"Another Part of Me" is a song by American singer and songwriter

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(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

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'' Captain EO''. It is the sixth song on the album. As with earlier songs in his career such as "

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", the lyrics emphasize global unity, love and outreach. The song was featured in the trailer for Jackson's 1988 film ''

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'', 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

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as a tribute during the second leg of her Sticky & Sweet Tour. A Jackson impersonator performed his signature moves, while dancing to a medley of Jackson's songs.

Background

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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 FrankDiLeo">Frank_DiLeo.html" ;"title="anager Frank DiLeo">FrankDiLeo 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." 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

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on June 7 with soundtrack mixed from live

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taken on July 15 (while the drum multitrack is from July 16), with additional footage from June 27 and 28 shows at

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as well as some footage from Volksparkstadion in

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

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: 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

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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