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4 Nov, 1997

Smile

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Jackson releases his version of Smile, a song originally written by Charlie Chaplin for the score of his self-directed 1936 film Modern Times.

You have to have that tragedy, that pain to pull from. That’s what makes a clown great. You can see he’s hurting behind the masquerade. He’s something else externally. Charles Chaplin did that so beautifully, better than anyone. I can play off those moments, too. I’ve been through the fire many times.

SMILE sung by Michael Jackson

29 Jul, 1997

Stranger in Moscow

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Jackson releases Stranger in Moscow the fifth single from HIStory. The song is an autobiographical look at Jackson’s tour in Moscow where he felt suddenly unknown and disconnected from his fans there.

I wrote that in Moscow. The lyrics are totally autobiographical. When you hear lines like, “Here abondoned in my fame…Armageddon of the brain” – at the time, on the last tour when we were in Moscow – that’s how I really felt. It kinda created itself. It fell into my lap, because that’s how I was feeling at the time. Just alone in my hotel and it was raining and I just started writing it.

Michael Jackson - Stranger In Moscow (Official Video)

28 Apr, 1997

Monkey Wrench

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The band releases their song, Monkey Wrench, from their album, The Color And The Shape. Grohl says the song is about the crumbling of his marriage:

It’s about living with someone and feeling like you’re living in a f–king cell. And then I wound up getting a divorce.

Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench (Official Music Video)