Dancing the Dream Dancing the Dream Dancing the Dream is a 1992 book of poems and reflections written by the American recording artist Michael Jackson. His second book, it followed his 1988 autobiography "Moonwalk". "Dancing the Dream" was dedicated to his mother, Katherine, and Deepak Chopra. Its foreword was written by Jackson's friend, the actress Elizabeth Taylor. The book also contains an assortment of around 100 photographs of Jackson. "Dancing the Dream" was published by Doubleday on June 18, 1992, seven months after the release of Jackson's 1991 "Dangerous" album. It was not a significant commercial success. The book was reissued by the
Bad (Michael Jackson song) between Jackson and musician Prince; although the plans were not fruitful. Prince instead submitted his song "Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me" to Jackson for use on Bad, but he rejected it, so it was instead given to Taja Sevelle for her self-titled album. In Jackson's 1988 autobiography "Moonwalk", Jackson discussed the concept of "Bad", elaborating that, In a 1988 interview with "Ebony" and "Jet" magazines, Jackson said that he had gotten the idea for the song from a true story that he had read about in either "Time" or "Newsweek" magazine. Jackson stated that the story was about a