Liberian Girl

Single infobox |
Name = Liberian Girl


Artist = Michael Jackson
from Album = Bad
Released = July 1989
Format = CD single
Recorded = 1987
Genre = R&B/Adult Contemporary
Length = 3:52
Label = Epic Records
Producer = Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones
Last single = "Leave Me Alone"
(1989)
This single = "Liberian Girl"
(1989)
Next single = "Black or White"
(1991)Extra tracklisting
Album = Bad
Type = studio
prev_track = "Speed Demon"
prev_no = 3
this_track = "Liberian Girl"
track_no = 4
next_track = "Just Good Friends"
next_no = 5

"Liberian Girl" was the ninth and final single to be released from Michael Jackson's 1987 album "Bad" and was released in Europe and Australia only. Jackson dedicated the song to one of his best friends, Elizabeth Taylor.

Music video

Directed by Jim Yukich, the video for the song featured many of Jackson's celebrity friends. cite web |url=http://mvdbase.com/video.php?id=14150 |title=mvdbase.com - Michael Jackson - "Liberian girl" ] As named in the closing titles, featured in the video are:

*Paula Abdul
*Rosanna Arquette
*Dan Aykroyd
*Mayim Bialik
*Bubbles
*Jackie Collins
*David Copperfield
*Emily Dreyfuss
*Richard Dreyfuss
*Corey Feldman
*Lou Ferrigno
*Debbie Gibson
*Danny Glover
*Steve Guttenberg
*Jasmine Guy
*Whoopi Goldberg
*Sherman Hemsley
*Olivia Hussey
*Amy Irving
*Malcolm-Jamal Warner
*Beverly Johnson
*Quincy Jones
*Don King
*Virginia Madsen
*Olivia Newton-John
*Brigitte Nielsen
*Lou Diamond Phillips
*Ricky Schroder
*Steven Spielberg
*Suzanne Somers
*John Travolta
*Blair Underwood
*Carl Weathers
*Billy Dee Williams
*"Weird Al" Yankovic

amples

* This song was sampled in 2Pac's songs "Letter 2 My Unborn" and "The Thug in Me" (Original Version).
* It has been sampled in MC Lyte's song "Keep on Keepin' On" in 1996.
* This song is also sampled in Jennifer Lopez's song "If You Had My Love" (Dark Child Master Mix).
* It also has been sampled in Roi Heenok's song "La coka coka".
* This song is also sampled in Mac Dre's song "Black Buck Rogers".

Track listings

;7" single
# "Liberian Girl" (edit) – 3:39
# "Girlfriend" – 3:04

;12" single
# "Liberian Girl" (edit) – 3:39
# "Get on the Floor" – 4:44
# "Girlfriend" – 3:04

Credits

* Written and composed by Michael Jackson
* Solo and background vocals: Michael Jackson
* Drums: Miko Brando, Ollie E. Brown and John Robinson
* Drum programming: Douglas Getschal
* Percussion: Ollie E. Brown and Paulinho Da Costa
* Synclavier and effects: Christopher Currell
* Synthesizers: John Barnes, Michael Boddicker, David Paich and Larry Williams
* Synthesizer programming: Steve Porcaro
* Swahili chant: Letta Mbulu
* Rhythm arrangement by Michael Jackson, John Barnes and Quincy Jones
* Synthersizer arrangement by Jerry Hey, John Barnes and Quincy Jones
* Vocal arrangement by Michael Jackson and John Barnes
* Swahili chant arrangement by Caiphus Semenya
* Reverse Oboe: Nicholas Crabbe. Well.

External links

* [http://myplay.com/videos/michael-jackson/liberian-girl Official video] on a website from Sony BMG

References