Produced by Teddy Riley and Michael Jackson.Individual DualDiscs were not able to be purchased)Ĭredits adapted from the album Dangerous.
(Note: In the US Visionary was only sold as the complete boxset.
The short film was shot in late March 1992 in Salton Sea, California and premiered on April 23, 1992. The spoken vocals by Princess Stéphanie of Monaco were re-recorded by Campbell for the video. The sepia colored music video was directed by Herb Ritts and features Jackson performing sensual dance routines with supermodel Naomi Campbell. According to a 1992 interview with British journalist Jonathan Ross, Madonna said she worked on some lyrical ideas for the song but when she presented them to Michael, he decided they were too provocative and they decided not to continue with the project. "In the Closet" was originally conceived as a duet between Jackson and Madonna. He added that it has a "snaky, unexpected bridge." Collaboration with Madonna Alan Light of Rolling Stone said "we get repressed lust in the titillatingly titled (and determinedly heterosexual)" song. Pan-European magazine Music & Media stated that the song "is aimed at fast footwork reminiscent of his sister Janet's style." A reviewer from People Magazine complimented the "catchy chorus" as an "appealing element". Smith called it a "tongue-firmly-in-cheek hit". Soon he's going wild, or fabricating desperate nostalgia for their used-to-be." The Daily Vault 's Michael R. "In the Closet" implores his mystery woman to keep their-get this-"lust" behind closed doors. Any ideas?" Randy Clark and Bryan DeVaney from Cash Box commented, "Okay, we heard this song when the album first came out, except it only was the one mix, this CD-single contains seven mixes of various lengths totaling almost 45 minutes of the same whispering, whining, heavy breathing and mouth noises that seem to make perfect sense when considering it's Michael Jackson doing a song called "In the Closet." To find out what the hell it's all about, we'll have to watch the video premiere on Fox after The Simpsons." Īlso American essayist and music journalist Robert Christgau praised the song, describing, "he's hawking the most credible sex-and-romance of his career. Of course, much speculation surrounds the identity of the " mystery girl" who chats and groans in the background. The track is brightened by an immediately memorable, sing-along chorus. Larry Flick from Billboard stated that the third single from Dangerous "proves to be his strongest single to date." He added, "Jackson's signature whoops and whispers are put at home within an intense and unusual jack-swing/ funk arrangement.
MICHAEL JACKSON KEEP IT IN THE CLOSET PROFESSIONAL
AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that this song is fine and there's a lot to be said for professional craftsmanship at its peak and he highlighted it. Critical reception Ĭhris Lacy from Albumism described "In the Closet" as a "hormone-soaked dance track". Despite the song's suggestive name, its lyrics do not allude to hidden sexual orientation but rather a concealed relationship "Don't hide our love / Woman to man." The New York Times stated, "Only Jackson would use that title for a heterosexual love song." The song's female vocal was originally labeled "Mystery Girl" but was later revealed to be Princess Stéphanie of Monaco. " In the closet" is an English idiom used when one is not open about an aspect of their life, particularly in regard to sexual orientation. The song, written and composed by Michael Jackson and Teddy Riley, is about keeping a relationship secret between lovers.
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