"Black or White" was the first single taken from Michael Jackson's album Dangerous, released in November 1991. "Black or White" is a mix of hard rock, dance and rap.
Written, composed, and arranged by Jackson with the rap lyrics by Bill Bottrell, it is a song that promotes racial unity. The song's introduction and main riff is performed by guitarist Slash and is similar to the start of The Beatles' "It's All Too Much", and John Lennon's song "Woman".
The song peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart, as well as in 18 other countries.
This video was the first to show the "morphing" technique, when each person at the end of the song, morphs into a different person.
The video gotten a lot of controversy at the end when Jackson grabs his crotch, unzips his pants and changes into a panther. After this, he made a public apology for the video. In his defense, he said that it symbolized of metamorphosis.
CAMEO(Tyra Banks) one of the extras who morphs into another person.
CAMEO(John Landis (I)) the director at the end of the song.
