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"Speed Demon" is a song by Michael Jackson released as the third track from the Bad album. It was released as a promotional single in 1989.

Backgroud[]

Recorded in 1986. The song was Quincy Jones' idea, after Jackson was pulled over for driving too fast. It includes a transition to "Liberian Girl" and is Jackson's first song to do so.

Music video[]

The track gained a 10 minute long music video, directed by Jerry Kramer. It features Jackson being chased by obsessive fans and paparazzi, all made in clay.

Nero Remix[]

On September 18, 2012 a remix of "Speed Demon" done by Nero was released as a part of the Bad 25 anniversary album. It has been mostly criticized by Jackson's fans, though not a lot of them aknowledge the remix either.

Audio[]

On January 27, 2023 a video of Brad Sundberg and Matt Forger from In The Studio With MJ playing a 1986 demo of "Speed Demon" and explaining its creation surfaced online.

Lyrics[]

[Refrain]
Cho! Cho!
Cho! Oh!
Cho! Cho!
Cho!

[Verse 1]
I'm headed for the border, it's on my mind
And nothing really matters, I've got to be on time
Look in the view mirror, is he hot on my tracks?
Is he getting nearer?, I feel some heat is on my back

[Chorus]
(Speed demon) Speedin' on the freeway, gotta get a leadway
(Speed demon) Doing it on the highway, gotta have it my way
(Speed demon) Mind is like a compass, I'm stopping at nothing
(Speed demon, he say) Pull over, boy, and get your ticket right

[Refrain]
Cho!

[Verse 2]
Ain't nothing gonna stop me, ain't no stop and go
I'm speeding on the midway, I gotta really burn this road

[Chorus]
(Speed demon) Speedin' on the freeway, gotta get a leadway
(Speed demon) Doing it on the highway, gotta have it my way
(Speed demon) Mind is like a compass, I'm stopping at nothing
(Speed demon, he say) Pull over, boy, and get your ticket right

[Refrain]
Cho!

[Bridge]
Speed demon, you're the very same one
Who said the future's in your hands, the life you save could be your own
You're preaching 'bout my life like you're the law
Gonna live each day and hour like for me there's no tomorrow
Go! Go!
Go! Ow!

[Refrain]
Cho! Oh!
Cho! Cho!
Cho!

[Chorus]
(Speed demon) Speedin' on the freeway, gotta get a leadway
(Speed demon) Got fire in my pocket, I just lit a rocket
(Speed demon) Just pull over, boy, and get your ticket right
(Speed demon) Pull over, boy, and get your ticket right
(Speed demon) Just pull over, boy, and eat your ticket
Pull over, boy, pull over, boy, and get your ticket right (Ooh!)

[Outro]
Uh! Ah!
C'mon! Hoo!
Get your ticket right, ah
Pull over, boy
Get your ticket right
Pull over, boy
Pull over, boy, and get your ticket
Eat your ticket, get your ticket
Eat your, get your
Hoo! Aah!
Ooh!
Get your ticket right, ah
Hoo!
Ooh!

[Verse 1]
I'm heading for the [?]
It's in my soul!
I got to find a mirror
Got to be around the clock
I'm searching for a preacher
It's deep in my mind!
I got to find a way out
I got to be your time

[Chorus]
(Speed demon) Got to find a way out, got to find a mirror
(Speed demon) Got to find a way out, got to find a mirror
(Speed demon) [?]
(Speed demon) Just, pull over boy and get your ticket right

[Bridge]
Speed demon you're di da da da
(Put the chord and keyboard, that's fine)
Da na da da da
Da nan da da da da da
Da, da da da da da da da da da da
Speed

[Verse 2]
And nothing is gonna stop me
It's in my soul!
I'm heading for the mirror
Got to be around the clock

[Chorus]
(Speed demon) Got to find a way out, got to find a mirror
(Speed demon) It's in the blood, got to find a way out
(Speed demon) Pull over boy and get your ticket right
(Speed demon) Pull over boy and get your seat
Pull over boy
Pull over boy and get your ticket right

[Outro]
(Pull over boy)
(Get your ticket right)
(Pull over boy)
(And get your ticket right)
(Pull over boy)
(Pull over boy and get your ticket)
(Speed demon, speed demon, speed demon, speed demon)

[Intro]
Ho!
Aaow!

[Verse 1]
I'm heading for the border
It's on my mind
And nothing really matter
I've got to be on time
And nothing going to stop
Aren’t no stop and go
I'm speeding on the midway
I got to really burn this road
Because

[Chorus]
(Speed demon)
Speeding on the freeway, got to get a lead way
(Speed demon)
Doing it on the highway, got to have it my way
(Speed demon)
Mind is like a compass, I'm stopping at nothing
Just pull over boy and get your ticket right

Aaow!
Just pull over boy and get your ticket right
(Speed demon)
(Speed demon)
Go!
Aaow!
Ho!
Just pull over boy and get your ticket right

[Verse 2]
I'm heading for the border
It's on my mind
And nothing really matter
I've got to be on time

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

Discography
Studio albums
Got to Be ThereBenMusic & MeForever, Michael Off the WallThrillerBadDangerousHIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book IInvincible
Other albums
Farewell My Summer LoveBlood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the MixThe Ultimate CollectionThriller 25MichaelBad 25XscapeScreamThriller 40
Singles
"Got to Be There" • "Rockin' Robin" • "I Wanna Be Where You Are" • "Ain't No Sunshine" • "Ben" • "With a Child's Heart" • "Music & Me" • "We're Almost There" • "Just a Little Bit of You" • "You Can't Win" • "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" • "Rock with You" • "Off the Wall" • "She's Out of My Life" • "Girlfriend" • "One Day in Your Life" • "The Girl is Mine" • "Billie Jean" • "Beat It" • "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" • "Human Nature" • "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" • "Thriller" • "Happy" • "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" • "Bad" • "The Way You Make Me Feel" • "Man in the Mirror" • "Dirty Diana" • "Another Part of Me" • "Smooth Criminal" • "Leave Me Alone" • "Liberian Girl" • "Black or White" • "Remember the Time" • "In the Closet" • "Jam" • "Who Is It" • "Heal the World" • "Give In to Me" • "Will You Be There" • "Gone Too Soon" • "Scream/Childhood" • "You Are Not Alone" • "Earth Song" • "They Don't Care About Us" • "Stranger in Moscow" • "Blood on the Dance Floor" • "HIStory/Ghosts" • "Smile" • "You Rock My World" • "Butterflies" • "Cry" • "What More Can I Give" • "One More Chance" • "The Girl is Mine 2008" • "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008" • "Hold My Hand" • "Mind Is the Magic" • "Hollywood Tonight" • "Behind the Mask" • "(I Like) The Way You Love Me" • "Love Never Felt So Good" • "A Place with No Name" • "Blood on the Dance Floor X Dangerous (The White Panda Mash-Up)"
Promotional singles
"Speed Demon" • "Someone Put Your Hand Out" • "This Time Around" • "Is It Scary" • "Speechless" • "Unbreakable" • "Cheater" • "This Is It"
Non-single songs
"Girl Don't Take Your Love from Me" • "In Our Small Way" • "Wings of My Love" • "Maria (You Were the Only One)" • "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" • "You've Got a Friend" • "Greatest Show on Earth" • "People Make the World go Round" • "We've Got a Good Thing Going" • "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" • "My Girl" • "What Goes Around Comes Around" • "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" • "You Can Cry on My Shoulder" • "Up Again" • "All the Things You Are" • "Too Young" • "Doggin' Around" • "Euphoria" • "Morning Glow" • "Johnny Raven" • "Take Me Back" • "Cinderella Stay Awhile" • "We've Got Forever" • "You Are There" • "Dapper Dan" • "Dear Michael" • "I'll Come Home To You" • "Workin' Day and Night" • "Get on the Floor" • "I Can't Help It" • "It's The Falling In Love" • "Burn This Disco Out" • "Someone in the Dark" • "Baby Be Mine" • "The Lady In My Life" • "Just Good Friends" • "Why You Wanna Trip on Me" • "She Drives Me Wild" • "Can't Let Her Get Away" • "Keep the Faith" • "Dangerous" • "D.S." • "Money" • "Come Together" • "Tabloid Junkie" • "2 Bad" • "Little Susie / Pie Jesu" • "On the Line" • "Morphine" • "Superfly Sister" • "Carousel" • "Streetwalker" • "Fly Away" • "Heartbreaker" • "Invincible" • "Break of Dawn" • "Heaven Can Wait" • "2000 Watts" • "You Are My Life" • "Privacy" • "Don't Walk Away" • "The Lost Children" • "Whatever Happens" • "Threatened" • "Shout" • "Sunset Driver" • "Scared of the Moon" • "We Are Here to Change the World" • "Monkey Business" • "Fall Again" • "In the Back" • "Beautiful Girl" • "We've Had Enough" • "For All Time" • "Got the Hots" • "Best of Joy" • "(I Can't Make It) Another Day" • "Much Too Soon" • "Don't Be Messin' 'Round" • "I'm So Blue" • "Abortion Papers" • "Free" • "Price of Fame" • "Al Capone" • "Chicago" • "Loving You" • "Slave to the Rhythm" • "Do You Know Where Your Children Are" • "Blue Gangsta" • "Xscape" • "Starlight" • "Who Do You Know" • "The Toy" • "What a Lovely Way to Go" • "She's Trouble" .
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