*On July 2, 1988, Michael Jackson became the first artist in music history to have five number one singles from one album.
This astonishing feat was set the moment “Dirty Diana” reached the top of the US charts from the album “Bad,” his follow-up to the biggest selling album of all time, “Thriller.”
Below, Billy Idol’s longtime guitarist, Steve Stevens, who was recruited by producer Quincy Jones to do his thing on “Dirty Diana,” takes us back to the night it was recorded, gives his impressions of MJ during the session and talks about filming the video.
Below are the other four No 1 singles that put “Bad” in the history books:
2. Bad
3. I Just Can’t Stop Loving You
4. The Way You Make Me Feel and 5. Man in the Mirror (30th Annual Grammy Awards, 1988)
Below, hear MJ talks to EbonyJet.com about the track’s “Bad,” “Man in the Mirror,” “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You,” (he recorded that while in bed, in the dark), “Dirty Diana” (about a groupie, not Diana Ross or Princess Diana), and the entire creative process behind crafting “Bad.”
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