- Drums: Miko Brando, Ollie E. Brown and John Robinson
- Drum programming: Douglas Getschal
- Percussion: Ollie E. Brown and Paulinho Da Costa
- Synclavier and effects: Christopher Currell
- Synthesizers: John Barnes, Michael Boddicker, David Paich and Larry Williams
- Synthesizer programming: Steve Porcaro
- Swahili chant: Letta Mbulu
- Rhythm arrangement by Michael Jackson, John Barnes and Quincy Jones
- Synthersizer arrangement by Jerry Hey, John Barnes and Quincy Jones
- Vocal arrangement by Michael Jackson and John Barnes
- Swahili chant arrangement by Caiphus Semenya
[edit] External links
- Official video on a website from Sony BMG
