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"Hollywood Tonight"
Song
B-side"Behind the Mask" (UK)

"Hollywood Tonight" is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson, included on his posthumous album, Michael. The song was released by Epic Records on February 11, 2011 as the second single from Michael. The spoken parts were performed by Jackson's nephew, Taryll Jackson and written by Teddy Riley. An accompanying music video was released on March 10, 2011. It features Algeria-born female dancer Sofia Boutella dressed in a Michael Jackson inspired outfit performing a routine with 60 dancers.

Background and release

The song was written by Michael Jackson during the time of the Invincible album. Michael pulled the track out of the archives in 2007 to work on the song with producer Theron "Neff-U" Feemster.[1] Jackson first put down a sketch of the lyrics in 1999, then he began working out the music with longtime friend and collaborator, Brad Buxer, who co-wrote the song. Over the next ten years, Jackson returned to the track numerous times. Jackson and Brad Buxer continued tinkering with it in Las Vegas in 2007. In October 2008, when Jackson lived in Los Angeles, asked recording engineer Michael Prince to put the latest mix of the song on CD so he could listen to it and see what might be improved, but he never got around to working on it again. [2] Teddy Riley co-wrote the song years later. His writing was inspired by handwritten notes of Jackson left for completion of the song.[3]

On December 3, 2010, before the album Michael's release, talk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres premiered the song "Hollywood Tonight" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.[4] The song was released to radio stations as a single first in Italy on February 11, 2011.[5] And it was listed on BBC Radio 2's playlist A from February 12, 2011.[6] In Poland, the song was released on February 14, 2011.[7] In a later announcement from Jackson' official website, "Behind the Mask" will be released as the radio single in countries including the United States, Canada, Japan and France. "Hollywood Tonight" will be the single released to radio in the rest of the world.[8]

Reception

The song received generally positive reviews from music critics. Teddy Riley, the producer said, "I was looking at just doing the next level of "Billie Jean" meets "Dangerous" or "Doggin' Me Around." It's like one of those driving bass lines that you will remember." [9] Joe Vogel of The Huffington Post stated that the song was "definitely an album highlight. The song begins with a haunting Gothic church choir, before transforming into an energetic dance stomper", and "The track features Michael in a notably deeper voice, and concludes with military-style whistling".[3] Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly said the song "feels leaner and more urgent, crackling with Jackson’s trademark percussive shuffle and pop."[10] Dan Martin of NME called the album Michael "not as terrible as you may think", and "the worst thing you can say about "Hollywood Tonight" is that its catchy signature gets annoying after a while."[11] Jason Lipshutz, Gail Mitchell and Gary Graff from Billboard thought the song "sounds like Britney Spears' 'Lucky' crossed with Justin Timberlake's 'LoveStoned.'"[9] Neil McCormick of Daily Telegraph said, "it has the extraordinary confidence of a pop classic and presages an album that may well be Jackson's best work since his Eighties glory days." [1] Jim Farber of the Daily News praised "Hollywood Tonight" for exhibiting Jackson's "old verve."[12] Due to the massive airplay on BBC Radio 2 in the United Kingdom, the song debutted on Number 38 at The UK Radio Airplay Chart on Week 7, 2011 (From Feb 13 to Feb 19, 2011), and peaked at Number 35 on Week 8, 2011 (From Feb 20 to Feb 26, 2011).[13]

Music video

Jackson's official website announced a music video for "Hollywood Tonight". While expected originally to be released at the end of February, it was later pushed back to March 10, 2011. A 19-second sneak preview of the video was made available on Jackson's official Facebook page.[14] On March 10, as expected the full video[15] was released with a new remix called "Throwback Mix" made by sampling the beat of "Billie Jean".

The director of "Hollywood Tonight" is Wayne Isham[16]. Isham directed Jackson's 1995 number-one hit "You Are Not Alone".[17] Shot at the sidewalk and street at the front of the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California.[18]

Led by Algerian-born dancer Sofia Boutella[16], her outfit was based on Jackson himself. More than 60 dancers performed a Jackson-inspired routine as seen in a video posted by TMZ. The video revolves around a young woman arriving in Hollywood, vying to become a known dancer.[17]

Track listing

  • Digital download
  1. "Hollywood Tonight" - 4:30
  • Promotional Digital Single[19] / UK Promotional CD Single / Brazilian Promotional CD Single 1
  1. "Hollywood Tonight" (Radio Edit) - 3:46
  • Korean CD Single (S10988C)
  1. Hollywood Tonight (Throwback Mix) - 3:46
  2. Hollywood Tonight (DJ Chuckie Radio Edit) - 3:53
  3. Hollywood Tonight (DJ Chuckie Remix) - 6:01
  4. Hollywood Tonight (Radio Edit) - 3:46
  • US Promotional CD Single
  1. Hollywood Tonight (DJ Chuckie Remix) (w/o spoken word) - 6:01
  2. Hollywood Tonight (DJ Chuckie Dub) - 5:00
  3. Hollywood Tonight (DJ Chuckie Radio Edit) - 3:53
  • Brazilian Promotional CD Single 2
  1. Hollywood Tonight (DJ Chuckie Extended Remix) - 6:01
  2. Hollywood Tonight (DJ Chuckie Extended Remix - No Talk) -6:01
  3. Hollywood Tonight (DJ Chuckie Dub) - 5:00
  4. Hollywood Tonight (DJ Chuckie Remix Radio Edit) - 3:53
  5. Hollywood Tonight (Throwback Mix) -3:46
  6. Hollywood Tonight (Radio Edit) -3:46
  1. Hollywood Tonight (Throwback Mix) - 3:46
  2. Behind The Mask (Radio Edit) -3:36

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip 50 Wallonia)[21] 8
Belgium (Ultratip 50 Flanders)[21] 17

Release history

Country Date Format
Italy[5] February 11, 2011 Radio airplay, digital download
United Kingdom[20] CD single (promo), Radio airplay
April 16, 2011 7" Single
Poland[7] February 14, 2011 Radio airplay, digital download
Spain[22] March 8, 2011
China[23][24] March 22, 2011
Sweden[25] March 10, 2011
Korea[26]
Korea March 31, 2011 CD single
United States[27] April 5, 2011 Radio airplay

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Michael Jackson's new single confirmed as 'Hollywood Tonight'". Music-news.com. Jan 26, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  2. ^ Vogel, Joe (2011-03-14). "Exclusive: Inside Michael Jackson's "Hollywood"". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  3. ^ a b "Joe Vogel: Is Michael Really Michael? A Review of the King of Pop's New Album". Huffingtonpost.com. 2010-12-04. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  4. ^ "Ellen Debuts New Michael Jackson Song "Hollywood Tonight". SoulCulture. December 4, 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  5. ^ a b ""Hollywood Tonight": il nuovo singolo di Michael Jackson in radio dall'11 febbraio". michaeljackson.com. Feb 3,2011. Retrieved Feb 20,2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  6. ^ "BBC Radio 2 Playlist". Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  7. ^ a b "'Hollywood Tonight' drugim singlem z płyty 'MICHAEL'". michaeljackson.com.
  8. ^ "New Michael Jackson Singles Coming From The Global #1 Album "Michael"". Michaeljackson.com. 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  9. ^ a b Lipshutz, Jason; Mitchell, Gail; Graff, Gary (December 8, 2010). "Michael Jackson's 'Michael' Track-By-Track". Billboard. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  10. ^ Leah Greenblatt (2011-12-08). "Music Review: Michael". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  11. ^ Martin, Dan (December 4, 2010). "Album review: Michael Jackson – 'Michael' (Epic)". NME. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  12. ^ Farber, Jim (2010-12-13). "Michael". Daily News. Mortimer Zuckerman. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  13. ^ "The UK Radio Airplay Chart". 2011-02-19. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
  14. ^ "Hollywood Tonight Music Video Teaser on Facebook". Sony Music. facebook.com. 2011-03-05. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
  15. ^ "Michael Jackson - Hollywood Tonight Official Video". via Youtube. mymusicplug.com. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  16. ^ a b "Watch The Making of Hollywood Tonight - The Official Michael Jackson Site". michaeljackson.com. 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
  17. ^ a b "Hollywood Tonight Video - The Official Michael Jackson Site". Sony Music Entertainment. michaeljackson.com. 2011-03-11. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
  18. ^ "MJ Music Video Shoot Takes Over Hollywood". TMZ.com. 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
  19. ^ "Michael Jackson - Hollywood Tonight". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  20. ^ a b "Michael Jackson - Hollywood Tonight - Vintage Vinyl Records". VVinyl. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  21. ^ a b "ultratop.be - Michael Jackson - Hollywood Tonight". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
  22. ^ "HOY SE LANZA "HOLLYWOOD TONIGHT", EL NUEVO SINGLE DE MICHAEL JACKSON". The Official Michael Jackson Site. MichaelJackson.com. 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
  23. ^ "2011年3月22日Hit FM独家首播Hollywood Tonight-Michael Jackson". Hit FM. Kaixin001.com. 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2011-03-22.
  24. ^ "HIT FM - PLAYING THE HOTTEST HITS". Hit FM. Myspace. Retrieved 2011-03-22.
  25. ^ "Äntligen kan vi presentera videon till "Hollywood Tonight"!". The Official Michael Jackson Site. MichaelJackson.com. 2011-03-10. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
  26. ^ "Michael Jackson : Hollywood Tonight (Single) - 소니뮤직". Sony Music Korea. sonymusic.co.kr. 2011-03-10. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
  27. ^ "Urban/UAC Future Releases - R&B, Hip Hop, Release Schedule and Street Dates". All Access. 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
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