I think this song was one of the more important message that Michael wanted to tell people and just for that I love it. I love all of Michael's message songs.
'Leave Me Alone' and
'Why You Wanna Trip on Me' are two Michael Jackson songs which address the entertainer's early relationship with tabloid and mainstream media.
Michael Jackson wrote many songs directed at the media throughout his career, such as Scream (Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis), This Time Around (Michael Jackson, Rene Moore, Dallas Austin, Christopher Wallace, Bruce Swedien), Tabloid Junkie (Michael Jackson, Terry Lewis, James Harris) which all featured on HIStory: Past Present and Future, Book 1 (Epic 1995) and Privacy (Michael Jackson, Bernard Belle, LaShawn Daniels, Rodney Jenkins, Fred Jenkins III) which featured on Invincible (Epic 2001).
However the song
Why You Wanna Trip on Me (Teddy Riley, Bernard Belle), which appeared on the 1991 Dangerous album, perhaps best exemplifies Jackson's tortuous relationship with the mainstream and tabloid press, as in the song, Jackson repeatedly pleads to the listener "why" is he the headline news, when there are so many more important issues at hand.
After the release of Jackson's ground breaking album Thriller in 1983, the release of Bad in 1987 - with the title short film directed by Martin Scorsese, a record breaking world tour, the autobiography Moonwalk, the feature film Moonwalker (1988), a Presidential honor and endorsements, worth millions, Jackson was everywhere - yet instead of celebrating Jackson's multiple achievements as an artist, the mainstream and tabloid media focused on trivial aspects of his personal life, driven by rumors and 'hearsay'.
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