Eaten Alive (song)

"Eaten Alive"
Single by Diana Ross
from the album Eaten Alive
B-side "Eaten Alive (Alternate Mix)" (US)
"I'm Watching You" (UK)
Released September 1, 1985
Format Vinyl (7" & 12")
Recorded 1985
Genre
Length 3:55
Label RCA
Writer(s) Barry Gibb
Maurice Gibb
Michael Jackson
Producer(s) Barry Gibb
Michael Jackson
Karl Richardson
Albhy Galuten
Diana Ross singles chronology
"Telephone"
(1985)
"Eaten Alive"
(1985)
"Chain Reaction"
(1985)
Michael Jackson singles chronology
"We Are the World"
(1985)
"Eaten Alive"
(1985)
"Love's Gone Bad"
(1986)

"Eaten Alive" is a 1985 single released by Diana Ross on the RCA label. It was the first release off her Eaten Alive album, which was ultimately a critical and commercial failure in the states, but, did reach Top 10-Top 20 rankings in a few European countries like Norway and The Netherlands.

The song was written by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Michael Jackson the latter also co-producing with Barry and his team. Jackson and Barry Gibb can be heard singing in the background of the song with Jackson at times co-singing lead with Ross. The song was a disappointment in the United States, peaking at #77 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, although it fared much better on the R&B singles chart - where it reached the Top 10 - helped by BET's heavy rotation of the music video.

In the song's original copyright registration from 11 March 1985 it was credited to Barry Gibb and Maurice Gibb. It was not until Michael Jackson heard the demo of it that he suggested the chorus could be improved. The second copyright registration was filed on 1 June 1985 (the same day that Diana performed a sold-out concert at Joe Louis Arena in her hometown of Detroit) with the note ‘words and music in the choruses have been completely rewritten’.[1]

Music video

The video, inspired by The Island of Doctor Moreau was directed by David Hogan and featured the singer playing a cat-like demon seducing a man played by Joseph Gian after having been pursued by chimeras.

References

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