Will You Be There in 1999. A music video was made for the song. It included Jackson performing the song during his Dangerous World Tour and footage from "Free Willy". Another video mixing footage of Jackson's performance of the song on tour and on MTV's tenth anniversary was included on the DVD releases, "" and "Michael Jackson's Vision"; the latter release includes alternate shots of the audience near the end. Michael Jackson performed "Will You Be There" live throughout the Dangerous World Tour. Outside of the tour, Jackson performed the song at the MTV 10th anniversary show and at the NAACP Image Awards in
Will You Be There the US, where it sold 1,000,000 copies and stayed in the top ten for six weeks, peaking at number seven and earning a platinum certification. The song is written in the key of D Major. Jackson's vocal spans from D3 to Eb5. It has a tempo of 83 beats per minute. Michael wrote and produced Will You Be There – with co-producing credits going to Bruce Swedien – and orchestrated the rhythm and vocal arrangements. Featured instruments are noted as piano, synthesizer, keyboard, drums, and percussion. In 2002 he told an ITV documentary it was written at his Neverland Ranch,