Earth Song

"Earth Song"
Single by Michael Jackson
from the album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
A-side	"This Time Around"
Released	November 7, 1995 (1995-11-07)
Recorded	1988 – June 1989 – August 1990[1] September 1994 – March 1995
Genre	Blues gospel opera pop
Length	6:46 (album version) 5:02 (radio edit)
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Michael Jackson
Producer(s)	Michael Jackson David Foster Bill Bottrell
Michael Jackson singles chronology
"You Are Not Alone" (1995) "Earth Song" (1995) "This Time Around" (1995)
Music video
"Earth Song" on YouTube
Audio sample
"Earth Song" file help

"Earth Song" is a song by the American singer Michael Jackson. It was written by Jackson and produced by Jackson, David Foster and Bill Bottrell. It was released by Epic Records on November 7, 1995, as the third single from Jackson's ninth studio album, HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995).

"Earth Song" is a ballad that incorporates elements of blues, gospel and opera. Though Jackson had previously released socially conscious songs such as "We Are the World", "Man in the Mirror" and "Heal the World", "Earth Song" was his first to overtly discuss the environment and animal welfare. It was accompanied by a lavish music video which was shot in four geographical regions, centered on the destruction and rebirth of Earth.

"Earth Song" reached number one in the UK, where it was the 1995 Christmas number one. It also topped the charts in Germany, Iceland, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland while peaking at number two in France, Ireland, and the Netherlands. Jackson received recognition from various animal and environmental organizations. It was nominated for a Grammy in 1997.^[2] In 2011, the song was paired with the poem "Planet Earth" (previously released on Michael Jackson's This Is It, in 2009) and released as a song on the remix album Immortal.