But as Ray Charles used to say, ‘It’s gonna do what it’s gonna do.’ So I had to just let it be.” But we’ve been in the studio with Michael for two-and-a-half years recording, and Michael has yet to record anything that he didn’t write.’ So it was always iffy. “Quincy had told me, ‘You know, is a great song.
“There was just no predicting what was gonna happen,” Garrett told Songwriter Universe. Fittingly, Garrett is most known for duetting with Jackson on the song “I Just Can’t Stop Lovin’ You.” Although she liked “Man in the Mirror,” Garret wasn’t sure it would strike a chord with Jackson. Jackson is a renowned songwriter, but he didn’t write “Man in the Mirror.” According to AllMusic, Siedah Garrett and Glen Ballard co-wrote the track. The easy, fast & fun way to learn how to sing: 30DaySinger.Justin Bieber | Peter Kramer/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images Why Quincy Jones wasn’t sure Michael Jackson would sing ‘Man in the Mirror’ It features a montage of clips of children in Africa, Adolf Hitler, the Ku Klux Klan, Martin Luther King Jr., the Kent State shootings, Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Lech Wałęsa, kids in Graduation, and other historical figures. Larry Stessel who was Video Commissioner at Epic Records at the time was the Executive Producer. Don and Michael Jackson developed the idea for the video. The "Man in the Mirror" music video was directed, produced and edited by Don Wilson. The song was remixed for the soundtrack of Jackson's tribute tour Immortal. The song peaked at number 21 in the UK Singles Charts in 1988, but in 2009, following the news of Jackson's death, the song peaked at number 2. It was nominated for Record of the Year at the 31st Grammy Awards. The vocal range is A♭3–C6."Man in the Mirror" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, becoming Jackson's tenth number-one single on the chart, and was certified 3x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Arranged with a gospel choir, the song is played in the keys of G major and A♭ major at a tempo of 100 bpm. It was released in February 1988 as the fourth single from his seventh solo album, Bad (1987). "Man in the Mirror" is a song recorded by Michael Jackson, with lyrics and music by Glen Ballard and Siedah Garrett, and produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones.
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