"Why are all Michael Jackson's best tracks paranoid anthems?" one critic wrote when reviewing Jackson's musical attack on the tabloid press, 'Leave Me Alone'.

A bonus track, that only appeared on the compactdisc version of his 1987 album, 'Bad', had its own official two years later in 1989. Accompanied with a video spectacle that took over 9 months to complete, this is the story behind the inspiration, production and commercial reaction to one of pop history’s most iconic music releases. Michael Jackson’s 1989 hit, ‘Leave Me Alone’.

SCRIPT | Written in collaboration with Adam Martyn |    / adammartyn  

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