Man in the Mirror is one of Michael Jackson's songs in the albums Bad and HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. The song was released on January 9, 1988 and was recorded from February to May of 1987. It was produced by Quincy Jones (with co-production by Michael Jackson) and written by Siedah Garrett and Glen Ballard.
The song was nominated for Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards.[1]
Lyrics
- I'm Gonna Make A Change,
- For Once In My Life
- It's Gonna Feel Real Good,
- Gonna Make A Difference
- Gonna Make It Right . . .
- As I, Turn Up The Collar On My
- Favorite Winter Coat
- This Wind Is Blowin' My Mind
- I See The Kids In The Street,
- With Not Enough To Eat
- Who Am I, To Be Blind?
- Pretending Not To See
- Their Needs
- A Summer's Disregard,
- A Broken Bottle Top
- And A One Man's Soul
- They Follow Each Other On
- The Wind Ya' Know
- 'Cause They Got Nowhere
- To Go
- That's Why I Want You To
- Know
- I'm Starting With The Man In
- The Mirror
- I'm Asking Him To Change
- His Ways
- And No Message Could Have
- Been Any Clearer
- If You Wanna Make The World
- A Better Place
- (If You Wanna Make The
- World A Better Place)
- Take A Look At Yourself, And
- Then Make A Change
- (Take A Look At Yourself, And
- Then Make A Change)
- (Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na,
- Na Nah)
- I've Been A Victim Of A Selfish
- Kind Of Love
- It's Time That I Realize
- That There Are Some With No
- Home, Not A Nickel To Loan
- Could It Be Really Me,
- Pretending That They're Not
- Alone?
- A Willow Deeply Scarred,
- Somebody's Broken Heart
- And A Washed-Out Dream
- (Washed-Out Dream)
- They Follow The Pattern Of
- The Wind, Ya' See
- Cause They Got No Place
- To Be
- That's Why I'm Starting With
- Me
- (Starting With Me!)
- I'm Starting With The Man In
- The Mirror
- (Ooh!)
- I'm Asking Him To Change
- His Ways
- (Ooh!)
- And No Message Could Have
- Been Any Clearer
- If You Wanna Make The World
- A Better Place
- (If You Wanna Make The
- World A Better Place)
- Take A Look At Yourself And
- Then Make A Change
- (Take A Look At Yourself And
- Then Make A Change)
- I'm Starting With The Man In
- The Mirror
- (Ooh!)
- I'm Asking Him To Change His
- Ways
- (Change His Ways-Ooh!)
- And No Message Could've
- Been Any Clearer
- If You Wanna Make The World
- A Better Place
- (If You Wanna Make The
- World A Better Place)
- Take A Look At Yourself And
- Then Make That . . .
- (Take A Look At Yourself And
- Then Make That . . .)
- Change!
- I'm Starting With The Man In
- The Mirror,
- (Man In The Mirror-Oh
- Yeah!)
- I'm Asking Him To Change
- His Ways
- (Better Change!)
- No Message Could Have
- Been Any Clearer
- (If You Wanna Make The
- World A Better Place)
- (Take A Look At Yourself And
- Then Make The Change)
- (You Gotta Get It Right, While
- You Got The Time)
- ('Cause When You Close Your
- Heart)
- You Can't Close Your . . .Your
- Mind!
- (Then You Close Your . . .
- Mind!)
- That Man, That Man, That
- Man, That Man
- With That Man In The Mirror
- (Man In The Mirror, Oh Yeah!)
- That Man, That Man, That Man
- I'm Asking Him To Change
- His Ways
- (Better Change!)
- You Know . . .That Man
- No Message Could Have
- Been Any Clearer
- If You Wanna Make The World
- A Better Place
- (If You Wanna Make The
- World A Better Place)
- Take A Look At Yourself And
- Then Make A Change
- (Take A Look At Yourself And
- Then Make A Change)
- Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
- Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na,
- Na Nah
- (Oh Yeah!)
- Gonna Feel Real Good Now!
- Yeah Yeah! Yeah Yeah!
- Yeah Yeah!
- Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na,
- Na Nah
- (Ooooh . . .)
- Oh No, No No . . .
- I'm Gonna Make A Change
- It's Gonna Feel Real Good!
- Come On!
- (Change . . .)
- Just Lift Yourself
- You Know
- You've Got To Stop It.
- Yourself!
- (Yeah!-Make That Change!)
- I've Got To Make That Change,
- Today!
- Hoo!
- (Man In The Mirror)
- You Got To
- You Got To Not Let Yourself . . .
- Brother . . .
- Hoo!
- (Yeah!-Make That Change!)
- You Know-I've Got To Get
- That Man, That Man . . .
- (Man In The Mirror)
- You've Got To
- You've Got To Move! Come
- On! Come On!
- You Got To . . .
- Stand Up! Stand Up!
- Stand Up!
- (Yeah Make That Change)
- Stand Up And Lift
- Yourself, Now!
- (Man In The Mirror)
- Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
- Aaow!
- (Yeah-Make That Change)
- Gonna Make That Change . . .
- Come On!
- (Man In The Mirror)
- You Know It!
- You Know It!
- You Know It!
- You Know . . .
- (Change . . .)
- Make That Change.
In Bad
The song is the 7th track listing and the 4th single in this album.
In HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
The song is the 8th song on the 1st disc of this album.
