![]() "The Way You Make Me Feel" has been covered by multiple recording artists. A music video for the song was released at the time, showing Jackson pursuing and dancing with model Tatiana Thumbtzen.Īside from appearing on Bad, "The Way You Make Me Feel" has also been featured on the first disc of Jackson'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" 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. The song received positive reviews from contemporary critics. It was written and composed by Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones and Jackson. ![]() It was released by Epic Records on November 9, 1987, as the third single from his seventh studio album, Bad. In hindsight, the video for this song has been criticized for promoting cat-calling, and the subject of the song is a narrative of Jackson trying to get the attention of a beautiful woman, but generally speaking, the song contains no offensive material." The Way You Make Me Feel" is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson. This song is slightly less known by students, but their reaction to Jackson's music is generally positive. ![]() Published in 12/8 time, this song is a good listening example to use as students learn to play in that particular time signature.Ĭonsiderations for Teaching: Students are very familiar with Jackson's ouvre. This song serves as another portion of Jackson's legacy, which includes multiple Guiness World Records (including Most Successful Recording Artist), 13 Grammys, and the biggest selling record of all time.Īnalysis: With a quick tempo and lilting feel, this song serves as a good example of symmetrical compound meter. The song was written by Jackson, who also co-produced it with longtime collaborator Quincy Jones. “The Way You Make Me Feel” was the third single in a row from Jackson's 1987 Bad album to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart and it reached #1 in Ireland as well. Intro: Quite possibly the most famous American performer of the 20 th century, the man known as the King of Pop was unusual also in that the second act of his career was even larger than the first, even with the massive success of the Jackson 5. ”The Way You Make Me Feel" - Michael Jackson Either way, this song is a good listening example. In simple meter, you would divide the beat in two, essentially by eighth notes (and further by sixteenth notes) - think "one-and two-and three-and four-and." In compound meter, at least some of the beats are divided into three rather than two - think "one-pu-let two-pu-let", or in terms of words, "strawberry strawberry." However you want to count that I'm not up on the latest research as to what helps students to best subdivide (but there is research done on the subject). Why do we call it symmetrical compound meter? It's all about the subdivsion. If you have students playing a piece that's in a quick 6/8 or 12/8 time, this might be a good listening example to reinforce playing 6/8 at a fast tempo. ![]() This song is a good example of 12/8 time that moves very quickly. Typically in pop songs, when you have symmetrical compound meter, like 6/8 or 12/8 time, the songs are slower and more lilting. If you are a Pandora subscriber/user (I am not), you'll find that some of their musical suggestions are based on meter. ![]()
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