You Are Not Alone

"You Are Not Alone" is a pop and R&B ballad about love and isolation.{{Cite web|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/07/03/09/poll-fans-jacksons-heal-world-best|title=Poll: Fans like Jackson's 'Heal the World' best|website=ABS-CBN News|date=July 3, 2009}}{{cite web |first=Jon |last=Pareles |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE0DD123DF93BA25755C0A963958260&scp=4&sq=HIStory+album+michael+jackson+review&st=nyt

|title=Pop View; Michael Jackson Is Angry, Understand? |work=The New York Times |date=June 18, 1995 |access-date=September 18, 2008 |author-link=Jon Pareles}} The song was written by R. Kelly and produced by Kelly and Jackson. Kelly wrote the song after losing close people in his life. Kelly was delighted to be able to work with his idol, explaining "I was psyched ... I feel I could have done his whole album. Not being selfish. I was just that geeked about it. It was an experience out of this world ... It's amazing to know that five years ago I was writing songs in a basement in the ghetto and now I'm writing for Michael Jackson ... I'd be a fool not to say it's a dream come true."Brown, p. 56 Jackson contacted Kelly to see if he had any material available. Kelly forwarded a tape recording of the song and Jackson then agreed to work with Kelly on the piece. On the tape sent to Jackson, Kelly sung "You Are Not Alone" mimicking Jackson's vocal style, explaining, "I think I am him. I become him. I want him to feel that as well." Jackson found the interpretation amusing.Brown, p. 57 They spent the last week of November 1994 together in the studio working on the track.

Jackson explained that he instantly liked the song, but listened to it twice before making his final decision. Although the song was written by Kelly, Jackson was adamant that the production should be a collaborative effort among the two musicians.{{cite video |date=June 1995 |title = Screamin' Siblings: Michael & Janet |url = http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1536070&vid=104441 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080213182739/http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1536070&vid=104441 |url-status = dead |archive-date = February 13, 2008 |medium = Televised interview/press conference |publisher = MTV |location = Bryant Park, Manhattan |access-date =October 6, 2008 }} The tape sent to him had no harmony or modulations, so Jackson added a choir in the final portion and added a sense of climax and structure to the final piece.{{cite book |last=Grant |first=Adrian |title=Michael Jackson : Making History |year=1998 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=0-7119-6723-7 }} Sheet music for "You Are Not Alone" is in the key of B major (with the pre-chorus in C-sharp minor{{Cite web|url=https://www.hooktheory.com/theorytab/view/michael-jackson/you-are-not-alone|title=You Are Not Alone by Michael Jackson Chords, Melody, and Music Theory Analysis - Hooktheory}} and the last two choruses in D-flat major and E-flat major), with a tempo of 60 beats per minute, making it one of Jackson's slowest songs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0026698|title=You Are Not Alone|first1=Kelly|last1=R|first2=Jackson|last2=Michael|date=December 15, 1999|website=www.musicnotes.com}}The Complete Michael Jackson, International Music Publications Ltd, 1997, {{ISBN|1859094473}}, p104

In 1993, Edward and Daniel van Passel wrote the score to a song titled "If We Can Start All Over". It was registered with the Belgian Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers (SABAM) that year. The score has never been commercially released, and can only be found as sheet music, which does not contain information about the timbre, rhythm or harmony.{{cite web|url=https://www.internationallawoffice.com/Newsletters/Tech-Data-Telecoms-Media/Belgium/Marx-Van-Ranst-Vermeersch-Partners/International-Stars-in-Plagiarism-Case-Sound-Familiar |title=International Stars in Plagiarism Case - Sound Familiar? |last=Marx |first=Peter |date=March 6, 2008 |website=International Law Office |access-date=January 9, 2021}}

When "You Are Not Alone" became a worldwide success, the van Passel brothers approached SABAM saying it was similar to their song. The internal committee noted similarities between the melodies and recommended pursuing a lawsuit against Kelly and Zomba Record Holding Holland BV. The brothers applied to the Court of Leuven for an injunction on October 18, 1995. The Belgian Court rejected the claim of plagiarism on January 20, 2003, finding that the 43.46% similarity between the two melodies was a coincidence. The van Passel brothers submitted an appeal.

On September 4, 2007, the Court of Appeal in Brussels reversed the 2003 ruling, based on the fact that Kelly's earliest evidence of writing "You Are Not Alone" was August 1995, 21 months after the brothers had registered their score for "If We Can Start All Over". The court concluded that it was possible that Kelly had accessed the score and developed this into "You Are Not Alone". Kelly maintains that he never met or heard of the van Passel brothers. The court also stated that the van Passel brothers "did not create their work merely in order to register it with SABAM and put it in a drawer, but at least informed third parties of the existence of their composition".

Belgium maintains a ban on all radio and television broadcasts of the "You Are Not Alone" song and music video. Vendors found with copies face fines of €1000 for each copy of the song. The van Passel brothers have gained recognition as co-writers of the melody for "You Are Not Alone" in Belgium.

"You Are Not Alone" received positive views from music critics. In more recent years, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic expressed the opinion that it was amongst some of the best songs Jackson ever released, calling the song seductive.{{cite web |first=Stephen |last=Erlewine |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r216079|pure_url=yes}} |title=Michael Jackson HIStory Overview |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=June 15, 2008 |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}} Steve Baltin from Cash Box described it as a "weepy ballad".{{cite magazine|first=Steve|last=Baltin|title=Pop Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1995/CB-1995-08-05.pdf|magazine=Cash Box|date=August 5, 1995|page=11|accessdate=November 8, 2022}} In his weekly UK chart commentary in Dotmusic, James Masterton said that it "probably ranks as one of the most beautiful songs Michael Jackson has ever recorded".{{cite web|last=Masterton|first=James|title=Week Ending September 2nd 1995|url=https://chart-watch.uk/archives/1995/week-ending-september-2nd-1995|website=Chart Watch UK|date=August 27, 1995|access-date=September 23, 2021|author-link=James Masterton}} Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "A far cry from "Scream", Jackson undergoes a gigantic moodswing here. Sad as he is, the vibrato in his vocals perfectly complements the moody ballad".{{cite magazine|first= |last= |title= New Releases: Singles |magazine= Music & Media |volume= 12 |issue= 34 |date= August 26, 1995 |page= 7 |access-date= May 18, 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-08-26.pdf}} A reviewer from Music Week rated it five out of five, adding, "Barely a yelp or gulp to be had on this dead simple R Kelly-penned and produced ballad. Not the strongest slowie on the album but a lot of wayward fans will be hankering after some no-frills old style Jackson. A biggie."{{cite magazine|first= |last= |title= Reviews: Singles |magazine= Music Week |date= July 29, 1995 |page= 37 |access-date= May 10, 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-07-29.pdf}} The R&B critic and journalist Nelson George described the song as lovely and supple.George, p. 24 Jon Pareles of The New York Times felt it was the only conventional love song on the new material on HIStory. He compared it to Mariah Carey's song "Hero" and said it "sounds like a surefire hit". Mark Sutherland from NME viewed it as a "syrupy ballad".{{cite magazine|first=Mark|last=Sutherland|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53527523274/|title=Singles|magazine=NME|date=August 12, 1995|page=38|access-date=March 22, 2024}} James Hunter of Rolling Stone noted that, "the excellent current single 'Scream' or the first-rate R&B ballad 'You Are Not Alone' – manage to link the incidents of Jackson's recent past to universal concepts, like injustice or isolation. When he bases his music in the bluntness of hip-hop, Jackson sketches funky scenarios denouncing greed, blanket unreliability and false accusation".{{cite magazine|first=James |last=Hunter |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/michaeljackson/albums/album/312830/review/5943497/history_past_present_and_future_book_1

|title=Michael Jackson HIStory |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=August 10, 1995 |access-date=July 23, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622040842/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/michaeljackson/albums/album/312830/review/5943497/history_past_present_and_future_book_1 |archive-date=June 22, 2008}}

Writer and journalist J. Randy Taraborrelli wrote of the song in 2004, "[it] remains among Michael's best songs ... On listening to 'You Are Not Alone', one wonders how many times Michael tried to tell himself, during his most desperate and anguished times, that he did have support in his life, from a higher power, or even friends and family, whether he actually believed it or not".Taraborrelli, p. 609–610 Fred Shuster of the Daily News of Los Angeles described it as the best song on the album.{{cite web |first=Fred |last=Shuster |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=0F51AE3C3455B8D7&p_docnum=1 |title=Jackson attempts to rewrite 'history' |work=Daily News of Los Angeles |date=June 18, 1995 |access-date=November 7, 2008 }} Conversely, while Steve Holsey of Michigan Chronicle gave the album a positive review, he described the song as the worst on the album, calling the Kelly penned lyrics "trite" and below the standard set by Jackson's own lyrical skills.{{cite web |first=Steve |last=Holsey |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-2346777.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022051414/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-2346777.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |title=Jackson's 'HIStory' is an impressive one |publisher=Michigan Chronicle |date=July 4, 1995 |access-date=November 11, 2008 }} Robert Christgau of Blender would later call it "quietly yucky"{{cite web |first=Robert |last=Christgau |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=michael+jackson |title=Warts and All: On career-spanning box set, the King of Pop grows up, freaks out |publisher=Blender |date=December 2004 |access-date=August 23, 2020 }} while pop music critic Bill Wyman of New York called it "drony and unpleasant."{{cite web |first=Bill |last=Wyman |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/12/michael-jacksons-best-songs-ranked.html |title=Every Michael Jackson Song, Ranked From Worst to Best |publisher=New York Magazine |date=December 2017 |access-date=August 23, 2020 }} Revisiting "You Are Not Alone" in 2022, Tom Breihan of Stereogum'' negatively described the song as "thin gruel" and as a "sort of generic sad ballad", while complimenting Jackson's vocals for sounding "as tender and reassuring as ever".{{Cite web |date=2022-03-30 |title=The Number Ones: Michael Jackson's "You Are Not Alone" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2181028/the-number-ones-michael-jacksons-you-are-not-alone/columns/the-number-ones/ |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Stereogum |language=en}} "You Are Not Alone" received an American Music Award nomination and a Grammy nomination both for "Best Pop Vocal Performance".{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1996/grammys.htm|title=Song of the Year - 38th Grammy Awards (1996)|work=rockonthenet.com|access-date=December 7, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628021233/http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1996/grammys.htm|archive-date=June 28, 2017}}George, p. 49

Commercially, "You Are Not Alone" remains one of Jackson's best selling singles and it is also his 13th and final number one song. It holds the Guinness World Record for the first song ever to debut at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.{{cite web|url=http://uk.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna/article.html?a=/14112006/344/jackson-receives-world-records.html&e=l_news_dm |title=Jackson receives his World Records |publisher=Yahoo! |date=November 14, 2006 |access-date=November 16, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927165143/http://uk.news.launch.yahoo.com/dyna/article.html?a=%2F14112006%2F344%2Fjackson-receives-world-records.html&e=l_news_dm |archive-date=September 27, 2011 }} It was also Jackson's last number one single on the chart. It debuted at number one with first week sales of 120,000 copies. The song was certified platinum by the RIAA and sold one million copies domestically.{{cite web |first=Steve |last=Hochman |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/21404361.html?dids=21404361:21404361&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+03%2C+1995&author=Steve+Hochman&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Rewriting+Pop+HIStory%3B+Michael+Jackson%27s+publicists+are+crowing+about+new+single%27s+unprecedented+success%2C+but+skeptics+abound.&pqatl=google |title=Rewriting Pop HIStory; Michael Jackson's publicists are crowing about new single's unprecedented success, but skeptics abound. |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 3, 1995 |access-date=November 10, 2008 |archive-date=November 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105184306/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/21404361.html?dids=21404361:21404361&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+03%2C+1995&author=Steve+Hochman&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Rewriting+Pop+HIStory%3B+Michael+Jackson%27s+publicists+are+crowing+about+new+single%27s+unprecedented+success%2C+but+skeptics+abound.&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3g4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56 |title=Best-Selling Records of 1995 |magazine=Billboard|publisher=BPI Communications|date=January 20, 1996 |access-date=May 5, 2015 |page=56 |issn=0006-2510|volume=108|number=3}} It broke the record set by his previous double A-side single "Scream" and "Childhood", which was the first song in the 37-year history of Billboard to debut at number five — where it peaked. It peaked at number one in the UK after a debut at number three in the prior week.{{cite book|last=Pinkerton|first=Lee|title= The Many Faces of Michael Jackson|publisher=Music Sales Distribution|year=1997|isbn=0-7119-6783-0}} The song also reached number one in Belgium, France, New Zealand, Spain and Switzerland. In Canada it peaked at number two.{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/c01/Michael-Jackson-You-Are-Not-Alone |title=M. Jackson & J. Jackson – You Are Not Alone (nummer) |publisher=ultratop.be |access-date=November 9, 2008 }} It became a top ten hit in every major market.

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The music video for "You Are Not Alone" was directed by American director Wayne Isham and was released to ABC, MTV, and BET on July 28, 1995.{{cite magazine|title=Between the Bullets|last=Mayfield|first=Geoff|magazine=Billboard|volume=107|issue=32|page=92|date=August 12, 1995}} It begins with a large number of paparazzi taking photographs of Jackson. The plot then centers around two locations: a temple where Jackson appears in an affectionate semi-nude scene with his then-wife, Lisa Marie Presley, and a theater where Jackson performs the song to an empty hall. Jackson also appears alone in other locations such as deserts and along tide pools.{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/music/lisa-marie-presley-michael-jackson-had-real-relationship-says-you-are-not-alone-video-director-exclusive/|title=Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson Had a 'Real Relationship,' Says 'You Are Not Alone' Video Director|website=Peoplemag}} The slightly extended version that appeared on HIStory on Film, Volume II was notable for scenes where special effects were used to give Jackson white, feathery, almost angelic wings. Several of these scenes included Jackson's side having been pierced by an arrow. The other version of the video is included on Number Ones and Michael Jackson's Vision. The temple scenes were a homage to Maxfield Parrish's 1922 painting Daybreak.{{cite web|url=http://www.michaeljackson.com/ie/node/715518 |title=Famous Art inspired You are Not Alone |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308044632/http://www.michaeljackson.com/ie/node/715518 |archive-date=March 8, 2013 }} The theater scenes were filmed at the Pantages Theatre, in Los Angeles.

Jackson first performed "You Are Not Alone" at the 1995 Soul Train Music Awards, and also at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards. At the latter awards ceremony, the song was performed without the second verse.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.fr/fashion-culture/fashion-exhibitions/diaporama/michael-jackson-in-5-legendary-performances/36511|title=Michael Jackson in 5 legendary performances|first1=Kitty|last1=Grady|first2=Mini|last2=Smith|website=Vogue France|date=August 29, 2018 }} Jackson then performed the song at the Royal Brunei concert in 1996 where it was performed as a complete song. Jackson also performed it during the HIStory World Tour as a complete song, during which one girl was allowed to dance with him on stage, similar to the Soul Train Music Awards performance. Jackson's next and final performance of "You Are Not Alone" was at the MJ & Friends concert in Seoul on June 25, 1999. Jackson died 10 years to the day after this performance. The song was performed without the second verse, similar to the "1995 MTV Awards" performance. It was also due to be performed at the This Is It concert series; however, the shows were cancelled due to his death.

Diana Ross recorded a version of this song on her international-only released album, Voice of Love produced by Nick Martinelli. Ross would also close her successful 2010–12 More Today Than Yesterday: The Greatest Hits Tour with this song as a tribute to Jackson.

• CD single

1. "You Are Not Alone" – 4:54
2. "Scream Louder" (Flyte Tyme remix) – 5:30

• Cassette single

1. "You Are Not Alone" (album edit) – 4:56
2. "Scream Louder" (Flyte Tyme remix) – 5:30

• 12-inch single

1. "You Are Not Alone" (Jon B. main remix) – 6:55
2. "You Are Not Alone" (Franctified club mix) – 10:09
3. "Rock with You" (Frankie's Favorite club mix) – 7:45
4. "Rock with You" (Masters at Work remix) – 5:30

• Canadian/United States

1. "You Are Not Alone" – 4:56
2. "You Are Not Alone" (radio edit) – 4:34
3. "You Are Not Alone" (Franctified club mix) – 10:40
4. "Scream Louder" (Flyte Tyme remix) – 5:30
5. "MJ Megaremix" – 10:33

• Japan single

1. "You Are Not Alone" – 4:56
2. "You Are Not Alone" (radio edit) – 4:34
3. "You Are Not Alone" (Franctified club mix) – 10:40
4. "You Are Not Alone" (Franctified club mix edit) – 7:40
5. "You Are Not Alone" (Jon B. main mix) – 6:55
6. "You Are Not Alone" (Jon B. Padapella mix) – 6:55

• Austria single

1. "You Are Not Alone" – 4:56
2. "You Are Not Alone" (radio edit) – 4:34
3. "You Are Not Alone" (Franctified club mix) – 10:40
4. "You Are Not Alone" (classic club mix) – 7:40
5. "You Are Not Alone" (Jon B. main mix) – 6:55
6. "You Are Not Alone" (Jon B. Padapella mix) – 6:55
7. "MJ Medley Aus Dem Viva" – 4:59

• Netherlands single

1. "You Are Not Alone" – 4:56
2. "You Are Not Alone" (radio edit) – 4:34
3. "You Are Not Alone" (Franctified club mix) – 10:40
4. "You Are Not Alone" (classic club mix) – 7:40
5. "You Are Not Alone" (Jon B. main mix) – 6:55
6. "You Are Not Alone" (Jon B. Padapella mix) – 6:55
7. "Magic Michael Jackson Mix" – 4:26

• Produced by R. Kelly and Michael Jackson
• Recorded and mixed by Bruce Swedien
• Michael Jackson – lead and background vocals, vocal and rhythm arrangements
• R. Kelly and Steve Porcaro – synthesizers and keyboards
• R. Kelly – background vocals
• Peter Mokran, Andrew Scheps, and Steve Porcaro – synthesizer programming{{cite book |last1=Lecocq |first1=Richard |last2=Allard |first2=François |title=Michael Jackson All The Songs: The Story Behind Every Track |date=October 23, 2018 |publisher=Cassell |isbn=978-1788400572 |pages=474 |ref=All The Songs}}

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The top twelve acts from the sixth series of TV talent show The X Factor in the United Kingdom released a cover version of the song on November 15, 2009, in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital.{{cite news|url=http://www.heatworld.com/Article/12769/The-X-Factor/First-look-at-The-X-Factor-contestants-charity-single!|title=First look at The X Factor contestants' charity single!|publisher=Heatworld.com|date=October 30, 2009|access-date=October 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091101120238/http://www.heatworld.com/Article/12769/The-X-Factor/First-look-at-The-X-Factor-contestants-charity-single!|archive-date=November 1, 2009|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} The finalists premiered the song live on the November 15 edition of the programme; the single was available for digital download that day and a physical release followed the day after. The release of the song follows a similar occurrence a year earlier, when the final twelve acts from the fifth series released a cover version of Mariah Carey's "Hero" in aid of Help for Heroes and raised over £1 million.{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/xfactor/news/a183531/x-factor-stars-record-charity-single.html|title='X Factor' stars record charity single|publisher=Digital Spy|first=Rebecca|last=Routledge|date=October 25, 2009|access-date=October 30, 2009}} It has been confirmed to have sold over 400,000 copies, therefore achieving a Gold single certification.

The video is very similar to the video of the cover version of the charity single of the year before. It shows various contestants performing their part in front of a plain black background, then shows the 12 finalists together performing the song in front of a screen of photos. Photos and video footage of the finalists at the Great Ormond Street Hospital are shown throughout the video.

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R. Kelly recorded his own version of the song and put it on his 2010 album Love Letter, he recorded it as a tribute to Jackson following his death. The song was included as a hidden bonus track on the album, shown as the final song on the album's track list. The song starts with Kelly paying tribute to Jackson, saying "In loving memories of my hero... MJ".

Digital single from Love Letter

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• {{cite book|last=Campbell|first=Lisa|title=Michael Jackson: The King of Pops Darkest Hour|publisher=Branden|year=1995|isbn=0-8283-2003-9}}
• George, Nelson (2004). Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection. Sony BMG.
• {{cite book |last=Taraborrelli |first=J. Randy |author-link=J. Randy Taraborrelli |title=The Magic and the Madness |year=2004 |publisher=Headline |location=Terra Alta, WV |isbn=0-330-42005-4 }}

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