"Heal the World" is a song featured on Michael Jackson's hit album, Dangerous, released in 1991. The music video features children living in countries suffering from unrest. It is also one of only a handful of Michael Jackson's videos not to feature the singer, the others being "Cry", "HIStory" and "Man in the Mirror." (The clips for "HIStory" and "Man in the Mirror" only feature Michael Jackson in archival footage). Jackson performed the song in the Super Bowl XXVII halftime show with a 35000 person flash card performance which say it become one of the most watched events in U.S history.

In a 2001 Internet chat with fans, Jackson said "Heal the World" is the song he is most proud to have created. He also created the Heal The World Foundation, a now-defunct charitable organization designed to improve the lives of children and teach them how to improve the world around them and would become a centre piece for the Dangerous world tour. In the documentary Living with Michael Jackson, Jackson said he created the song in his "giving tree" at the Neverland Ranch.

Heal the World, Inc. a 501(c)3 charitable institution was founded in 2004, receiving non-profit recognition by the IRS in 2007. Heal the World, Inc. (HtW) is a non-denominational Christian organization committed globally to helping those in disadvantaged situations by providing the necessary tools to further their own development. HtW has projects/has worked in/is establishing projects in 2008 in: Mali, Niger, Botswana, Malawi, Vietnam, Norway, France, USA, Mexico. HtW's website: www.healtheworldcharity.org