Jackson received the Genesis Award: 1995 Doris Day Music Award, given each year for animal sensitivity. In 2017, ShortList's Dave Fawbert listed the song as containing "one of the greatest key changes in music history".
A reviewer from San Jose Mercury News called it "flat" and "whiny", believing Jackson had already experimented with these concepts earlier in his career. The Sacramento Bee described Jackson's vocal performance as "cool". James Hunter of Rolling Stone stated, "The slow blues-operatic 'Earth Song' for all its noble sentiments, sounds primarily like a showpiece". Michael Mehle of Rocky Mountain News said the finale is "anthemic" and a "powerful gospel opus". Already a favourite from HIStory, it builds from a tweeting birds/strummed harp intro into a no-excess-barred epic, but is beautiful all the same." The Philadelphia Inquirer deemed it "a healing, rhythmic ballad that evokes religious imagery". Pan-European magazine Music & Media declared it as an "ecological anthem", stating that "even without the delightful arrangements (tentative piano, jazzy guitar licks, nature noises), the strong composition would have been a sure thing for the top of the EHR and ACE charts." Music Week rated it five out of five, picking it as Single of the Week. Ledger-Enquirer observed that it "enjoys the same kind of subtlety, building to a dramatic call-and-response finish with the Andrae Crouch Choir". James Masterton for Dotmusic described it as a "towering gospel track". A reviewer from Contra Costa Times called it "a bit sappy and overblown", but also acknowledged that it was "epic" and destined to be a "massive smash hit". "Earth Song" received mostly positive reviews from music critics.
Having disfellowshipped himself from Jehovah's Witnesses, Jackson simplified his faith to focus on the Biblical Jesus Christ until his death. "What about death again" reminds all to think about eternal death, asking people to check their heart for repentance, or to see if they really cared at all. Jackson calls on people to remember the Earth is their inheritance from God via their ancestor Abraham. Jackson describes the dire situation that mankind has caused, ranging from war to devastation to animals and Earth itself. "Earth Song" is a ballad that incorporates elements of blues, gospel and opera. Jackson passed instructions for Pratt to an assistant, who pretended that Jackson was not in the room. Īccording to bassist Guy Pratt, Jackson was recovering from plastic surgery at the time of Pratt's recording and hid under a mixing desk in the studio. Andrae Crouch's Choir and Jackson engage in a call-and-response chant in the climax. "Earth Song" was produced by Jackson, David Foster and Bill Bottrell. Jackson wanted to create a song that was lyrically deep, with an emotional message, but was melodically simple, so the whole world, particularly non-English-speaking fans, could sing along. Jackson wrote "Earth Song" in the Hotel Imperial in Vienna under the working title "What About Us". In 2011, the song was paired with the poem "Planet Earth" (previously released on Michael Jackson's This Is It, in 2009) and released as a song in the remix album Immortal. Jackson went on to receive recognition from various animal and environmental organizations.
It also topped the charts in Germany, Iceland, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland while peaking at number two in France, Ireland, and the Netherlands. The song went number one in the United Kingdom, and was the nation's number-one Christmas single in 1995. Written by Jackson and produced by Jackson, David Foster and Bill Bottrell, "Earth Song" was accompanied by a lavish music video which was shot in four geographical regions, centered on the destruction and rebirth of Earth, and went on to receive a Grammy nomination in 1997.
"Earth Song" was originally made for the Bad and Dangerous album but it failed to make the final cut. Though Jackson had a long history of releasing socially conscious songs such as " We Are the World", " Man in the Mirror" and " Heal the World", "Earth Song" was his first to overtly discuss the environment and animal welfare. It is a ballad that incorporates elements of blues, gospel and opera. It was released on November 27, 1995, by Epic Records as the third single from the album. " Earth Song" is a song written and performed by American singer and songwriter Michael Jackson for his ninth studio album, HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995).
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