Did Michael Jackson write his own lyrics to his songs?
YES. While Michael did not write ALL of his songs’ lyrics, he wrote MANY. He was also very involved in his music’s composition and production. Additionally, he choreographed and co-choreographed most of his infamous dance routines. For example, on Michael Jackson’s album “BAD,” the vast majority of the songs were written directly by Michael, with only one he co-wrote and one he didn’t write.This album holds the record for number of singles to reach the Billboard Hot 100 at five. From an MSNBC article entitled “Michael Jackson’s lyrics tell a hard story” (June 2009): ….”Michael Jackson wrote songs for one great artist — which was himself,” says Diane Warren, the Grammy-winning songwriter who has written for Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Kelly Clarkson and Mary J. Blige. Warren says Jackson also picked great songs by other writers — see “Thriller” — and “was an amazing interpreter” of them. …
