“In The Closet” was written by Michael Jackson and Teddy Riley for his 1991“Dangerous” album and it became the album’s second number one R&B single and its third top ten pop single, going to # 6 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song is about keeping a relationship between lovers a secret. “In the closet” is an English idiom used when one is not open about an aspect of their life, particularly in regard to sexual orientation.
Despite the song’s suggestive name its lyrics do not allude to hidden sexual orientation but rather a concealed relationship; “Don’t hide our love/ Woman to man.” The New York Times stated, “Only Jackson would use that title for a heterosexual love song…” Rolling Stone described the song as “titillatingly titled” but “determinedly heterosexual.”
The single’s music video, directed by Herb Ritts, features Michael performing sensual and physically complicated dance techniques with supermodel Naomi Campbell. Campbell’s vocal were added to the video version replacing Mystery Girl’s.
The song, with its heavy industrial-sounding percussion and up-tempo arrangement, is typical of producer Teddy Riley’s new jack swing style. The unique, Eastern-influenced backing vocals, reaching crescendo at middle eight imbue the song with an erotic edge usually missing from Jackson’s music.
His vocals are whispered and subdued for most of the song, embellished with gasps, moans, and shudders. It is generally considered one of his most provocative singles with lyrics that include “…And if it’s aching, you have to rub it.”
The song was not performed during Jackson’s Dangerous World Tour (however, during his concert in Toulouse, the band played a short instrumental before Man In The Mirror), but a short version, with the intro of “She Drives Me Wild,” was the third song of a medley including “Scream” and “They Don’t Care About Us” during the HIStory World Tour.
Princess Stéphanie’s spoken lines were replaced with Jackson’s live speech for the sequence, during which his voice sounds much lower than it does in the track.
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im goin to faint haha
@ds4mj2 Yeahh he is sooo freaking sexy !!!
I love him with my heart !!
я просто без башни от майкла, OMG michael and naomi here are soooo hot!!!
Michael is sooo freakin sexy!! What I would give for this sexy mann!!
LUCKY BITCH
He is so sexy and such a powerful voice
MJ was smooth he was a O.G for sure!
i love those noises *mikegasm X30*
see ya mike! so sexy!
@solvan Hmm which video how do i put it in the youtube
i cant stop listening to this song 2day. about the 7th time
his voice his so powerful wish i woulda listen to him like this b4 he died. but we all have our own life to live. but ive always loved michael. he’s the freakin M A N. in my heart always nd in gods eyes hes everbodies brother and sister. luv yu bro
azuu een sexy clip
♥
OMG I Dare you to watch this video
youtube . com/watch?v=7f64APM-H1k
@nicoletyus9 people who say that dancing or anything is gay are gay
odjazdowa piosenka i teledysk:-) naprawdę jestem jego fanem:-)
I like the little move he does with his body at 1:20-1:21…….He is just sooo handsome !!
Lady GaGa stands around topless and in her panties Here “”" Naked LadyGaga . C00 M”"” unbelivable
R.II.P M.j FOREVER
“That girl” is Naomi Campbell.
Michael always wanted the best.
Whahaha I want to be that girl!
rawr haha
x
@BC13MuthaFxcka yup .. HE is !
to everyone michael was a great performer,person,brother.father.son to his family and friends.for a lot of us we never might michael but we all had a great love for him. i know i did.june 25 2009 was a mind chnge.a world with out michael jackson.its going to be a year without michael.i still cant believe it.i want the world to knw that i love u Michael Joseph Jackson and so do all ur fans….
RIP MJ (August 29, 1958 June 25, 2009
uiihhhh! que arrepio…extremamente sensual…
eu te amo!
some people says he’s gay cause he danced like that but i say no he’s not
i know it took me awhile to feel for michael, always caught up wit my own life but the other day i cryed for him and ive nvr done that for an artist. only a tru artist like mike wud make yu cry. he’s so real and pure. i cnt go w/o a day without listening 2 his music. his music his soulful, emotional, and be deep and make yu think or can give yu energy out of no where. all around artist and did it all. i luv yu mike nd to this day i stand up for yu to whoever is hating on yu. i got yu mike
Hey
I like this
michael. i would give you my life, if it would make you live again. i would give all my tears, if they would make you sing again, i would give you my blood, if it would help you breathe again.
@amgelpausini …Oh yeh, Michael Jackson is the HOTTEST man on the planet!! Forever!! No one will ever match his talent or his sexy!!