Michael Jackson – Blood On The Dance Floor

Written and composed by Michael and Teddy Riley, who came up with the evocative title.

It is the title track of Michael’s solo album, sub-titled ‘HIStory In The Mix’, issued in May 1997.

The song was originally recorded for Michael’s Dangerous album in 1991, but failed to make the final track listing. Teddy Riley, reportedly, was upset that Michael didn’t call him to "vacuum clean this old master" – that is, to give the song a more current sound, before its inclusion in the 1997 album, Blood On The Dance Floor.

As a ploy to generate interest in the album, the promotional short film (directed by Michael and Vincent Paterson) premiered in the UK on Top Of The Pops on 28th March 1997 – several weeks before its single release. The single then took the no.1 spot from R. Kelly’s I Believe I Can Fly.

Credits

* Written and composed by Michael Jackson and Teddy Riley
* Produced by Michael Jackson and Teddy Riley
* Engineered by Teddy Riley, Dave Way and Mick Gizauski
* Mixed by Mick Gizauski
* Vocal arrangement by Michael Jackson
* Keyboards and synthesizers: Teddy Riley and Brad Buxer
* Drum programming: Teddy Riley and Brad Buxer
* Digital systems programming: Matt Carpenter
* Additional engineering by Eddie DeLena and Andrew Scheps
* Assistant engineers: Rich July, Sam Curtis and Jon Mooney

Blood On The Dance Floor – Lyrics

She got your number
She know your game
She put you under
It’s so insane
Since you seduced her
How does it feel
To know that woman
Is out to kill

Every night stance is like takin’ a chance
It’s not about love and romance
And now you’re gonna get it
Every hot man is out takin’ a chance
It’s not about love and romance
And now you do regret it

To escape the world I’ve got to enjoy that simple dance
And it seemed that everything was on my side
(Blood on my side)
She seemed sincere like it was love and true romance
And now she’s out to get me
And I just can’t take it
Just can’t break it

Susie got your number
And Susie ain’t your friend
Look who took you under
With seven inches in
Blood is on the dance floor
Blood is on the knife
Susie got your number
And Susie says it’s right

She got your number
How does it feel
To know this stranger
Is out to kill
She got your baby
It happened fast
If you could only
Erase the past

Every night stance is like takin’ a chances
It’s not about love and romance
And now you’re gonna get it
Every hot man is out takin’ a chance
It’s not about love and romance
And now you do regret it

To escape the world I’ve got to enjoy this simple dance
And it seemed that everything was on my side
(Blood on my side)
It seemed sincere like it was love and true romance
And now she’s out to get me
And I just can’t take it
Just can’t break it

Susie got your number
And Susie ain’t your friend
Look who took you under
With seven inches in
Blood is on the dance floor
Blood is on the knife
Susie got your number
You know Susie says it’s right

Susie got your number
Susie ain’t your friend
(It’s going down, baby)
Look who took you under
She put seven inches in
Blood is on the dance floor
Blood is on the knife
(It’s going down, baby)
Susie’s got your number
Susie says it’s right

It was blood on the dance floor
(Ooh blood on the dance floor)
It was blood on the dance floor
(Ooh blood on the dance floor)
It was blood on the dance floor
(Ooh blood on the dance floor)
It was blood on the dance floor
(Ooh blood on the dance floor)

And I just can’t take it
The girl won’t break it