Man in the Mirror After a closing prayer that incorporated themes from the song, the spotlight remained shining on the lone microphone. The song is also featured as the final number in "Michael Jackson's This Is It". Running time: 5 minutes 30 seconds "Man in the Mirror" was the 4th consecutive number-one single for Jackson's "Bad" in the United States. The single debuted on the "Billboard" Hot 100 at number 48 on February 6, 1988, and reached number 1 by its 8th week on the chart, on March 26, 1988, where it remained for 2 weeks. The song originally peaked at number 21 in
Mirror Man (David Thomas album) was at a second "Disastodrome!" Festival in Los Angeles, in February 2003. Act 1 is entitled "Jack and the General", referring respectively to Jack Kerouac, and General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and supposes a poetic correlation of the two men via their relationship to the US Interstate Highway System. Act 2 is "Surf's Up in Bay City". Bay City is ""where the journey ends, where the unstoppable Great Westward Urge meets the immovable Pacific Object and loses."" "Mirror Man" is performed in two acts. The album was recorded primarily live at the debut performance (with some fixes and alternate performances patched