Music Video
The music video for "You Rock My World" was directed by Paul Hunter, and was released in 2001. The video, which is over thirteen minutes long, was described as being a short film. The dance performed during the video consists of fragments from the canceled "Dangerous" music video. The video consists of Jackson's and Tucker's characters trying to gain a woman's (Kishaya Dudley) affection by subsequently following her around the neighborhood. The video for "You Rock My World" was thought to be the last music video to feature any participation from Jackson before the video for "One More Chance" was unearthed (his following videos would consist of archive footage of himself and others). The video has been compared to Jackson's previous 1980s music videos for his singles, "Smooth Criminal" (1987), "Bad" (1987), and "The Way You Make Me Feel" (1987), both from his 1987 studio album, Bad. In the video, Jackson can be seen wearing a Blazer and his traditional hat. The video features appearances from Marlon Brando, Michael Madsen and Billy Drago. Catherine Halaby, a writer for Yale Daily News, who had given the song a positive review, described the video as being a "direct descendant" of "Smooth Criminal," with the "nuances" of "The Way You Make me Feel". Halaby commented that appearances by Marlon Brando and Michael Madsen were "indeed random" and that "few things Jackson does shock us anymore." The video won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video at the award shows 2002 ceremony.
In several instances in the video, Tucker's character makes several references to previous songs by Michael Jackson, such as "Beat It", "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)", "The Girl Is Mine", "Bad" and "Dangerous".
The short version of the music video appears on Number Ones, and the long version appears on Michael Jackson's Vision.
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