Stranger in Moscow

"Stranger in Moscow"
"Stranger in Moscow"
Single by Michael Jackson
from the album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
B-side	"Off the Wall" (Junior Vasquez Mix)
Written	September 1993
Released	September 9, 1996 (Europe); November 4, 1996 (UK); July 7, 1997 (US);
Recorded	January 1994
Studio	Neverland Ranch (Los Olivos, California); The Hit Factory (New York City); Sony Music (New York City);
Genre	R&B
Length	5:44 (album version); 5:24 (album edit); 4:05 (radio edit); 5:32 (video mix);
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Michael Jackson
Producer(s)	Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson singles chronology
Music video
	"Stranger in Moscow" on YouTube
Audio sample
	"Stranger in Moscow" file; help;

"Stranger in Moscow" is a song by American singer Michael Jackson from his ninth studio album, HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (1995). The song was released as the fifth and final single in Europe in September 1996 by Epic Records, with a UK-release on November 4, 1996. It was released in the United States on July 7, 1997.

The song's music video depicts the lives of six individuals, including Jackson, who are left isolated and disconnected from the world around them. "Stranger in Moscow" charted highly in the top 10 of numerous countries music charts worldwide, including Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. However, it only peaked at number 91 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Jackson's lowest peaking on the chart. The song was performed on the HIStory World Tour in 1996–1997. It has been covered by other artists.