Michael Jackson - Leave Me Alone (PatC's Extended Mixes)

"Leave Me Alone" is a single by American songwriter and recording artist Michael Jackson. The song was featured on Jackson's seventh studio album, Bad in 1987, and was as the eighth single from the album in February 1989, but was released outside of the United States and Canada. "Leave Me Alone" only appeared on all CD versions of the Bad album as a bonus track, as well as on the 2001 cassette edition. The song was written and composed by Jackson and produced by Quincy Jones (with Jackson serving as co-producer).

Internationally, the song was a success, peaking at number one and two in Spain and the United Kingdom respectively and charting at top ten in New Zealand and Italy. "Leave Me Alone" was generally well received by contemporary music critics. A short film was released for the song. In the film, Jackson pokes fun at the false rumors about him such as the stories about him purchasing the bones of "The Elephant Man" and his cosmetic surgeries. The short film was the recipient of a Grammy Award in 1990 for Best Short Form Music Video. Despite the success of the single, the song never appeared on any of Jackson's world concert tours.

This was my favorite song from Bad and I always felt it desereved a longer version. There was an official Extended Version, which was 7:10. I'm including that version along with 2 different takes of my own of the song. Enjoy!

PatC's Extended 12 Inch Mix (10:30)

PatC's Extended Mix (8:27)

Original Extended Dance Mix (7:10)