Man in the Mirror

"Man in the Mirror" er en hit-single fra 1988 af Michael Jackson fra hans Bad-album. Nummeret var nummer 1 på adskillige hitlister, bl.a. på den amerikanske, hvor den lå på førstepladsen i to uger. Nummeret er komponeret af Glen Ballard, Siedah Garrett og Michael Jackson. Garrett synger selv med på nummeret.

Baggrund

"Man in the Mirror" var et af de første mainstream pop-numre, der brugte gospelkor, hvilket senere blev meget populært og brugt af bl.a. Mariah Carey og Madonna. Sangen omhandler en mand (angiveligt Michael Jackson selv), der hver dag ser fattige og hjemløse mennesker og børn, men aldrig gør noget ved det. I sangen opfordrer Jackson sig selv til at se sig i spejlet og ændre sig selv til at gøre en forskel.

Musikvideo

Musikvideoen til "Man in the Mirror" er en af de få Michael Jackson-videoer, der ikke indeholder klip af Michael Jackson selv. Musikvideoen indeholder en række historiske klip, både positive og negative, og også klip af en række berømtheder, der bl.a. har gjort noget for velgørenhed og for at bekæmpe fattigdom og hungersnød.

Musikvideoen indeholder bl.a.:

Atombombesprængninger.
Klip fra redningen af den amerikanske baby, Jessica McClure.
Martin Luther King.
John F. Kennedys begravelse.
Robert F. Kennedy.
Hungersnød i Etiopien.
Sydafrikaneres demonstration for at få Nelson Mandela løsladt.
Mahatma Gandhi.
Live Aid.
Moder Teresa.
Lech Wałęsa.
Adolf Hitler.
Den iranske gidselkrise.
Muammar al-Gaddafi.
Mikhail Gorbatjov.
Ronald Reagan.
Willie Nelson.
Bob Geldof.
Biskop Desmond Tutu.
Jacqueline Kennedy.
Coretta Scott King.
Farm Aid.
John Lennon & Yoko Ono.
Jimmy Carter.
Klip fra Rainbow Warrior.
Optagelser af Ku Klux Klan.

v d r Michael Jackson-singler

1970'erne	"Got to Be There" "Ain't No Sunshine" "I Wanna Be Where You Are" "Rockin' Robin" "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" "You've Got a Friend" "Ben" "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" "My Girl" "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" "We've Got a Good Thing Going" "With a Child's Heart" "Morning Glow" "All the Things You Are" "Happy" "Too Young" "Doggin' Around" "Music and Me" "We're Almost There" "One Day in Your Life" "Just a Little Bit of You" "You Can't Win" "Ease on Down the Road" "A Brand New Day" "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" "Rock with You" "Working Day and Night" "Off the Wall" "Girlfriend" "She's Out of My Life" "It's the Falling in Love"

1980'erne	"The Girl Is Mine" "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" "Thriller" "Beat It" "Billie Jean" "Human Nature" "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" "I Hear a Symphony" "Lonely Teardrops" "That's What Love Is Made Of" "I Was Made to Love Her" "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" "Bad" "The Way You Make Me Feel" "Speed Demon" "Liberian Girl" "Just Good Friends" "Another Part of Me" "Man in the Mirror" "Dirty Diana" "Smooth Criminal" "Leave Me Alone" "Twenty-Five Miles"

1990'erne	"Black or White" "Jam" "In the Closet" "Remember the Time" "Can't Let Her Get Away" "Heal the World" "Who Is It" "Give In to Me" "Will You Be There" "Gone Too Soon" "Dangerous" "Come Together" "Someone Put Your Hand Out" "Scream" "Childhood" "They Don't Care About Us" "Stranger in Moscow" "This Time Around" "Earth Song" "D.S." "You Are Not Alone" "Tabloid Junkie" "HIStory" "Smile" "Mind Is the Magic" "Blood on the Dance Floor" "Ghosts" "Is It Scary" "On the Line"

2000'erne	"Speechless" "You Rock My World" "Heaven Can Wait" "Butterflies" "Cry" "One More Chance" "Cheater" "The Way You Love Me" "Fall Again" "This Is It"

2010'erne	"Hold My Hand" "Hollywood Tonight" "(I Can't Make It) Another Day" "Behind the Mask" "Don't Be Messin' 'Round" "Price of Fame" "Love Never Felt So Good" "Chicago" "Loving You" "A Place with No Name" "Slave to the Rhythm" "Blue Gangsta"

Andre	"We Are the World" "What More Can I Give/Todo Para Ti" "We Are the World 25 for Haiti"

Featured	"Night Time Lover" "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" "State of Independence" "Muscles" "Say Say Say" "Somebody's Watching Me" "Don't Stand Another Chance" "Centipede" "Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)" "Eaten Alive" "Get It" "2300 Jackson Street" "Do the Bartman" "Whatzupwitu" "Why" "I Need You" "Girls, Girls, Girls (Part 2)" "All Eyez on Me" "All in Your Name" "There Must Be More To Life Than This" "Low" "Don't Matter to Me"

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