What happens next is insane, it's almost hard to believe. Anyway, I went right out into the studio where the piano was and it kind of all came at once.īH: You know, some songs are meant to find their home. SP: (I was) just trying to explain to her that the boy probably liked her. And she kept asking me “Why?” and it was just ringing in my head. She'd fallen off a slide and a boy had hit her, and she kept asking me “Why?” You know, she was like in second grade or something. We had one more mix to do, which was the song “Africa.” I got to the studio, they were just putting the mix up in the booth, and I had just seen my daughter, who had a real rough day at school. Steve Porcaro: I was on my way to the studio. It's just fascinating. What was the story of "Human Nature"? Because we're going to look at it from both ends. Porcaro told the story behind the song to Bart Herbison of Nashville Songwriters Association International.īart Herbison: I think we're pushing 300 episodes of Story Behind the Song. Yours is the first we're going to do twice. The story of how the ballad - penned by Toto’s Steve Porcaro and hit songwriter John Bettis - ended up on “Thriller” is tangled up in analog tape, as well as a rough day Porcaro’s daughter had on the playground at school.
In the digital age “Human Nature” never would have made its way to Michael Jackson. Watch Video: Story Behind the Song: 'Human Nature'
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