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George Michael With Mary J. Blige - As

Music Video | 1999
ArtistGeorge Michael With Mary J. Blige
SongAs
AlbumLadies And Gentlemen - The Best
DirectorBig TV!
GenrePop
IntroNo
OutroNo
Production time6 Days and 1000 Hours of Post-Production
Samples fromStevie Wonder
Set LocationLondon, Great Britain
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown

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Synopsis

George Michael arrives at a nightclub and follows the camera into a surreal, celebratory crowd. As he moves through the room, multiple versions of Michael and Mary J. Blige appear, singing, dancing, and interacting in carefully coordinated groups. The pair are presented less as a conventional on-screen duet than as recurring presences multiplied throughout the club. The playful visual concept turns the Stevie Wonder cover into a buoyant late-1990s pop-soul spectacle built around repetition, choreography, and digital compositing.

Factoids & Trivia

  • The song is a cover of Stevie Wonder's 1976 classic and was recorded for George Michael's 1998 greatest-hits album, *Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael*.
  • The video was released in January 1999 to promote the duet, which became a top-10 hit in several European countries, including the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and Hungary.
  • Michael originally suggested presenting two choirs made up of multiple versions of himself and Blige. The nightclub setting was developed as a way to turn that idea into a moving narrative.
  • The performers' many appearances were created through visual-effects compositing. The camera's route through the club had to be planned precisely so that the separate performances could be combined convincingly.
  • A stand-in carrying a small boombox was used during preparation to map Michael's movement and synchronize the camera's path with the song before the final shots were assembled.
  • Despite its European success, the single was not released in the United States. Michael later said that the decision was connected to the fallout from his 1998 arrest in Beverly Hills.

Lyrics

(feat. George Michael)

[GM]
As around the sun the earth knows she's revolving
And the rosebuds know to bloom in early May
Just as hate knows love's a cure
You can rest your mind assured
That I'll be lovin' you always

As now can't reveal the mystery of tomorrow
But in passing will grow older every day
Just as all is born is new
You know what I say is true
That I'll be lovin' you always
...
© George Michael With Mary J. Blige - As. This is an excerpt, provided as citation under fair-use.
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