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Another Part of Me

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{{Infobox song

| name = Another Part of Me

| cover = Mj anotherpartofme.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Michael Jackson

| album = Bad

| B-side = "Another Part of Me" (instrumental)

| released = {{Start date|1988|7|11}}

| recorded = 1984–1986{{Cite book|title=Michael Jackson All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track|last=Lecocq|first=Richard|publisher=Cassell|year=2018|isbn=9781788400572|location=London, England|pages=1139}}

| studio = Westlake (studio D), Los Angeles

| venue =

| genre = Funk{{cite news|title= Stars pay tribute to a Bad album |publisher= News.com.au |date= September 19, 2012 |access-date= January 16, 2015 |url= http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/stars-pay-tribute-to-a-bad-album/story-fn93z1ud-1226477881235}}

| length =

  • 3:54 (album version)
  • 3:46 (single version)
  • 6:18 (12" edit)

| label = Epic

| writer = Michael Jackson

| producer =

| prev_title = Get It

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = Smooth Criminal

| next_year = 1988

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|8vwHQNQ88cM|"Another Part of Me"}}}}

}}

"Another Part of Me" is a song by American singer and songwriter Michael Jackson. Produced by Quincy Jones (and co-produced by Jackson), it was released as the sixth single on July 11, 1988, for the singer's seventh studio album, Bad (1987). The song was originally featured in Jackson's 1986 3D film Captain EO. It is the sixth song on the album.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/michael-jackson/chart-history/asi/|title=Michael Jackson Another Part Of Me Chart History|magazine=Billboard }} As with earlier songs in his career such as "Can You Feel It" and "We Are the World", the lyrics emphasize global unity, love and outreach.

The song was featured in the trailer for Jackson's 1988 film Moonwalker, and was featured as a dance attack and level song for the later revisions of Michael Jackson's Moonwalker video game (originally the first revision used excerpts of "Thriller"). The song was also featured in the 1998 movie Rush Hour during a score with Chris Tucker dancing.

In July 2009, a short part of the song was used by singer Madonna as a tribute during the second leg of her Sticky & Sweet Tour.{{cite web|first= Jayson |last= Rodriguez |title= Madonna Salutes Michael Jackson At London's O2 Arena - Music, Celebrity, Artist News |publisher= MTV. Viacom |date= July 5, 2009 |url= http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1615279/madonna-salutes-michael-jackson-london.jhtml |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110629192831/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1615279/madonna-salutes-michael-jackson-london.jhtml |url-status= dead |archive-date= June 29, 2011 |access-date= January 14, 2012}} A Jackson impersonator performed his signature moves, while dancing to a medley of Jackson's songs.{{cite news|first= Mardeen |last= Saad |title= Madonna pays tribute to Michael Jackson in concert |date= July 6, 2009 |agency= Associated Press |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/2566646/Madonna-pays-tribute-to-Michael-Jackson |publisher= Stuff.co.nz |access-date= May 12, 2015}}

Background

According to Quincy Jones in an interview that was featured in the 2001 special edition of Bad, Jackson wanted to include "Streetwalker" on the album instead of "Another Part of Me". However, as Jones said, "Michael liked 'Streetwalker', and I wanted to do 'Another Part of Me'... he wrote both of them, so it didn't make any difference to him... we were going to listen to them, the three of us, objectively and decide which one was gonna get picked. And so [manager Frank] DiLeo was sitting down when 'Streetwalker' was on, and when 'Another Part of Me' came on, he got up with his fat ass, you know, and started [dancing]. I said, 'You're not helping Michael at all!' It was so funny—Michael had a funny name for him, like, 'Rubber... what are you doin' man? You just blew my whole case here!' So DiLeo helped me get 'Another Part' cause he started shaking his butt on it."{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}} Bill Bottrell's eventually reworked "Streetwalker" and his version was later released on the 2001 special edition and the second disc of 25th anniversary re-issue. The original 1987 mix of the song remains unreleased, but recordings of it have leaked online.

Music video

An official video was released in 1988, directed by Patrick Kelly, featuring Jackson performing the song live during his Bad World Tour. The film footage was taken on July 14 and 22 at Wembley Stadium and at Rotterdam on June 7 with soundtrack mixed from live multitrack recording taken on July 15 (while the drum multitrack is from July 16), with additional footage from June 27 and 28 shows at Parc des Princes in Paris as well as some footage from Volksparkstadion in Hamburg on July 1 and in Cork on July 30. It is featured on the DVD Michael Jackson's Vision and the Target version DVD of Bad 25.

Track listing

  • 7" single
  1. "Another Part of Me" (single mix) – 3:46
  2. "Another Part of Me" (instrumental) – 3:46
  • 12" single / picture disc – CD maxi
  1. "Another Part of Me" (extended dance mix) – 6:18
  2. "Another Part of Me" (radio edit) – 4:24
  3. "Another Part of Me" (dub mix) – 3:51
  4. "Another Part of Me" (a cappella) – 4:01
  • Promo CD single (United States)
  1. "Another Part of Me" (single mix)
  2. "Another Part of Me" (extended dance mix)
  3. "Another Part of Me" (radio edit)
  4. "Another Part of Me" (dub mix)
  5. "Another Part of Me" (a cappella)

Personnel

  • Written and composed by Michael Jackson
  • Produced by Quincy Jones
  • Co-produced by Michael Jackson
  • Michael Jackson: solo and background vocals
  • Paul Jackson, Jr., David Williams: guitars
  • Kim Hutchcroft, Larry Williams: saxophones
  • Gary Grant, Jerry Hey: trumpets
  • Christopher Currell: Synclavier
  • John Barnes, Rhett Lawrence: synthesizers
  • Rhythm and vocal arrangements by Michael Jackson and John Barnes
  • Horn arrangement by Jerry Hey

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"|Chart (1988)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|44|artist=Michael Jackson|song=Another Part Of Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 10, 2013}}
{{single chart|Austria|20|artist=Michael Jackson|song=Another Part Of Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 10, 2013}}
{{single chart|Flanders|3|artist=Michael Jackson|song=Another Part Of Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 10, 2013}}
scope="row"|Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders){{cite web |title= Radio2 top 30: 10 september 1988 |publisher= Top 30 |access-date= 29 July 2013 |url= http://www.radio2.be/top-30/1988/09/10 |language= nl |archive-date= 31 March 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160331121818/http://www.radio2.be/top-30/1988/09/10 |url-status= dead }}

|3

{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|28|chartid=8552|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 10, 2013}}
{{single chart|Canadadance|10|chartid=8722|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 10, 2013}}
scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|title= Eurochart Hot 100 Singles |magazine= Music & Media |volume= 5 |issue= 39 |page= 22 |date= September 24, 1988 |access-date= November 30, 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1988/M&M-1988-09-24.pdf}}

|17

scope="row"|Finland (Suomen virallinen singlelista){{cite book |url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=113|first=Timo |last=Pennanen |year=2021 |title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 |section=Michael Jackson|page=113|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava |location=Helsinki|access-date=May 29, 2022}}

|3

{{single chart|France|32|artist=Michael Jackson|song=Another Part Of Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 10, 2013}}
{{single chart|Ireland2|5|song=Another Part Of Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 10, 2013}}
{{single chart|Dutch40|10|artist=Michael Jackson - Another Part Of Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 10, 2013}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|8|artist=Michael Jackson|song=Another Part Of Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 10, 2013}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|14|artist=Michael Jackson|song=Another Part Of Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 10, 2013}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|5|artist=Michael Jackson|song=Another Part Of Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 10, 2013}}
{{single chart|UK|15|date=1988-09-17|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 10, 2013}}
scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/michael-jackson/chart-history/hsi/|publisher=Billboard|access-date=29 September 2021|title=Michael Jackson Chart History (Hot 100)|language=en|date=29 September 2021}}{{cite web|title= Bad – Awards |publisher= AllMusic. All Media Network |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/bad-mw0000650293/awards |access-date= June 10, 2013}}

|11

scope="row"|US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)

|18

scope="row"|US Hot Black Singles (Billboard)

|1

scope="row"|US Cash Box Top 100{{cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19880903.html |title=CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending SEPTEMBER 3, 1988 |access-date=2014-02-01 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007030437/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19880903.html |archive-date=2012-10-07 }}. Cash Box magazine. Retrieved February 1, 2014.

|12

scope="row"|US Radio & Records CHR/Pop Airplay Chart{{cite web |url=http://wweb.uta.edu/faculty/gghunt/charts/mjackson.html |title = Michael Jackson}}

|10

{{single chart|West Germany|10|songid=1828|artist=Michael Jackson|song=Another Part Of Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=January 20, 2019}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"|Chart (2009)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

{{single chart|Dutch100|94|artist=Michael Jackson|song=Another Part Of Me|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 10, 2013}}

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"|Chart (1988)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders){{cite web|title= Jaaroverzichten 1988 |url= http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1988 |publisher= Ultratop. Hung Medien |access-date= February 1, 2014 |language= nl}}

|50

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References

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