The Truth Behind "Stranger in Moscow" by Michael Jackson

The Truth Behind "Stranger in Moscow" by Michael Jackson
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“Stranger in Moscow” was written in a hotel room in Moscow in 1993, while Michael was on his Dangerous World Tour. The song would be released as the final single off the HIStory album in November, 1996.
In his book, Man In The Music, Joe Vogel says, “Although it never made any of his greatest hits collections, ‘Stranger In Moscow’ is one of Michael Jackson’s most impressive artistic achievements and, over time, will no doubt be recognized as such.”
This is the story behind the inspiration and production of one of Michael Jackson's greatest musical moments.
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0:00 The Inspiration
1:22 The Production

[@kyleplatz3751]

Easily the best MJ song, idc what anyone says. Masterpiece of a pop song.

[@SleepExports]

The most underrated for sure

[@ninkaraven4237]

Yes, hard to compare completely different songs, different moods and aestetics, but it is touching in a particular way, specially if you really know sadness, loneliness and feeling like an alien here.

[@technicolorProducer]

For someone with such a large and unique body of work, I have to agree. It was so mature and sophisticated.

[@BluEx22329]

He wrote it

[@goldenstreets29]

Loved it ever since I first heard it❤

[@Lovella5]

The saddest and yet one of the most beautiful song he's ever done... Thank you so much for sharing this. ❤

[@Jumahnji]

Tbh after hearing his death and it being confirmed, I turned on the radio and they went into rock with you, and had to cut it.

[@ayaanbretmitchell9830]

First song I saw on TV after his death. And let's be frank here, he was on TV/radio and news for weeks and weeks announcing his death. I mean the entire world was mourning. No other celeb had that kind of continued tributes. The song brings a tear as MJ was associated with so many fans childhoods it's unreal. Over all generations of people. 😪

[@ninkaraven4237]

But the same world had been killing him for years as a demanded and useful global hero, not perfect, clear enough and also daring to get older 😔.

[@chrishawkins6535]

12 people killed themselves after his death. They believe there's more.

[@MissDavitashvili]

It was on vh1 till 2018-19

[@richardkovacs2006]

​@@chrishawkins6535who are those 12? I only knew about Evan Chandler.

[@Snyper1405]

Research research research ​@@richardkovacs2006

[@mbrow]

The greatest artist, performer, and humanitarian. We miss you MJ.

[@izayahcarter1406]

This pleases the Mj fan in me and the Sonic fan in me.

[@totti1st]

I came here for the same reason too

[@user-dt3nm3vh8j]

When I hear this it really tells me about life on how nobody really cares about U..... It's sad 😢😭😭 very hurtful

[@AshaSingh-qn3wf]

This song is really a masterpiece of Michael Michael put his pain in this song that makes it unique and so precious 👌👌👌 Michael is a genius 🙏🙏🙏

[@jannemandruivensuiker2391]

Buxer and Jackson - Masters in music ❤

[@thebrazilshow]

Yet Buxer didn't get writer's credit. SMDH

[@christiankirby9650]

I always find it interesting when I find out the origins of MJ’s songs. To be fair, I guessed the songs was made due to a literal situation he was in but it’s cool to know I was correct

[@carolehollingsworth9832]

Hauntingly beautiful.

[@jackson-ch]

One of the best MJ-Songs, and maybe his most personal one. LOVE it. Great Video!

[@im_that_guy]

Damn I wanna hear that recording of him beatboxing Stranger In Moscow.

[@jayatmosphere176]

It’s at the beginning of the song.

[@abbiasante]

Do more of these videos please

[@dangeroussupremacy]

this has gotta be my favorite michael song. it’s sooooooo good.

[@KillerGrim47]

Beautiful aint even the word for this song man…😢😢

[@Prayukth]

Even god missed him...called him back too early...

[@SinistaDaBeast]

Wow. Wow. Wow. The man is untouchable. Incomparable. One of one. Damn Michael.....we miss U SOOOOOOOO MUCH.💔💔💔🥺🥺🥺

[@eugeniaalfaro9892]

❤😢

[@Murdur1]

○(+>

[@VedyanichevaMarina]

You tell incredible things and I know every stone on Red Square.❤

[@user-ve8cy4ie3e]

I wish i could back in time

[@rosequartz7841]

This makes me cry from my SOUL....THEY DIDNT SUCEED IN DESTROYING HIM AND NEVER WILL!❤XXXX LOVE YOU MJ 2023 xxx

[@squidmaster964]

Wow great video! I agree with the other comments I would love to see more like this!

[@diddybopper2052]

I couldn’t imagine anything better for Michael than for him to feel like a stranger somewhere.

[@Dawnsxnova]

Not in a good way , in a lonely way 😢

[@MFJono]

How does it feel when you learn Mike beat boxed on samplers and drum machines? Beautiful video!

[@danielkannan6246]

Firstly, Brad Buxer definitely deserves credit.... Secondly, if ever there was a song you want to hold & hug, Stranger in Moscow is it...😍

[@ChapC_YT]

This one, togerher with Blood On The Dancefloor are my favourite MJ songs of all time.

[@KhaoShung]

Brad Buxer is a legend man. cant compare his work with all that heartless new stuff

[@StirLynch]

This video is perfect, I'd love more videos like this one for different songs

[@elanone1]

that was awesome thank you so much!

[@klysmaniac]

I remember locking myself in my room after a family member outing me at the dinner table. I wasn't aware of the exact meaning of the song back then...the punch line for me in the present is: happy days will drown the pain...no need to talk about my punchline back then. masterpiece

[@ninkaraven4237]

Feel you.

[@mrs6968]

This was grand thank you very much

[@GillianRice]

LOVED THIS!! Do more❤

[@arcobyte99]

Wow. Neat story! Love this!

[@thebrazilshow]

Brad Buxer should've gotten co-writer's credit, period. Quincy Jones alluded that Michael was stingy about giving collaborators credit sometimes.

[@letmetellyoumyexperiencesi9775]

He couldn’t trust adults especially in Hollywood, so he felt more comfortable with children around and “Not” for the horrible reasons the media and money hungry wolves were portraying it to be at all. 😢

[@donnagroven3345]

Turns out the children ( who are adults today) are still the most evil to him....I can't imagine his heart break and shatter spirit. Kids made fun of me all the time for being a MJ fan in school growing up thanks to media..... This world is a scary place. He will always be my patron Saint of humanitarianism and the definition of how to live Christ like " like a child" ✌️❤️🙏✌️❤️🙏

[@MarianaMartins-123]

Meu querido Michael 👄👄👄 adoro-te

[@vellbariaofficial]

This song is a personification of depression he had to deal with. He used KGB as a personification of those people who accused him of SA.

[@umolhar9993]

Amo essa música, sim fala de solidão e medo. Estava enfrentando acusações ! Imagina lidar com turnê e desacreditar em " falsas" pessoas. Mike foi um dos artistas mais perseguidos da história. Não acredito em nenhuma daquelas mentiras.

[@lucidmind9676]

Music or should I say mainstream music is both a gift and a curse for a lot of these artists. It’s really sad because most of us consumers can’t see the story/source of these songs. While Stranger In Moscow is a great song and was/is recognized as such, people didn’t realize it was a cry for help. I myself have dealt with depression and instances of loneliness but man Michael really had it rough; being one of the most famous people on earth, not being able to do basic human activities like going to the grocery store and then on top of that, to go thru not just one but two trials that the media worldwide crucified him for…. Michael was a strong person fr because I couldn’t imagine how dealing with that felt and most people who go thru situations like that usually off themselves sadly but he stayed strong but unfortunately his addiction did worsen from that situation.

[@jonelrobinson2231]

Awesome

[@Shamanicjourney7]

Beautiful❤

[@hibernationd3313]

One of my favorite songs

[@user-dt3nm3vh8j]

I love it.... It's how I feel 2

[@user-dt3nm3vh8j]

Nice!!!

[@ConsolingYourMind]

So genius!!

[@stevemw20]

Buxer wrote the music

[@richardkovacs2006]

I have an issue with Brad's story. Every time he talks about his role in Stranger, his role gets bigger and bigger. The 1st time he talked about it in an interview not much after MJs dsath it was just 2 chords and from then on MJ directed him. Now it's like he wrote the whole song to the point Brad Sundberg has already said it's Buxer's song. A strange issue with MJs collabs...(Like Philinganes claiming he got no credit for the bridge in Don't stop -he did, just not co-writer, because it wasn't the whole bidge he added..ut was arrangement) Since MJs death many found out about themselves how it was them, who made MJs music as it is...

[@cristianonascimentodasilva9773]

Linda amo Mj king

[@experiment0003]

Brad Buxer should have gotten production credit for this song. He came up with the chord progression, did most of the arrangements, and put together the most iconic part of the song, the beatbox. He is uncredited. Sad. Even Toto guys got credited.

[@jamesbarbosavideo]

he himself admits its his own fault. He had the chance and didnt really consider it till it was too late. He holds no ill towards MJ in this regard.

[@ghostkid252]

Eh, it sucks legally but all MJ fans know how much Brad meant to MJ and how key he was to so many of our favorite songs. He's immortalized in our hearts, even if his name isn't below a song's title.

[@thebrazilshow]

More than that he should have writer's credit and collecting royalties to this day!

[@user-bd7ic4cx9j]

ЛЕГЕНДА ПОП РОКА НА ВЕКА

[@eugeniaalfaro9892]

Confirmo ✌🏻✨🪄

[@user-bd7ic4cx9j]

УДАЧИ ​@@eugeniaalfaro9892

[@lukasd1058]

MORE

[@fullmoon7769]

Never heard that from Michael. From which interview is the fragment where Michael talks about the song at the beginning? Please write, it’s important for me to know, I just know all his interviews and can’t understand where this fragment of the conversation comes from.

[@saratreadwell5711]

🥰😘🥰❤

[@akongas]

I wish SEGA, Brad, and the Jackson family can FINALLY sort out the Sonic 3 soundtrack legal issues… 😢

[@lunk642]

Why did you private all your videos, they were really helpful! At least upload them to internet archive, don't just disappear!

[@mjjvault]

it's just for couple days

[@atlantidaunderground]

what was he going through when he wrote the song? That made him so depressed..

[@paradoxical_taco]

Jordon Chandler’s father accused Michael of molesting him. (Jordon was just a child with absolutely shitty parents, especially his father, and so was a victim, but not of Michael, but he greedy, dirtbag of a father). Jordon’s dad was “the dentist to the stars” & he is alleged to have brought Jordy to his dental office and put him under laughing gas, which can make you highly susceptible to suggestions, to get his son to say Michael molested him. I suggest everyone look up more detail about this. Also - get yourself a copy of Carrie Fisher’s book _Shockaholic_ - I recommend the audiobook, because she reads it and it adds to the stories she tells. Carrie was at one point a “patient” of Dr. Chandler, DDS. And at a time when Carrie was not sober (remember - addiction is a disease, and most if not all people relapse at least once, it’s even harder to avoid a relapse when you have other medical issues like bipolar disorder), he was her “supplier” and was clearly trying to turn Carrie into a future witness for him, as he was planning his revenge against Michael for not agreeing to invest in his screenplay. Though I’m not sure even as you hear her tell the story that she fully understood what the doc was doing. But from the beginning, even when she was still ok with getting meds from him, Dr. Chandler creeped her out. As time went own, it got worse and eventually, once he told her he was going after Michael, as she wrote, no matter how much she “needed” drugs, no drugs were worth associating with this guy. He may have set in motion a series of events that led to Michael’s death decades later, but he probably saved Carrie (though not how, as a doctor, he should have). Carrie also talks about her friend Michael, what a great dad he was, and how she spent his last Christmas Eve on Earth at his house with his children. You hear the sadness at his death in her voice, and I know at least one person who was never sure if the accusations against MJ were true or not, until she read _Shockaholic_ .

[@Sagacity111]

1993 trials just search

[@user-vv9sz7ek3b]

MJ lelaki yg berparas cantik berhati lembut ,.. Aku suka semua lagu yg di bawakan oleh dia love you MJ❤❤❤

[@tonysworld1312]

Stuju

[@elisafabrique1731]

I’m a poet like bob Dillion, I just need the right publisher

[@christophersok2559]

also in Sonic 3 btw oh nvm ....

[@cristianonascimentodasilva9773]

Mj fez beatboxer nessa música

[@sabaqureshi8017]

Tumhara show achha hai

[@Murdur1]

O(+>

[@davidbulla5128]

The song also resonates w/ Reggae

[@Cbb456]

I must say... When smokey was being interviewed, he said Michael only kept people around him who were YES peeps. Anyone who told him no he didnt have time for. If that was really true, he pretty much signed his own death warrant in his last years....

[@alyssajones4368]

I agree with you. I love Michael but let's be honest, he really did have bad apples in his camp. Only telling him what he wanted to hear. Poor Michael, this man had controlling people his entire life 💔

[@elisafabrique1731]

I am happy, Michael is genuine, sting is not genuine

[@mattyb5284]

He was yakuza 0 game

[@KillerGrim47]

Wait what!?!

[@stringer-ik1pc]

Funny how he doesn't mention why the guy who wrote the music doesn't get any credit for it ?????

[@Crisu20]

What guy?

[@stringer-ik1pc]

@@Crisu20 Brad Buxter,

[@user-yx7yc2yz6r]

I'm a man with no parents...alone... and strange in Moscow behind the song....l used to drink vodka.....it's amazing feeling cold inside of Moscow...

[@user-dt3nm3vh8j]

When I hear this it really tells me about life on how nobody really cares about U..... It's sad 😢😭😭 very hurtful