Michael Jackson "Human Nature"

STORY BEHIND THE SONG:

A member of the band Toto prepared a demo tape of songs intended for inclusion on Michael Jackson's Thriller album. The tape was delivered to record producer Quincy Jones, but wasn't fully erased before Jones listened to it. One side of the cassette were songs intended for Jones' ears. On the un-erased other side were rough cuts of songs that the group Toto ultimately hoped to record. When Jones heard one of Toto's rough demo songs called "Human Nature", he immediately wanted the song. After some re-writing of the lyrics, Jones bumped Michael's song "Carousel" from Thriller and added "Human Nature".

David Foster - "The Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire"

My girlfriend watches too many of those mindless TV shows on Bravo.  One show in particular is The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.  One hour watching the surgically-enhanced bodies and vapid personalities reminds me why I love the Midwest.  Record producer David Foster began a long run of churning out pop hits in the '80s and the streak continues until present day.  From time to time, Foster turns up on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills because his wife is/was part of the cast.  Foster sometimes performs at his wife's dinner parties and (according to my girlfriend) Foster does not like when you talk while he performs.  His 1985 "Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire" will go down as one of the top instrumentals of all time.  Enjoy...but please reserve any talking until the song finishes.  Thank you.