Tabloid Junkie

"Tabloid Junkie"
Song by Michael Jackson
from the album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
ReleasedJune 20, 1995 (1995-06-20)
Recorded1994
GenreFunk rock[1]
Length4:32
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Michael Jackson
  • Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Licensed audio
"Tabloid Junkie" on YouTube
Audio sample
"Tabloid Junkie"

"Tabloid Junkie" is a song performed by American recording artist Michael Jackson. The song appeared as the eleventh track on Jackson's ninth studio album, HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I, which was released in 1995 as a two-disc set. The song was written, composed, and produced by Michael Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

The song received generally positive reviews from music critics. "Tabloid Junkie" is a funk rock song,[1] with lyrics that pertain to media bias and negative coverage of rumors about Jackson and his personal life, similar to previous songs recorded by Jackson. "Tabloid Junkie" is the seventh song on HIStory to be aimed at the media.[2]

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