跪求michael jackson的earth song 的英文版介绍

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Answer 1

"Earth Song" is a song by Michael Jackson featured on Jackson's 1995 HIStory album.

When it was released as a single in December of 1995, it debuted at number #1 in the United Kingdom, where it remained for the next 6 consecutive weeks, becoming the Christmas number-one single of 1995, and the first #1 single of 1996 [1]. It became Jackson's most successful single release in the United Kingdom to date, achieving sales in excess of 1 million there, and remained on the UK Singles Chart for 19 weeks in total. The single sold 3.15 million copies worldwide, making it Jackson's fourth most successful single in terms of sales. It wasn't released as a single in the US, but as a b-side to the promotional single This Time Around. [1]

The song's music video depicts the Earth being destroyed by humans, and alludes to environmental and poverty issues in the world. The visuals present the destruction of rainforests by loggers, animals killed by poachers, and a North American forest burnt to stumps. The video also shows the devastation of 1990s aggressions in Yugoslav wars and people returning to their shattered homes. The scene was recorded in Croatia. In the end, Jackson and all the suffering native peoples depicted cry, kneel and turn to prayer, which God answers the prayers by bringing animals and people to life and returns forests, returning everything to its original, peaceful state. However, some critics considered the song and the video to be pompous and overbearing, a charge repeated by Jarvis Cocker as a partial explanation for his invasion of Jackson's stage during a performance of "Earth Song" at the 1996 BRIT Awards. The posture adopted by Jackson while performing this song at the BRIT Awards in fact originated in the video to his earlier single, "Will You Be There".

The "Earth Song" video is available on the DVDs HIStory on Film, Volume II and Number Ones. It was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Short Form Video. The Grammy was won by Scream.