Kissy Wissy's for the UK from Jacko...

Michael Jackson Christmas Message TOTP 1995



A special message from the late, and of course great "King of Pop" Michael Jackson. This was at the time he was on the recovering side, from the child sex abuse allegation that were made in 1993. Icelandic singer Bjork and English comedian Jack Dee introduce a recorded message from MJ. The music video that features for a few seconds at the end, is the 1995 hit "You Are Not Alone", that features -not shown- Jackson posing almost in the buff, along with similarly unclothed, real-life wife at the time Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of another great and late, Elvis Presley, in a relationship that was mostly criticised for being "all for show" and headline grabbing. The relationship didn't last and they divorced 2 years later.

Jackson at this point, was past his peak in his musical influence, and the recent scandal had much reduced his popularity within the murky proceedings, and this is when he began being regarded as "Wacko Jacko". Although he was still regarded as an icon and legend, it felt at the time, no longer fashionable to quote you're love for Michael Jackson. It's changed very much since then, but maybe it was always meant to be after the death of such a showman. Anyway, in this period, as shown in the clip, Jackson has unusually short, but wavy hair, much like short at the bottom, wavy from the top, rather than the flowing locks of before, or the frizzy perms and afros, he had in the 70's and 80's. Despite what Jackson was portrayed as, since the child abuse scandals, right up to his death, the song "You Are Not Alone" was a No.1 hit in both the US and UK. It actually became one of his best-selling singles, and his album "History" was no dud either, with some other big hit songs. It was to be Jackson's last No.1 in the US, however he hit the top of the UK singles chart again in the same year, with "The Earth Song".