Ron Pia

 

ON THIS DAY IN MICHAEL JACKSON HISTORY- JANUARY 23 1988 - Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel" hit #1 in the U.S."The Way You Make Me Feel" is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson. It was released by Epic Records on November 9, 1987 as the third single from his seventh studio album Bad. It was written and composed by Michael, and produced by Quincy Jones and Michael."The Way You Make Me Feel" became Bad's third consecutive single to peak at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and charted mainly within the top ten and twenty internationally. A music video for "The Way You Make Me Feel" was released at the time showing Michael pursuing and dancing with former model Tatiana Thumbtzen.

Aside from appearing on Bad, "The Way You Make Me Feel" has also been featured on the first disc of Michael's compilation album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I in 1995, and on others like Number Ones in 2003, The Ultimate Collection in 2004, The Essential Michael Jackson in 2005, or This Is It in 2009. "The Way You Make Me Feel" has been covered by multiple recording artists.

The song has been performed on all of Michael's world concert tours as a solo artist, and was planned to have been performed during the This Is It concerts from 2009 to 2010. Notable live performances of the song by Michael include a performance at the 30th Grammy Awards (1988).

The music video for "The Way You Make Me Feel" was directed by Joe Pytka and was filmed in June 1987 at Skid Row, Los Angeles.[1] It was choreographed by Michael and Vincent Paterson. The short version of the video is six minutes and forty-four seconds long and the full version is nine minutes and thirty-three seconds long. The video begins with a group of men trying to pick up women, but failing. One of the men, Michael, is told to go home and not to hang around with the other guys anymore. When Michael walks home, an elderly man (played by Joe Seneca), who is sitting on the steps of his house, tells him to just be himself. Michael notices a woman, played by model/dancer Tatiana Thumbtzen, walking down the streets alone.

Shortly after Michael walks out of an alley and stands in front of Tatiana while she's walking down the street. However, she ignores him and keeps walking which prompts the other guys to make fun of him. Michael shouts at them which gets the attention of everyone, including Tatiana After walking up to her, Michael begins singing "The Way You Make Me Feel" to her while also dancing. Uninterested, Tatiana walks away. He follows her, having been cheered on by his friends to 'pursue' her. Another dance routine begins, involving the man's friends, which leads to the man 'pursuing' the woman throughout the neighborhood. The video ends with the man eventually 'winning the woman over', and embracing her, while a fire hydrant sprays out water. The videoclip also features an appearance by his sister La Toya as one of Tatiana friends.

The music video was released on October 31, 1987,and received one nomination at the 1988 MTV Video Music Awards Ceremony.The video, alongside Michael's '"Bad" video, was nominated for Best Choreography, but lost to Michael's younger sister Janet's video "The Pleasure Principle".