On this day, September 7, in 1986 Michael Jackson released Bad. The song was the second single from his 1987 album of the same name and was a massive success. Not only did Bad reach number one in 14 countries, but it also went on to go multi-platinum after selling more than 2 million copies worldwide. When it came to filming the music video for the song, Michael wanted nothing but the best.

The legendary Bad music video comes in at 18-minutes long surrounded by a script written by novelist and screenwriter Richard Price.

The music video was shot on location in Harlem​, New York​, ​and told the story of a ​young man in a bad situation.

To help tell this story, Michael was joined by actor Wesley Snipes in one of his first acting appearances of all time.

Wesley later described working with Michael as an “unbelievable experience”.

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Wesley went on: “To be around a master of the art form like that, to have the opportunity to sit and learn and watch his process was amazing, life-changing, artistically life-changing.” (Via ABC)

However, during filming, Michael was approached by fans who were “angry he hadn’t visited sooner”.

Wesley recalled: “He got a little nervous about that.

“So here we are walking down the street … and he asked me: ‘Are you scared?’”

The film was shot by Richard Price but was directed by the Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese.

At the time the legendary director had produced such pictures as Raging Bull, The King of Comedy and After Hours.

Since then, he has directed Gangs of New York, Silence, The Departed and The Wolf of Wall Street.

After Michael died in 2009 Martin wrote an obituary for the star for Rolling Stone.

Martin said: “When we made the Bad video, he was open to everything.

“Like that scene in the hallway when Wesley Snipes says: ‘Are you down, or what?’ We did that maybe 40 times. Wesley is a formidable presence, but Michael stood up to him.

“The main thing that struck me was the extraordinary power of his almost shamanistic persona. I was mesmerised by his dancing. In the first shot, when his face is looking up toward the camera, there was a sense of loneliness and victimisation. Those images had a resonance to them.”

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