Peak
10
Weeks
20
Score
2,083
Chart Year
2001
The music video for "You Rock My World" was directed by Paul Hunter and produced by Rubin Mendoza. The video was filmed from August 13 to 21, 2001, in Los Angeles, California, and was also released in 2001.[28][1] The video, which is over thirteen minutes long, was described as being a short film.[29] The dance performed during the video consists of fragments from the canceled "Dangerous" music video. The video consists of Jackson's and Tucker's characters trying to gain the affection of a woman (Kishaya Dudley) by subsequently following her around the neighborhood. Ultimately, a fight breaks out between Jackson and the gang members in a bar, who are ordered by their leader (Michael Madsen) to get rid of Jackson. Jackson, who had begun to perform before the woman, walks up the stage where his backup dancers have arrived. The gang leader causes a disruption by smashing a bottle across the counter, one of the gang members (Billy Drago) proceeds to taunt Jackson, challenging him. A dance scene begins, as a man lights his lighter and one of the gang members uses a knife on Jackson, but Jackson tosses him down. Jackson then punches him in the face, who knocks over a lamp, starting a fire. As the fire spreads, Jackson screams for Tucker, who had been dancing to the song, and he knocks out some of the gang members. During the escape, the woman who met Jackson approaches him outside the bar. The two share a kiss, and Tucker quickly rolls in with a low rider, signaling for Jackson and his new lover to escape, leaving the bar which is consumed in flames. The video for "You Rock My World" was thought to be the last music video to feature any participation from Jackson before the video for "One More Chance" was unearthed (his following videos would consist of archive footage of himself and others).[30] The video has been compared to Jackson's previous 1980s music videos for his singles "Smooth Criminal" (which also was inspired by The Band Wagon), "Bad" and "The Way You Make Me Feel", all from his 1987 studio album, Bad. In the video, Jackson can be seen wearing a blazer and his traditional hat. The video features appearances from Marlon Brando,[31] Michael Madsen and Billy Drago.[12] The video won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video at the award show's 2002 ceremony.[32] In several instances in the video, Tucker's character makes several references to previous songs by Michael Jackson, such as "Beat It", "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)", "The Girl Is Mine", "Bad", "Dangerous" and "Billie Jean". The short version of the music video appears on Number Ones, and the long version appears on Michael Jackson's Vision.
In this song, Michael Jackson has found the perfect girl, and she's rocked his world. It's a dance-ready track similar in concept to his 1987 hit "The Way You Make Me Feel," which also finds his world rocked by a beautiful woman. "You Rock My World" was the lead single from Michael Jackson's 2001 album Invincible. Jackson still had immense star power but was getting boxed out of the charts by younger artists. The song didn't get much airplay and stalled at #10 in the US. The chart peak came on the last chart issued before the September 11 attacks, which derailed it along with just about everything else. The next single, "Butterflies," was issued a few months later and reached #14. Invincible ended up being Jackson's last studio album (he died in 2009). It went to #1 in most territories but was his weakest seller since before his star turn with Off The Wall in 1979. Jackson teamed up with Fred and Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, LaShawn Daniels and Nora Payne to write the song. Jackson and Rodney Jerkins manned the production desk and between them played all the instruments. The team of Jerkins/Jerkins/Daniels had the hot hand. They also wrote and produced "Say My Name" for Destiny's Child and "He Wasn't Man Enough" by Toni Braxton. The comic actor Chris Tucker features on this song, joining Jackson in a spoken-word intro where they spot a lovely lady and argue over whether or not Jackson can land her. Tucker's blockbuster Rush Hour 2 had recently hit theaters. In the radio edit of the song, this intro is removed. In the UK this song was kept off the top spot by Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out Of My Head." It did reach the top spot in France, Hong Kong, Portugal, Spain. Michael Jackson, the pioneer of long-form music videos, made another for "You Rock My World." Over 13-minutes long, it's based on a story written by Jackson and the video's director, Paul Hunter. Set in the "Smooth Criminal" era, it finds Jackson and Tucker in a battle with some tough guys that Jackson has to dance his way out of. Michael Madson stars as the angry boyfriend, and Marlon Brando plays the boss. It went on to win the 2001 NAACP Image Award for Best Music Video. Jackson didn't tour for the Invincible album but he staged star-packed concerts on September 7 and 10 at Madison Square Garden in New York City that he ended with performances of "You Rock My World." These shows were combined into a two-hour CBS-TV special that didn't air until November because of the September 11 attacks. These were Jackson's only performances of the song.
That girl
Oh man! Look at that girl right there!
Goodness gracious! That girl fine, man!
Look at her, oh she just too fine! She know she fine too!
She is banging!
Ooh, she's off the hook!
She looks good (uh), you're right
Uh, uh-uh-uh-uh, hey, I bet you, can't nobody get that girl
Chris, I can get her
You can't get that girl, Mike
I guarantee you can't get that girl!
Watch me get that girl
I bet you never-Neverland, you can't
I can get her
All right! Shomon, then, Shomon!
Watch
I don't think they're ready for this one
Darkchild, I like that
Ay, uh, uh, whoa, whoa
Whoa
My life will never be the same
'Cause girl, you came and changed
The way I walk
The way I talk
I cannot explain these things I feel for you
But girl, you know it's true
Stay with me, fulfill my dreams
And I'll be all you'll need (oh, oh, oh, oh, ooh)
It feels so right (girl)
I've searched for the perfect love all my life (all my life)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ooh, it feels like I (like I)
Have finally found the perfect love this time (see)
And I finally found, come on, girl
You rocked my world, you know you did
And everything I own I give (you rocked my world)
The rarest love, who'd think I'd find
Someone like you to call mine? (You rocked my world)
You rocked my world, you know you did (girl)
And everything I own I give (come on, girl)
The rarest love, who'd think I'd find
Someone like you to call mine?
In time I knew that love would bring
Such happiness to me
I tried to keep my sanity
I've waited patiently
Girl, you know it seems
My life is so complete
A love that's true because of you
Keep doing what you do (oh, oh, oh, oh, ooh)
Who'd think that I (oh)
Finally found the perfect love
I searched for all my life? (Searched for all my life)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, who'd think I'd find (whoa, oh, oh)
Such a perfect love
That's awesomely so right? (Whoa, girl)
You rocked my world, you know you did (come on, come on, come on, come on)
And everything I own I give
The rarest love, who'd think I'd find (you rocked my world, girl)
Someone like you to call mine? (You rocked my world)
You rocked my world, you know you did (you rocked my world)
And everything I own I give (girl, girl, girl)
The rarest love, who'd think I'd find
Someone like you to call mine? (Girl)
You rocked my world, you know you did (oh)
And everything I own I give (you rocked my world)
The rarest love, who'd think I'd find
Someone like you to call mine?
You rocked my world (oh), you know you did
And everything I own I give (to rock my world)
The rarest love, who'd think I'd find
Someone like you to call mine?
And girl, I know that this is love
I felt the magic's all in the air
And girl, I'll never get enough
That's why I always have to have you here, hoo
You rocked my world (you rocked my world), you know you did
And everything I own I give (look what you did to me, baby, yeah)
The rarest love, who'd think I'd find (yeah, yeah, you, you, you, you)
Someone like you to call mine? (You rocked my world)
You rocked my world, you know you did (I cannot explain)
And everything I own I give ('cause you rocked my world)
The rarest love, who'd think I'd find (whoa)
Someone like you to call mine?
You rocked my world, you know you did
And everything I own I give (you, you, you, you did)
The rarest love, who'd think I'd find (see, it's you and me)
Someone like you to call mine? (And you, me)
You rocked my world, you know you did (know you did, baby)
And everything I own I give ('cause you rocked my world)
The rarest love, who'd think I'd find (hoo, hoo)
Someone like you to call mine?
You rocked my world
(You rocked my world, you know you did)
The way you talk to me, the way you're lovin' me
The way you give it to me (you, you, you, you)
You rocked my world, you know you did
(Give it to me) (you and me)
(Yeah, yeah, you, you, yeah, and me, yeah, hoo)
You rocked my world you know you did (you rocked my world)
(You rocked my world) You rocked my world
(You rocked my world) You rocked my world (you, you, me)
(Come on, girl) You rocked my world, you know you did (come on, girl)
And everything I own I give (baby, baby, baby)
The rarest, love who'd think I'd find (and you, yeah, and me)
Someone like you to call mine? (You, me, and you, me hoo)
You rocked my world, you know you did
And everything I own I give (you rocked my world, hoo)
The rarest love who'd think I'd find (you rocked my world, hoo)
Someone like you to call mine (yeah, yeah)| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 8, 2001 | 34 | 92 |
| 2 | Sep 15, 2001 | 11 | 115 |
| 3 | Sep 22, 2001 | 10 | 116 |
| 4 | Sep 29, 2001 | 14 | 112 |
| 5 | Oct 6, 2001 | 12 | 114 |
| 6 | Oct 13, 2001 | 13 | 113 |
| 7 | Oct 20, 2001 | 22 | 104 |
| 8 | Oct 27, 2001 | 29 | 97 |
| 9 | Nov 3, 2001 | 51 | 75 |
| 10 | Nov 10, 2001 | 57 | 69 |
| 11 | Nov 17, 2001 | 64 | 62 |
| 12 | Nov 24, 2001 | 77 | 49 |
| 13 | Dec 1, 2001 | 80 | 46 |
| 14 | Dec 8, 2001 | 83 | 43 |
| 15 | Dec 15, 2001 | 83 | 43 |
| 16 | Dec 22, 2001 | 87 | 39 |
| 17 | Dec 29, 2001 | 90 | 36 |
| 18 | Jan 5, 2002 | 98 | 28 |
| 19 | Jan 12, 2002 | 91 | 35 |
| 20 | Jan 19, 2002 | 92 | 34 |