Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix is a remix album by Michael Jackson released in 1997. The tracks on the album included eight remixes of songs from Jackson's previous album HIStory, and five original songs ("Blood on the Dance Floor", "Morphine", "Superfly Sister", "Ghosts" and "Is It Scary?").
| Blood on the Dance Floor (HIStory in the Mix) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Album cover | ||
| Album by Michael Jackson | ||
| Released | 1997 | |
| Recorded | — 1996 | |
| Genre | House/pop rock/R&B | |
| Length | — | |
| Label | Epic | |
| Producer | Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Q | 4 stars out of 5 | June 1997 |
| Rolling Stone | 2 stars out of 5 | (RS 764/765) |
| Spin | 6 out of 10 | (8/97, p.113) |
| Michael Jackson chronology | ||
| HIStory (1995) |
Blood on the Dance Floor (1997) |
Invincible (2001) |
On April 2, 1997 the debut single from the album, "Blood on the Dance Floor", was released in Europe. The single peaked at #1 on the U.K. singles chart. The U.S. release of the single was less popular peaking at #42 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #19 on the R&B chart.
The second single from the album was "Ghosts", and included the official remix of "HIStory" as a double a-side track. On May 8, 1997 Jackson, in collaboration with director Stephen King, made 40 minute short film titled "Ghosts". The film was premiered at the 50th Cannes Film Festival. The short film was positively received by critics who attending the premier screening. The short film helped propel the single to #5 in the UK.
"Is It Scary?", was planned as a third single but was never officially released (As of 2006 only a few Promo's remain). The song was intended to be the theme song for Addams Family Values, but this didn't happen in the end. It was also featured in the "Ghosts" short film.
On May 14, 1997 the album was released worldwide and today it has sold over 6 million copies making it the largest selling Remix album of all time. [1].
Track listing
- "Blood on the Dance Floor"
- "Morphine"
- "Superfly Sister"
- "Ghosts"
- "Is It Scary"
- "Scream Louder (Flyte Tyme Remix)" (remixed by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis)
- "Money (Fire Island Radio Edit)" (remixed by Johnny Rocks)
- "2 Bad (Refugee Camp Mix)" (remixed by Wyclef Jean)
- "Stranger in Moscow (Tee's In-House Club Mix)" (remixed by Todd Terry)
- "This Time Around (D.M. Radio Mix)" (remixed by David Morales)
- "Earth Song (Hani's Club Experience)" (remixed by Hani)
- "You Are Not Alone (Classic Club Mix)" (remixed by Frankie Knuckles and Satoshi Tomiie)
- "HIStory (Tony Moran's HIStory Lesson)" (remixed by Tony Moran)