1980s Jam of the Day: "Muscles" by Diana Ross

Love that song, the video is the embodiment of the early, early '80s!

1982, had Michael Jackson guesting on it.

A smooth,sultry jam One of Diana's best singles of the 80s.Written and produced by Michael Jackson.During one of her concerts,Diana joked "Michael Jackson wrote this song for me,but I don't know if it's his fantasy or mine!"





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Luv this!

The production on this is so Heartbreak Hotel-ish.
Michael was so into the spooky string sounds affirming
that he actually was very instrumental in the producers chair. The same spook production is in Dirty Diana IMHO.

scriptgirl said:

SoulAlive said:

A smooth,sultry jam One of Diana's best singles of the 80s.Written and produced by Michael Jackson.During one of her concerts,Diana joked "Michael Jackson wrote this song for me,but I don't know if it's his fantasy or mine!"





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bboy87 said:

SoulAlive said:

A smooth,sultry jam One of Diana's best singles of the 80s.Written and produced by Michael Jackson.During one of her concerts,Diana joked "Michael Jackson wrote this song for me,but I don't know if it's his fantasy or mine!"





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Did you hear about him being so jealous of Arne Næss marrying Diana he refused to go to the wedding AND Evan's christening?


BTW, I wish he would've wrote more songs for other artists. I also wonder what other stuff did he do behind the scenes, like those background vocals on the Doobie Brothers tracks

xlr8r said:

Great song and the video is hot.

I love the bridge on this.

I wonder if Michael sung the lead on the demo he presented to Diana?

SoulAlive said:

The funny thing as at the time i can remember alot of talk about the video being too hot for tv, wow how times have changed, this would be considered nothing today.

lastdecember said:

bboy87 said:

Was listening to 'Silk Electric' today, really its the only great track on it.

'Fool For Your Love' anyone?

Marrk said:

Was listening to 'Silk Electric' today, really its the only great track on it.

'Fool For Your Love' anyone?

great song!

mimi07 said:

bboy87 said:

Did you hear about him being so jealous of Arne Næss marrying Diana he refused to go to the wedding AND Evan's christening?


BTW, I wish he would've wrote more songs for other artists. I also wonder what other stuff did he do behind the scenes, like those background vocals on the Doobie Brothers tracks

yeah it took michael forever to get over her and yeah he should have done more stuff for other peeps. don't forget he did some good stuff for his sisters to

kitbradley said:

Marrk said:

Was listening to 'Silk Electric' today, really its the only great track on it.

'Fool For Your Love' anyone?

"Fool For Love" is, by far, my favorite track on the "Silk Electric" CD! It's great the hear Diane stepping outside her Pop/Soul comfort zone and doing some hard-rock.

This song sounds like MJ wrote it. Even the background vocals do sound like him.

graecophilos said:

Cinnie said:

graecophilos said:

This song sounds like MJ wrote it. Even the background vocals do sound like him.

He wrote it and did the background vocals on the intro

graecophilos said:

Cinnie said:

He wrote it and did the background vocals on the intro

sha-mone cinnie, as if I didn't know.

Cinnie said:

graecophilos said:

This song sounds like MJ wrote it. Even the background vocals do sound like him.

He wrote it and did the background vocals on the intro

Marrk said:

Cinnie said:

He wrote it and did the background vocals on the intro

Don't forget the forget the fingersnaps!

Timmy84 said:

Marrk said:

Don't forget the forget the fingersnaps!

Yeah the fingersnaps are a Jackson trait. Janet uses them often.

In fact I think "Muscles" was one of the inspirations behind "Funny How Time Flies".

Marrk said:

Timmy84 said:

Yeah the fingersnaps are a Jackson trait. Janet uses them often.

In fact I think "Muscles" was one of the inspirations behind "Funny How Time Flies".

Why the hell did i type that twice?

'Time Flies' rips off 'Lady In My Life' i'd say.