Price of Fame (song)

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"Price of Fame" is a song by American recording artist Michael Jackson. It was originally planned to be the theme for a Pepsi commercial but was replaced by an edited version of "Bad".^[2] It was released on the Bad 25 album. Later, the Pepsi version was released online on 2015.

Background and recording[]

Originally for a Pepsi ad that was scrapped late into development but was put into the Bad 25 album. According to Matt Forger, the song was mixed by Bill Bottrell.^[3]

Critical reception[]

Joe Vogel, who has written two books about Jackson, described the opening as reminiscent of The Police song "Spirits in the Material World". He also compared the verses to "Billie Jean" and the chords to "Who Is It". He also praised the vocal performance as "powerful" and said "listen to the way he bits into the lyric: 'My father never lies!'", and contrasted the song to the "easy bliss" of "Free", the previous track.^[4]

See also[]

• List of unreleased Michael Jackson material
• Death of Michael Jackson
• List of music released posthumously

References[]