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One of the videos is a notable departure from Jackson’s other videos mainly because Jackson himself does not appear in the video (aside from a brief clip toward the end of the video in which he can be seen donning a red jacket and standing in a large crowd). In 2009, Josh Tyrangiel from Time named “Man in the Mirror” among Jackson’s ten-best songs and “one of Jackson’s most powerful vocals and accessible social statements, not to mention the best-ever use of a gospel choir in a pop song.” In 2017, ShortList’s Dave Fawbert listed the song as containing “one of the greatest key changes in music history”. When Ed Hogan reviewed the song, he called it “gentle.” Jon Pareles of The New York Times noted that this song has “gospelly lift.” Rolling Stone’s Davitt Sigerson thought that “Man in the Mirror” stands among the half dozen best things Jackson has done, and he continued: “On “Man in the Mirror,” a song he did not write, Jackson goes a step further and offers a straightforward homily of personal commitment: “I’m starting with the man in the mirror/I’m asking him to change his ways/And no message could have been any clearer/If you wanna make the world a better place/Take a look at yourself and then make a change.”” It features a montage of clips of children in Africa, Adolf Hitler, the Ku Klux Klan, Martin Luther King Jr., the Kent State shootings, Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Lech Wa?sa, kids in Graduation, and other historical figures. Larry Stessel who was Video Commissioner at Epic Records at the time was the Executive Producer. Don and Michael Jackson developed the idea for the video. The “Man in the Mirror” music video was directed, produced and edited by Don Wilson. The song was remixed for the soundtrack of Jackson’s tribute tour Immortal. The song peaked at number 21 in the UK Singles Charts in 1988, but in 2009, following the news of Jackson’s death, the song peaked at number 2. It was nominated for Record of the Year at the 31st Grammy Awards. “Man in the Mirror” topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, becoming Jackson’s tenth number-one single on the chart, and was certified 3x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Arranged with a gospel choir, the song is played in the keys of G major and A? major at a tempo of 100 bpm. It was released on Februas the fourth single from his seventh solo album, Bad (1987). “Man in the Mirror” is a song recorded by Michael Jackson, with lyrics and music by Glen Ballard and Siedah Garrett, and produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones.