Song · Michael Jackson
“Dirty Diana” by Michael Jackson
From the album Bad (1987)
“Dirty Diana” by Michael Jackson appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station in 1988. It was first released in 1987 on the album Bad. Its best result is #30 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #282 alternative song of 1988 and #5,853 alternative song of all time.
"Dirty Diana" sits ninth on Bad, Michael Jackson's seventh album, from 1987, and Epic made it the record's fifth single on April 18, 1988. Jackson wrote it about groupies, sang the lead and stacked his own backing vocals, and co-produced it with Quincy Jones, pushing back toward the harder rock he'd tried on "Beat It" from Thriller.
The guitars do the shoving: Paul Jackson Jr. and David Williams are in there, and Steve Stevens takes the solo, while John Barnes, Michael Boddicker and Randy Waldman on synthesizers and Christopher Currell on Synclavier keep the machinery gleaming. Critics were split, but the public wasn't: it went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and into the top ten in the UK, France, Italy and New Zealand. The video was filmed in front of a live crowd.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 30 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1988 | 30 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 65 | Studio Brussel | Studio Brussel De Tijdloze 100 (1988) | 100 |
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