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It was only the 4th single of the album and it completely missed its goal. It only reached nr 26 in the US and nr 13 in the UK. It also failed to crack top 10 in Australia and in the broad European chart it peaked at nr 21.
More interestingly the albums 6th, 7th and 8th singles were much more of a global success.
4th singles of all of MJ’s other non Motown albums all became smash hits (bar invincible obviously).
The only reason I can think of is that the fans didn’t adjust to MJ’s new sound and that the general public felt the same. The trend was already noticeable with 3rd single “in the closet” also underperforming (still was a transatlantic top 10 but failed to crack the top 5).
Or maybe this sound was completely outdated in the charts by the time these singles were released?
We can’t speak of MJ fatigue as Dangerous overall sold very well and the tour sold lots of tickets too
More interestingly the albums 6th, 7th and 8th singles were much more of a global success.
4th singles of all of MJ’s other non Motown albums all became smash hits (bar invincible obviously).
The only reason I can think of is that the fans didn’t adjust to MJ’s new sound and that the general public felt the same. The trend was already noticeable with 3rd single “in the closet” also underperforming (still was a transatlantic top 10 but failed to crack the top 5).
Or maybe this sound was completely outdated in the charts by the time these singles were released?
We can’t speak of MJ fatigue as Dangerous overall sold very well and the tour sold lots of tickets too