Michael Jackson Videos

Joe Pytka's third and final video for Michael Jackson is one of the few to not feature Michael Jackson himself. Matching the themes of the song, it shows children living in areas of the world suffering from unrest.

The song "Give In To Me" features the guitar pyrotechnics of Guns 'n Roses' Slash. Michael Jackson's video is a performance clip with Slash.

The song "Will You Be There" was featured in the soundtrack for the film Free Willy. The accompanying video is a phenomenal collection of footage from Michael Jackson's Dangerous tour.

Michael Jackson dedicated "Gone Too Soon" to the memory of Ryan White, the 18 year old boy who died a victim of AIDS after much publicized efforts to exclude him from public school in his home of Kokomo, Indiana.

Director Mark Romanek first gained acclaim as a music video director by directing Nine Inch Nails' "Closer." He gave Michael Jackson's rant against tabloid sensationalism a futuristic, 2001: A Space Odyssey style setting. "Scream" took home the Grammy Award for Best Short Form video. Many saw Janet Jackson as taking on a darker image than that depicted in her own music videos.

"Childhood" was the B-side to the "Scream" single. The song was used as the main theme for the movie Free Willy 2. The video itself is a fantasy similar to the styles of picture books created for children.

Michael Jackson's video for "You Are Not Alone" gained notoriety due to the semi-naked scenes filmed with his wife Lisa Marie Presley. The clip was directed by Wayne Isham and later Presley indicated some measure of regret at appearing in the video.

Photographer Nick Brandt directed Michael Jackson's video for "Earth Song." It is a moving creation that depicts destruction on the earth due to forces such as animal cruelty, pollution and war. However a healing force is summoned that repairs the world.

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The making of Michael Jackson's "They Don't Care About Us" video was surrounded by considerable controversy. Film director Spike Lee was hired to direct the clip. Local officials in Rio de Janeiro unsuccessfully attempted to ban filming of the video in their city. They feared that depictions of poverty would damage the city's image internationally. A second video filmed in a prison was also created. It depicted abuses perpetrated by police and misdirected governments.

Nicholas Brandt's second video directed for Michael Jackson is a meditation on loneliness and disconnection. Reportedly it is closely tied to Jackson's real life in which he would head out on to the streets to look for connections with people motivated by an intense loneliness he felt in life.