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"They Don't Care About Us"
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"They Don't Care About Us" cover
Single by Michael Jackson
from the album HIStory
ReleasedApril 1996
June 1996
FormatCD single
Recorded1995
GenrePop-Rock
Length4:44
LabelEpic Records
Writer(s)Michael Jackson
Producer(s)Michael Jackson
Peak chart positions
Michael Jackson singles chronology


"Earth Song"
(1995)		"They Don't Care About Us"
(1996)		"Stranger in Moscow"
(1996)


Michael Jackson's chronology
"Earth Song"
(2006)		"They Don't Care About Us"
(2006)		"Stranger in Moscow"
(2006)
HIStory track listing

"Scream"
(1)		"They Don't Care About Us"
(2)		"Stranger in Moscow"
(3)


"They Don't Care About Us" was the third U.S. single and fourth European single released from American rock and R&B singer-songwriter Michael Jackson's 1995 album, HIStory. It debuted and peaked at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 on June 8, 1996.

Controversies

Both the lyrics[1] and the music video generated controversy for Jackson.

The original version of the song brought accusations of Jackson being anti-Semitic because of the following lyrics:[2]
Jew me, sue me, everybody do me
Kick me, kike me, don't you black or white me.
He responded to these allegations by insisting that he did not mean to offend any member of the Jewish community and that some of his best friends were Jewish and that racism was never in his heart. He also explained in his letter to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) that the song was meant to demonstrate the hatefulness of racism, anti-Semitism and stereotyping. He said: "My intention was for this song to say 'no' to racism, anti-Semitism and stereotyping. I intend to include, in all albums that have not been shipped as of this date, the above paragraph so that no one can listen to my music and misconstrue my intentions. Just the idea that my lyrics could offend and hurt anyone's feelings is extremely painful to me."

Still under pressure, Jackson removed HIStory from the market, altered the controversial words[3], and re-released it at his own expense.

The original music video for the song showed Jackson singing the song in a prison.[4] MTV took the video off its playlist because it showed scenes of violence.[4] Jackson and video director Spike Lee did another version of the video set in Brazil.[4]

Other sources claim that "The original music video, which was shot in March, on the streets of Salvador in Brazil was reportedly not 'entirely satisfactory' to Michael's liking, so a second music video, the 'Prison version', was made a week later. However ironically this new music video was banned in some countries due to complaints that it was too violent, and on both MTV and VH1 it was only allowed to be shown after the 9 o'clock watershed."[4]

However in recent years another version of the music video has appeared, which seems to be an unreleased cut of the Prison Version. This version contains even furtherly more violent footage than the released video, which includes scenes of the Holocaust, dead bodies, gunshot scenes and a kid throwing around a foot detached from a body. But however more brutal, this cut still censores the lyrics metioned above. The prisoners in the video seems to be singing along with the song in all choruses, where as in the released version, they only sing in one single chorus. It is unknown from where this cut originates, but it would appear to be an early cut, discharged almost immidiatly for its' violent content.

The "Brazil version" of the "They Don't Care About Us" music video, featuring the Brazilian cultural group Olodum playing drums, can be found on the DVD HIStory on Film, Volume II, as well as on the DVD side of the single, which was released in 2006.

Track listing

Original release

UK single #1

  1. "They Don't Care About Us" (LP edit) – 4:10
  2. "They Don't Care About Us" (Love to Infinity's Walk in the Park Mix) – 7:18
  3. "They Don't Care About Us" (Love to Infinity's Classic Paradise Mix) – 7:55
  4. "They Don't Care About Us" (Love to Infinity's Anthem of Love Mix) – 7:46
  5. "They Don't Care About Us" (Love to Infinity's Hacienda Mix) – 7:10
  6. "They Don't Care About Us" (Dallas Austin Main Mix) – 5:20

UK single #2

  1. "They Don't Care About Us" (Single edit) – 4:43
  2. "They Don't Care About Us" (Track Master's Remix) – 4:07
  3. "They Don't Care About Us" (Charles' Full Joint Remix) – 4:56
  4. "Beat It" (Moby's Sub Mix) – 6:11

U.S. single #1

  1. "They Don't Care About Us" (Single version) – 4:43
  2. "Rock with You" (Frankie's Favorite Club Mix Radio Edit) – 3:47
  3. "Earth Song" (Hani's Radio Experience) – 3:33
  4. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (Brothers in Rhythm House Mix) – 7:40

U.S. single #2

  1. "They Don't Really Care About Us" (Unedited album version) – 4:43
  2. "They Don't Really Care About Us" (Charles' Full Joint Remix) – 4:56
  3. "They Don't Really Care About Us" (Dallas Main Mix) – 5:06
  4. "They Don't Really Care About Us" (Love to Infinity's Walk in the Park Mix) – 7:18
  5. "They Don't Really Care About Us" (Love to Infinity's Classic Paradise Mix) – 7:55
  6. "They Don't Really Care About Us" (Track Master's Radio Edit) – 3:58
  7. "Rock with You" (Frankie's Favourite Club Mix) – 3:47
  8. "Earth Song" (Hani's Club Experience) – 7:55

Visionary single

CD side
  1. "They Don't Care About Us" (LP edit)
  2. "They Don't Care About Us" (Love to Infinity's Walk in the Park Mix)


DVD side
  1. "They Don't Care About Us" (Brazil music video)

Mixes

  1. Album version (explicit lyrics) – 4:44
  2. Album version (clean lyrics) – 4:44
  3. Single version – 4:44
  4. Radio edit/LP edit – 4:10
  5. Track Masters Remix
  6. Track Masters Radio Edit
  7. Track Masters Instrumental
  8. Charles' Full Joint Remix
  9. Charles' Full Joint Mix - No Intro
  10. Charles' Full Dirty Mix
  11. Dallas Austin Main Mix
  12. Love to Infinity's Walk in the Park Mix
  13. Love to Infinity's Walk in the Park Radio Mix
  14. Love to Infinity's Anthem of Love Mix
  15. Love to Infinity's Anthem of Love Radio Mix
  16. Love to Infinity's Anthem of Love Dub
  17. Love to Infinity's Classic Paradise Mix
  18. Love to Infinity's Classic Paradise Radio Mix
  19. Love to Infinity's Classic Paradise Dub
  20. Love to Infinity's Hacienda Mix
  21. A cappella – 2:10

Credits

  • Written and composed by Michael Jackson
  • Produced by Michael Jackson

References

1. ^ [http://uk.askmen.com/men/entertainment_60/66c_michael_jackson.html Michael Jackson > What a History it is]. AskMen. Retrieved on 2007-01-28.
2. ^ ADL troubled by anti-Jewish Lyrics in Michael Jackson Song. Anti-Defamation League (June 15 1995). Retrieved on 2007-01-28.
3. ^ ADL Welcomes Michael Jackson's Decision to Remove Anti-Semitic Lyrics From Song. Anti-Defamation League (June 22 1995). Retrieved on 2007-01-28.
4. ^ [http://www.jacksonaction.com/?page=videography.htm Micahel Jackson > Videography]. JacksonAction.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-28.

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Writer(s) Michael Jackson
Producer(s) Michael Jackson
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