from the album Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix
B-side
"Off the Wall" (Junior Vasquez remix)
Released
September 7, 1997 (1997-09-07)
Recorded
1994–1995[1]
Genre
Funk rock[2]
gothic pop[3]
Length
5:35 (album version)
4:11 (radio edit)
Label
Epic
Songwriter(s)
Michael Jackson
James Harris III
Terry Lewis
Producer(s)
Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson singles chronology
"HIStory" / "Ghosts" (1997)
"Is It Scary" (1997)
"Smile" (1997)
"Is It Scary" is a song by American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson. The song was originally written to have been featured in the 1993 film Addams Family Values, but the plans were canceled after contract conflicts. The song was later released on Jackson's 1997 remix album Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix. "Is It Scary" was written and produced by Jackson, James Harris III and Terry Lewis.
"Is It Scary" received mixed reviews from contemporary music critics. Musically, the song was viewed by music critics as showing a "darker side" of Jackson, and compared the song's composition to the music of Marilyn Manson. In November 1997, a radio edit version of the song was released as a promotional single in the Netherlands, while promo singles containing remixes were released in the United States and the United Kingdom.
^Lecocq, Richard; Allard, François (2018). Michael Jackson All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track. London, England: Cassell. ISBN 978-1-78840-057-2.
^MICHAEL, book by Rolling Stone Magazine
^Wyman, Bill. "All 147 Michael Jackson Songs, Ranked From Worst to Best". Vulture. Retrieved September 19, 2023. But all in all, this track, which gets more and more overwrought, isn't really R&B; it's straight-up pop gothic.
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