From a warehouse find, this is a new, unplayed stock copy, in its original picture sleeve. This was the first of
five #1 singles generated by Jackson's
Bad album. That's three more chart-toppers than he had from his previous album, the classic
Thriller. This is a unique release that has the "spoken intro", which apparently was edited out of the LP cut and future releases of the single.\r\n
For the record (no pun intended), here are those five #1 hits from
Bad, with their release dates:
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\r\n- I Just Can't Stop Loving You (August 1987)\r\n
- Bad (September 1987)\r\n
- The Way You Make Me Feel (November 1987)\r\n
- Man In The Mirror (February 1988)\r\n
- Dirty Diana (May 1988)
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Of these five hits, "Man In The Mirror" was the biggest, spending 2 weeks at the top and 17 weeks overall on the Bilozoard Hot 100.
\r\nNote: This beautiful 45 has no notable flaws, grading Mint across the board (Labels, Vinyl, Audio), and the picture sleeve is gorgeous!