Michael Jackson – Will You Be There

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“Will You Be There”
Will You be There.jpg
Single by Michael Jackson
from the album Dangerous and Free Willy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
B-side Man in the Mirror
Girlfriend
Released June 28, 1993
Format
Recorded 1991
Genre
Length 7:40 (album version)
5:18 (edit)
3:40 (radio edit)
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Michael Jackson
Producer(s)
Michael Jackson singles chronology
Whatzupwitu
(1993)
Will You Be There
(1993)
Gone Too Soon
(1993)
Music video
“Will You Be There” on YouTube

Will You Be There” is a song by Michael Jackson which was released in 1993. The song is the eighth single from the 1991 album Dangerous. The song also appeared on the soundtrack to the film Free Willy, of which it is the main theme. With the album version clocking in at seven minutes and forty seconds, it is the longest song in Michael Jackson’s solo discography.

The song was one of the biggest hits from Dangerous, staying in the top 40 for over six weeks in the UK. The single achieved even greater success in the US, where it sold 500,000 copies and stayed in the top ten for six weeks, peaking at number seven and earning a gold certification.

The song is written in the key of D Major. Jackson’s vocal spans from D3 to Eb5. It has a tempo of 83 beats per minute. Michael wrote and produced Will You Be There – with co-producing credits going to Bruce Swedien – and orchestrated the rhythm and vocal arrangements. Featured instruments are noted as piano, synthesizer, keyboard, drums, and percussion. In 2002 he told an ITV documentary it was written at his Neverland Ranch, in what he calls his Giving Tree: “I’ve written so many of my songs in this tree. I wrote… Will You Be There…” (Living with Michael Jackson, aired Feb 2003).

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