Released on this day: July 3, 1983 - "Human Nature" by Michael Jackson. Written by Steve Porcaro and John Bettis, it is the fifth single released from Jackson's landmark album "Thriller". During the recording sessions for the album in the Fall of 1982, David Paich of the band Toto will give producer Quincy Jones a cassette with three song demos on it. Jones will be unimpressed with the first two songs, but will immediately take notice of Porcaro's skeletal demo of "Human Nature" tacked on the end of the tape. He'll ask the keyboardist if the lyrics can be completed and Porcaro will ask his friend, fellow songwriter John Bettis (The Carpenters, The Pointer Sisters) to finish writing the lyrics, which he will do in two days. With the song finished, Jones and Jackson will quickly record it, making it the final song completed for "Thriller". It will end up bumping the previously recorded "Carousel" written by Michael Sembello from the final running order of the album. The original single version of the song will be edited down to 3:47 (though the 45 label erroneously lists the album version timing of 4:05) and is remixed, including a brief synthesizer solo not included on the commonly heard album version. "Human Nature" will peak at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, #3 on the R&B singles chart and #2 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
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His live performances of this track kept getting increasingly better, i remember trying nail that robotic step walk he did during the dangerous tour back when i recorded it on hbo