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 to Joy". The German lyrics were written by Friedrich Schiller. This classical introduction is then followed by a chorale interlude arranged by Andrae and Sandra Crouch. The Andrae Crouch Singers are heard throughout the rest of the song as well. "Will You Be There" was the subject of two lawsuits. The first was for copyright infringement of the Clevelend Orchestra's recording and lack of credit to Beethoven for the use of his symphonic prelude. The suit was filed by the Cleveland Orchestra for 7 million dollars and was settled out of court with subsequent pressings of "Dangerous" including full credits